Event #70: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-10-2018 07:44 UTC-7

Day 2 of the $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Max Starts At 2 p.m.; Many Notables Still in the Field

Yori Epskamp

Welcome back to the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino and the 2018 World Series of Poker for Day 2 of Event #70: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed! At 2 p.m., cards will be back in the air for the second of three days.

One of the final events of this year's WSOP saw 221 players take to the felt for the $3,000 Limit Holdem 6-handed event to create a prize pool of $663,000 that would ensure the final 34 players a minimum guaranteed $4,449 payday, while $154,338 and the coveted gold bracelet will await to up for whoever is the last standing.

Day 1 attracted many notables players and 69 remained at day's end. Leading those players was Benny Glaser who finished with 106,900 in chips, and will try to reach the fourth bracelet to his collection. Also still in contention include multiple WSOP bracelet winners Rep Porter (90,700), Ben Yu (69,200), Barry Greenstein (51,700), the recent winner of Event #44: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Nicholas Seiken (101,900), Anh Van Nguyen (96, 700), Ronnie Bardah (96,500), Duy Ho (78,00), Tom McCormick (28,00) or Koray Aldemir (33,400).

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Day 2 will restart at 2 p.m and feature 10 more one-hour levels of play with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after the sixth level, or around 8:30 p.m.

Room	Table	Seat	Player Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Amazon	492	1	Jacob Powers	United States	44,200	15
Amazon	492	2	Joao Vieira	Portugal	92,100	31
Amazon	492	3	Harun Sapmaz	United States	38,400	13
Amazon	492	4	JJ Liu	United States	31,400	10
Amazon	492	5	Ken Deng	United States	24,600	8
Amazon	492	6	Bryce Yockey	United States	14,400	5

Amazon	493	1	Adam Owen	United Kingdom	46,600	16
Amazon	493	2	Mike Schneider (MN)	United States	82,300	27
Amazon	493	3	Anna Wroblewski	United States	78,900	26
Amazon	493	4	Chris Tryba	United States	75,000	25
Amazon	493	5	Nicholas Derke	United States	16,500	6
Amazon	493	6	Daniel Zack	United States	47,000	16

Amazon	494	2	Alexander Kuzmin	Russia	36,000	12
Amazon	494	3	Jack Kashishian	United States	72,700	24
Amazon	494	4	Jon Carey	United States	29,000	10
Amazon	494	5	Jesse Martin	United States	73,300	24
Amazon	494	6	Barry Greenstein	United States	51,700	17

Amazon	495	1	Jeff Lisandro	Australia	36,300	12
Amazon	495	2	Reese Newell	United States	43,700	15
Amazon	495	3	Michael Lipner	United States	35,500	12
Amazon	495	4	David Gee	United States	94,000	31
Amazon	495	5	Ronnie Bardah	United States	96,500	32
Amazon	495	6	Klein Bach	United States	13,800	5

Amazon	496	1	Angelo Karimalis	United States	58,300	19
Amazon	496	2	Alan Myerson	United States	52,700	18
Amazon	496	3	Gregory De Bora	Canada	54,500	18
Amazon	496	4	Tom McCormick	United States	28,000	9
Amazon	496	5	Juha Helppi	Finland	51,500	17
Amazon	496	6	Brian Aleksa	United States	67,400	22

Amazon	498	1	Michael Noori	United States	65,200	22
Amazon	498	2	Joshua Mitchell	United States	81,200	27
Amazon	498	3	Noah Bronstein	United States	70,800	24
Amazon	498	5	Andrew Yip	Canada	34,600	12
Amazon	498	6	Won Lee	United States	58,100	19

Amazon	499	1	Jacob Snider	United States	19,200	6
Amazon	499	2	Ben Yu	United States	69,200	23
Amazon	499	3	Mike Matusow	United States	11,900	4
Amazon	499	4	Koray Aldemir	Austria	33,400	11
Amazon	499	5	Chad Eveslage	United States	8,100	3
Amazon	499	6	Amir Turkzadeh	United States	52,900	18

