Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 2ab | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-05-2018 12:01 UTC-8

Assorted Stack Updates from Amazon Purple

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Lau	262,000 77,000	77,000
Eric Liebeler	133,000 18,000	18,000
Ema Zajmovic	131,000 24,200	24,200
Juha Helppi	124,000 1,000	1,000

Antonio Esfandiari	101,000 26,000	26,000

Christopher Kruk	89,000 9,800	9,800
Dan Smith	74,000 19,000	19,000

Maria Konnikova	74,000 40,500	40,500

David Prociak	56,000 28,600	28,600

Joe Hachem	49,000 1,000	1,000

Jameson Painter	45,000 6,400	6,400
Andre Akkari	Busted

07-05-2018 12:02 UTC-8

Addamo's Run Halted

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Jan Kores

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Five-way to the flop, Michael Addamo bet 1,700 sitting in a middle position. Only Rob Salaburu called out of the small blind and they saw the hit the felt. Addamo barrelled for 3,700 and Salaburu snap-called.

The river was the and Salaburu checked to Addamo again. Addamo took almost all of his chips and fired 15,800, leaving himself with just 100. Salaburu again snapped him off. Addamo showed for a bluff and Salaburu raked in the pot with .

Addamo was ante all-in on the next hand that saw six other players join the flop for 1,300. The board read and Salaburu raised a bet of 2,200 on the turn, making it 10,500. He was called by the initial bettor who checked the river. Salaburu fired 14,000 but folded when he faced a min-raise. While Addamo peeled pocket sevens, he couldn't beat pocket fours and left the tournament just before the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Salaburu	128,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Addamo	Busted

Tags: Michael Addamo Rob Salaburu

07-05-2018 12:02 UTC-8

Chait Down and Up

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

The player in late position raised to 1,300 and was called by the players in the hijack, button, Craig Chait in the small blind and the big blind.

The flop came and Chait bet 4,000. Everyone but the button folded.

The turn brought them the , Chait bet 6,000.

"Not afraid of the flush?" The player on the button asked Chait.

"No!" replied Chait with a smile.

The player on the button raised to 16,000. Chait looked at his cards again and then decided to call.

The on the river completed the board and Chait checked. So did his opponent. Chait's opponent tabled for the turned flush and Chait glanced at his cards once more and then mucked them.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Chait	34,400 15,700	15,700

Tags: Craig Chait

07-05-2018 12:03 UTC-8

McKeehen Wins a Small Pot

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Milko van Winden

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Joe McKeehen has been chipping up nicely in the first level of Day 2ab. McKeehen raised from middle position to 1,500 and a player in late position called, as did the player on the big blind.

McKeehen continued on the flop with a bet of 1,800 and that was enough to take down the pot.

Seth Davies was on one of the tables that broke and is now on the direct left of McKeehen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	66,000 29,000	29,000

Joe McKeehen	65,000 28,800	28,800

Tags: Joe McKeehen Seth Davies

07-05-2018 12:03 UTC-8

Hegele Loses Some

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Robin Hegele faced a raise to 1,500 by Jackson Laskey and three-bet to 5,000 from one seat over. William Harder called out of the small blind and Frank Williams made it 15,000 to go from the big blind. Laskey folded and Hegele called, as did Harder. All three players checked the flop and the turn, the fell on the river and Harder bet 12,000. Williams folded and Hegele needed two minutes to come to the same conclusion.

"You had aces? Really? Such a sick spot," the 27th place finisher of the 2017 WSOP Main Event said before heading into the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jackson Laskey	185,000 25,400	25,400
William Harder	100,000 32,300	32,300
Robin Hegele	21,100 21,100	21,100

Tags: Frank Williams Jackson Laskey Robin Hegele William Harder WSOP WSOP Main Event

07-05-2018 12:05 UTC-8

First Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Just over 600 players are still in contention for Day 2a and they have been sent into the first 20-minute break of the day, the Day 2b field has also headed out of the tournament area to get some fresh air.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

07-05-2018 12:25 UTC-8

Assorted Counts Amazon Orange

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Fraser	315,000 15,000	15,000
Brian Borne	250,000 60,000	60,000
Govert Metaal	235,000 10,000	10,000
John Choi	200,000 15,000	15,000
Juan Lopez	170,000 68,100	68,100
Kevin Boudreau	170,000 16,300	16,300
Julian Stuer	160,000 37,000	37,000
Matt Berkey	145,000 40,600	40,600
Billy Baxter	140,000 11,000	11,000

Thomas Lutz	120,000 12,000	12,000
Mina Greco	60,000 24,500	24,500
Joe Hachem	40,000 9,000	9,000

Lena Evans	12,000 7,900	7,900
Christopher Brody	Busted
Zachary Smiley	Busted
Tony Dunst	Busted

07-05-2018 12:27 UTC-8

Chait Takes Two

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Craig Chait just eliminated two other players when his held up against the and of his two opponents. Chait is now back to above starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Chait	58,000 23,600	23,600

07-05-2018 12:34 UTC-8

2018 WSOP Main Event Fun Facts and Demographics

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

With 7,874 players, the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event is the second-biggest ever held in the WSOP’s 49-year history (largest since 2006). The $10,000 buy-in tournament was up 9 percent year over year and drew 925 players on Day 1A, 2,378 on 1B, and 4,571 on 1C (which was the largest single flight in WSOP history).

That created a $74,015,600 prize pool that’ll be paid to the top 1,182 places with $8.8 million going to the eventual winner. Players came from the world around – 88 different countries to be exact – with the United States contributing the most players by far with 5,758.

Of those American players, all 50 states and the District of Colombia were represented. California had the most players with 1,009 followed by Nevada and Florida with 519 and 456 players respectively. Texas rounded out the top five with 390 runners. On the opposite end of the spectrum, West Virginia was the country least represented with just five players followed by Delaware with seven players.

Canada was second on the list of countries represented with 415, the UK third with 350, and France fourth with 136. Some faraway countries represented include Bosnia, Kenya, Luxemborg, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Andorra, Mynamar, and the Isle of Man.

Here are some other fun facts regarding the 2018 WSOP Main Event:

393,700,000 value of chips in play (most ever)
267,716 physical chips in play (each player started with 34 individual chips)
760 dealers used
1,694 decks of cards utilized
88-year-old John Olsen of Moss Point, Mississippi was the oldest player in the field. He bagged on Day 1B.
Nicholas Dashinau of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania was the younger player in the field after turning 21 on July 1. He bagged 90,700 in chips on Day 1C.

Main Event Demographic Breakdown

The average age of 2018 WSOP Main Event participants is 41.23. For males, the average is 43.71 and for females, 41.13. Here is a more detailed look at the age ranges of this year’s participants.

Age Range	Total	Male	Female
21-25	310	305	5
26-30	1,439	1,408	31
31-35	1,689	1,625	64
36-40	1,050	999	51
41-45	865	830	35
46-50	815	782	33
51-55	636	603	33
>56	1,070	1,021	49
Total	7,874	7,573	301

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