Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 3 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-07-2018 12:08 UTC-7

Straight for Montgomery

tRaMSt0p

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Action begun with a raise under the gun from Scott Montgomery to 4,500. Ahmed Taleb called in the cutoff, Donald Forshey called from the button, and Adam Swan defended his big blind.

The dealer spread a flop and after Swan checked, Montgomery bet 9,000. Taleb and Forshey called, as Swan mucked.

The turn landed the and Montgomery and Taleb both checked to Forshey who bet 22,000. Montgomery called, but Taleb folded.

The river fell the and both players checked. Montgomery revealed his for a straight, and Forshey mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Montgomery	305,000 70,500	70,500

Adam Swan	261,000 19,600	19,600
Ahmed Taleb	187,000 -15,200	-15,200
Donald Forshey	155,000 -46,800	-46,800

Tags: Adam Swan Scott Montgomery Ahmed Taleb Donald Forshey

07-07-2018 12:09 UTC-7

Jackson Busts Aldenkamp

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Hidde Aldenkamp moved in all but 1 chip and Joshua Jackson called from one seat over, already tabling his cards with the . Even before the floor could be called, Aldenkamp confirmed he had moved all in and showed the . The boar came and that was it for Aldenkamp.

At least one dozen players have already been eliminated in the small Amazon Tan section, with new players such as George Danzer and Kiryl Radzivonau arriving from different sections shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Jackson	280,000 21,400	21,400
Jerry Payne	Busted
Hidde Aldenkamp	Busted
Jared Eskandari	Busted

Tags: Hidde Aldenkamp Joshua Jackson Kiryl Radzivonau George Danzer

07-07-2018 12:15 UTC-7

A Few Updated Counts From Pavilion

MrCleverFox

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Minkin	450,000 69,200	69,200
Michael Telker	250,000 25,200	25,200
Michael Marder	175,000 12,700	12,700
Jonathan Tamayo	155,000 -7,400	-7,400
Nam Le	133,000 23,700	23,700
Ryan Laplante	130,000 -62,000	-62,000

Jackie Glazier	110,000 -11,500	-11,500

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	97,000 -27,400	-27,400
Scott Clements	80,000 34,000	34,000

David Benyamine	77,000 49,200	49,200

David Bach	67,000 -31,700	-31,700

Ravi Raghavan	59,500 -70,800	-70,800
Maria Lampropulos	59,000 23,400	23,400

07-07-2018 12:21 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Brasilia Bronze

tRaMSt0p

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Mountain	430,000 1,500	1,500
Ben Yu	365,000 54,000	54,000

Dan Heimiller	345,000 82,000	82,000

Moe Farah	330,000 -19,000	-19,000
Nick DiVella	320,000 -15,000	-15,000
Darren Elias	255,000 14,300	14,300
Matthew Vaughan	235,000 -54,400	-54,400
Dario Sammartino	235,000 -74,600	-74,600
Jesse Sylvia	230,000 29,800	29,800
Michael Wang	225,000 -17,600	-17,600

Daniel Chambers	185,000 -40,800	-40,800
Jared Bleznick	180,000 -19,500	-19,500
Amal Bounahra	175,000 87,600	87,600
Jordan Siegel	170,000 400	400
Jean Gaspard	155,000 107,000	107,000

Katie Stone	145,000 -2,400	-2,400
Brian Kim	140,000 53,100	53,100
Justin Gardenhire	130,000 9,600	9,600
Andrew Lichtenberger	120,000 -47,900	-47,900

Lee Markholt	105,000 -100	-100
Aaron Steury	45,000 -56,900	-56,900

Leo Fernandez	44,000 -49,000	-49,000

07-07-2018 12:21 UTC-7

Tran Doubles Up

simkha

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

A player in early position raised to 5,100 and JC Tran three-bet shoved from the hijack for what looked like 27,500. After a bit of time in the tank, the original raiser called to put Tran at risk.

JC Tran:
Opponent:

Tran had the preflop advantage and his opponent needed to improve in order to win. The board ran out which missed both players entirely so Tran took the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Tran	57,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: JC Tran

07-07-2018 12:21 UTC-7

Grubaugh Doubles Up

Sandra Barbour

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The player in early position opened to 4,500. Collin Grubaugh, in the hijack, three-bet to 11,800. Action folded back to the original raiser who responded by moving all in for 51,300. Grubaugh snap-called.

Collin Grubaugh:
Opponent:

The board ran and Grubaugh doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Collin Grubaugh	105,000 34,500	34,500

Tags: Collin Grubaugh

07-07-2018 12:22 UTC-7

Assorted Counts Amazon Tan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Saltus	500,000 163,100	163,100
Vi Do	480,000 103,800	103,800
Nathan Henry	450,000 20,000	20,000
Andrey Pateychuk	425,000 -9,200	-9,200
Paul Volpe	360,000 125,500	125,500

James Romero	340,000 116,000	116,000
Amer Torbey	310,000 310,000	310,000
Phachara Wongwichit	300,000 79,100	79,100
Konstantin Beylin	300,000 44,500	44,500
Christopher Chaudey	280,000 280,000	280,000
Barny Boatman	260,000 16,500	16,500

Patrik Antonius	260,000 -36,600	-36,600
Xuan Liu	240,000 -39,600	-39,600
Matas Cikinas	230,000 130,000	130,000
Corey Kempson	205,000 66,600	66,600
Josep Galindo	200,000 104,400	104,400
Taylor Paur	170,000 24,000	24,000

Loni Harwood	160,000 -91,200	-91,200

Alex Difelice	135,000 25,000	25,000
Thomas Miller	120,000 17,400	17,400
George Danzer	100,000 -31,100	-31,100

Kristy Arnett	80,000 -1,500	-1,500
William Kassouf	40,000 -50,000	-50,000
Lara Eisenberg	Busted

Charles Caris	Busted

07-07-2018 12:26 UTC-7

Winter Takes From Taylor

TKBluffs

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Thomas Taylor raised to 4,000 from the hijack and Sean Winter reraised to 12,000 from the cutoff. Taylor called and they went heads up to the flop.

Taylor checked and Winter tossed out a bet 18,000. Taylor quickly folded and Winter took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Winter	155,000 -2,700	-2,700
Thomas Taylor	140,000 -69,700	-69,700

07-07-2018 12:27 UTC-7

888poker Ambassador Talbot Eliminated

AaronMcBride

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The action folded around to Parker Talbot in middle position, and he called for 2,000. David Gerassi called on the button as did the small blind and the big blind player checked their option.

On the flop, they action checked around to Gerrassi, and he bet 5,000. The two players in the blinds folded before Talbot moved all in. Gerassi called, and Talbot was behind.

David Gerassi:
Parker Talbot:

Turn:
River:

Talbot couldn't improve and was eliminated in the first level of the day. It means that Team8 Canada has seen all three of their team member eliminated from the 888poker Team Challenge after Mike Leah and Jonathan Schaler and already exited the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	Busted

Tags: 888poker David Gerassi Mike Leah Parker Talbot

07-07-2018 12:29 UTC-7

The Young Guns vs The Old Gods

MrCleverFox

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Twenty-one year old Trey Harrell is one of the youngest players in the Main Event this year, and he's been put up against arguably his toughest opponent ever, Phil Ivey.

In the hand, Harrell opened on the button with raise to 3,500. Ivey was in the big blind and he defended with a call.

The flop came down and Ivey checked to Harrell who led with a bet of 3,300. Ivey called.