Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Sarah Herring reveals the most interesting and important figures to come out of the 2018 Main Event so far.
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 2ab
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$74,015,600
Entries
7,874
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
500,000
Players Left 1 / 7874
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Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Govert Metaal bet 6,000 into a pot of about 16,000 on the turn of a 
board and heads-up opponent, Matt Berkey, made the call.
The 
hit the river and Berkey checked once again. Metaal fired 13,500 and Berket called. Metall tabled the 
making the nut-flush and Berkey mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
248,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
129,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
John Hesp bet 3,000 on a 
flop and opponent Daniel Colpoys called.
The river was the 
and both players checked. Hesp showed a 
.
"King any good?" asked Hesp.
Colpoys waited for Hesp to show the 
as well.
"Yes," said Colpoys, "But that one wasn't," pointing at the jack and indicating he had 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000
8,600
|
8,600 |
|
80,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
42,600
|
42,600 |
|
151,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
125,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
||
|
70,000
31,600
|
31,600 |
|
||
|
62,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
54,000
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
|
||
|
54,000
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
13,600
|
13,600 |
|
||
|
22,000
28,800
|
28,800 |
|
|
||
|
22,000
44,300
|
44,300 |
|
|
||
|
19,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
174,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
173,000
11,800
|
11,800 |
|
147,300
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
||
|
132,300
14,700
|
14,700 |
|
|
||
|
119,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
104,000
400
|
400 |
|
66,800
22,600
|
22,600 |
|
42,000
100
|
100 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
The action folded around to Jonathan Gray who raised it up on the button. Michael Wang was in the big blind and three-bet to 6,200. Gray called and the two went heads-up to a flop of 
.
Wang led out for 7,000 and Gray called to see the fall on the turn. Wang slid in a stack of T5,000 chips, enough to put Gray to the test for his remaining 31,500. Gray thought for a minute and then pushed his cards face down to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
31,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Alex Foxen was in the big blind, checking the 
flop when we arrived. A player two seats to Foxen's left fired 4,200 and a raise to 15,000 followed from middle position. Foxen called and the first bettor called off for his 13,500 total.
The side pot remained the same after the turn but Foxen led out a small 6,000-bet on the 
river. He earned a call and showed the 
for flopped top two. The all in player exposed 
before heading out of the room while the third player flashed what looked like 
.
Foxen took down the pot, scoring an elimination on the way. He's now playing 287,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
287,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
||
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Steven van Zadelhoff started the day with a stack already worth more than 100,000 and he's been chipping up nicely in the first two levels so far.
In the last hand, Van Zadelhoff called from the button after a player in middle position raised to 1,800. Van Zadelhoff called another bet of 2,800 on the 
flop and both checked the 
turn. The river was the and Van Zadelhoff's opponent bet a chunky 7,100 and the Dutchman folded.
Despite losing this hand Van Zadelhoff still has been slowly growing his stack throughout the day so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
176,600
16,600
|
16,600 |
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
There was about 27,000 in the middle already and the flop read 
. The player in the hijack had bet 22,000 and Jeremy Wien raised to 53,000 from the cutoff. His opponent tanked for a while, even got up from his chair. After a while, he open-folded 
. Wien showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
153,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
121,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
66,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
195,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
182,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
136,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
135,000
62,500
|
62,500 |
|
||
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
108,000
40,400
|
40,400 |
|
105,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
103,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
100,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
100,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
90,000
5,600
|
5,600 |
|
80,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
21,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
15,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
