Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-11-2018 16:37 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Bicknell	78,000 28,000	28,000

Leo Fernandez	76,000 26,000	26,000
Martin Jacobson	65,000 15,000	15,000

Joey Weissman	60,000 10,000	10,000

Timothy Adams	57,000 7,000	7,000

Jennifer Tilly	53,000 3,000	3,000

Simon Trumper	50,000
Adrian Mateos	47,000 3,000	3,000

Andre Akkari	44,000 6,000	6,000

Niall Farrell	36,000 14,000	14,000

Ryan Laplante	35,000 15,000	15,000

Alex Foxen	26,000 24,000	24,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	50,000 50,000	50,000

Igor Kurganov	50,000 50,000	50,000

Sam Cohen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Conor Beresford	50,000 50,000	50,000
Robert Mizrachi	50,000

Ben Lamb	50,000 50,000	50,000

Emmett Takes Some Back

Milko van Winden

Level 3 : 150/300, 300 ante

Randall Emmett's table is by far the loudest in the room, just like his entree was during the Main Event a week ago. Emmett seems to be having the time of his life on "the easiest table in the room".

Emmett is seated with the likes of Dominik Nitsche, Alex Foxen, Jonathan Little and Max Silver and is enjoying every single moment of it, so it seems.

Alex Foxen raised to 1,200 from the cutoff and when it folded around to Emmett in the big blind he called. When Emmett checked on the board Foxen threw out a bet of 1,100.

"Stop, please, stop!"

Emmett threw in enough to call the bet and the turn came down and both players slowed down and checked.

"See. That's what I thought!"

They also checked on the river. Emmett showed and that was more than enough to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randall Emmett	35,000 10,000	10,000
Alex Foxen	35,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Dominik Nitsche Jonathan Little Max Silver

07-11-2018 17:03 UTC-8

Beresford Scores a KO

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Aaron McBride

Level 3 : 150/300, 300 ante

Conor Beresford has just scored one of the first eliminations from the Day 1 field after his pocket kings held against pocket queens.

Beresford was in the big blind and was able to call off for his opponents entire stack. The board ran clean for Beresford, and he took down the pot and sent his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Beresford	60,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Conor Beresford

07-11-2018 17:09 UTC-8

Entries and Exits

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Aaron McBride

Level 3 : 150/300, 300 ante

A host of new names have joined the proceedings in this level, and one player who has exited is Niall Farrell, who recently won the 888poker Team 8 challenge alongside Chris Moorman and Billy Chattaway, which gifted him with free entry to next year's WSOP Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	50,000 50,000	50,000

Brian Yoon	50,000

Michael Addamo	50,000 50,000	50,000

Sam Soverel	50,000 50,000	50,000

Niall Farrell	Busted

07-11-2018 17:24 UTC-8

Simao Takes From Pardo Dominguez

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Milko van Winden

Level 3 : 150/300, 300 ante

There was 2,000 in the pot and the flop was . Joao Simao and his opponent Juan Pardo Dominguez both checked to see the turn come down.

On this board, it was Simao who lead out with a bet of 1,300 and Pardo Dominguez called him.

They both checked on the river and Simao showed to take down the small pot with a straight.

A lot of players are still joining the field with registration open until the start of Day 2. A couple of names that recently joined include Mikita Badziakouski, Nick Petrangelo, David Peters and Martin Finger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo Dominguez	84,000 34,000	34,000
Mikita Badziakouski	50,000 50,000	50,000

Martin Finger	50,000 50,000	50,000

Nick Petrangelo	50,000 50,000	50,000

Byron Kaverman	50,000 50,000	50,000

David Peters	50,000 50,000	50,000

Joao Simao	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Joao Simao Juan Pardo Dominguez

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

07-11-2018 17:41 UTC-8

The Best of the Best

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Milko van Winden

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

With Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship being the final championship event of the summer it is attracting the best of the best to compete here.

A couple of the latest entries in the tournament are Scotty Nguyen, Jason Koon, Christopher Brammer and Phil Galfond.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	50,000

Scotty Nguyen	50,000

Phil Galfond	50,000

Christopher Brammer	50,000

Diogo Veiga	50,000

Tags: Christopher Brammer Jason Koon Phil Galfond Scotty Nguyen

07-11-2018 17:50 UTC-8

Kitai Kicks into Action

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Aaron McBride

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Davidi Kitai has just recently taken his seat in the event and wasted no time in getting into the action.

The board was down when Kitai checked in the big blind. His opponent bet 4,500 from the button and Kitai decided to raise to 16,200. The player gave himself a minute to think before he tapped the table, folded his hand and conceded the pot to the Belgian Kitai.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai

07-11-2018 17:59 UTC-8

Finger Makes Opponent Fold

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Milko van Winden

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Martin Finger three-bet from the small blind after the player in the hijack raised to 900. Finger put in 3,700 and his opponent took his time to eventually end up calling.

The flop came down and the continuation bet of 4,000 from Finger was enough to take down the pot.