2018 World Series of Poker

Event #70: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 1
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Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
44
Prize
$154,338
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Total Entries
221
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 10,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 221
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Schninder Building

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Mike Schninder raised under the gun. The cutoff and the big blind called.

The flop came {8-Spades}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. The big blind checked. Schninder bet. The cutoff and the big blind called.

The dealer burned and turned the {5-Clubs}. The big blind checked. Schninder bet. The cutoff and the big blind called again.

The {3-Hearts} river filled up the board. Shninder bet. The cutoff gave up his hand. The big blind called. Schninder showed {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} to win the pot. His opponent tossed his cards in the muck.

Tags: Mike Schninder

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Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Carol Fuchs Joins the Event

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Carol Fuchs (picture from a previous event)
Carol Fuchs (picture from a previous event)

Carol Fuchs, the winner of the $1,500 Dealers Choice in 2015 for $127,735, just took a seat in the event.

Fuchs cashed three WSOP events this summer, including a third-place finish in Event #35: Mixed $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (5-Card PLO/8) and 11th place in Event #27: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.

Tags: Carol Fuchs

McCormick Takes It on the Turn

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

The player under the gun raised. Tom McCormick, in the big blind, called.

The flop came {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}. McCormick checked. The player under the gun bet. Tom McCormick check-raised. His opponent called.

The turn brought the {5-Spades}. McCormick bet and his opponent gave up his hand.

Tags: Tom McCormick

Vieira Folds But Keeps Smiling

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Joao Vieira (picture from a previous event)
Joao Vieira (picture from a previous event)

Tom McCormick raised from under the gun and only Joao Viera was interested and made the call.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{8-Spades} and Vieira check-raised a bet from McCormick. The latter called and the turn fell a {a-Hearts}. This time, Vieira check-called another bet from McCormick.

The river was the {7-Diamonds} and Vieira check-folded after McCormick bet once more. When we asked what his favorite moment of the WSOP has been so far, Vieira told us without any hesitation, "The first gold bracelet in Vegas for a Portuguese player and hearing national anthem in Brasilia room!".

Diogo Veiga won Event #54:$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em big blind antes and became Portugal’s third gold bracelet winner of all time and first to win a bracelet in Las Vegas.

Tags: Joao VieiraTom McCormick

Some Updated Counts

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Recent Eliminations

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

Grapenthien Gets a Fold From McCormick

Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante
Tom McCormick (picture from a previous event)
Tom McCormick (picture from a previous event)

The board read {9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades} and the pot already contained around 4,000 when Matt Grapenthien made a raise for 800, putting Tom McCormick into a decision. After thinking about it for some time, McCormick ended up mucking his hand and Grapenthien took down the pot.

McCormick, whose nickname is The Shamrock Kid, already cashed in 73 WSOP events in his career and, as a funny fact, always wears his favorite purple jacket from the World Series of Poker Binion's Horseshoe. McCormick was first a blackjack player in the 1970's before he started to read about the WSOP and ended up quitting blackjack for poker in the 1980's.

His first cash in a WSOP event was in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em in 1992 when he finished third for $42,000. Since then, he achieved the final table of 14 other WSOP events, the latest one in Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em for fifth place and a cash of $118,552.

Tags: Matt GrapenthienTom McCormick

Olson Sends One Out

Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

The player on the cutoff moved all in for his last 650. The small blind called along with David Olson in the big blind.

A flop reading {q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} was dealt. The small blind checked. Olson bet. The small blind folded. Olson and the cutoff turned over their cards.

David Olson: {j-Diamonds}{2-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The {2-Clubs} turn and {q-Spades} river completed the board and Olson raked in the pot, sending his opponent to the exit.

Tags: David Olson

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