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

07-06-2018 10:17 UTC-7

Day 2c of the 2018 WSOP Main Event Starts at 11 AM

Shirley Ang

Welcome back to the 2018 WSOP Main Event which will continue today at 11 a.m. local time with Day 2c. 3,480 players will return to battle it out to see who will find a bag at the end to make it through to Day 3 here at the Rio All-Suite Casino and Hotel.

Starting Day	Entries	Survivors
Day 1a:	925	659
Day 1b:	2,378	1,801
Day 1c:	4,571	3,480
Overall:	7,874	5,940

Day 1c was the biggest of the three starting days and naturally also saw the most survivors bag at the end of the day. At the top of the counts is Samuel Touil with 352,800 in chips. Trailing him in second place is Peter Forsstrom with 283,200, closely followed by Bernhard Steiner with 282,000.

Other notable players to definitely keep an eye on include Patrik Antonius (208,200), Loni Hardwood (194,200), Keith Lehr (183,600), Johannes Becker (170,900), Cliff Josephy (147,500), Jessica Dawley (140,600), James Akenhead (139,200), and many, many more.

Another five two-hour long levels are scheduled for today with blinds starting at 300/600 with a running ante of 100 . Once again there will be a 20-minute break after each level, with a 60-minute break after the second level of the day (around 3:25 p.m.). Play wraps up around 11 p.m. tonight.

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
6	300	600	100
7	400	800	100
8	500	1,000	100
9	600	1,200	200
10	800	1,600	200

The early dinner break in the Main Event today is to accommodate the broadcast of the tournament on ESPN and PokerGO. ESPN picks up the action after the dinner break, showing the feature table with hole cards up from 5:30 p.m. through 9 p.m. Right after the ESPN telecast wraps up, PokerGO takes over, showing the Main Event from 8 p.m. till the day ends around 11:30 p.m.

PokerNews will have a big team of poker reporters on the ground to find all the WSOP Live Updates you can ask for again. The money stage of the tournament (1,182 players picking up $15,000 minimum) will not be reached today, but you can bet on it that the action will be exciting. So, check back at 11 a.m. for continuing coverage of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, right here on PokerNews.com.

Tags: Cliff Josephy James Akenhead Jessica Dawley Johannes Becker Keith Lehr Patrik Antonius Peter Forsstrom Samuel Touil

07-06-2018 11:58 UTC-7

Wolansky Eliminated by Reilly

Milko van Winden

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Tim Reilly raised to 1,600 from early position. It folded all the way around to Steven Wolansky and he pushed all in for right about 20,000. Reilly called and the cards were turned on their backs.

Tim Reilly:
Steven Wolansky:

The board ran out and when Reilly spiked the on the river there was a big gasp coming from the player in the seven-seat, claiming he folded a nine.

Wolansky got it in correctly, but he will not be the new world champion after being eliminated by a cruel, alleged, one-outer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Reilly	170,000	38,100
Steven Wolansky	Busted

Tags: Steven Wolansky Tim Reilly

07-06-2018 12:43 UTC-7

Sinclair Busts; Burden Wins a Big One

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

With a completed board of showing and 9,200 in the middle, Jack Sinclair bet 10,000 and Kevin Calenzo moved all in for only 13,500. Sinclair was pained and had a dry smile on the face. Another player at the table suggested: "new shorts, please." After more than three minutes, Sinclair called with the and Calenzo showed for the straight to double.

Sinclair busted shortly after and a far bigger pot would play out on the very same table minutes later. The turn showed and there weren't that many chips in the middle by then, just some 20,000. However, Erik Garmans and Timothy Burden got into a raising war in which the former ended up all all in for 57,000. Burden called after some consideration and showed the for top set.

"Why did you wait so long?" Garmans asked and wanted to muck his cards. As part of the all in showdown, he had to reveal his and the fell on the river.

