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Ben Yu Wins $50,000 WSOP High Roller No Limit holdem

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The 32-year-old Las Vegas poker-pro Ben Yu won his third World Series of Poker bracelet by defeating 128 entries in the $50,000 no-limit hold’em high roller event. He acquired his first bracelet in no-limit hold’em and a massive payout of $1,650,773. The primarily mixed game’s player took the advice from Justin Bonomo and put it to good use.

“I would say that this year, I’ve started to play some more high rollers,” said Yu after his victory. “I played some of the $25K’s in Florida, I played the U.S. Poker Open in February and after playing a few of those I actually wrote a message to Justin Bonomo.”

He was candid in his message to the two-time bracelet champion as well as among one of the most skilled players in the world.

“I wrote ‘I like playing high rollers. I cash for more money and people irrationally think I’m better at poker because of it. I get to eat free food, free good food using comps. I would like to do this more often and I’m willing to put in whatever work is required for me to do so,’” said Yu.

Bonomo reacted that he should place in the job far from the table, do even more collaborate with PIO solvers as well as actually develop out your ranges for every spot.

“It sounds really boring,” said Yu. “This is what it takes to win at the high rollers nowadays for the most part. I don’t think I have the best poker instincts that some of the absolute sickos do. I really need to get by in studying and knowing exactly what my ranges should be.”

It’s not one of the most extravagant solutions on the planet, yet Yu placed in the job as well as brought out a seven-figure rating as a result of it. In his viewpoint, that’s the sort of job should be done to remain on top of the poker world today. With the game and also its methods developing at such a quick rate, it is very important to have all your varieties hammered down.

“That isn’t the reason that most people get into poker when they first see it on TV,” said Yu. “They really want to soul read people, and you know, be able to feel themselves out at the table. There’s something really attractive about trying to get a read on someone and feeling your way through a problem. But I think for the most part if you see the guys that compete in this field, the people that are most successful and the people that win time after time in these high rollers … It’s really the guys doing what we call science and studying. It doesn’t sound great, but it is what it takes to win.”

To earn the title, Yu overcame a loaded final table that included some of the best players in the world such as Jake Schindler (8th), John Racener (7th), Manig Loeser (6th), Igor Kurganov (5th), Isaac Haxton (4th), Nick Petrangelo (3rd), and Sean Winter (2nd).

Final Table Results:
1st: Ben Yu – $1,650,773
2nd: Sean Winter – $1,020,253
3rd: Nick Petrangelo – $720,103
4th: Isaac Haxton – $518,882
5th: Igor Kurganov – $381,874
6th: Manig Loeser – $287,174
7th: John Racener – $220,777
8th: Jake Schindler – $173,604

John Cynn Wins 2018 WSOP Main Event Title

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Virtually specifically 2 years back, the last 9 gamers of the World Series of Poker Main Event celebrated their success, make among them making a minimum of $1,000,000, and a place in poker history at the Main Event final table. As they commemorated, another gamer silently left the area– John Cynn had actually been removed in 11th area, simply hardly losing out on the last table. Tonite, Cynn returned with a revenge, winning the 2018 WSOP Key Occasion to engrave his very own place in poker’s history books as poker’s latest World Champion.

For the accomplishment, Cynn made $8,800,000, as well as one of the most prestigious prize in poker: the Main Event bracelet.

Prior to safeguarding his success, Cynn as well as runner-up finisher Tony Miles fought to and fro in an impressive heads-up suit that lasted over 10 hrs as well as 199 hands. It’s the longest heads-up competition on record for the WSOP Main Event.

Cynn had an uphill fight on the last day, as Miles began had actually developed a substantial lead the previous day. Cynn drew right into the lead early on Saturday, and also the 2 traded the lead a number of times over the following eleven hrs. After the occasion, Cynn supplied Miles high appreciation. Also prior to the last table started, this year’s Centerpiece had a unique mood. It simply felt like it would certainly be unforgettable. It began with fantastic yield– when enrollment shut late on July 4, the last variety of participants stood at 7,874, the 2nd greatest WSOP Main Event field in history (only 2006 was larger).

