Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee Day 1a | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-12-2018 20:01 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Massimiliano Zanasi	Busted
Thomas Boivin	Busted
Mason Pastore	Busted
Ryan Laplante	Busted
Christian Harder	Busted
Maria Lampropulos	Busted
Jared Kwong	Busted
Johan Guilbert	Busted
Samuel Phillips	Busted
Lisa Costello	Busted
Ryan Hall	Busted

Zack Takes From Wilkerson

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Dan Zack raised in the cutoff position and Dylan Wilkerson called from the small blind.

The flop came and both players checked. The turn fell a and Zack bet 5,500 after a check from Wilkerson. The latter tanked for a minute and called.

A completed the board and Wilkerson checked once more. Zack fired 13,000 and Wilkerson ended up mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Zack	110,000	52,000
Dylan Wilkerson	55,000	-5,000

Tags: Dan Zack Dylan Wilkerson

07-12-2018 19:48 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	45,000	28,000
Matt Stout	39,000	23,300
Alexandro Tricarico	34,000	-20,000
Kenny Hallaert	31,000	31,000
Kristen Bicknell	28,000	15,900
Phillip Tom	Busted
Martin Finger	Busted
Kitty Kuo	Busted
Alexis Fleur	Busted

Lampropulos Doubles Up Again Through von Bergen

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Tom von Bergen raised from the cutoff and it folded to Maria Lampropulos in the small blind who moved all in for a stack worth 27,000. Von Bergen made the call and both players flipped over their cards.

Holding , Lampropulos had to win the flip against von Bergen with , which she did after a board fell, improving her hand into a set of nines on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom von Bergen	51,000	-6,000
Maria Lampropulos	50,000	-20,800

Tags: Maria Lampropulos Tom von Bergen

07-12-2018 19:34 UTC-7

Some Updated Chipcounts

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Wylkerson	76,000
Kelly Minkin	67,000	19,000
Mike Leah	52,000
Farah Galfond	45,000	29,700
Ryan Hughes	45,000
Samuel Phillips	14,000	-1,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

07-12-2018 19:33 UTC-7

Foxen Grabs Chips Preflop

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The action folded to the button player who limped for 1,600 and the small blind raised it to 5,000. After some consideration, Alex Foxen chose to push all in for a stack around 41,000 and made his both opponents fold their hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	50,000	8,000

Tags: Alex Foxen

07-12-2018 19:24 UTC-7

Chen Doubles Through Grospellier

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Pete Chan was all in holding for a stack around 5,000 left and was facing Bertrand Grospellier holding .

The dealer brought a board , giving Chen the double-up he needed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand Grospellier	40,600	-16,400
Pete Chen	12,000	-3,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Pete Chan

07-12-2018 19:21 UTC-7

End of Late Registrations

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The late registrations just closed and a total of 502 players entered the event today.

07-12-2018 19:10 UTC-7

Chris Ferguson Jumped In

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Chris Ferguson, 2000 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion and 2017 Player of the Year, just took a seat in this event and has a fresh stack of 15,000.

Ferguson has his eyes on adding a seventh gold bracelet to his collection.