2018 World Series of Poker

Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$814,179
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,337,000
Entries
355
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Chen Doubles Through Foxen

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Alex Foxen opened the action with a raise and James Chen called in the big blind. The flop came down {6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and both players checked and saw a {j-Diamonds} turn. Chen bet 1,700 and Foxen called, and on the {7-Clubs} river, Chen's check allowed Foxen to bet 7,000, which was enough to put his opponent all in.

Chen thought for several minutes before he made the call for his tournament life.

"I'm just too curious," said Chen.

Foxen tabled {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for ace high, and Chen won the pot with {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a pair.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000 -13,000
James Chen tw
James Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
18,000 18,000

Tags: Alex FoxenJames Chen

Shak Eliminated Due to Kicker Problems

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Dan Shak
Dan Shak

Dan Shak has been eliminated from the tournament. He had 5,700 left in front of him and that went to the middle with {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}. Unfortunately for Shak, he had to win against {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} from the under-the-gun player who had raised preflop. Shak had, in fact, the opportunity to triple up after Robert Mizrachi called the shove from Shak as well, but Mizrachi folded after the under-the-gun player four-bet.

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{Q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} and the kicker of Shak's opponent played.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted

Tags: Dan ShakRobert Mizrachi

Silver Wins One

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Max Silver raised from under the gun and saw Benjamin Pollak call in the small blind and the player in the big blind also called. The flop came down {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, and Silver bet 1,200 after the action was checked to him. Pollak called and the big blind folded.

The turn brought the {3-Diamonds}, and Pollak led for 1,600, which Silver called. Pollak decided to check on the {5-Hearts} river, and Silver's 2,000 bet got the former to fold.

"I finally got one through," said Silver with a smile on his face after previously losing a succession of hands.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
17,000 -3,000

Tags: Max SilverBenjamin Pollak

Bicknell Trumps Trumper

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Kristen Bicknell
Kristen Bicknell

With an already complete board of {3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} out there, Kristen Bicknell had 4 peach colored 5,000 chips laying in front of her with a pot in the middle of well over 20,000 already. The action was on Simon Trumper and he took his time to figure out what to do.

After a while, he ended up calling and Bicknell showed {4-Clubs}{3-Spades} for a full house. Trumper showed the {5-Diamonds} for a straight, but with the river card out there giving Bicknell a full house he lost the hand.

Another player at the table claimed to have folded seven-five while Bicknell was already stacking up her newly won chips.

Player Chips Progress
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
WSOP 4X Winner
85,000 7,000
Simon Trumper gb
Simon Trumper
48,500 -1,500

Tags: Kristen BicknellSimon Trumper

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
173,000 23,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
145,000 95,000
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
96,000 46,000
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
78,000 2,000
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
72,000 17,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
58,000 1,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
55,000 5,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
WSOP 1X Winner
53,000 9,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
52,000 2,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
51,000 51,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
50,000 50,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
46,000 -19,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
41,000 -9,000
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
WSOP 1X Winner
41,000 6,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
WSOP 2X Winner
40,000 -10,000
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
WSOP 1X Winner
37,000 -16,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
28,000 28,000
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000 -25,000
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
18,000 -32,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

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