2018 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
78
Prize
$199,586
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,098,900
Entries
1,221
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000

Arani Bubbles Final Three Tables

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

[Removed:321] Arani appeared to move all in from under the gun. It folded to Michael Gallagher in the big blind.

"Every time when it's my big blind," he said before looking at his cards and flicking in a call tabling {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

The dealer clarified that Arani wasn't in fact all in.

"I have 5,000 behind," said Arani.

"Put it in on the flop?" said Gallagher, and Arani nodded.

The flop came {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{a-Spades} and the rest of the money went in. Arani eventually turned over {q-Diamonds}{j-Spades} for a pair and a straight draw. The turn {6-Spades} and river {3-Spades} didn't help him, however, and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Gallagher ca
Michael Gallagher
600,000
514,000
514,000
Mohammad Arani us
Mohammad Arani
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Michael GallagherMohammad Arani

Final Three Tables Seat Draw

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
SeatTable #407Table #415Table #423
1Eli LoewenthalMichael GallagherJustin Young
2Viktor LaviMatthew BergerDaniel Pridham
3Leo MargetsEric TaylorDenis Timofeev
4Thiago NishijimaJason JohnsonRhody L Heureux
5DJ MacKinnonAlexander BilbaoAntonio Ferreira
6Mitchell BowlesBen YuEvan Lipshultz
7Zinan XuSean TrohaJerry Young
8Richard KirschJerry MouawadJake Balsiger
9Alan BittikoferHien NguyenJuan Carlos Martin

Gallagher Takes Berger Down

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Matthew Berger
Matthew Berger

Alexander Bilbao raised to 50,000 from mid-position and Ben Yu three-bet to 140,000 from the late position. Action folded to Michael Gallagher in the small blind who shoved. Matthew Berger did the same from the big blind with the shorter stack. Bilbao quickly folded but Yu needed some more time. Yu tanked for a while and looked at his cards again.

"It feels like it's the Main Event here, but not quite though." Yu said with a bit of a smile on his face. He looked at his cards several more times and then opted to fold.

Matthew Berger: {J-Spades}{9-Spades}
Michael Gallagher: {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for Gallagher's pocket kings to hold and take Berger out in 27th place.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Gallagher ca
Michael Gallagher
1,195,000
595,000
595,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
525,000
39,000
39,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Alexander Bilbao us
Alexander Bilbao
210,000
-40,000
-40,000
Matthew Berger us
Matthew Berger
Busted

Tags: Alexander BilbaoBen YuMatthew BergerMichael Gallagher

Doubles for MacKinnon and Martin

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

DJ MacKinnon got his last 187,000 chips in with {q-Clubs}{10-Spades} against the {k-Hearts}{4-Clubs} of Thiago Nishijima, only for the board to run out {10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{a-Spades} giving MacKinnon a pair and doubling him up.

A short while later, Denis Timofeev was looking to crack the {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} of Juan Carlos Martin with the Russian holding {j-Spades}{10-Spades}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{a-Spades}{5-Spades} meaning Martin doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
870,000
399,000
399,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Juan Carlos Martin es
Juan Carlos Martin
730,000
380,000
380,000
DJ MacKinnon us
DJ MacKinnon
385,000
64,000
64,000
Denis Timofeev ru
Denis Timofeev
135,000
-175,000
-175,000

Tags: DJ MacKinnonDenis TimofeevThiago NishijimaJuan Carlos Martin

Johnson Gets Rid of Bilbao

Level 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Alexander Bilbao
Alexander Bilbao

The board read {a-Clubs}{8-Spades}{q-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and there was over 200,000 in the middle already. Jason Johnson had checked in the big blind and Alexander Bilbao shoved for 130,000 from under the gun. Johnson tanked for a bit and then called.

Alexander Bilbao: {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Jason Johnson: {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Bilbao had flopped two pair and Johnson held just top pair.

The river completed the board with the {q-Clubs} to pair the board and counterfeited Bilbao's two pair. Johnson's ten counted as the kicker to eliminate Bilbao from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Johnson us
Jason Johnson
800,000
330,000
330,000
Alexander Bilbao us
Alexander Bilbao
Busted

Tags: Alexander BilbaoJason Johnson

Level: 25

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000