2018 World Series of Poker

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

More Amazon Purple Chip Counts

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
In Sun Geoum us
In Sun Geoum
1,520,000
120,000
120,000
Samuel Bernabeu es
Samuel Bernabeu
1,265,000
165,000
165,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
950,000
160,000
160,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
790,000
330,000
330,000
Damian Salas ar
Damian Salas
710,000
260,000
260,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
700,000
115,000
115,000
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
610,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
610,000
380,000
380,000
Alan Cutler us
Alan Cutler
590,000
105,000
105,000
Yarron Bendor us
Yarron Bendor
510,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
390,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrew Kelsall us
Andrew Kelsall
366,000
-49,000
-49,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
365,000
85,000
85,000
Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman
360,000
-190,000
-190,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Martin Mathis us
Martin Mathis
300,000
257,400
257,400
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
280,000
54,000
54,000
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin ca
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin
280,000
25,000
25,000
Chris Dombrowski us
Chris Dombrowski
270,000
-140,000
-140,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Theo Tran us
Theo Tran
230,000
9,500
9,500
Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
230,000
-10,000
-10,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
225,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Alex Bolotin us
Alex Bolotin
215,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mina Greco us
Mina Greco
170,000
15,000
15,000
Ignacio Sanchez us
Ignacio Sanchez
165,000
-760,000
-760,000
Day 2C Chip Leader
Chris Grigorian us
Chris Grigorian
125,000
-35,000
-35,000

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Feenstra Eliminated

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Another Dutchman has had to hit the rail. Rens Feenstra was eliminated when he opened from early position with {10-}{10-}. The player in the small blind called.

The flop came {10-}{8-}{6-} and both players checked.

The {4-} on the turn brought a flush draw, Feenstra bet 24,000 when his opponent checked and got called.

The river was a {7-}, The player in the small blind snap-jammed for 100,000 which put Feenstra all-in and Feenstra called. The player in the small blind showed {9-}{8-} for the rivered straight against Feenstra's set of tens.

Player Chips Progress
Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
Busted

Tags: Rens Feenstra

Zajmovic Forces a Laydown

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The flop read {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Cory Albertson checked from the big blind to the preflop raiser who continued for 15,000. Ema Zajmovic called from the cutoff and Albertson check-raised to 55,000. The third player tank-folded but Zajmovic stuck around to see the {8-Spades} on the turn.

Both players checked to the {10-Spades} on the river and Albertson checked one more time. Zajmovic reached back for a bet of 100,000 and Albertson wasted little time before folding the {8-Diamonds} face up.

Player Chips Progress
Cory Albertson us
Cory Albertson
905,000
-345,000
-345,000
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
410,500
50,500
50,500

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Top Set Elimination

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

One player has just seen his top set with pocket kings go into the muck after his opponent flopped the nuts.

The player in question got all his chips into the middle as did his opponent Andres Jeckeln.

The board was {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{7-Clubs}, and Jeckeln held {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades} to send his opponent to the rail shortly before the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Andres Jeckeln ar
Andres Jeckeln
800,000
589,600
589,600

Tags: Andres Jeckeln

Updated Counts in Amazon Purple

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
951,000
251,000
251,000
Patrick Truong us
Patrick Truong
796,000
346,000
346,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
678,000
354,000
354,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
590,000
-20,000
-20,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
524,000
134,000
134,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
290,000
10,000
10,000
Colten Yamagishi ca
Colten Yamagishi
285,000
285,000
285,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
246,000
91,000
91,000
Alex Lynskey au
Alex Lynskey
190,000
-40,000
-40,000

Upcoming Chip Race and Hand-For-Hand

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Dealers Hand for Hand
Dealers Hand for Hand

With some 12 minutes left on the level the players were instructed to prepare for the upcoming chip race of the T-500 denominations at the end of the level, and another announcement came just a few minutes later. This time, the screens had updated to 1,185 players remaining and the hand-for-hand mode is expected to kick off shortly.

More Amazon Purple Chip Counts

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
In Sun Geoum us
In Sun Geoum
1,680,000
160,000
160,000
Alexandro Tricarico be
Alexandro Tricarico
1,200,000
250,000
250,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
900,000
56,500
56,500
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Brian Green us
Brian Green
790,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryce McVay us
Bryce McVay
750,000
660,600
660,600
Johannes Becker de
Johannes Becker
580,000
-90,000
-90,000
WSOP 1X Winner
TJ Shulman us
TJ Shulman
575,000
435,000
435,000
Danny Qutami us
Danny Qutami
500,000
155,000
155,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
490,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Matthew Smith us
Matthew Smith
470,000
-45,000
-45,000
Jessica Dawley us
Jessica Dawley
420,000
-35,000
-35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
375,000
-190,000
-190,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
260,000
14,000
14,000
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
235,000
105,000
105,000
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
220,000
-65,000
-65,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Andjelko Andrejevic rs
Andjelko Andrejevic
205,000
-35,000
-35,000
Alex Lynskey au
Alex Lynskey
200,000
10,000
10,000
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
185,000
-155,000
-155,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Shaun Suller us
Shaun Suller
180,000
65,000
65,000
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
175,000
-35,000
-35,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Scott Davies us
Scott Davies
170,000
-270,000
-270,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
165,000
70,000
70,000
Ryan Van Sanford us
Ryan Van Sanford
130,000
33,000
33,000
Jordan Spurlin us
Jordan Spurlin
130,000
-25,000
-25,000
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
120,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Hand-for-Hand Two Off the Money

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Dealers Hand for Hand
Dealers Hand for Hand

Hand-for-hand mode has been activated two spots off the money and as many minutes will be taken off the clock for every hand from now on until the bubble bursts. The chip race of the T-500 denominations will take place after the first hand, as there is just 1.17 minutes remaining on the current level.

Cassis Doubles on the Bubble

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The player in middle position opened to 11,000. Gerard Cassis, from one seat over raised to 23,000. Action folded back to the player in middle position who shoved for around 650,000. Cassis made the call, putting at risk his last 113,000.

Gerard Cassis: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Opponent: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

The board ran {3-Spades}{k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{a-Spades} and Cassis survived, two away from the money.

Player Chips Progress
Gerard Cassis ht
Gerard Cassis
140,000
-18,600
-18,600

Tags: Gerard Cassis