Cada’s accomplishment was so remarkable, he outweighed the tale that would certainly have been the emphasis of the poker world on basically any kind of various another evening– Phil Hellmuth winning his record-extending 15th bracelet.

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Results

Place Winner Country Prize (in USD)
1 John Cynn United States $8,800,000
2 Tony Miles United States $5,000,000
3 Michael Dyer United States $3,750,000
4 Nicolas Manion United States $2,825,000
5 Joe Cada United States $2,150,000
6 Aram Zobian United States $1,800,000
7 Alex Lynskey Australia $1,500,000
8 Artem Metalidi Ukraine $1,250,000
9 Antoine Labat France $1,000,000

Guoliang Wei Wins World Series of Poker Little One For One Drop Event

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The $1,111 buy-in Little One For One Drop event at the 2018 World Series of Poker attracted a field of 4,732 players, which created a total prize pool of $4,258,800. It took six calendar days, but ultimately the title went to Chinese poker player Guoliang Wei, who earned his first bracelet and the $559,332 top prize.

Wei became just the fourth bracelet winner for China in WSOP history, joining Jian Chen, Yue Du, and Yungpeng Zhou.

“It means a lot to me,” Wei told WSOP reporters. “Poker is booming in China right now. A lot of people watch this game regularly, but only a few of us can be here and compete. We consider poker an epic game, like the World Cup. It’s our dream to come and win a bracelet in Vegas. That’s the only goal.”

Wei wasn’t the only international presence at the final table, which also included representatives from France, South Korea, Brazil, and the Philippines.

Notables who made a deep run in the event included Chris Staats (3rd), Aditya Sushant (11th), Justin Liberto (14th), Dietrich Fast (21st), Kyle Keranen (23rd), Kevin Calenzo (42nd), and Ray Qartomy (43rd).

Here is a look at the final table results.

Place Player Payout POY Points
1 Guoliang Wei $559,332 1320
2 Francois Tosques $345,415 1100
3 Chris Staats $254,580 880
4 Sung Joo Hyun $189,098 660
5 Richard Douglas $141,565 550
6 Jon Hoellein $106,822 440
7 Renato Kaneoya $81,521 330
8 Erwann Pecheux $62,299 220
9 Lester Edoc $48,157 110

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table: Dyer Holds Dominant Lead With Six Left

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The final table of the 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in main event kicked off today, and after nearly five hours of action the field has been narrowed to just six players left from the initial field of 7,874 entries in this event.

The runaway chip leader when play was halted a bit after 10:00 p.m. local time was Michael Dyer. The 32-year-old from Houston, Texas came into the day essentially tied for the chip lead with Nicolas Manion. Dyer established himself as the force to be reckoned with at the final table, and although he did not score any knockouts during the first session at the final table, he was able to chip up to 156,500,000 by the end of the night. Dyer will enter day two of the final table with just shy of 40 percent of the total chips in play, having more than double the chips of his nearest competitor in Manion (72,250,000).

2009 World Series of Poker main event champion Joe Cadasurvived the day, keeping alive hopes of becoming the first player in the modern era of the WSOP to win the main event multiple times. Stu Ungar’s third main event win in 1997 marked the last time a previous world champion came out on top in the WSOP main event. Cada got off to a fantastic start at the final table, chipping up as high as 47,500,000 early on in the day’s action. The 30year-old poker pro and three-time bracelet faltered in a few sizable pots midway through the day, but wound up winning a few key pots in the last orbit to finish up with 29,275,000 for just over 29 big blinds.

Cada is the second shortest stack remaining, with only Aram Zobian bagging up fewer chips. The 23-year-old poker pro will have just shy of 17 big blind when play resumes.

The first elimination at the final table took place just 16 hands into the day. France’s Antoine Labat picked up KHeart SuitKDiamond Suit on the button and raised to 1,200,000. Labat was the shortest stack coming into the final table, having lost roughly 80 percent of his chips in the final hand of day 7 when he and 10th-place finisher Yueqi Zhu both got all-in with what else but pocket kings, only to run into the pocket aces of Nicolas Manion.

