2018 World Series of Poker

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

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Dinner Time

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Late registration and re-entry will close when the action resumes at approximately 7:01 p.m. PDST.

Friedman Doubles

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Perry Friedman earlier this summer
Perry Friedman earlier this summer

The action was complete, the cards were on their backs, and the full {K-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Hearts} board was out when we got to the table. Perry Friedman had {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades} face-up in front of him and his opponent was showing {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}. Friedman told us that he'd opened to 2,600 preflop, his opponent three-bet to 8,000, Friedman shoved, and his opponent called to put him at risk. They tabled their hands and although Friedman saw that his ace was dominated, he hit his eight on the river for the double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
WSOP 1X Winner
33,000 -400

Tags: Perry Friedman

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
WSOP 1X Winner
113,000 72,300
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
72,000 44,300
JC Tran us
JC Tran
70,200 31,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
49,200 36,700
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
47,400 -5,600
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
WSOP 5X Winner
34,000 6,000
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
WSOP 1X Winner
30,600
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
28,000 14,500
Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
20,600 -9,700
Muskan Sethi in
Muskan Sethi
19,600 8,800
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
15,000 15,000
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
WSOP 2X Winner
15,000 15,000
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
12,900 12,900
DJ MacKinnon us
DJ MacKinnon
8,600 -6,400
Duy Ho us
Duy Ho
Busted

Mermelstein Stacks Two

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The action was complete and three players were all-in when we got to the table: Loni Harwood in the big blind, Aaron Mermelstein, in early position, and a third player in the cutoff. Mermelstein had the largest stack by a wide margin.

Loni Harwood: {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Aaron Mermelstein: {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Cutoff: {10-Spades}{8-Spades}

Harwood and Mermelstein were tied for the lead, but that changed when the flop came {K-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts} to give Mermelstein the nut-flush draw. The {4-Diamonds} on the turn was no help to anyone but the {10-Hearts} river meant the entire pot belonged to Mermelstein.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
78,000 46,000
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Aaron MermelsteinLoni Harwood

Level: 12

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200