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

Roca de Torres Wins a Small Pot

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Marti Roca de Torres raised from the under the gun position and the only player that called was the one in the big blind. The flop came {7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Both checked.

The also checked on the {3-Diamonds} turn, but when the {7-Clubs} river came down Roca de Torres couldn't help himself to put in a little 1,625 bet. His opponent called him and Roca de Torres' {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs} was the best hand and he took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Marti Roca de Torres
60,000
9,500
9,500

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Sick End for Lee

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

A short-stacked Preston Lee was all in for his last 14,125 on a {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs} and was called in two places. On the {10-Hearts} turn, one of the players check-called a bet of 10,000 but he folded on the {9-Hearts} river to a 22,000 bet.

Lee showed {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}, which would be the last hand he'd play in the Main Event as his opponent tabled {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} for the rivered higher set.

"Oh my God!" several people at the table yelled.

"That was sick," Lee said, seemingly in good spirits.

"Fours are cursed bro," another tablemate comforted Lee as he headed out of Miranda.

Player Chips Progress
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Preston Lee
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Peters Keeps Chipping Down

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

David Peters bet 1,150 and only the player on the button made the call.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{q-Spades} and Peters check-called a bet for 2,500. The turn was the {9-Hearts} and the same action happened after a tank from Peters, this time for 3,000.

The river fell a {a-Clubs} and both players checked. Peters tossed his hand into the muck when his opponent showed {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for a pair of queens.

Player Chips Progress
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David Peters
17,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Ryan Takes One Off Hansen

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

A late position opponent opened to 1,300, Chad Ryan called from the hijack, an opponent on the button called, and Gus Hansen called from the big blind.

The flop came down {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, all players checked and the turn came down the {5-Diamonds}. Again all of the players checked and the {8-Diamonds} fell on the river.

Hansen fired out a bet of 6,000, action folded to Ryan who made the call and the button opponent folded. Ryan then turned over {8-Clubs}{8-Spades} for a rivered set and Hansen mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Chad Ryan
146,000
23,000
23,000
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Gus Hansen
42,000
-9,100
-9,100
WSOP 1X Winner

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End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Samuel Touil fr
Samuel Touil
352,800
-1,200
-1,200
Day 1C Chip Leader
Profile photo of Peter Forsstrom us
Peter Forsstrom
283,200
Profile photo of Bernhard Steiner sn
Bernhard Steiner
282,000
Profile photo of Denilson Menezes br
Denilson Menezes
272,000
Profile photo of Anthony Reategui us
Anthony Reategui
256,500
51,500
51,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gary Payne us
Gary Payne
248,600
Profile photo of Ignacio Sanchez us
Ignacio Sanchez
244,700
Day 2C Chip Leader
Profile photo of Robert Covert us
Robert Covert
240,300
240,300
240,300
Profile photo of Martin Malone gb
Martin Malone
237,400
190,400
190,400
Profile photo of Fabrizio D'Agostino it
Fabrizio D'Agostino
234,900
Profile photo of Anthony Marsico us
Anthony Marsico
234,200
Profile photo of Jarod Ludemann us
Jarod Ludemann
230,100
-49,900
-49,900
Profile photo of Frankie Flowers us
Frankie Flowers
222,700
144,700
144,700
Profile photo of Liang Xu cn
Liang Xu
220,200
100,200
100,200
Profile photo of Vi Do us
Vi Do
218,700
Profile photo of Or Ben il
Or Ben
216,900
Profile photo of Fiodor Martino it
Fiodor Martino
211,400
Profile photo of Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
210,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Lester Edoc ph
Lester Edoc
209,100
Profile photo of Joseph Umdenstock us
Joseph Umdenstock
208,600
75,600
75,600
Profile photo of Jean Gaspard us
Jean Gaspard
208,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
208,200
15,200
15,200
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Scott Palmer us
Scott Palmer
206,200
Profile photo of Romain Lefebvre De Rieux fr
Romain Lefebvre De Rieux
204,700
Profile photo of Farhad Jamasi us
Farhad Jamasi
200,700

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Day 1c of Main Event Sees Record Turnout, Second-Biggest Overall Field Ever

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel
WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel

Since the World Series of Poker Main Event went to three starting flights in 2012, Day 1c has traditionally hosted the biggest turnout. With the July 4 weekend coinciding with Day 1c this year and larger-than-usual turnouts on Day 1a (925) and Day 1b (2,378), some wondered if Day 1c would be as massive as usual.