Amazon	500	1	Kenny Shei	United States	1,700	1
Amazon	500	2	Ryan Hughes	United States	72,500	24
Amazon	500	3	Darren Lang	Canada	18,600	6
Amazon	500	4	Diane Levin	United States	24,900	8
Amazon	500	5	Yaser Alkeliddar	United States	65,600	22
Amazon	500	6	James Sileo	United States	27,200	9

Amazon	501	1	Jerry Robinson	United States	25,500	9
Amazon	501	2	Anh Van Nguyen	Canada	96,700	32
Amazon	501	3	Rex Clinkscales	United States	32,000	11
Amazon	501	4	Andrew Kelsall	United States	7,800	3
Amazon	501	5	Chetan Gupta	United States	8,200	3
Amazon	501	6	Michael Haney	United States	28,900	10

Amazon	502	1	Richard Fuller	United States	88,700	30
Amazon	502	2	Lena Wang	United States	53,700	18
Amazon	502	3	Duy Ho	United States	78,000	26
Amazon	502	4	Justin Thurlow	United States	59,700	20
Amazon	502	5	Shaun Mclaughlin	United States	7,800	3
Amazon	502	6	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	106,200	35

Amazon	503	1	Cary Augustine	United States	29,400	10
Amazon	503	2	Benjamin Dobson	United Kingdom	44,300	15
Amazon	503	3	Sean Yu	United States	51,700	17
Amazon	503	4	Jeremy Heartberg	United States	19,000	6
Amazon	503	5	Rep Porter	United States	90,700	30
Amazon	503	6	Andrew Rudisill	United States	45,900	15

Amazon	504	1	Diego Cordovez	United States	24,400	8
Amazon	504	2	Joshua Moskoviits	United States	52,300	17
Amazon	504	4	Nicholas Seiken	United States	101,900	34
Amazon	504	5	Christopher Chung	United States	40,400	13
Amazon	504	6	Alex Torry	United States	38,800	13

Be sure to keep it here at PokerNews as we provide updates through the event's conclusion on Wednesday.

Tags: Anh Van Nguyen Barry Greenstein Benny Glaser Koray Aldemir Rep Porter Ronnie Bardah Van Nguyen

07-10-2018 15:41 UTC-7

Vieira Sends Gupta to the Rail

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

A first player raised and Chetan Gupta three-bet from the button. After some thought, Vieira four-bet in the small and it folded to the initial raiser who folded too. Gupta moved his last chips into the middle and Vieira completed to create the following showdown:

Chetan Gupta:
Joao Vieira,

Gupta had a better hand but the gave two pair to Vieira who eliminated his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	252,000	12,000
Chetan Gupta	Busted

Tags: Joao Vieira

07-10-2018 17:11 UTC-7

Difficult Decision for Matusow

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Mike Matusow started the action with a raise and Rep Porter made the call in the big blind.

The flop showed and brought no betting action. On the turn , Porter bet for 5,000 and Matusow called.

The river fell a and saw another bet from Porter for 5,000, putting Matusow deep into the tank. After some time, Matusow ended up folding his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rep Porter	104,000	26,000
Mike Matusow	41,500	-20,500

Tags: Mike Matusow Rep Porter

07-10-2018 18:16 UTC-7

Matusow Doubles Up on the Bubble

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Mike Matusow (picture from a previous event)

The action folded to Ronnie Bardah who raised from the button and called a three-bet from Mike Matusow in the small blind.

The flop fell and Matusow check-raised all in for his last 7,600 after a bet from Bardah. The latter completed with but was in bad shape to win the hand, facing for trip aces in Matusow's hand.

The turn and river improved Matusow's hand into quads and gave him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronnie Bardah	115,000	20,000
Mike Matusow	30,000	-11,500

Tags: Mike Matusow Ronnie Bardah

07-10-2018 19:20 UTC-7

Lee Eliminates McCormick

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Angelo Karimalis started the action with a raise and Won Lee three-bet from the button. Tom McCormick announced a four-bet from the small blind with a total of 16,000 chips left and it folded to Lee who put McCormick all in. McCormick completed with his last chips and both players revealed their cards:

Tom McCormick:
Won Lee:

McCormick had the dominating hand, but a board of gave Lee a pair of aces on the turn and eliminated McCormick from the tournament for $4,991.

