| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
340,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
162,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
145,500
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
138,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
136,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
88,000
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
87,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
2018 World Series of Poker
Picking up the action on the river with the board reading ![]()
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, Phil Ivey was facing a bet of 30,000 from his opponent. The pot had over 85,000 in the middle and Ivey found it in him to make the call after thinking for a couple of minutes.
His opponent turned over ![]()
and hinted that Ivey was probably made a good call. Ivey indeed held the best hand with ![]()
and has vaulted his stack over 600,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
604,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
522,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
507,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
468,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
|
450,000
300,500
|
300,500 |
|
|
430,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
416,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
|
400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
370,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
332,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
330,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
330,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
318,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
|
310,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
310,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
269,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
|
260,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
258,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
|
255,000
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
|
248,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
237,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
235,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
230,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
The player in early position opened to 6,000. Ema Zajmovic, from one seat over, called. The button three-bet to 25,000. The original raiser folded and Zajmovic made the call.
Players saw a flop of ![]()
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. Zajmovic checked. Her opponent bet 18,000. She check-called. The turn brought the
. Zajmovic checked. Her opponent continued with a bet of 65,000. She check-called again. The
river completed the board and was checked around. Zajmovic tabled ![]()
for a straight. Her opponent tossed his hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
222,000
|
222,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
495,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
490,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
485,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
420,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
420,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
|
|
410,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
345,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
320,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
300,000
112,400
|
112,400 |
|
|
220,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
200,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
180,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
145,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
130,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,000
4,400
|
4,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
80,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
36,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000
18,800
|
18,800 |
Pierce McKellar raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Josh Arieh called from middle position. The big blind called and they went three handed to the ![]()
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flop.
The big blind checked and McKellar continued with a bet of 13,000. Arieh called and they went heads up to the
turn card. McKellar checked and Arieh bet 21,000.
McKellar called and both players checked when the
hit the river. McKellar turned over ![]()
for trip aces with a king kicker and Arieh fired his hand face down into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
114,800
|
114,800 |
|
|
128,000
267,000
|
267,000 |
|
|
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A huge cheer and bellow of 'Come on!' came from across the Brasilia room and when we got to the table, Jeff Stocking was on his feet in celebration.
The board was down ![]()
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and in front of Stocking was ![]()
. His opponent's hand was still in front of him as well, and it turned out to be ![]()
.
At which point the two players got all their chips into the middle isn't clear, but what we do know is that Stocking was on the verge of elimination until the ace hit the river and he exploded into celebration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
630,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
460,000
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
450,000
263,100
|
263,100 |
|
|
430,000
275,100
|
275,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
385,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
380,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
310,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
280,000
177,700
|
177,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
260,000
2,300
|
2,300 |
|
|
226,000
21,700
|
21,700 |
|
|
200,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
180,000
116,400
|
116,400 |
|
|
170,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
160,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
115,000
19,200
|
19,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
105,000
21,700
|
21,700 |
|
|
70,000
4,400
|
4,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Matthew Vaughan opened the pot from the hijack with a raise to 7,500, and the player in the cutoff three-bet to 23,000.
With the action on Kevin MacPhee in the big blind, he cold four-bet to 48,500 total.
Vaughan folded, as did the cutoff, and MacPhee collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
385,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
370,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||