2018 World Series of Poker

Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$612,886
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
3,120
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Avery Bass Eliminated in 11th Place ($40,876)

Level 34 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Avery Bass
Avery Bass

Avery Bass got his stack in before the flop from the cutoff against Richard Cox, who was on the button and had him covered by a wide margin.

Avery Bass: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Richard Cox: {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Cox had the preflop advantage and Bass needed help from the deck to double up. The board ran out {10-Spades}{6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts} to give both players trip tens but Cox took the pot with the better kicker to send Bass to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Avery Bass us
Avery Bass
Busted

Tags: Avery BassRichard Cox

Cada Gets a Full Double Before Break

Level 34 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Joe Cada
Joe Cada

Joe Cada opened to 450,000 from the middle and Brayden Gazlay defended his big with a call. Cada fired three barrels on the board of {J-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{A-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Gazlay check-called all of them. He paid 350,000 on the flop, then 750,000 on the turn, and finally he matched Cada's shove of 2,750,000 on the river.

Cada turned up {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for trips and scored a massive double as Gazlay held {J-Spades}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
8,700,000
4,000,000
4,000,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Brayden Gazlay us
Brayden Gazlay
3,000,000
-2,200,000
-2,200,000

Tags: Brayden GazlayJoe Cada

Updated Chip Counts

Level 34 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
8,900,000
200,000
200,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Richard Cox us
Richard Cox
7,100,000
700,000
700,000
Joshua Turner us
Joshua Turner
5,200,000
980,000
980,000
StakeKings
Jimmy Poper us
Jimmy Poper
4,250,000
1,650,000
1,650,000
Paawan Bansal in
Paawan Bansal
4,170,000
Sam Simmons us
Sam Simmons
3,840,000
-1,260,000
-1,260,000
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
3,500,000
400,000
400,000
Richard Ali us
Richard Ali
3,450,000
-555,000
-555,000
Jeffrey Tanouye us
Jeffrey Tanouye
3,000,000
-150,000
-150,000
Brayden Gazlay us
Brayden Gazlay
3,000,000

Level: 35

Blinds: 120,000/240,000

Ante: 40,000

Afrait Takes One on the Turn

Level 35 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades} with about 2 million in the middle and action checked all the way around.

The {J-Clubs} hit the turn and Richard Cox checked from the big blind. Joe Cada checked from the hijack, Eric Afriat bet 400,000 from the button, both players folded, and Afrait took the pot. He showed {A-}{Q-} and started stacking his newly acquired chips.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
8,000,000
-900,000
-900,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
5,800,000
2,300,000
2,300,000
Richard Cox us
Richard Cox
5,200,000
-1,900,000
-1,900,000

Tags: Eric AfriatJoe CadaRichard Cox

Afriat Wins Three-Way Showdown

Level 35 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Eric Afriat raised to 500,000 in the hijack and found two callers as Richard Cox flatted on the button and Brayden Gazlay came along from the big blind. The complete board of {Q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{J-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{K-Spades} was checked through and Gazlay turned up {A-Spades}{4-Spades}. Cox had him beat with {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} but Afriat tabled {A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and took down the pot with a pair of sevens.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
7,600,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
Richard Cox us
Richard Cox
4,670,000
-530,000
-530,000
Brayden Gazlay us
Brayden Gazlay
1,950,000
-1,050,000
-1,050,000

Tags: Richard CoxEric AfriatBrayden Gazlay

Level: 36

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 50,000

Gazlay Doubles Through Cada

Level 36 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Brayden Gazlay jammed from the hijack for 2.485 million and Joe Cada called from the big blind with a significantly larger stack.

Brayden Gazlay: {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Joe Cada: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

The players were racing for the pot and Gazlay needed to improve in order to survive. The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Gazlay took the pot with top two to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
5,600,000
-2,400,000
-2,400,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Brayden Gazlay us
Brayden Gazlay
5,100,000
3,150,000
3,150,000

Tags: Brayden GazlayJoe Cada