Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day 2c Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 2c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$74,015,600
Entries
7,874
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
500,000
Day 2c of the 2018 WSOP Main Event Starts at 11 AM
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.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Cards Are in the Air for Day 2c
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
After the largest single starting day in the history of the World Series of Poker Main Event, the largest Day 2 returning field is underway with level six spread over four different rooms in the Rio Convention Centre. Who will run up their stacks and who will not? Find out in the next five levels of two hours each.
Reard Busts Dewald
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
The first two casualties in the Amazon Orange section were Daniel Corbett and Paul Dewald. The latter ended up getting it in preflop with the 
and Alexandre Reard looked him up with 
. The board came 
and the queens held up for Reard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000 | 11,900 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Setzer Can't Decide
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
On the river of the 
, Dominik Nitsche fired 7,400 into about 12,000. Nitsche was in the big blind and the action was on Brandon Setzer who contemplated his decision for a while. Setzer had the calling chips prepared in front of him, but he still couldn't make a decision and someone at the table called the clock.
Setzer was given 30 seconds to act but he failed to do so and his hand was declared dead after a verbal five-second countdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | -2,500 |
|
35,000 | 6,700 |
More Bustouts from Amazon Orange
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
Sixiao "Juicy" Li was among the early casualties while Vasili Firsau four-bet shoved into table neighbor Hon Cheong Lee one table over. Lee folded and Corey Kempson was arguing about him spending too much time before sending his cards into the muck.
Last but not least, Justo Avalos was all in for the last 7,200 with 
and ended up second-best in a flip against 
on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | 5,000 |
|
142,000 | 5,900 |
|
64,000 | -6,600 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Early Pot for Moshe
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
There was roughly 8,000 in the middle and Gregg Merkow checked over to Asi Moshe who was in the cutoff on a flop of 
. Moshe put out a bet of 4,500. Merkow tanked for a bit then called.
The turn was the 
and Merkow checked again, Moshe thought for a bit then decided to bet 15,500. Merkow tanked for nearly two minutes then decided to fold his hand.
"It was a good fold," Moshe said after the hand. "I mean, if you can fold I had the best hand."
Moshe took down the pot and moved to about 140,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | -16,800 |
|
139,500 | 11,100 |
Alkhazov Eliminated by Dandrea
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
In a raise from the early position by Christopher Dandrea against the three-bet of Mikhaily Alkhazov from late position, which then resulted in what looked like a four-bet and then a shove. Alkhazov was the one to draw the short straw in the end.
Mikhaily Alkhazov: 
Christopher Dandrea: 
The board ran out 
to give Dandrea a set of tens on the flop to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000 | 21,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Gegan Pays Lynskey
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
Alexander Lynskey bet 12,100 from the hijack on a board of 
and Joseph Gegan check-called from under the gun. On the river, Gegan checked again and faced a bet of 28,400. He tanked for a couple of minutes then tossed in a call, but Lynskey held for a set and took down the hefty pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 47,900 |
|
14,000 | -48,700 |