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

Shannon Shorr Eliminated in 39th Place ($189,165)

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr

Shannon Shorr moved all in for around 1,550,000 from middle position. Samuel Bernabeu was in the next position and called, with the remaining players all folding.

Shannon Shorr: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Samuel Bernabeu: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

The flop and turn came {5-Clubs}{6-Spades}{9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. "Nice playing with you guys," said Shorr as he got up from the table before the {k-Diamonds} came on the river. Shorr takes home $189,165 for his 39th place finish in this year's Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Samuel Bernabeu es
Samuel Bernabeu
9,750,000
1,750,000
1,750,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Samuel BernabeuShannon Shorr

Haro Doubles Through Fletcher

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Alexander Haro
Alexander Haro

Alexander Haro opened with a raise to 350,000 and he met a three-bet from Clayton Fletcher to 1,030,000. Action folded back to Haro and he moved all in for roughly 4,600,000. Action was back on Fletcher and he called bringing the two players to a showdown.

Clayton Fletcher: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Alexander Haro: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{7-Spades}{Q-Spades}{A-Spades}{5-Hearts} and that gave Haro two pair and allowed him to double up, leaving Clayton as one of the shortest stacks at the table.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Haro us
Alexander Haro
9,400,000
5,400,000
5,400,000
Clayton Fletcher us
Clayton Fletcher
3,450,000
-5,750,000
-5,750,000

Tags: Alexander HaroClayton Fletcher

Jan Mach Eliminated in 40th Place ($189,165)

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Jan Mach
Jan Mach

Jan Mach shoved all in for 1,860,000 in early position and Aram Zobian made it 3.5 million in the small blind. Artem Metalidi thought for about a minute and then shoved all in from the big. Zobian was in there immediately for what looked to be about 10 million.

Aram Zobian: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Artem Metalidi: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Jan Mach: {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}

"Good game, guys," Zobian said confidently.

However, the {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{j-Spades} brought him nothing. He asked for a ten for a sweat but the {5-Clubs} was a brick. The {7-Hearts} river likewise and Metalidi's stack was counted down and determined to be 10,435,000.

Player Chips Progress
Artem Metalidi ua
Artem Metalidi
24,000,000
15,900,000
15,900,000
Aram Zobian us
Aram Zobian
14,500,000
-10,800,000
-10,800,000
Day 6 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Jan Mach cz
Jan Mach
Busted

Tags: Aram ZobianArtem MetalidiJan Mach

Brian Yoon Eliminated in 41st Place ($189,165)

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Brian Yoon
Brian Yoon

Brian Yoon opened to 350,000 from the hijack, Paulo Goncalves three-bet to about 750,000 from the cutoff, Yoon four-bet shoved for roughly 5,000,000 and Goncalves called with {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}, leading Yoon's {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}.

The board ran out {Q-Spades}{8-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{K-Clubs}, no help to Yoon, ending his Main Event run in 41st place.

Player Chips Progress
Paulo Goncalves br
Paulo Goncalves
15,500,000
6,100,000
6,100,000
Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
Busted
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Brian YoonPaulo Goncalves

Sharma Chips Up Through Dyer

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Tony Miles raised to 350,000 and got calls from Nishant Sharma in the hijack, Michael Dyer in the cutoff and Samuel Bernabeu in the big blind.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{a-Spades} and it checked to Sharma who bet 675,000. Dyer called and the other two players both folded.

The turn was the {2-Hearts}. Sharma bet just over a million and got a quick fold.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
15,800,000
-700,000
-700,000
Michael Dyer us
Michael Dyer
14,400,000
-1,960,000
-1,960,000
Day 8 Chip Leader
Nishant Sharma in
Nishant Sharma
12,200,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Samuel Bernabeu es
Samuel Bernabeu
8,000,000
-450,000
-450,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Michael DyerNishant SharmaSamuel BernabeuTony Miles

Benjamin Pollak Eliminated in 42nd Place ($189,165)

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Benjamin Pollak
Benjamin Pollak

Ryan Phan raised to 350,000 from under the gun, and Benjamin Pollak defended his big blind. The flop came down {6-Spades}{a-Clubs}{2-Clubs}, and Pollak check-called a 425,000 bet from Phan.

