2018 World Series of Poker

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

Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
192,000
81,600
81,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Carl Diveglia us
Carl Diveglia
120,000
19,500
19,500
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
95,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ladislav Cerveny sk
Ladislav Cerveny
92,000
-29,100
-29,100
Michael Ruane us
Michael Ruane
90,000
-7,000
-7,000
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
85,000
3,800
3,800
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
85,000
12,000
12,000
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
75,000
21,000
21,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
70,000
-11,500
-11,500
Jaka Coaching
Nam Le us
Nam Le
70,000
38,600
38,600
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
65,000
-3,000
-3,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
59,000
-23,900
-23,900
Harley Stoffmaker ca
Harley Stoffmaker
55,000
9,000
9,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
53,000
14,600
14,600
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
49,000
21,000
21,000
$25K Fantasy
Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
48,000
14,000
14,000
StakeKings
William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
46,000
-4,100
-4,100
Jiri Horak cz
Jiri Horak
41,500
-22,000
-22,000
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
33,700
-1,300
-1,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
32,500
9,300
9,300
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
29,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
12,000
-26,000
-26,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline

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 us
Tim Finne
157,800
12,100
12,100
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
98,200
13,100
13,100
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
86,000
-16,200
-16,200
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
64,000
-5,500
-5,500
StakeKings
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
25,700
-6,200
-6,200

Tags: Ben KeelineJesse SylviaParker TalbotShannon ShorrTim Finne

Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Green

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Molly Mossey us
Molly Mossey
153,000
35,000
35,000
Kristy Arnett us
Kristy Arnett
85,000
33,900
33,900
Matt Vengrin us
Matt Vengrin
80,000
26,400
26,400
StakeKings
Michael Horchoff us
Michael Horchoff
76,700
-13,700
-13,700
Nam Le us
Nam Le
75,000
5,000
5,000
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz us
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz
57,000
500
500
Amal Bounahra us
Amal Bounahra
56,700
-18,300
-18,300
Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
29,500
-17,500
-17,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
23,400
-11,600
-11,600
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
16,500
-7,300
-7,300
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
StakeKings

Updated Chip Counts Amazon Purple

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
160,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jan Eric Schwippert de
Jan Eric Schwippert
125,000
33,000
33,000
Jessica Dawley us
Jessica Dawley
115,000
-25,600
-25,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Marc Evanier us
Marc Evanier
103,000
39,200
39,200
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
98,000
-27,900
-27,900
Lars Kamphues de
Lars Kamphues
60,000
60,000
60,000
Nikita Luther in
Nikita Luther
48,000
-23,000
-23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
29,300
-2,200
-2,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Paul Vas Nunes gb
Paul Vas Nunes
29,000
28,999
28,999

Counts From Amazon Gold

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
230,000
61,200
61,200
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
135,000
3,000
3,000
StakeKings
Ben Jackson gb
Ben Jackson
111,000
-100
-100
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
85,000
26,000
26,000
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
77,000
77,000
77,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Marti Roca de Torres es
Marti Roca de Torres
57,000
-4,300
-4,300
Ashley Sleeth us
Ashley Sleeth
57,000
-12,500
-12,500
StakeKings
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
54,000
-6,300
-6,300
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
48,000
8,200
8,200
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Natalie Hof de
Natalie Hof
38,000
-1,800
-1,800
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
33,000
4,800
4,800

Chip Counts Brasilia

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Samuel Touil fr
Samuel Touil
344,000
-12,000
-12,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
257,000
49,000
49,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
129,000
-11,000
-11,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
James Obst au
James Obst
114,000
8,000
8,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
110,000
32,200
32,200
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
107,000
-3,500
-3,500
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
84,000
7,800
7,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Max Lehmanski de
Max Lehmanski
75,200
200
200
Kane Kalas us
Kane Kalas
60,000
22,000
22,000
$25K Fantasy
Vladimir Burstein cz
Vladimir Burstein
50,000
-23,300
-23,300
Ron Giles ca
Ron Giles
35,000
18,400
18,400
Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
33,000
-13,600
-13,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Jonathan Dwek ca
Jonathan Dwek
26,000
-3,000
-3,000
Endrit Geci gb
Endrit Geci
4,000
-4,000
-4,000
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
Busted
Gerardo Ospina cu
Gerardo Ospina
Busted
Gary Bolden us
Gary Bolden
Busted

Smith's Top Pair Holds

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

John Smith bet 4,100 into a four-way pot from under the gun after {2-Clubs}{8-Spades}{j-Clubs} flopped. Patrik Antonius called on the button, the small blind called and the big blind folded. On the {5-Diamonds} turn, Smith barreled again for 7,500 and it stayed three ways to the {6-Spades} river.

Everyone checked and Smith opened {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for top pair to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
John Smith us
John Smith
134,000
11,000
11,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
107,000
-23,000
-23,000
StakeKings

Tags: John SmithPatrik Antonius

Top Pair is Good for Talbot

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Parker Talbot opened to 1,800 from early position and was called by the big blind, who nearly threw his cards away thinking he received a walk. As the table chuckled, the dealer spread a flop of {q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. The big blind check-called a bet of 1,600 from Talbot and the {5-Diamonds} landed on the turn.

Both players checked this time and the {2-Spades} completed the board. The big blind checked one more time but Talbot threw in a bet of 5,700. His opponent thought for a brief moment and then called. Talbot turned over {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs} which proved to be good enough to earn him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
108,800
10,600
10,600

Tags: Parker Talbot

Ward Wins at Showdown

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Thomas Ward was on the button and called a raise from Nguyet Dao to see a {4-Spades}{6-Clubs}{q-Clubs} flop. Dao checked, and Ward bet 2,000. Dao responded by raising to 7,000 and Ward made the call.

The turn brought the {9-Hearts}, and Ward called a 10,500 bet from Dao. On the {j-Clubs} river both players checked to showdown.

Thomas Ward: {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Nguyet Dao:{a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

Scottish pro Ward took the pot with top pair and moved up to 39,000

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
39,000

Pardo Gives Up on Scary Turn

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Juan Pardo was betting what looked like 7,700 on the {J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Hearts} when we arrived. He received a call from Shahade while another player folded in a blind.

The board kept rolling wet as the {Q-Hearts} hit the turn and Pardo checked to Shahade. Shahade took her time and then tossed in 11,000, forcing a fold from the Spaniard.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
115,000
80,000
80,000
Run It Once
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
47,000
-29,300
-29,300