The Money Has Been Reached; Day 4 of the 2018 WSOP Main Event Resumes at 11 a.m.
Day 3 of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event wrapped up last night and just one more hand in the extra level was needed to get down to 1,182 players, who all secured a cash prize of at least $15,000 for their efforts. Unfortunate bubble boy was Matthew Hopkins, who became the last player to leave the Main Event empty-handed. As a consolation prize, he'll receive a free entry into next year's Main Event to give it another shot.
Cards are back in the air for Day 4 of the Main Event at 11 a.m., and it's In Sun Geoum who sits on top with 1,696,000 in chips. Geoum racked up heaps in a big aces-versus-kings clash that propelled him up the leaderboard. New Yorker Frankie Flowers is just a few pips behind with 1,624,000, while Samuel Bernabeu (1,418,000), Michael Lavenburg (1,356,000) and Julius Malzanini (1,292,000) round out the top five.
Plenty of notables are still left vying for poker's most coveted prize with none other than ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey (827,000) in a prime spot to go deep. Two-time bracelet winners Eric Froehlich (1,235,000) and Ben Yu (1,040,000) also surpassed the 1M mark, with three-time winner Paul Volpe (989,000) hot on their heels. Team 888poker ambassador Chris Moorman (969,000), former champs Jonathan Duhamel (450,000), Joe Cada (211,000) and Johnny Chan (162,000), as well as 888poker's Billy Chattaway (376,000) and Pedro Correa (288,000), are also still in the hunt.
While the big stacks amassed sizable stacks during the bubble phase, others just barely made it into the money with mere crumbs, such as [Removed:17] (46,000), Pierre Neuville (32,000) and Federico Butteroni (30,000). Play will resume at 11 a.m., and as blinds continue in the level 3,000/6,000 with an ante of 1,000 they'll need to either spin it up soon or go home.
Five-and-a-half 120-minute levels are scheduled for today with a 20-minute break after each level and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 18 (~5:45 p.m.) Action resumes in Level 16 with exactly 1 hour and 58 minutes remaining on the clock. Day 4 should be wrapping up around 00:30 a.m.
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 118 minutes | 3,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 |
| 20-minute break | ||||
| 17 | 120 minutes | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
| 20-minute break | ||||
| 18 | 120 minutes | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 75-minute break | ||||
| 19 | 120 minutes | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
| 20-minute break | ||||
| 20 | 120 minutes | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
| 20-minute break | ||||
| 21 | 60 minutes | 10,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 |
PokerNews will bring start-to-finish live updates of Day 4 of the Main Event. On top of that, the live stream is available at PokerGO and ESPN2 during the following times:
| 11:30 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| 4:00 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | PokerGO |
flop and Ben improved to middle set leaving Laplante drawing to only a chop. The turn 
and river 
improved Ben to a full house and Laplante was eliminated.
and Lynskey led out for 30,000. Fox called to see the 
on the turn and Lynskey opted to check this time. Fox announced all in and Lynskey called to put himself at risk for 91,000. Fox tabled 
but it was no match for the 
and Lynskey's pair of kings held on to earn him a full double up in the opening hour of play.
turn improved the Brazilian, and the 
and Choupeaux's stack was chopped by Ivey and Lenaghan, sending the former above one million in chips.
and Volpe, in middle position, had a bet of 52,000 in front of him. Song made it 104,000 on the cutoff and Volpe called after some thought.
and Volpe opted to lead out for 100,000. Song took around a minute before shoving all in for 226,000 and Volpe went deep in the tank. The camera's swooped in to catch the action and see Volpe eventually call it off after three minutes.
for a boat, Volpe flung his hand face-down in the muck and quickly headed out of the Amazon.
turn was for 175,000. Again, Umdenstock wasted little time before making the call to see the 
flop with 
for bottom set. Verma had the 
for the gutshot and flush draw, and the 
turn and 
fading Klodnicki's outs entirely so Loeser would take down the pot to nearly double up and eliminate Klodnicki from the tournament.
