2018 World Series of Poker

Event #77: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,650,773
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,144,000
Entries
128
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Pollak Moves into Chip Lead

Level 6 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a {10-Spades}{4-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades} river, Benjamin Pollak checked and Ben Tollerene bet 40,000. Pollak then check-raised to 155,000 and Tollerene used two time extensions before calling.

Pollak showed {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for a rivered full house and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Benjamin Pollak
630,000
180,000
180,000
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Ben Tollerene
80,000
-170,000
-170,000

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Sammartino Doubles Through Badziakouski

Level 6 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski had Dario Sammartino all in and at risk preflop for Sammartino's remaining 52,500. Sammartino was in good shape to score the double holding the {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} against Badziakouski's {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}.

Sammartino was able to fade a {k-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades} runout and Badziakouski paid him off.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikita Badziakouski
175,000
-55,000
-55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Dario Sammartino
115,000
-135,000
-135,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dario SammartinoMikita Badziakouski

Katz Gets Paid by Greenberg on the River

Level 6 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There was around 75,000 in the pot on the river as Larry Greenberg faced off against Cary Katz. The board showed {6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Katz put out a bet of 62,000.

Greenberg then dropped into the tank. He thought through his first time extension and tanked through nearly all of his second time extension before he eventually called. Catz showed down his {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for rivered trips and it would earn him the pot.

"Fuck," Greenberg said. "Nice hand."

Greenberg sent over the chips and Katz chipped up to just over 290,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Cary Katz
292,000
27,000
27,000
$25K Fantasy
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Larry Greenberg
172,500
-49,500
-49,500

Tags: Cary KatzLarry Greenberg

Updated Chip Counts

Level 6 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brandon Adams us
Brandon Adams
530,000
80,000
80,000
StakeKings
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Rainer Kempe
385,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
360,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Bill Klein us
Bill Klein
298,000
103,000
103,000
Profile photo of Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
270,000
20,000
20,000
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Chi Zhang
256,000
-21,000
-21,000
Profile photo of Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
250,000
-120,000
-120,000
Profile photo of David Saffron us
David Saffron
245,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
235,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
235,000
-86,000
-86,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
232,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Mikita Badziakouski
230,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Koray Aldemir
165,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Steffen Sontheimer
145,000
-100,000
-100,000
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Dan Smith
110,000
-10,500
-10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

Foxen Doubles Through Adams

Level 6 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

Alex Foxen raised to 9,000 and Timothy Adams three-bet to 24,000. Foxen four-bet all in for 166,500 and Adams called.

Timothy Adams: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Alex Foxen: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

There were no dramas on the {2-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{5-Spades} runout and Foxen doubled through his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Foxen
340,000
175,000
175,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
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Timothy Adams
50,000
-225,000
-225,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Alex FoxenTimothy Adams

Fast Off to a Better Start

Level 6 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Dietrich Fast opened from the hijack with a raise to 8,000. Ryan Tosoc called on the button. Sam Soverel called in the big blind too.

The flop was {7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and action checked to Fast. He put out a bet of 10,000. Tosoc folded while Soverel called.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} prompting checks from both players and the {10-Spades} dropped on the river. There, Soverel checked again. Fast fired a river bet of 75,000 which was almost enough to put Soverel all in. He tanked for a good while but eventually decided to fold and Fast took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Dietrich Fast
275,500
25,500
25,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sam Soverel
85,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Dietrich FastRyan TosocSam Soverel