As it turned out, a record field showed up at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, packing the halls and the tournament areas like never before.

The 4,571 runners who came out for Day 1c made it the biggest single flight in the history of the WSOP since organizers began divvying up the field into more than one starting day. Combined with the Day 1a and Day 1b numbers, that pushed the total field to 7,874, making it the second-biggest Main Event ever, behind only 2006's 8,773 entrants. It's nearly a 10 percent increase over the 7,221 who showed up last year.

The total prize pool came out to $74,015,600, and this year's world champion will claim a first-place prize of $8.8 million.

WSOP Main Event Entries and Prize Pool Since 2000

 Day 1aDay 1bDay 1cDay 1dTotalPrize Pool
2000    512$5,120,000
2001    613$5,946,220
2002    631$5,931,000
2003    839$7,802,700
2004    2,576$24,224,400
2005    5,619$52,818,610
2006    8,773$82,512,162
2007    6,358$59,784,954
20081,2971,1581,9282,4616,844$64,333,600
20091,1168731,6962,8096,494$61,043,600
20101,1251,4892,3142,3917,319$68,798,600
20118979852,1812,8026,865$64,531,000
20121,0662,1143,418-6,598$62,021,200
20139431,9423,467-6,352$59,708,800
20147712,1443,768-6,683$62,820,200
20157411,7163,963-6,420$60,348,000
20167641,7334,240-6,737$63,327,800
20177952,1644,262-7,221$67,877,400
20189252,3784,571-7,874$74,015,600

The number of surviving players wasn't immediately available, but an announcement from a tournament supervisor during the bagging process indicated about 3,500 players made it through, which would roughly match the ratio of survivors from the first two starting days.

French player Samuel Touil bagged the unofficial chip lead after five two-hour levels of play, turning his 50,000 starting stack into 352,800. That gives him the overall lead heading into Day 2.

"I think I played very well all day long," Touil said. "I got very lucky on a big hand when I four-bet shoved with six-eight of hearts on the button and flopped two pair for a pot of more than 145K. I also made a really big bluff at the beginning of the tournament. I just played my game today and my stack has never been at risk."

Samuel Touil
Samuel Touil had a banner Day 1c.

Other big stacks included Jarod Ludemann (230,100), Patrik Antonius (208,700), Loni Harwood (194,200), Tyler Patterson (166,900) and Chino Rheem (149,500).

Antonius said he was making his return to the WSOP after six years away.

"It felt very special to be back," he said. "I got in after dinner break, brought a lot of action to the table and managed to get some big hands."

"It was great to see so many poker players I have not seen in so long. I am very tired and going to rest for a while after this."

Superstars Phil Ivey (92,300) and Phil Hellmuth (63,700), as well as former Main Event champs Martin Jacobson (38,400), Jonathan Duhamel (17,500) and Joe Cada (16,500) also made it through.

Speaking of Jacobson, he'll be joined on Day 2 by fellow 888poker Ambassadors Parker Talbot, Dominik Nitsche, and Chris Moorman, among others.

Another former Main Event champ did the honors of getting the day underway, but that proved to be the high point of Chris Moneymaker's 2018 Main Event. Moneymaker was eliminated in an early level when, already short-stacked, he flopped a set of fives and got his stack in there against an overpair of tens. A ten hit on the river to send Moneymaker packing.

Andrew Moreno, Marcel Luske, Chris Vitch, Jonas Mackoff, John Racener, Vanessa Selbst and Daniel Negreanu also hit the rail. Negreanu got all his chips in the middle with jacks but took a beat when an opponent with tens hit a set.

The players who made it through will battle it out again on Friday, 6 July, for Day 2c. They'll return to the Rio at 11am that day. In the meantime, Day 1a and Day 1b survivors will populate the venue at the same time on Thursday, 5 July. Come back to PokerNews then for more coverage of the Main Event.

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Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Day 1c Completed