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

Deeb Drops a Little One

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

There was around 160,000 in the pot after a small blind and big blind confrontation between Shaun Deeb and Tristian Bain when the flop came down {J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. Deeb checked then called a bet of 60,000 from Bain.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and both players checked and they checked again on the {9-Diamonds} river. Deeb showed down his {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs} but it was not good enough to take the pot as Bain held {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. Bain took down the pot and Deeb dropped to around 1,550,000.

Player Chips Progress
Tristan Bain au
Tristan Bain
3,320,000
220,000
220,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
1,550,000
-830,000
-830,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Shaun DeebTristian Bain

Koren Hates the River

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

On a board of {3-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}, Artur Koren checked from under the gun and Chou Chou bet 100,000. Koren made it 275,000 and Chou called. On the {a-Spades} river, both players checked. Koren opened {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and lost showdown to {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}.

"You didn't have another river in the deck?" Koren asked the dealer with a smile. "I was going to test you on the river."

Player Chips Progress
Artur Koren at
Artur Koren
1,470,000
-630,000
-630,000
Chou Chou us
Chou Chou
1,300,000
-68,000
-68,000

Tags: Artur KorenChou Chou

Kim Eliminated by Minkin

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Dong Kim
Dong Kim

Dong Kim was standing at his table awaiting a payout clerk after he got all his chips into the middle against Kelly Minkin.

Minkin held pocket queens, and Kim held pocket tens. There was no help for Kim on the board, and he was eliminated as Minken increased her stack further over the 5m mark.

Player Chips Progress
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
5,400,000
444,000
444,000
Dong Kim us
Dong Kim
Busted

Tags: Dong KimKelly Minkin

Salari Folds Ace-King to Soriano's Four-Bet

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Sharukh Shaw opened the hijack to 55,000 and Frederik Salari three-bet the small blind to 165,000.

With the action on Santiago Soriano in the big blind, he cold four-bet to 440,000.

Shaw folded, and after about two minutes thinking, Salari open-folded his {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} face-up.

Player Chips Progress
Frederik Salari us
Frederik Salari
2,135,000
-529,000
-529,000
Santiago Soriano es
Santiago Soriano
2,085,000
1,210,000
1,210,000
Sharukh Shaw us
Sharukh Shaw
829,000
-195,000
-195,000

Tags: Santiago SorianoSharukh ShawFrederik Salari

Froehlich Five-Bet Rips

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

After an under-the-gun limp and a raise to 55,000 from Chou Chou in middle position, Eric Froehlich three-bet to 150,000 in the next seat. Tomas Novotny in the cutoff made it 390,000 and action folded back to Froehlich. He asked to see Novotny's stack, which looked to contain about 1 million more. Froehlich then moved in and Novotny folded fairly quickly.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
2,750,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Tomas Novotny cz
Tomas Novotny
1,050,000
-750,000
-750,000

Tags: Chou ChouEric FroehlichTomas Novotny

Blangenwitsch Kicks Zamani to the Curb

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Martin Zamani was living on a stack of around 20 big blind and he pushed all in for around 560,000 from the hijack. Martial Blangenwitsch was on the button and asked for a count before making the call.

Martial Blangenwitsch: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Martin Zamani: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Blangenwitsch held a dominating position preflop with the superior kicker. The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Spades} and Zamani was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Martial Blangenwitsch fr
Martial Blangenwitsch
2,440,000
1,090,000
1,090,000
Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
Busted

Tags: Martial BlangenwitschMartin Zamani

Former Champion Cada Reminds Everyone Who He Is

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Joe Cada
Joe Cada

Joe Cada's stack has recently dipped below the 15 big blind mark and he was recounting a tale of another occasion where he found himself even more short-stacked.

"I was in the big blind with eight big blinds," explained Cada to his table. "And it folded to the button and he thought about it before folding. And the small blind put me in and I had to call with jack-four. And the small blind had five-four and I won with jack-high.

"And after the hand, the button pounds the table and I'm like 'Easy guy, it's only eight blinds.' And he explained he folded ace-high. And I said to him 'How can you fold ace-high on the button?' and he said that he was worried the small blind was going to raise him.

"I was like, with a million dollar pay jump, he wants me out as much as you do!"

It was at this moment a tablemate interjected. "What tournament was this in?"

"This one, the 2009 Main Event," replied Cada.

"Where did you finish?" asked his tablemate.

"I won it," said Cada.

Tags: Joe Cada

Volpe Shoves River

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

On a board of {6-Spades}{5-Spades}{A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} with just under 600,000 in the middle, Nikolaos Platis checked over to Paul Volpe who moved all in from the hijack for 765,000.

Platis mulled over his decision for several minutes before eventually pushing his cards to the muck to relinquish the pot to Volpe.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolaos Platis us
Nikolaos Platis
4,470,000
2,293,000
2,293,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
1,380,000
425,000
425,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Paul VolpeNikolaos Platis

Cada Earns a Double Through Lack

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

After a raise to 60,000 from Randall Lack in early position, Joe Cada moved all in from the cutoff for 310,000 total. Action folded back to Lack who got an exact count before calling.

Randall Lack: {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}
Joe Cada: {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and Cada was able to earn the double by hitting a pair of kings on the river.

"If it wasn't suited it was going right into the muck," Cada joked after the hand. "Sometimes that's the difference."

Player Chips Progress
Randall Lack us
Randall Lack
4,200,000
1,530,000
1,530,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
650,000
155,000
155,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Joe CadaRandall Lack

Hutter Barrels Off to Froehlich

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Eric Froehlich defended big blind from Barry Hutter on the button and check-called 100,000 on {j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{a-Hearts}. He check-called another bet of unknown quantity on the {2-Clubs} turn and then checked the {9-Diamonds} river. Hutter fired a final barrel of 525,000 and Froehlich called.

Hutter shook his head and mucked {8-Spades}{7-Spades} and Froehlich showed {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
5,145,000
-455,000
-455,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
3,650,000
900,000
900,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Barry HutterEric Froehlich