The second shortest stack at the table, Artem Metalidi, looked down at the QHeart SuitQClub Suit and moved all-in for 10,300,000. Labat made the call with again with his pocket kings, but this time was ahead going into the flop. The tables quickly turned when Metalidi hit a set on the ASpade SuitQDiamond Suit5Spade Suit flop. The turn was the 9Spade Suit and the river the ADiamond Suit, giving Metalidi a full house and sending Labat home in ninth place. He earned $1,000,000 for his deep run in this event.

Metalidi might have been the one to send Labat packing, but he was still one of the shorter stacks at the final table. He lost a chunk of what he had just won to Cada, and a few orbits later got the last of his chips in with the 5Club Suit5Diamond Suit. Aram Zobian moved all-in with the KDiamond SuitQDiamond Suit and the rest of the competition folded.

The 6Diamond Suit5Heart Suit2Diamond Suit was an action flop, giving Metalidi a set of fives and Zobian a flush draw. The KClub Suit on the turn kept Metalidi ahead, but the 4Diamond Suit on the river complete Zobian’s flush draw. The 29-year-old Ukrainian poker pro was knocked out in eighth place, taking home $1,250,000 for his strong showing. Zobian chipped up to over 32 million after the hand, nearly twice what he came into the day with.

Just ten hands later the third and final elimination of the day took place. Australia’s Alex Lynskey had entered the day in fifth chip position, but he just could not seem to get anything going under the bright lights. In fact, he officially did not win a single hand in his time at the final table. In the end the 28-year-old poker pro from Brisbane moved all-in for just shy of 14.5 big blinds from the big blind facing a raise from Dyer in the cutoff and a call from 2016th WSOP main event 11th-place finisher John Cynn in the small blind. Dyer folded, but Cynn made the call with the KSpade SuitQSpade Suit and found himself in a coin flip situation against Lynskey’s 6Diamond Suit6Club Suit. The board ran out 10Club Suit9Club Suit3Spade Suit10Diamond SuitJClub Suit and Cynn rivered a straight to win the pot and knock out Lynskey in seventh place. With that Cynn further secured his hold on the third-place spot on the leaderboard, while Lynskey hit the rail in seventh place with $1,500,000.

Play continued six-handed until the completion of level 37 before the remaining players counted and bagged up their chips for the night. Action will resume at 5:30 p.m. Pacific, with the final six coming back to increased blinds of 500,000-1,000,000 with an ante of 150,000. Stay tuned to Card Player to find out which of the six remaining players will become poker’s newest world champion.

Here is a look at the chip counts of the final six players:

Player Chip Count
Michael Dyer 156,500,000
Nicolas Manion 72,250,000
John Cynn 61,550,000
Tony Miles 57,500,000
Joe Cada 29,275,000
Aram Zobian 16,700,000

Nicolas Manion Leads As WSOP Main Event’s Final Nine Is Set

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Day 7 of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event – $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship has concluded with the official creation of the Main Event’s final table of nine players. Leading the way, courtesy of a huge pot and near double-knockout in the night’s last hand is a relative poker unknown in Nicolas Manion, a Michigan native who will find himself, on Friday, on the biggest poker stage of all.

The night’s action also saw the return to the Main Event final table of 2009 champion Joe Cada, who will seek to become the first two-time Main Event winner since Johnny Chan accomplished the feat in 1987 and 1988.

Manion (pictured at right), a 35-year-old small-stakes, online-poker grinder from Muskegon, MI, rode a huge cooler hand to a pot of more than 112 million chips that gave him the lead as action ended. Manion’s single-hand haul put him just ahead of Houston, TX’s Michael Dyer, who dominated most of Day 7 play and was far ahead of the pack before the night’s final stunning hand. Dyer bagged 109,175,000 in chips, far ahead of third-place Tony Miles’ 42,750,000.

