2018 World Series of Poker

Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee
Day: 1c
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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
Players Left 1 / 3120
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Kempe Not Afraid of the Kings

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante

Jameson Painter wasn't sitting in his original seat anymore and has been replaced by Rainer Kempe. Alexander Lakhov, who busted earlier, has reentered and taken a seat at the same table but seems to have lost it all again as Ben Palmer has taken his seat now.

The player in early position raised to 500 and the player in the hijack three-bet to 1,200. Rainer Kempe four-bet to 3,800 from the small blind. The initial raiser folded and the hijack called.

The flop came {6-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}, Kempe bet 2,700 and his opponent shoved with the bigger stack. Kempe snap-called.

Rainer Kempe: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Hijack: {A-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The rest of the board was completed with the {7-Spades} on the turn and the {6-Clubs} on the river to provide Kempe with a double-up.

Player Chips Progress
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Rainer Kempe
31,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ben Palmer
15,000
15,000
15,000
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Jameson Painter
Busted

Tags: Alexander LakhovBen PalmerJameson PainterRainer Kempe

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
64,000
34,200
34,200
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Joshua Prager us
Joshua Prager
43,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Jessica Dawley us
Jessica Dawley
43,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of James Alexander us
James Alexander
38,500
19,500
19,500
Profile photo of Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
38,000
15,500
15,500
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
33,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
27,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Gavin O'Rourke
24,000
15,975
15,975
Profile photo of Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
21,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Ladislav Cerveny
21,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
17,000
$25K Fantasy
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Allyn Shulman
10,500
11,800
11,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jiri Horak
5,000

O'Kearney Out

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante
Dara O'Kearney
Dara O'Kearney

Dara O'Kearney has been eliminated and was kind enough to tell the live reporting team what had happened:

The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 1,100. O'Kearney held {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} in the cutoff and called. So did the players on the button and in the big blind.

The flop came {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, the big blind, the initial raiser, and O'Kearney all checked. The button bet 1,600. The big blind folded, the initial raiser shoved for about 16,000. O'Kearney was the only one to call.

His opponent held {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a flush but O'Kearney had the nut-flush.

The rest of the board was completed with a {q-} on the turn and the {8-Hearts} on the river to give O'Kearney's opponent the straight flush to take O'Kearney out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Dara O'Kearney
Busted

Tags: Dara O'Kearney

McKeehen Gets It on Turn

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante

Joe McKeehen was on the button, flatting a 1,125-raise from his right-hand opponent when we arrived. The big blind came along and they saw the {7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Spades} flop where the original aggressor fired 1,400. Only McKeehen called and they continued heads-up to the {J-Diamonds} turn. The action was checked to McKeehen who fired 2,500 in position, enough to take the pot as his opponent laid his hand down.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe McKeehen
18,400
2,900
2,900
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Joe McKeehen

Ho Slips

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante

Maria Ho raised from middle position, the button three-bet shoved for about 7,400, and Ho called with a covering stack.

Maria Ho: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Button: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The button had the lead with the better ace and Ho needed to improve in order to stack him. Although she picked up a big draw on the {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop, the {2-Hearts} turn and {5-Spades} river were no help to her, so her opponent took the pot to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Maria Ho
4,000
8,625
8,625

Tags: Maria Ho

Recent Chip Counts

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
45,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Lacey Jones us
Lacey Jones
31,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Nam Le us
Nam Le
28,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Ivo Donev at
Ivo Donev
27,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
20,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Will Berry us
Will Berry
19,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen
17,000
4,925
4,925
Profile photo of DJ MacKinnon us
DJ MacKinnon
16,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
14,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
14,000
Profile photo of Ioannis Angelou-Konstas
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas
11,300
3,700
3,700
Profile photo of Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
10,200
6,800
6,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jon Kyte
8,000
8,000
8,000
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Petar Kalev
6,000
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Matt Affleck
1,000
11,050
11,050
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Emile Schiff
Busted

Berkey Flashes Jack of Hearts

Level 8 : 250/500, 75 ante

Matt Berkey was in the big blind, checking the {J-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}{A-Hearts} river. There was about 10,000 in the pot and his opponent, sitting in the middle position, wanted to see Berkey's remaining stack. Berkey had only two chips in front of him, worth 6,000 total. The other player moved all in and Berkey clapped his hands a few times, then shuffled his cards and eventually flashed the {J-Hearts} before folding.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Berkey
6,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Matt Berkey

Level: 8

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75