"Oh, jack nine would have been a straight," Garmans then nodded and headed to the rail after gathering all his belongings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Burden	215,000	78,700
Kevin Calenzo	38,000	12,600

Tags: Erik Gamans Jack Sinclair Kevin Calenzo Timothy Burden

07-06-2018 13:00 UTC-7

Firsau Keeps Building

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Vasili Firsau sent Jeffrey Moore to the rail and his spot was soon filled with Asi Moshe, who immediately got involved in a big three-bet pot with Firsau and Frank Marasco. On the three-way flop of , they each invested another 12,200 and the fell on the turn. Firsau made it 33,000 to go and both opponents sent their cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasili Firsau	348,000	206,000
Asi Moshe	105,000	-34,500
Frank Marasco	85,000	-27,400
Jeffrey Moore	Busted

Tags: Asi Moshe Frank Marasco Jeffrey Moore Vasili Firsau

07-06-2018 13:38 UTC-7

Not the Softest Table in the Field - Scoping Out Brasilia Red 75

MrCleverFox

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

While the World Series of Poker Main Event is full of both pros and amateurs alike, one particular table in the Brasilia room has a terrifying number of very successful pros sitting on it today.

The line up for table Red 75 in the Brasilia room consists of Ben Keeline, Parker "Tonkaaaa'" Talbot, Jesse Sylvia, Tim Finne and Shannon Shorr, all regulars at the World Series of Poker and all with numerous successes, both live and online.

Starting off at the top of the list, Ben Keeline won the Colossus back in 2016 for $1,000,000. Keeline's success did not stop there. He now has over $2,000,000 in recorded live tournament earnings with cashes coming from all around the U.S. Keeline is a circuit regular who plays at a majority of the World Series of Poker Circuit stops.

Up next is Parker "Tonkaaaa" Talbot who is most notably recognized for his online presence and Twitch.tv fame. Talbot has started to put up a good showing of live results on his resume as well now too. Most recently this year he cashed in Event #50: $1,500 Razz, coming 25th for $3,034. His live recorded tournament earnings are now over $400,000 and he'll look to improve on that mark with a deep run in the Main Event this year.

Jesse Sylvia is no stranger to Main Event success either. Sylvia was the runner-up to Greg Merson in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. Along with that he's put up multiple scores as well, brining his total live earnings to over $7,000,000. He's yet to lock up a WSOP bracelet but he's come close on more than one occasion with multiple second and third place finishes. He's definitely a force to be reckoned with on the felt.

Rounding out the table are Tim Finne and Shannon Shorr. Finne is most known for his mixed game prowess, but boasts over $1,000,000 in live tournament earnings. He has four cashes already this year for over $100,000 with a second place finish in Event #25: $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo. He can improve on that number with another cash in the Main Event.

Shorr boasts over $6,000,000 in earnings himself, but most of those come outside of the World Series of Poker. Despite that, he still has 76 WSOP cashes and nearly $2,000,000 in WSOP earnings, but has yet to earn himself a bracelet. Shorr's biggest WSOP cash came in 2012 when he finished 3rd in Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship for $455,362. He's got a good stack of over 100 big blinds here on Day 2 of the Main Event and he definitely has the potential to run it up even more.

Table 75 in Brasilia Red is definitely an anomaly of the field today with such a stacked line-up and represents one of the tougher tables in the field today. Overall, the total recorded cashes of these five players is over $16 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Finne	157,800	12,100
Parker Talbot	98,200	13,100
Shannon Shorr	86,000	-16,200
Jesse Sylvia	64,000	-5,500
Ben Keeline	25,700	-6,200

Tags: Ben Keeline Jesse Sylvia Parker Talbot Shannon Shorr Tim Finne

07-06-2018 14:30 UTC-7

Kempe Takes a Big Hit

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Plenty of chips were already in the middle as Luis Pinho in the small blind had a reraise to 11,000 in front and Rainer Kempe in middle position had called. Tu Huynh in the cutoff moved all in for 67,400 and Pinho folded reluctantly.

"Let's hope you have ace king," Kempe announced and called for pretty much half of his stack.