Manion’s huge hand knocked the return to the final nine of fellow Michigander Cada to a time-sharing theme, and it occurred without warning. Ten players remained at a single unofficial final table, awaiting one more knockout to set the official nine. The night’s last hand began with Manion opening the betting to 1.5 million, France’s Antoine Labat called, and one of the shorter stacks at the table, China-born pro Yueqi “Rich” Zhu, moved all in for 24.7 million. Action folded around to Manion, who then moved all-in for more than 43 million in total. That left it up to Labat, who pondered for some time before moving all in as well.

The cards were turned up to show the cooler: Manion had , while Zhu had and Labat had . Zhu’s hand, backed by the shortest of the three stacks, was dead to anything but a king-high straight (and a probable chop at that), while Labat had some small chances to catch a four-flush as well. Neither of the pocket kings, came close, however, as the board ran out . That sent Zhu to the rail, bubbling the official final, while Labat did make the final but will return tomorrow as the short stack, with just over eight million in chips.

Despite the big lead enjoyed by Manion and Dyer, however, plenty of attention will be paid to 2009 champ Cada, who will return on Thursday to a sixth-place stack of 23.675 million. Cada famously came back from the brink of elimination to win that 2009 Main Event, and with three bracelets and over $10.3 million in lifetime WSOP earnings, he’ll be the star attraction for Friday’s Day 8.

“Oh, my gosh,” said Cada, referring to the night’s stunning conclusion. “I thought the thing was going to go all night. Everyone here was playing great poker; everyone was awesome, and no one was going to give any chips up. You needed something like that to burst this bubble.

“It was a lot more of a grind this time,” added Cada, comparing this to his 2009 run. “I respect the tournament more, I knew it was a long, long eight days here, and I felt like I had room to come back. I had 9K at one point in this tournament, and I was grinding a short stack. I had one-fifth average [chip stack] for almost this entire tournament. I had to pick my spots, shove on people who were raising too much, and try to pick up some hands.” That strategy worked out well for Cada this week, tough grind though it was.

As for his thoughts about repeating as Main Event champ, Cada simply said, “We’ll see, we’ll see how it goes.”

Also making the final nine and sharing his thoughts was Indianapolis, IN’s John Cynn. Cynn came oh-so-close to making the Main Event final nine just two years ago, when he finished 11th for $650,000. Cynn was perhaps exhausted after the final-table bubble tension. “To be honest,” he said, “more than anything, I’m kind of glad the bubble popped and the day’s ending. … It’s definitely surreal. I don’t know if it’s hit any of us yet; it’s been a really long day.

“I’m very grateful to be at the final table. Cynn also added that he’d find some time before tomorrow’s action to review some key hands. “Everyone’s at the final table for a reason.”

Day 7 began with 26 players still in the hunt for the Main Event’s $8.8 million first prize. Cranston, RI’s Aram Zobian led to start the day with about 41.6 million in chips, though he found it a tougher battle than on Day 6. Zobian did hang on to make the final, in seventh place with a relative short stack of 18,875,000 million, despite his struggles.

Meanwhile, others fell at a rapid pace. Day 4 leader Barry Hutter busted in 25th not long after play began, with Belgium’s Bart Lybaert, who led for much of Day 6, right behind. One of the most well-known pros in the final 26, Eric “Efro” Froehlich, exited in 23rd. Argentina’s Ivan Luca (20th) and France’s Sylvain Loosli (18th) had short Day 7 runs as well. The exodus slowed somewhat as the final table neared, and when Omaha, NE’s Ryan Phan busted in 11th, it set the stage for that official final-table bubble. Three tense hours later the cooler hand arrived, ending with Zhu’s exit and Manion’s instantaneous climb to the top of the leaderboard.

