2018 World Series of Poker
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.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
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 ![]()
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. 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.
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.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 15
Players are gone on their first 20-minute break of the day.
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 ![]()
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was dealt. Scherer checked. The hijack checked. Odonnell bet 3,500. Scherer was the only caller.
The turn brought the
. Scherer threw in 2,500. Odonnell raised to 9,000. Scherer called, putting at risk his last chips.
Anthony Scherer: ![]()
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Kevin Odonnell: ![]()
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The
river filled up the board and Odonnell took down the pot.
Ryan Laplante took a seat in this event and is actually a little bit under the starting stack with 13,000 chips.
Laplante reached the final table Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em for a sixth-place finish and won the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha in 1016.