Tu Huynh:
Rainer Kempe:

Kempe's pocket pair was dominated and the board of changed nothing whatsoever.

"You folded ace king?" Kempe asked over to Pinho, but received no reply.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tu Huynh	170,000	107,300
Luis Pinho	100,000	-10,200
Rainer Kempe	70,000	1,300

Tags: Luis Pinho Rainer Kempe Tu Huynh

07-06-2018 14:44 UTC-7

Burkhart Loses a Huge Portion of Her Stack; Eliminated Shortly After

MrCleverFox

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jacqueline Burkhart - from the Ladies Event

Anthony Reategui opened with a raise to 2,000 from the cutoff and the player in the small blind called before Jacqueline Burkhart made it 10,500 from the big blind. Reategui decided to four-bet, making it 22,000 and the small blind folded. Burkhart had other plans though and she called.

The flop was and Burkhart checked. Reategui put out a bet of 12,000 and Burkhart called.

The turn was the and Burkhart checked again. Reategui grabbed a chunk of orange T5,000 chips, enough to put Burkhart all in, and plopped them out in front of him. Burkhart quickly folded her hand, leaving herself with around 43,600 chips.

After the hand, Reategui made a comment about having .

"You can stack someone's chips, and you can needle somebody, but it's poor etiquette to do both at the same time," Burkhart said after the hand.

Burkhart didn't last much longer, she was eliminated from the tournament just a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Reategui	287,000	102,000
Jacqueline Burkhart	Busted

Tags: Anthony Reategui Jacqueline Burkhart

07-06-2018 17:09 UTC-7

888 Double for Hof

AaronMcBride

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

888poker ambassador Natalie Hof was down to just 9,400 moments ago, but she has been able to find a double up courtesy of three eights.

Her opponent raised to 2,200 in middle position, and she moved all in from the cutoff. The initial raiser allowed himself 30 seconds of thought before he made the call.

Natalie Hof:
Opponent:

Board:

Hof hit a set with her pocket eights and pointed to see 888poker ambassadors badge and smiled as she swooped the pot to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Natalie Hof	22,000	-11,000

Tags: 888poker Natalie Hof

07-06-2018 17:55 UTC-7

Two Big Pots for Ivey

Adam Lamers

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With the board reading three players were still alive in the hand. The action checked to John Templeton in the cutoff who bet 8,500 and Phil Ivey called from the small blind while the other player folded. The river was the and both players checked with Ivey showing for the winning hand.

In the next hand, there was a raise to 3,000 from under the gun and two players called before Ivey came along from the button. the flop fell and the action checked to Ivey who bet 8,000. The preflop raiser check-raised to 17,000 and Ivey called to go heads-up.

The turn was the and Ivey was faced with a bet of 20,000 which he called. The river brought the , putting four diamonds on the board and Ivey was facing another bet of 20,000. Ivey went into the tank for a few minutes, counting his chips and eyeing up his opponent. He eventually made the call and his opponent turned over . Ivey rolled over for just two pair but it was good enough to scoop another healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	330,000	100,000
John Templeton	26,000	-23,400

Tags: John Templeton Phil Ivey

07-06-2018 18:30 UTC-7

True Gambling Stories #006: Betting Behind Bars – The Nevada State Prison Casino

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With the Main Event on break, put on those headphones, hit play, and enjoy the latest episode of True Gambling Stories.

Most people don't think of gambling in prison, but this is Nevada! In our sixth episode, True Gambling Stories offers the ins and outs of the history of the Nevada State Prison Casino. From sports betting to poker to craps, the prison allowed prisoners to wager and run the casino for 35 years. There are several other interesting notes about the prison that are included in this crazy tale.

The episode's guests include Sena Loyd, co-author of the book "Nevada State Prison." She offers plenty of interesting footnotes and insight into the facility. Casino memorabilia and chips expert Howard Herz also offers insight and has visited the prison. From crazy stories on executions to monster men to plenty of betting action behind bars, you won't want to miss this one.

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