Final Nine Chip Counts:

1 — Nicolas Manion 112,775,000
2 — Michael Dyer 109,175,000
3 — Tony Miles 42,750,000
4 — John Cynn 37,075,000
5 — Alex Lynskey 25,925,000
6 — Joe Cada 23,675,000
7 — Aram Zobian 18,875,000
8 — Artem Metalidi 15,475,000
9 — Antoine Labat 8,050,000

2018 World Series of Poker Main Event Day 5: Michael Dyer Leads Final 109

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Day 5 of the 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in main event came to a close in a peculiar fashion. The Amazon room experienced a power outage as a result of the thunderstorm that was pounding Las Vegas late on Monday night. Although there was some light available, the tournament staff decided it was best to halt play for the evening and send the remaining players home.

There are now just 109 players left from the 7,874 that entered this year’s main event, making it the second largest in the tournament’s history. The remaining players are all now guaranteed a $57,010 payday at a minimum, but surely they all have their eyes on the championship bracelet and the $8,800,000 top prize.

The chip leader going into day six is Michael Dyer (pictured above) with 12,180,000. The American has over $130,000 in prior live tournament earnings, including a final table finish in a 2009 WSOP $2,000 no-limit hold’em event for $65,905

There are plenty of notables still remaining with a shot at becoming poker’s next world champion. Three-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon bagged up 8,395,000 for the second largest stack heading into day 6.

France’s Benjamin Pollak finished day five with 5,715,000. The 2017 main event third-place finisher took home $3,500,000 last year, and is looking to add to his $8,866,323 in career earnings with another deep run. Other recognizable names still in contention include bracelet winner Barry Hutter (5,695,000), two-time bracelet winner Eric Froehlich (5,365,000), Ivan Luca (4,580,000), Shannon Shorr (2,915,000), another three-time bracelet winner in Shaun Deeb (2,610,000), Yueqi Zhu (2,210,000) and James Obst (1,730,000).

Card Player TV caught up with Eric Froehlich on the final break of the night for a video interview regarding him stepping away from playing poker full time and making a deep run in the main event after making that decision. Check out the video below:

2009 WSOP main event champion and three-time bracelet winner Joe Cada is the only player in the field who has a chance to win this tournament for the second time. He ended the day with 2,965,000.

From 301 female entrants in this year’s main event, now only one remains. With the elimination of Natalie Teh in 120th place ($57,010), Kelly Minkin became the ‘last woman standing’ for the second time. Minkin had previously garnered this distinction in 2015, when she finished 29th in the main event for $211,821. Minkin held the chip lead at one point during the day, but ended up with 1,205,000 by the time play was halted for the night.

A total of 201 players were eliminated during day 5, including the two-time bracelet winner and 2016 main event third-place finisher Cliff Josephy. The man known to many in the poker world as ‘JonnyBax’ got his last chips in with pocket kings against the AClub SuitKClub Suit of Michael Dyer. The ace on the river saw Dyer soar into the chip lead, while Josephy was sent home in 123rd place with $57,010.

Other notables who hit the rail on day 5 include the likes of Brian Altman (113th – $57,010), Scott Davies (126th – $57,010), three-time bracelet winners Antonio Esfandiari (132nd – $57,010) and Paul Volpe (142nd – $57,010), two-time bracelet winner Ben Yu (150th – $57,010), Kyle Julius (186th – $49,335), Ema Zajmovic (215th – $49,335), Chris Bjorin (253rd – $42,980), five-time bracelet winner Daniel Alaei (265th – $42,980), Chris Moorman (273rd – $42,980) and three-time bracelet winner Barbara Enright (292nd – $37,705).

Day 6 is set to resume at 11:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, July 10, with blinds at 30,000-60,000 with an ante of 10,000 for level 26.

