2018 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 1c
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
Entries
7,874
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
500,000

Kitai Takes Another

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Davidi Kitai raised to 950 on the button only to see Matt Bond three-bet to 3,800 from the small blind. Kitai four-bet to 9,500 and Bond called.

Both players checked on the {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop and again on the {k-Diamonds} turn. When the river came the {2-Spades}, Bond bet 6,500 which Kitai called.

Davidi Kitai: {k-Clubs}{6-Hearts}
Matt Bond: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Kitai took the pot with two pair and propelled himself over the 100,000 chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
108,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Matt Bond us
Matt Bond
24,000
-2,000
-2,000

Tags: Davidi KitaiMatt Bond

Palma Wins Against Umdenstock

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Nicholas Palma raised from middle position to 900 and the only player who called was big blind, and table chip leader, Joseph Umdenstock.

The flop came down {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{Q-Spades} and Umdenstock check-called a 1,500 bet from Palma. The turn was the {K-Spades} and Umdenstock checked again. Palma bet 4,200 this time and Umdenstock called the bet again.

The {10-Spades} river completed the board and Umdenstock checked for a final time. Palma threw in an overbet of 18,700 and Umdenstock called again.

Palma tabled {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and Umdenstock blamed the river and he showed the {10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Umdenstock us
Joseph Umdenstock
129,000
-6,000
-6,000
Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
100,000

Tags: Joseph UmdenstockNicholas Palma

Steinman Stacked

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

The {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop was out and Ian Steinman had already shoved for 6,400 into an existing pot of about 5,500 when we got to the table. A player in middle position called and the cutoff jammed over the top for 19,825. After a bit of time in the tank, the middle-position player folded, and Steinman and his opponent tabled their hands.

Ian Steinman: {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Cutoff: {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}

Steinman found himself trailing the cutoff's flopped set and needed help from the deck to survive. The {Q-Hearts} turn and {3-Spades} river weren't the cards Steinman wanted to see and he made his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Steinman us
Ian Steinman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ian Steinman

Hughes Gets Value

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

After chips already went in on the {2-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} turn, the pot was up to 13,500. Action was on Ryan Hughes in the cutoff, who bet 8,000 on a {6-Spades} river. His opponent called but couldn't beat Hughes' {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for second pair.

The two-time bracelet winner neared the 100k mark with the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Hughes us
Ryan Hughes
97,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Ryan Hughes

Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Black

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Timofey Kuznetsov recently took a seat and "trueteller" has already significantly increased his starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
116,800
58,800
58,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
90,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 4X Winner
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
76,100
-5,900
-5,900
Timofey Kuznetsov ru
Timofey Kuznetsov
65,000
Alex Masek us
Alex Masek
54,300
11,300
11,300
Nadar Kakhmazov ru
Nadar Kakhmazov
53,500
22,500
22,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
50,100
2,600
2,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
48,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Vlad Darie ro
Vlad Darie
46,000
4,000
4,000
David Miscikowski us
David Miscikowski
44,500
26,700
26,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
44,000
-7,800
-7,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Rex Clinkscales us
Rex Clinkscales
44,000
-6,000
-6,000
Will Berry us
Will Berry
32,600
-26,100
-26,100
David Singer us
David Singer
28,800
-5,500
-5,500
Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
26,200
-8,800
-8,800
Jake Balsiger us
Jake Balsiger
16,700
-10,900
-10,900
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
4,700
-1,475
-1,475
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Timofey Kuznetsov

Shahade Mucks on the River

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

In a raised pot, the board was reading {3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} when Jennifer Shahade bet 1,250 from the hijack. Her opponent, in the cutoff, made the call and both players checked on the {3-Diamonds} turn.

The river fell a {5-Clubs} and Shahade bet 2,000. After some thinking, her opponent called and Shahade instantly mucked her hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
36,000
-9,400
-9,400
Run It Once

Tags: Jennifer Shahade

Bet-Check-Bet from Andrejevic

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

In a single raised pot, Andjelko Andrejevic fired 1,800 in the cutoff when the {6-Clubs}{8-Spades}{10-Clubs} flop came down. His opponent called from the big blind and they both checked the {Q-Spades} turn.

The river came {9-Clubs} and Andrejevic bet 3,500 in position. He received one more call so he showed the {J-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a flopped top pair and a rivered straight to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andjelko Andrejevic rs
Andjelko Andrejevic
108,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Andjelko Andrejevic

Updated Chip Counts from the Brasilia Room

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
77,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Baud us
Chris Baud
75,000
75,000
75,000
Ben Palmer us
Ben Palmer
66,700
66,700
66,700
Rory Young au
Rory Young
65,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
56,550
10,550
10,550
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan McKnight us
Ryan McKnight
56,000
56,000
56,000
Aaron Smith us
Aaron Smith
55,000
55,000
55,000
Kevin Campbell us
Kevin Campbell
53,000
53,000
53,000
Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
45,400
6,400
6,400
Run It Once
Balram Bhandari us
Balram Bhandari
34,000
34,000
34,000
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
28,500
-13,500
-13,500
Kevin Calenzo us
Kevin Calenzo
9,800
-28,700
-28,700
Guoliang Chen us
Guoliang Chen
9,500
9,500
9,500
Dave Stefanski us
Dave Stefanski
9,000
-43,900
-43,900