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Level: 8
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000,000
Prize Pool
$24,840,000
Total Entries
27
Level
23
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Left 1 / 27
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Level 8
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Fedor Holz opened to 90,000 from middle position and Justin Bonomo called from the small blind. Cary Katz three-bet to 400,000 out of the big blind and Holz called while Bonomo folded.
The flop came 
and Katz check-called a bet of 225,000 from Holz. The turn brought the 
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Katz went into the tank, using up two time extensions before finally checking. Holz quickly checked back and Kats announced king-high.
Holz wanted to see the hand, however, and Katz turned over 
. Holz tabled 
for the winner and Nick Petrangelo gave his bit of advice. "I think five-fifty was the answer," he said to Katz who was contemplating a river bluff.
Level 7
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Isaac Haxton raised to 95,000 from the cutoff and was called by Nick Petrangelo in the small blind and Dominik Nitsche in the big blind. The flop of 
was checked and there was no betting action on the 
turn and 
river either.
"I win," Petrangelo announced and showed his 
for a straight. Both of his opponents mucked.
Haxton made it 95,000 once more in the next hand and Petrangelo on the button, as well as Nitsche in the small blind, both called. On the 
flop, action checked to Petrangelo and his bet of 115,000 claimed the pot right there.
Haxton made it 95,000 for the third hand in a row right after and Justin Bonomo came along from the big blind. The 
flop brought a check-call for 65,000 by Bonomo and he checked again the 
turn. Haxton fired a second barrel worth 230,000 and Bonomo folded.
Level 7
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Picking up the action after a flop of 
, Daniel Negreanu checked from the small blind and Phil Ivey checked from the cutoff.
The turn was the 
, Negreanu bet 250,000, and Ivey called. The river completed the board, Negreanu checked, and Ivey bet 500,000. Negreanu tanked, using four of his time banks before he folded.
Level 7
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Cary Katz opened to 100,000 from the cutoff, Isaac Haxton called from the button, Fedor Holz called from the small blind, and Nick Petrangelo called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and action checked around to Haxton who bet 110,000. Holz called before Petrangelo check-raised to 390,000. Katz and Haxton folded, as did Holz after a few moments.
Level 7
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Cary Katz checked the 
turn out of the big blind and Dominik Nitsche made it 250,000 to go from the cutoff, which Katz called.
The appeared on the river and Katz checked once more. Nitsche made it 650,000 to go.
"How much is it?" Katz asked from the other side of the table and Nitsche quickly confirmed his bet size.
"Okay, I call," Katz replied and was shown the 
. Katz had that beat with the 
and joked, "Play, now I am on tilt. Dom always gets me."
While Nitsche dropped below the starting stack, Katz moved back up to more than 5 million in chips.
Level 7
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Matthew Siegal opened to 100,000 from middle position and was called by Phil Ivey in the cutoff, Daniel Negreanu in the small blind, and Bryn Kenney in the big blind. The flop came 
and the action checked to Ivey who bet 250,000. Negreanu was the only one to call as the 
landed on the turn.
Negreanu led out for 250,000 this time and Ivey called to see the 
on the river. Negreanu checked and Ivey checked back. Negreanu flipped over 
for the nut flush and Ivey let out a "hmmm" before sliding his cards to the muck.
"I don't bet my friends on the river," Negreanu said with a laugh. "Only on the flop and turn, but not on the river."
Level 7
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Following the river of a 
board with roughly 550,000 in the pot, Rick Salomon checked from the big blind and Dan Smith bet 350,000 from the cutoff.
Salomon called, but mucked when Smith tabled for quad sevens.
Level 7
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Joining the action on the heads-up flop of 
, Matthew Siegal checked out of the big blind and Phil Ivey made it 90,000 to go from early position. Siegal called and check-called another bet of 250,000 on the turn. The river paired the board and Siegal quickly bet 400,000. Ivey tossed his cards into the muck after a few seconds.
One hand later, Daniel Negreanu raised to 100,000 and Steffen Sontheimer called in the big blind. Both players checked down the board of 
and Sontheimer was first to show, turning over an 
. Negreanu had that beat with the and that won the pot.
Level 7
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Adrian Mateos raised to 90,000 from early position and David Einhorn called from the big blind.
They checked to the turn of an board where Einhorn bet 125,000. Mateos called and both checked the river.
Einhorn tabled , but Mateos took it down with .
