2018 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$8,800,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$74,015,600
Total Entries
7,874
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
500,000
Players Left 1 / 7,874
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Daniels Looks Through the Bluff of Busquet

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

While most tables were already vacated with the players headed into the dinner break, one big pot was brewing in the purple section. There were 24,500 in the middle with a completed board showing {J-Clubs}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and Olivier Busquet bet 12,000 out of the small blind.

Jake Daniels was in the think tank and checked his stack carefully before tossing in the call. Busquet, who had been staring at the middle of the table without saying any word, rolled over {A-Spades}{8-Spades} for a bluff and Daniels showed his {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks, jumped out of his chair and high-fived a friend that was watching on the rail.

"Did you see that call?" he asked, stacked his chips and headed out to grab something to eat.

Tags: Jake DanielsOlivier Busquet

Kruk Eliminates Someone

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Christopher Kruk
Christopher Kruk

Christopher Kruk saw a player push all in for 4,800 and he called. The rest of the players folded their hands and Kruk was in pretty good shape to eliminate his opponent with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} versus {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}.

The board ran out {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and Kruk won a nice pot while eliminating a player from the Main Event.

Tags: Christopher Kruk

Notable Chip Counts at Break

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Chip Counts

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Assorted Pre-Dinner Counts

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Victor Ramdin has dropped all the way below the starting stack while Jared Bleznick, Marius Pospiech, and Matt Berkey all built their stack on the very same table.

Soverel Bets the Turn

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Sam Soverel
Sam Soverel

Sam Soverel raised to 600 from the hijack and Stacey Sullivan called from the big blind. They went heads-up to the {k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop and Sullivan check-called a bet of 700 from Soverel.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and Sullivan checked. Soverel bet 2,000 and Sullivan quickly folded.

Tags: Sam SoverelStacey Sullivan

Updated Chip Counts

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Emmett Makes a Grand Entrance

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Randall Emmett
Randall Emmett

A loud fanfare emerged and the entire Amazon room was preparing themselves for the entrance of what was expected to be Phil Hellmuth.

Instead, the group of musicians and girls in exotic dresses was led by Randall Emmett, an American film and television producer. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, and set the bar pretty high for Hellmuth's big show on July 4th.

Randall Emmett
Randall Emmett

Tags: Phil HellmuthRandall Emmett

Former Main Event Champion Yang Starts Well

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang

Jerry Yang has almost doubled his stack early on and sits well above the average in the second level of the day. Just now he was spotted with a raise to 700 only to fold the {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} face up against a big three-bet. Yang folded the next two hands on a table that also features Adrien Allain.

One table over, French bracelet winner and Omaha specialist Julien Martini is in trouble with just 8,000 remaining out of an initial stack of 50,000.

Tags: Adrien AllainJerry YangJulien Martini

Daniels Checks Behind of Busquet

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Olivier Busquet
Olivier Busquet

Jake Daniels opened to 750 from late position, and the small blind and Olivier Busquet both called. The flop fell {q-Spades}{k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and all three players checked.

The {6-Spades} hit the felt on the turn and action checked to Daniels who bet 1,3000, Busquet called. The river came the {k-Diamonds} and Busquet checked to Daniels who decided to check behind.

Daniels showed {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for flopped trips and a rivered boat but Busquet turned over {k-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for a higher full house. Daniels smiled at his check behind, but Busquet smiled as he pulled in the pot.

Tags: Jake DanielsOlivier Busquet