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

Cada's Ace Is Good

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Joe Cada earlier this summer
Joe Cada earlier this summer

With 1,250 chips in the pot and the board reading {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}, Joe Cada checked from the big blind and his lone opponent checked behind from the hijack.

The {5-Diamonds} hit the turn and Cada bet 1,000. His opponent called.

The {Q-Diamonds} fell on the river and both players checked. Cada tabled {A-Spades}{J-Spades} and his hand was good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
53,500
6,500
6,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: Joe Cada

Updated Chip Counts

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
65,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
62,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
62,000
12,000
12,000
$25K Fantasy
Nipun Java in
Nipun Java
58,000
-5,325
-5,325
WSOP 3X Winner
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
52,500
1,500
1,500
Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
52,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
50,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
45,000
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
44,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Asher Conniff us
Asher Conniff
38,300
-11,700
-11,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Federico Butteroni it
Federico Butteroni
35,700
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
34,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Chris Vitch us
Chris Vitch
9,200
-1,400
-1,400

Hof Pulls in Her First Pot of the Day

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

The day has started off slow for Natalie Hof as she has been on the losing end of all of her hands until this one.

Hof opened to 650 from under the gun, only the big blind called and the flop came down {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{4-Clubs}.

The action checked to Hof who bet 500, her opponent folded and she pulled in a pot.

Player Chips Progress
Natalie Hof de
Natalie Hof
41,000
-5,500
-5,500

Tags: Natalie Hof

Value for Obst

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

James Obst was in the big blind, betting 1,250 on the turn reading {J-Spades}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Spades}. His opponent called in early position and they saw the {2-Clubs} river and Obst fired 2,150. He received another call and rolled over {J-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for jacks and deuces. That was enough to beat his rival and Obst raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
James Obst au
James Obst
57,500
500
500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James Obst

Polychronopoulos Takes From Cheong

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

The player under the gun opened to 700 and Joseph Cheong made the call, as well as Athanasios Polychronopoulos on the button and the big blind player.

The flop came {a-Spades}{7-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and brought no betting action. The turn fell a {2-Diamonds} and after three checks, Polychronopoulos bet 2,000. Only the under the gun player and Cheong made the call.

On the river {3-Hearts}, Polychronopoulos made a last bet for 3,000 after his opponents checked and the action folded to Cheong who ended up calling. Polychronopoulos showed {3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for two pair and Cheong mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
60,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
36,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: Athanasios PolychronopoulosJoseph Cheong

Zapalac Shoves the Turn

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Joshua Zapalac and Samuel Touil were heads-up on the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Spades} board. Touil bet 6,475 into a main pot of about 7,000 and Zapalac moved all in for 52,450.

Touil slid his hand face down into the muck and Zapalac showed {a-Spades}{q-Spades} for the nut flush as he dragged in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joshua Zapalac us
Joshua Zapalac
65,500
65,500
65,500
Samuel Touil fr
Samuel Touil
61,000
61,000
61,000
Day 1C Chip Leader

Tags: Joshua ZapalacSamuel Touil

Rough Start for Duhamel

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Jonathan Duhamel
Jonathan Duhamel

Jonathan Duhamel had a pretty rough start in the 2018 WSOP Main Event. Everyone started with 50,000 and Duhamel only has 20,000 left.

In the last hand he played, he put in a 3,000 bet on the {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}{J-Hearts}{K-Spades} board. He was called by the player in the three-seat and the river was the {4-Hearts}. They both checked on the river and Duhamel saw his opponent open up {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}.

Duhamel mucked and is left with only 20,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
20,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 3X Winner

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Iermolcheva Runs into Trips

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

With roughly 15,000 in the middle, three players made it to the river of the {2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}{K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} board. Olga Iermolcheva bet 5,000 out of the small blind and a player in the hijack quickly folded but the cutoff called.

Iermolcheva was value-betting pocket jacks but quickly turned her hand face down when her opponent rolled over {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Olga Iermolcheva ua
Olga Iermolcheva
36,000
-14,000
-14,000

Tags: Olga Iermolcheva