Here is a look at the top 20 stacks at the end of day 5:

Rank Player Chip Count
1 Michael Dyer 12,180,000
2 Brian Yoon 8,395,000
3 Jeff Trudeau 8,305,000
4 Hari Bercovici 7,650,000
5 Bart Lybaert 7,530,000
6 Peter Campo 6,935,000
7 Konstantin Beylin 6,930,000
8 Paulo Goncalves 6,840,000
9 Alexander Gross 6,755,000
10 Artem Metalidi 6,525,000
11 Cole Miller 6,195,000
12 Alexander Haro 6,180,000
13 Richard Robinson 5,950,000
14 Samuel Bernabeu 5,835,000
15 Nishant Sharma 5,800,000
16 Benjamin Pollak 5,715,000
17 Barry Hutter 5,695,000
18 Frederik Jensen 5,635,000
19 Tony Miles 5,600,000
20 Chris Da-Silva 5,600,000

Hutter and Altman Bag Big in the Main Event; 310 Remain After Day 4

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A busy Day 4 in the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event has seen the field slashed to its final 310 players, each still in the hunt for this year’s $8.8 million first prize. Leading the way into Monday’s Day 5 is Sarasota, Florida’sBarry Hutter, shown at right, who bagged an impressive 5,597,000 in chips after the day’s 11 hours of play.

Hutter was in or near the lead throughout the second half of Day 4’s play, and he closed the day’s final half-level in strong fashion while being the first player to top five million in chips. Hutter previously won a WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout in 2015, and also collected a Circuit ring back in 2010.

Hutter’s big Day 4 gives him the overnight lead, but several players are close behind. Claremont, CA’s Alexander Haro made a late push to become the second player to top five million, finishing the night at 5,031,000. Two more players finished the night north of four million, Longmeadow, MA’s Brian Altman (4,861,000) and Mar del Plata, Argentina’s Andres Jeckeln (4,506,000). Israel’s Hari Bercovici (3,510,000) and Tucson, AZ’s Kelly Minkin(3,459,000) rounded out the top six.

Minkin spoke briefly with the WSOP about her Day 4 surge, in between posting updates to her sizable fan base on social media. Asshe told the WSOP, “I’ve just been hyper-focused. Other than for a few mistakes I made earlier in the day, I feel like I’ve been playing really well. When faced with aggression, I’ve been able to make the tough call.”

That was a reference to one of the biggest hands of the entire Day 4, when Minkin made a river call with just middle pair in a pot that ended up holding nearly two million in chips. In Minkin’s own words: “Leading up to that, this player had made a few really aggressive lines with other players, betting three times the pot and shoving rivers. I knew that if I was going to be in a hand with him, it could be potentially for all of the effective stack sizes, which was roughly 900,000 [each].

“Prior to even seeing a flop, I knew that – and was prepared to – play for his entire stack. When I flopped second pair and he was barreling into me, I just made a decision to… call.” The hand put Minkin among the leaders, where she remained at the end of the night’s play.

Yet Minkin was doing more than just making the hero call; she was making herself a seat to be reckoned with. As she raked in a pot during the evening’s play, one of her tablemates remarked to another, “You can’t beat her if you don’t play her.”

Minkin commented on that as well. “They’ve seen that I’ve been playing really solid poker, so I don’t blame them for not wanting to get involved in a hand with me.” That lesson was illustrated through the hero call that gave Minkin most of her current stack.

Yet Day 4 for many was a day of survival, just trying to bag some chips in hopes of reaching the larger paydays ahead. There was the largely overlooked tale of Poker Hall of Famer Barbara Enright, who has clawed through four days of play and finished Day 4 with just 275,000 in chips. Enright was the first woman to cash in the Main Event, way back in 1995, when she finished fifth, and she hadn’t cashed in the ME since 2005 before this year.

Enright’s run has been a Das Boot-type survival tale so far, and she bagged one of the shortest Day 4 totals, at 275,000, despite never topping 360,000 during her entire four days of play to date. “It’s a miracle I’m still here,” Enright said. “I’ve been a short stack on all of Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4. I got as high as 360 [thousand], while others are at three million, four million….” Yet the three-time bracelet winner endured while many others fell.

San Francisco’s Eric Hicks, one of this year’s Main Event’s most entertaining players, endured a wild up-and-down day before busting out late. Hicks built his stack as high as 1.2 million on three different occasions, but crashed out when he had pocket nines, his opponent had 8-7, the flop came 10-8-7, and the chips went in. Hicks found no more help as the board ran out, and he rushed off with his 401st-place cash of $33,305 to play in Event #69, $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed.