Player	Chips	Progress
Won Lee	159,000	17,000
Angelo Karimalis	80,000	-7,000
Tom McCormick	Busted

Tags: Angelo Karimalis Tom McCormick Won Lee

07-10-2018 19:44 UTC-7

Matusow Eliminated by Glaser

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

According to players at the table, Mike Matusow raised from the cutoff and Benny Glaser three-bet from the small blind. Matusow pushed his last chips in the middle with for a stack around 11,000 and Glaser completed with .

The board brought no help to Matusow who was eliminated from the tournament for $5,805.

On the table behind, Joshua Mitchell also was eliminated at the same time for $5,805.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	125,000
Mike Matusow	Busted
Joshua Mitchell	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Joshua Mitchell Mike Matusow

07-10-2018 20:26 UTC-7

Hughes Eliminated in Two Hands

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Ryan Hughes (picture from a previous event)

On the first hand, Mike Schneider raised from the button and Ryan Hughes three-bet from the small blind. Schneider made the call and the flop fell . Hughes bet and Schneider called once more.

The turn was the and brought the same action. On the river , Hughes fired a last bet and got called by Schneider holding . Hughes, with , was dominated and fell to a stack of 14,000.

In the hand right after, Hughes raised from the button and got called by Won Lee in the big blind. The flop came and Lee check-called Hughes's bet for his last 4,500. Lee turned over for a flopped straight and Hughes, holding , was in desperate shape for a double-up. The turn and river didn't change anything and Hughes made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Schneider (MN)	355,000	-24,500
Wong Lee	170,000	170,000
Ryan Hughes	Busted

Tags: Mike Schneider Ryan Hughes Won Lee

07-10-2018 22:30 UTC-7

Vieira Rivered a Straight on Bardah

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Andrew Rudisill started the action with a raise and Ronnie Bardah three-bet from the small blind. Joao Vieira four-bet in the big blind and both Rudisill and Bardah made the call.

The flop fell and Bardah first checked. Vieira bet and it was called by Rudisill. Bardah raised and Joao four-bet, which made Rudisill let it go. Bardah opted for a five-bet and Vieira called.

The turn brought the and Vieira called a bet from Bardah. The river was the and Bardah bet once more. Vieira called and tabled for a straight. Bardah reluctantly mucked for a flopped set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	290,000	50,000
Andrew Rudisill	90,000	20,000
Ronnie Bardah	12,000	-93,000

Tags: Andrew Rudisill Joao Vieira Ronnie Bardah

07-10-2018 22:42 UTC-7

Seiken Doubles Up Through Helppi

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Juha Helppi raised and Nicholas Seiken called in the small blind.

The flop went and Seiken check-called a bet from Helppi. The turn was the and Seiken snap-raised all in for his last 21,000 another bet from Helppi. The latter called with , but was facing in Seiken's hand for a set of fours.

The river didn't change anything and Seiken doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	262,000	22,000
Nicholas Seiken	85,000

Tags: Juha Helppi Nicholas Seiken

07-10-2018 23:31 UTC-7

Glaser Knocked Out by Thurlow

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Benny Glaser busted in two hands against Justin Thurlow. On the first one, Glaser raised from under the gun and called a three-bet from Thurlow.

The flop came and Glaser check-called a bet from Thurlow. The same action happened on the turn after Glaser tanked for some time.

The river brought a and Glaser opted to raise to 32,000 a bet from Thurlow. The latter reraised it to 48,000 and Gaser mucked his hand, showing for a set of eights.

A few minutes later, Thurlow raised from the under the gun position and Glaser called all in in the big blind position for a stack around 12, 000 left.

Holding , Glaser was in desperate shape for a double up, against for Thurlow, and found no help on a board . Glaser made his way to the cashier to collect his $6,990 prize.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Thurlow	380,000	20,000
Benny Glaser	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Justin Thurlow