Event #73: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-11-2018 19:43 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	190,000
Ben Yu	127,300 32,300	32,300

Allen Cunningham	78,000 11,000	11,000

Erik Seidel	72,000 42,000	42,000

Leo Margets	63,500 4,700	4,700

DJ MacKinnon	62,400 45,400	45,400
Jonathan Duhamel	55,600 -400	-400

Ben Keeline	52,000 41,000	41,000
Matt Silva	51,000 -17,500	-17,500
Roland Israelashvili	45,300 4,300	4,300
Allen Kessler	36,000 11,000	11,000

Matthew Davis	34,000 34,000	34,000
Jessica Dawley	Busted

Jeff Gross	Busted

Lakhov Sends One Home

simkha

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The player in the cutoff got his stack in the middle preflop against Alexander Lakhov, who was under the gun and had him covered by a wide margin.

Alexander Lakhov:
Cutoff:

The board ran out , so Lakhov's kings held up, and he took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Lakhov	135,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Alexander Lakhov

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

07-11-2018 20:18 UTC-7

Chip Counts as the Bubble Approaches

simkha

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	192,000 2,000	2,000
Ben Yu	171,000 43,700	43,700

Leo Margets	121,000 57,500	57,500

Alexander Lakhov	110,000 -25,000	-25,000
Jonathan Duhamel	108,600 53,000	53,000

Erik Seidel	83,000 11,000	11,000

Allen Kessler	58,500 22,500	22,500

Allen Cunningham	54,100 -23,900	-23,900

Roland Israelashvili	49,000 3,700	3,700
Matthew Davis	28,600 -5,400	-5,400
Scott Bohlman	Busted

Ankush Mandavia	Busted

Dara O'Kearney	Busted
Pete Chen	Busted

07-11-2018 20:22 UTC-7

In the Money

simkha

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The bubble has broken without hand-for-hand play. All remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,496 for their efforts in this event.

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

07-11-2018 20:45 UTC-7

Duhamel Folds to a Check-Shove

simkha

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

There were about 15,000 chips in the middle and the flop was out when we got to the table. Action checked to Jonathan Duhamel in middle position and he bet 9,000. The big blind check-raised all in for about 50,000, and after some consideration, Duhamel folded. The big blind showed as the dealer pushed the pot his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	103,000 -5,600	-5,600

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel

07-11-2018 20:59 UTC-7

Kessler Cooked

simkha

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Allen Kessler told us he'd just lost a coin flip for the overwhelming majority of his stack before he moved his last 5,500 into the middle from early position. Both blinds called.

The two live players checked all the way down the board. The small blind showed , the big blind tabled , and Kessler held . The small blind took the pot and Kessler made his exit.