“It was one of the most awesome experiences of my life,” said Hicks, shortly after his bustout. Hicks also commented on the amulet he wore on a thick chain around his neck throughout the event. It was an oversized, wire-wrapped piece of smoky gray quartz with hundreds of fine crystals that glittered in the lights of the Amazon Room. “We bought this in Vegas our first night last year,” Hicks said, referring to his girlfriend and business partner Ashley, who has played some smaller events at the Rio this summer. “I wore it the last time I made a final table at the WSOP. I bought it from a Rastafarian; supposedly it brings you strength and power. He made it and had it around his neck and I bought it from around his neck.”

Whether raking in the chips or not, Hicks remained upbeat as he went off to play more poker. Also rushing off to play in that 6-handed PLO tourney was Event #42 winner Shaun Deeb, though Deeb late-registered while sitting on a 1.5 million stack in the Main Event, then returned to push that stack over two million by night’s end.

All 1,182 players that returned to Main Event action on Day 4 were already guaranteed a minimum $15,000 payday, following last night’s bubble-bursting bustout by Matthhew Hopkins in 1,183rd place. With the bubbleburst, the day began with a wave of bustouts, with more than a third of the field heading to the payout line in the day’s first two levels.

Day 4’s bustout list included dozens of talented, feared players who ended up on the wrong side of the cards’ fortune this day. Among the many notables who cashed but didn’t survive the Day 4 carnage were Lacey Jones, Max Altergott, Ryan LaPlante, Jan-Eric Schwippert, Jake Cody, Jason Strasser, Pierre Neuville, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Kevin MacPhee, TJ Shulman, Barry Greenstein, Joe Ebanks, Patrik Antonius, Chris Klodnicki, Taylor Paur, Loni Harwood, Alex Bolotin, Allen Cunningham, Jonathan Tamayo, Per Hildebrand, Amir Lehavot, Steven Snyder, Steve Billirakis, 1987 and 1988 Main Event winner Johnny Chan, Damian Salas, Men Nguyen, Jessica Dawley, Todd Brunson, Shawn Buchanan, Kristen Bicknell, Jean Gaspard, Ian Johns, Dan Heimiller, 1983 Main Event champ Tom McEvoy, earlier leader Frankie Flowers, Robert Hankins, Jason Lester, 2010 Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel, Liv Boeree, and Phil Ivey.

Ivey, the 10-time bracelet winner, had made a strong surge on Day and added more chips to his stack early on Day 4, cresting well over the million-chip mark. However, Ivey crashed quickly and exited roughly halfway through the day’s session. Massachusetts’ Altman collected most of Ivey’s chips, picking off a river jam by Ivey to send the feared pro to the rail.

The bustout hand began with Ivey opening to 22,000, Altman re-raising to 75,000 from late position, and Ivey calling. The flop came    ; Ivey checked, Altman bet 60,000, and Ivey called. Both players checked on a   turn, but the   river brought big action. Ivey checked, Altman bet 195,000, and Ivey check-raised all-in for 629,000. Altman called after a minute or two of thought, and the call was correct: Ivey had   , but Altman had   for two pair and the knockout.

“Given the spot,” as Altman later related, “I took a relatively short amount of time for the river call, probably 90 to 120 seconds. My hand was just too strong to fold. I thought he was very capable of turning hands like and black tens and black nines into bluffs as well as something with the ace of spades in it. So, I just went with my gut.”

Despite the ouster of Ivey and other prominent players, plenty of star power remains. Just outside the top ten are Shannon Shorr and Brian Yoon, both over three million. A host of big names bagged more than two million, including Benjamin Pollak, James Obst, James Akenhead, and Shaun Deeb, who still had a couple of hours of PLO to play after the Main Event bagged for the night.

Others moving on to Day 5 include Cliff Josephy, Chino Rheem, Sylvain Loosli, Ben Yu, Eric Froelich, Ivan Demidov, Antonio Esfandiari, Yueqi Zhu, Paul Volpe, Bart Lybaert, Daniel Alaei, Chris Moorman, 2009 Main Event winner Joe Cada, Chris Bjorin, and Joe Kuether.

