Event #71: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-10-2018 12:37 UTC-8

Moshe Eliminated by Accardo

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

The flop read and the player in the small blind checked. Asi Moshe bet 2,500 from the big blind and the player in mid-position folded. Stefano Accardo called in the hijack and both the cutoff and the small blind folded.

The turn brought them the , Moshe put in his remaining 200 and Accardo snap-called.

Asi Moshe:
Stefano Accardo:

They both had a full house but Accardo had the higher full house with the pocket fives.

The river was a blank and Moshe was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steffen Sontheimer	25,000
Stefan Schillhabel	25,000
Asi Moshe	Busted

Tags: Asi Moshe Stefano Accardo

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

07-10-2018 13:02 UTC-8

New Arrivals

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kacper Pyzara	29,000 29,000	29,000
Rainer Kempe	25,000 25,000	25,000

Max Lehmanski	25,000 25,000	25,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	25,000
Giuseppe Pantaleo	25,000 25,000	25,000

Ran Ilani	25,000 25,000	25,000
Chi Zhang	25,000 25,000	25,000
Romain Nardin	25,000 25,000	25,000
Samuel Bernabeu	25,000 25,000	25,000

Christoph Vogelsang	25,000
Tim West	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jonathan Duhamel	25,000 25,000	25,000

Michael Gathy	25,000 25,000	25,000

Paul Michaelis	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	25,000 25,000	25,000
Mike Watson	25,000 25,000	25,000

Raul Martinez Requena	25,000 25,000	25,000
Joao Simao	25,000 25,000	25,000

Daniel Negreanu	25,000 25,000	25,000

Artan Dedusha	25,000 25,000	25,000
Joe McKeehen	25,000 25,000	25,000

Alex Foxen	25,000 25,000	25,000

Thomas Muehloecker	25,000 25,000	25,000
Robert Mizrachi	25,000 25,000	25,000

Nacho Barbero	25,000 25,000	25,000

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07-10-2018 13:17 UTC-8

Kortas Kicks Kanit Out

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Mustapha Kanit (photo taken in an earlier event)

Mustapha Kanit raised to 700 from early position and Ghattas Kortas three-bet to 2,500 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Kanit who called.

The flop came , Kanit check-called the 2,300 continuation-bet of Kortas.

The turn brought them the and again, Kanit check-called the 5,700 bet of Kortas.

The on the river completed the board. Kanit checked for the last time. Kortas shoved and Kanit asked for a count. The dealer counted out Kortas' stack and confirmed Kortas had 17,225 in front of him and had Kanit covered. Kanit considered all his options and then threw in a chip for the call.

Kortas tabled for the rivered straight to eliminate Kanit as he held for an overpair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ghattas Kortas	53,000 53,000	53,000
Mustapha Kanit	Busted

Tags: Ghattas Kortas Mustapha Kanit

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

07-10-2018 13:31 UTC-8

Verhaaf Wins a Bit Back

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

The player in the hijack raised to 800 and only Michael Verhaaf called in the small blind.

The flop came on which both players checked to the on the turn. Verhaaf now bet 1,600 and his opponent folded immediately.

Players are being moved all the time as the tournament organization keeps opening new tables and mixing the late entries with the next big blinds of other tables. Verhaaf is now seated at a new table which also includes Sam Cohen, Stefan Schillhabel, Darryll Fish, and Aaron Duczak,

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	46,000
Darryll Fish	38,500 13,500	13,500
Vlad Darie	31,000 8,000	8,000

Aaron Duczak	28,200 3,200	3,200
Stefan Schillhabel	28,000 3,000	3,000
JC Tran	25,000

Scott Margereson	25,000
Taylor Black	25,000
Ognyan Dimov	25,000

Michael Verhaaf	24,500 500	500
Sam Cohen	11,500 13,500	13,500

Tags: Aaron Duczak Darryll Fish Michael Verhaaf Stefan Schillhabel Sam Cohen

07-10-2018 13:54 UTC-8

Recent Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Brammer	60,000

Thomas Muehloecker	53,000 28,000	28,000
Artan Dedusha	48,000 23,000	23,000
Timothy Adams	33,000

Eric Blair	30,000
Antoine Saout	27,000 2,000	2,000
Griffin Benger	25,000
Justin Young	25,000
Jeremy Ausmus	25,000

Jonathan Abdellatif	25,000

Dan Smith	25,000

Pedro Oliveira	25,000
Manig Loeser	25,000

Matt Glantz	25,000

Chris Moorman	25,000

Andre Akkari	25,000

Scotty Nguyen	25,000

Pieter Aerts	25,000
Natasha Mercier	25,000
Harry Lodge	25,000

Sam Greenwood	25,000

Joe McKeehen	24,500 500	500

Grayson Ramage	24,500 500	500
Damian Salas	22,000 3,000	3,000

Ognjen Sekularac	20,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

07-10-2018 13:59 UTC-8

Ilani Eliminated

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Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 100 ante

Ran Ilani has just been eliminated in the previous level and was kind enough to recount what had happened.

The player in the hijack raised to 1,500 and Ilani three-bet to 4,700 from the button. The initial raiser called.

They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. The hijack check-shoved on Ilani's bet of 5,000. Ilani called for the 20,000 or so he still had behind.

Ran Ilani:
Hijack:

The river completed the board with the to take Ilani out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	Busted

Tags: Ran Ilani

07-10-2018 14:09 UTC-8

Hasson Has Heaps

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Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 100 ante

Gary Hasson (photo taken in an earlier event)

Christoph Vogelsang raised to 1,150 from under the gun and was called by Gary Hasson in the cutoff and Steffen Sontheimer on the button.

The flop came and they all checked through it to the on the turn. Vogelsang bet 3,800 and only Hasson called.

The river completed the board with the , Vogelsang bet 7,700, and Hasson called again without any hesitation. Vogelsang tabled for the turned two pair, but was beaten by Hasson who showed for the flopped set of deuces to take the pot.