The {j-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and Pollak checked. Phan bet around 1.6m, enough to put Pollak all in and the Frenchman called.

Ryan Phan: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Benjamin Pollak: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Pollak was drawing dead as Phan held two pair. The insignificant river card was put down and last year's Main Event third-place finisher Pollak saw his 2018 deep run come to an end after he took 42nd place for $189,165.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Phan us
Ryan Phan
12,300,000
1,370,000
1,370,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
Busted

Tags: Benjamin PollakRyan Phan

Kerry Bell Eliminated in 43rd Place ($189,165)

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Kerry Bell
Kerry Bell

Barry Hutter raised to 350,000 from the hijack and Kerry Bell called from the big blind.

The flop came down {J-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Bell checked to Hutter who continued for 300,000. Bell called, the {7-Diamonds} turn fell and both players checked. The river was the {J-Hearts} and Bell jammed for 1,555,000.

After Hutter confirmed the count, he took about 40 seconds before he called.

Bell nodded his head to Hutter's call and showed {Q-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. Hutter tabled {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for jacks and sevens to eliminate Bell in 43rd place.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
13,200,000
2,200,000
2,200,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Kerry Bell us
Kerry Bell
Busted

Tags: Barry HutterKerry Bell

Hecklen Caught Bluffing

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Aram Zobian made it 380,000 to go first to act and was called by Jeff Trudeau and Henrik Hecklen in the big blind. On the {Q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} flop, and the {8-Clubs} turn all three players checked. The {8-Spades} on the river paired the board and Hecklen bet 1,100,000, which forced a fold from Zobian.

Trudeau gave it some thought and called to get shown {6-Spades}{5-Clubs} for a bluff by Hecklen, claiming the pot with his {K-Spades}{Q-Spades} for queens and eights.

Player Chips Progress
Aram Zobian us
Aram Zobian
25,300,000
-800,000
-800,000
Day 6 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Trudeau us
Jeff Trudeau
13,000,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Henrik Hecklen dk
Henrik Hecklen
2,800,000
-1,650,000
-1,650,000

Tags: Aram ZobianHenrik HecklenJeff Trudeau

Shorr Shoves; Beylin Three-Bets

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

The action at Table 431, one of the two tables left in the field, has slowed down post-dinner. Not many big pots were played in the past fifteen minutes.

In the last two hands, Shannon Shorr first open-shoved 1,570,000 from middle position to pick up the blinds and antes. Samuel Bernabeu opened the next hand in middle position but folded to a three-bet from Konstantin Beylin.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Beylin us
Konstantin Beylin
10,800,000
200,000
200,000
Samuel Bernabeu es
Samuel Bernabeu
8,450,000
-350,000
-350,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
1,890,000
-410,000
-410,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Konstantin BeylinSamuel BernabeuShannon Shorr

Zhu Doubles Up as Rean Continues to Slide

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Yueqi Zhu
Yueqi Zhu

Yueqi Zhu opened from early position with a raise to 350,000 and he was called by John Cynn in the cutoff and Nirath Rean in the big blind.

The flop came down {9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and Rean led out with a bet of 500,000. Zhu raised to 1,113,000 and Cynn quickly folded. Rean called to see the turn.

The turn was the {7-Clubs} and Rean checked. Zhu put out a bet of 1,500,000 and Rean called again.

The river was the {10-Diamonds} and Rean checked again. Zhu now moved all in for 1,520,000. Rean tanked it over for a good while but eventually, he called. Rean showed down his {9-Spades}{8-Hearts} but it was no good. Zhu held {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and his two pair was superior and allowed him to double up to 9,600,000 while Rean continued to slide after the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Nirath Rean us
Nirath Rean
10,600,000
-4,600,000
-4,600,000
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
9,600,000
4,720,000
4,720,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: John CynnNirath ReanYueqi Zhu