Ten poker players returned to Day 3 of the $100K buy-in World Series of Poker tournament, but only six will return to the final table on Day 4. The 10 players to start Day 3 were Jason Koon, Elio Fox, Nick Petrangelo, Chris Moore, Fedor Holz, Adrian Mateos, Stephen Chidwick, Aymon Hata, Bryn Kenney, and Andreas Eiler. Who got seventh to tenth place? Who lost king-king to 3-3 all in preflop? Who is now guaranteed a cash that puts him at $7 million in earnings in three weeks? Watch to find out!
2018 World Series of Poker
Vlad Darie raised to 325 from mid-position and was called by the player in the small blind.
The flop came ![]()
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, and the small blind check-called the 325 bet of Darie.
The turn brought them the
, and the small blind now bet 1,100. Darie called.
The river completed the board with the
. The small blind bet 2,000 and Darie considered his options. After a while, he reluctantly made the call and mucked as soon as he saw his opponent turn over ![]()
for the flopped set of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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12,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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5,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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4,400
4,400
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4,400 |
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3,600
3,600
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3,600 |
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Jeff Gross just lost a little bit when he called the 350 raise of his opponent in the cutoff while Gross was sitting in the big blind.
They both checked through the ![]()
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board. His opponent tabled ![]()
and that was enough for Gross to muck his hand.
A table further up, Victor Ramdin was all in on the turn with two other players on the ![]()
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board.
Victor Ramdin: ![]()
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Player One: ![]()
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Player Two: ![]()
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The river completed the board with the
. The dealer counted out the stack of the winning player and determined he had 5,900. Ramdin counted his stack too and saw he was covered and quickly left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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5,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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5,000 | |
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5,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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4,600
400
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400 |
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4,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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3,800
1,200
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1,200 |
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2,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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Busted | |
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
Lauren Roberts raised to 350 from the under-the-gun position and was called by the player in the hijack. The player in the cutoff put in a 500-value chip and two 25-value chips without saying anything. The dealer indicated that that would be a raise. The player thought it would be a call. A floor was called but before anyone came over, the player in the cutoff was fine with it being a raise. The player in the small blind went all in for 575 in total. Roberts looked at the whole situation and then decided to four-bet to 2,000. The player in the hijack called and the cutoff folded.
The flop came ![]()
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, Roberts shoved having her opponent covered. He called.
Small blind: ![]()
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Hijack: ![]()
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Lauren Roberts: ![]()
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The rest of the board was completed with the
on the turn and the
on the river to give Roberts a runner-runner flush to eliminate both of her opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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14,500
14,500
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14,500 |
The player in the hijack raised to 150 and Kenny Hallaert called in the small blind. So did the player in the big blind.
They all checked through the whole ![]()
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board. The player in the hijack tabled ![]()
for a pair of treys but was beaten by the ![]()
of Hallaert who had turned a pair of eights. The player in the big blind quickly mucked his own hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,700
700
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700 |
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4,600
400
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400 |
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Busted |
The floors have started breaking down the tables in the Pavillion white area and moving the players at those tables previously into the Amazon orange and purple areas. There are currently just over 1,200 players registered for Day 1d.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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5,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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5,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
The player in the hijack raised to 250 and Stoyan Obreshkov shoved all in for 1,725 in the cutoff. Action folded back to the initial raiser who called.
Stoyan Obreshkov: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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with two pair on the board and both players had the ace kicker to split the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800
1,800
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1,800 |
The player in the hijack went all in for about 1,700 and was called by Dan Heimiller in the big blind.
Hijack: ![]()
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Dan Heimiller: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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— no danger for Heimiller as he eliminated the player in the hijack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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8,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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