Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Day 5 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-09-2018 18:58 UTC-7

Williams Wins it Versus Maeroff

AaronMcBride

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Cory Williams opened the action on the button with a raise to 85,000 and Jason Maeroff three-bet in the small blind to 250,000. Williams made the call, and the flop came down . Maeroff bet 375,000 and Williams responded by raising to 935,000.

Maeroff thought for a minute before asking for a count of the bet. Once it was verified, he decided to let his hand go.

Firefighter Williams, who qualified for the Main Event via a $500 satellite, moved up to 2.2 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Tang	2,700,000 200,000	200,000

Seth Foster	2,600,000 -100,000	-100,000
Antonio Esfandiari	2,400,000 -200,000	-200,000

Cory Williams	2,200,000 880,000	880,000
Bas De Laat	1,600,000 -265,000	-265,000
Noe Cantu	945,000 -155,000	-155,000
Jason Maeroff	560,000 -1,640,000	-1,640,000

Tags: Cory Williams Jason Maeroff

07-09-2018 18:58 UTC-7

Yang Falls Leaving Only Two Women Standing

MrCleverFox

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

According to Artur Koren, he opened from middle position and he was called by Alexandre Reard in the hijack as well as Xi Yang in the cutoff.

The flop came down and action checked to Yang who bet 150,000. Action was back on Koren who made it 375,000 with a check-raise. Reard folded and Yang moved all in for about a million. Koren called quickly.

Artur Koren:
Xi Yang:

The board completed with the and the and that gave Koren quads to eliminated Yang, leaving Kelly Minkin and Natalie Teh as the last two women alive in this year's Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Koren	3,650,000 1,415,000	1,415,000
Xi Yang	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Reard Artur Koren Kelly Minkin Natalie Teh Xi Yang

07-09-2018 18:55 UTC-7

Cordell Doubles Through Blangenwitsch

mnuwwarah

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

With 600,000 in the pot, the dealer was running out the turn and river between Martial Blangenwitsch, under the gun, and Mike Cordell in middle position. Cordell held and was crushing Blangenwitsch's , with the king kicker holding on a final board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Cordell	1,750,000 445,000	445,000

Martial Blangenwitsch	1,640,000 -835,000	-835,000

Tags: Martial Blangenwitsch Mike Cordell

07-09-2018 18:52 UTC-7

Newport Eliminated by Fox

tRaMSt0p

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Jorden Fox opened to 120,000 from early position and Volodymyr Drokin called on the button. With the action on Nick Newport in the small blind, he three-bet to 485,000.

The big blind folded, and Fox announced he was all in and placed a stack of lavender 100,000-denomination chips into the pot.

Drokin folded, and rather quickly, Newport called all in for roughly 2,240,000.

Fox:
Newport:

It was the typical tournament coinflip, and once the ESPN cameras had arrived, the dealer was given the go-ahead to spread the flop.

The turn landed the to now see Newport needing to fade an ace, king, or queen to stay alive, but when the dealer dropped the on the river, he would be eliminated in a pot that was close to 5 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorden Fox	5,800,000 500,000	500,000

Volodymyr Drokin	1,100,000 -475,000	-475,000
Nick Newport	Busted

Tags: Jorden Fox Nick Newport Volodymyr Drokin

07-09-2018 18:50 UTC-7

Yang Doubles Through Rivers

mnuwwarah

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Ryan Rivers opened for 85,000 and tank-called the shove of big blind Xi Yang, who had 450,000.

Ryan Rivers:
Xi Yang:

The board ran out , good for a Yang double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Rivers	3,600,000 -1,350,000	-1,350,000
Xi Yang	1,000,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: Xi Yang Ryan Rivers

07-09-2018 18:48 UTC-7

Ramon Picks Off Lynskey

mnuwwarah

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Vicent Bosca Ramon bet 75,000 from the button on and Alexander Lynskey check-raised to 230,000 in the big blind. Ramon reraised back to 390,000 and Lynskey peeled, seeing the . Both checked and the arrived. Lynskey bet 525,000 and Ramon called but he didn't have to show anything down as Lynskey just mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vicent Bosca Ramon	3,325,000 925,000	925,000
Alex Lynskey	1,800,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Tags: Alexander Lynskey Vicent Bosca Ramon

07-09-2018 18:48 UTC-7

Bain Eliminated by Le

Mickey Doft

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Tristan Bain was all in for about 1,400,000 with , racing with Nghia Le's .

The board came down , giving Le a pair of kings to eliminate Bain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nghia Le	5,750,000 1,450,000	1,450,000
Tristan Bain	Busted

Tags: Tristan Bain Nghia Le

07-09-2018 18:43 UTC-7

McDermott Doubles Through Cikinas

MrCleverFox

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

All the money was in preflop with Timothy McDermott at risk for 515,000 against Matas Cikinas who had him covered.

Timothy McDermott:
Matas Cikinas:

"It's a flip, guys," McDermott said to his rail. "I like this part, I don't have to do anything."

The board ran out and that gave McDermott a winning two pair, allowing him to double up through Cikinas who was left with just 640,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy McDermott	1,100,000 435,000	435,000
Matas Cikinas	640,000 -705,000	-705,000

Tags: Matas Cikinas Timothy McDermott

07-09-2018 18:43 UTC-7

Bercovici Loses Some to Adams

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

On a flop, Hari Bercovici check-called a bet of 180,000 out of the small blind from Steven Adams in the big blind. The turn was the and Bercovici bet 375,000. Adams called.

The river was the . Bercovici checked and Adams bet 975,000. Bercovici quickly folded and Adams took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hari Bercovici	5,650,000 -220,000	-220,000
Steven Adams	4,000,000 425,000	425,000

Tags: Hari Bercovici Steven Adams

07-09-2018 18:42 UTC-7

Sejer Gets Rivered

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Martin Sejer opened to 85,000 from the hijack and Seth Foster three-bet to 310,000 from the small blind. Noe Cantu came along from the big blind and Sejer also called. The flop came and Foster led out for 1,100,000. Cantu quickly folded and Sejer called just as fast.

Seth Foster:
Martin Sejer:

Sejer was in the lead with his pair of queens and was poised for a double-up. The turn was the but the river brought the . Foster hit a pair of kings on the river and Sejer was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Foster	2,700,000 1,075,000	1,075,000
Noe Cantu	1,100,000 -500,000	-500,000
Martin Sejer	Busted

Tags: Martin Sejer Noe Cantu Seth Foster