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

Platis Can't Find a Fold

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

We found Nikolaos Platis tanking on the button against an all-in shove from Ricardo Souza on {10-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{a-Spades}. Souza had shoved for about 945,000 in the hijack into a pot containing a little over 1 million. Platis tanked for several minutes until a clock was called. About halfway through his time, he slid in calling chips.

Souza showed {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for a straight and Platis mucked {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Ricardo Souza br
Ricardo Souza
3,000,000 1,700,000
Nikolaos Platis us
Nikolaos Platis
275,000 -1,225,000

Tags: Nikolaos PlatisRicardo Souza

Koren Three-Bets from the Big

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Alexander Lynskey opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Franklin Azevedo called in the cutoff. Vicent Bosca Ramon called in the small blind, before Artur Koren three-bet from the big blind to 550,000.

Lynskey folded, as did Azevedo, and after a few moments, Ramon folded too and Koren collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
9,690,000 390,000
Roger Lussier us
Roger Lussier
4,960,000 960,000
Artur Koren at
Artur Koren
4,350,000 790,000
Thomas Macdonald gb
Thomas Macdonald
3,960,000 -790,000
Nishant Sharma in
Nishant Sharma
3,400,000 900,000
Vicent Bosca Ramon es
Vicent Bosca Ramon
2,190,000 -310,000
Franklin Azevedo us
Franklin Azevedo
1,900,000 100,000
Adam Rude us
Adam Rude
1,850,000 -250,000
Alex Lynskey au
Alex Lynskey
1,125,000 -575,000

Tags: Alexander LynskeyArtur KorenFranklin AzevedoVicent Bosca Ramon

Josephy Eliminated in Monster Cooler

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Cliff Josephy
Cliff Josephy

Cliff Josephy raised to 110,000 from under the gun and Michael Dyer three-bet to 315,000. Josephy four-bet to 815,000 and Dyer moved all in. Josephy snap-called.

Cliff Josephy: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Michael Dyer: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The 2016 November Niner was all in for 3,800,000 and looked in a commanding position to double up.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs} with no help to Dyer. The turn was a {5-Spades} but the {a-Spades} on the river sent Josephy to the rail and boosted Dyer's stack up over the nine million.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Dyer us
Michael Dyer
Day 8 Chip Leader
9,300,000 3,900,000
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Cliff JosephyMichael Dyer

Gooch Extracts Value With Two Pair

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

There was a pot brewing between Jason Gooch and Stanley Lee as we approached. Action was first on Gooch on a board showing {J-Hearts}{10-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and he led out with a bet of 280,000.

Lee was in the tank and he stayed there for a bit. Eventually he decided to call and Gooch showed down his {7-Hearts}{5-Clubs} for two pair. This was enough to earn him the pot and chip him up to almost four million as Lee was cut down to just over one million.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Gooch us
Jason Gooch
3,850,000 450,000
Stanley Lee us
Stanley Lee
1,010,000 -490,000

Tags: Jason GoochStanley Lee

Manion Picks Off Sekularac

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Ognjen Sekularac opened to 100,000 form early position, and Nicolas Manion three-bet the cutoff to 250,000.

The action folded back to Sekularac, and he called before the {Q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} board checked down to the river where Sekularac bet out 315,000.

Manion quickly called and tabled his {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds} to best Sekularac's {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
2,280,000 -1,080,000
Nicolas Manion us
Nicolas Manion
Day 7 Chip Leader
1,935,000 1,365,000

Tags: Ognjen SekularacNicolas Manion

Mosbock and Shorr Chop All In Again!

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Shannon Shorr raised to 115k and Mario Mosbock three-bet to 350k on the button. The other players got out of the way, and Shorr decided to four-bet to 805k. Mosbock wasn't done however and proceeded to five-bet all in for 2.5m. Shorr made the call, and both players saw they held the same hand.

Shannon Shorr: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Marion Mosbock: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The rainbow board brought no sweats for either player, and they chopped up the pot once more.

Tags: Mario MosbockShannon Shorr

Cordell Eliminates Merrilees

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Merrilees
Daniel Merrilees

Mike Cordell raised to 115,000 on the button and Daniel Merrilees shoved in the big blind. It was 1,340,000 total and Cordell thought awhile before dropping in calling chips.

Mike Cordell: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Daniel Merrilees: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The flip went Cordell's way as it ran out {7-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Cordell us
Mike Cordell
WSOP 1X Winner
4,950,000 1,550,000
Daniel Merrilees gb
Daniel Merrilees
Busted

Tags: Daniel MerrileesMike Cordell