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 13:19 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	37,000 22,000	22,000

Dan Shak	33,000
Bertrand Grospellier	27,000

Romain Gineste	22,000 5,000	5,000
Jared Hamby	21,000 3,500	3,500

Martin Finger	21,000

Pete Chen	15,000

Sebastien Hamidi	11,000 2,000	2,000

Harder Took a Seat and Lost Chips

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

Christian Harder (picture from a previous event)

Christian Harder, who made three WSOP final tables and earned $1,071,911 total on WSOP events, joined the field and lost some chips as he has now a stack worth 7,000.

Harder will try to catch his seventh cash of the summer in a WSOP tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Harder	7,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Christian Harder

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

07-12-2018 12:49 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
David Rheem	32,000 18,200	18,200
Mason Pastore	29,000 14,500	14,500
Kelly Minkin	26,500 26,500	26,500
Benjamin Ector	18,000 3,000	3,000

Kitty Kuo	15,000
Alexis Fleur	15,000
Alexandra Maloney	11,000 3,700	3,700
Louise Francoeur	11,000 4,000	4,000
Phil Laak	11,000 4,000	4,000

Nadia Richard	5,200 10,800	10,800
Lisa Costello	4,200 5,800	5,800

Tricarico Takes From Schavo

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Sandra Barbour

Level 5 : 100/200, 15 ante

The player in early position opened to 400. Arthur Schavo, on the button, called along with the small blind, and Alexandro Tricarico in the big blind.

The flop was . The small blind, Tricarico, and the player under the gun. checked. Schavo bet 750. Tricarico was the only one to stick around with a call. The turn brought the and was checked through to the . Again, both players opted to check.

Schavo showed and Tricarico tabled to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Schavo	19,000
Alexandro Tricarico	14,000

Tags: Arthur Schavo Alexandro Tricarico

07-12-2018 12:38 UTC-8

Bicknell on her Last Event

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 5 : 100/200, 15 ante

In the field today and going along nicely is Kristen Bicknell, winner of the 2013 $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship and 2016 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty.

Bicknell told us she's playing her last WSOP event of the summer. Her best memory of summer? "Making Day 4 of the Main Event. It's the deepest I've gone in the main and it was really an exciting feeling." Bicknell finished 492nd for $26,535 and cashed in six events total during the series.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Bicknell	15,000 15,000	15,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 15

07-12-2018 12:07 UTC-8

First Break

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Sandra Barbour

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante

Players are gone on their first 20-minute break of the day.

07-12-2018 12:06 UTC-8

Scherer Doubles Through Odonnell

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Sandra Barbour

Level 4 : 75/150, 25 ante

Anthony Scherer opened to 350 under the gun. The player in the hijack called. Kevin Odonnell, on the cutoff. three-bet to 1,125. The button called along with Scherer and the player under the gun.

A flop of was dealt. Scherer checked. The hijack checked. Odonnell bet 3,500. Scherer was the only caller.