This year’s Main Event, the largest in 12 years, offers a $74,015,600 prize pool, with the proverbial lion’s share still to be awarded. A hefty $8.8 million awaits this event’s winner when action concludes on Saturday, July 14.

Official top ten chip counts for Day 4:

1 — Barry Hutter 5,597,000
2 — Alexander Haro 5,031,000
3 — Brian Altman 4,861,000
4 — Andres Jeckeln 4,506,000
5 — Hari Bercovici 3,510,000
6 — Kelly Minkin 3,459,000
7 — Franklin Azevedo 3,410,000
8 — Ubaid Habib 3,300,000
9 — Nicholas Newport 3,269,000
10 — Krasimir Yankov 3,264,000

Longsheng Tan Wins 2018 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $323,472

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An overall of 1,351 players ended up for the 2018 WSOP $1,500 no-limit hold ’em poker, the very first bracelet occasion at the series to start after the start of the continuous main event. The strong turnout constructed a prize pool of $1,823,850. In the end, the lion’s share of that was granted to Longsheng Tan. The 34-year-old poker gamer and property representative based from Las Vegas made $323,472 and his very first gold bracelet for the win.

This was his 8th final table surface of the year, primarily in smaller sized buy-in events. This was his 2nd title of the year, having actually taken down a $400 event at the Wynn for $9,521. As a result of his remarkable consistency, Tan has actually shot into 51st place in the 2018 POY rankings with 1,936 points and $427,841 in year-to-date revenues.

Tan entered into day 3 of this occasion as the chip leader with remaining 26 players, when action was stopped with 6 players remaining Tan still held the lead. Tan extended his benefit by busting Adam Laskey in 5th place ($75,497), tumbling a set versus Laskey’s leading set.

Jayaram Kovoorchathoth eliminated Trey Brabham in 4th location ($103,212), however still was the fastest stack with 3 players staying. Lanny Levine knocked Kovoorchathoth to enter heads-up play against Tan, starting at simply even worse than a 3-to-2 chip drawback.

It took only 17 hands for Tan to seal the deal. In the final hand, Tan raised to 200,000 from the button with the blinds at 40,000-80,000 with an ante of 10,000 holding the ADiamond Suit7Heart Suit. Levine made the call holding the 10Spade Suit7Spade Suit. The flop brought the QSpade Suit9Heart Suit7Club Suit and both players checked. The turn was the ASpade Suit, giving Tan two pair and Levine a pair and a flush draw. Levine checked and Tan bet 175,000. Levine called and the 7Diamond Suit hit the river. Levine bet 400,000 and Tan raised to 1,400,000. Levine moved all-in for 2,930,000 and Tan quickly called with his sevens full of aces. Levine’s trip sevens were no good, and he was sent to the rail as the runner-up with $199,862.

Official Final Table Payouts

Place Player Country Prize Money
1 Longsheng Tan United States $323,472
2 Lanny Levine United States $199,862
3 Jayaram Kovoorchathoth United States $142,785
4 Trey Brabham United States $103,212
5 Adam Laskey United States $75,497
6 Stephen Bierman United States $55,892
7 John Pannucci United States $41,884
8 Georgiios Tavoularis Israel $31,775
9 Jason Paradis United States $24,409

Money Bubble Bursts In 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event

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After complete three days of play, the 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event has actually narrowed the second-largest field in the competition’s history (7,874 entries) down to simply 1,182 players remaining. With the removal of Matthew Hopkins, the final 1,182 players remaining locked up a min-cash of at least $15,000 payday in this year’s world champion. Obviously, they all still have their eyes on the champion bracelet and the prize of $8,800,000.

Hopkins was gotten rid of when moved all-in over the top of Bryce McVay’s 15,000 raise from middle position. Hopkins jammed for 49,000 with the AClub Suit5Heart Suit and McVay called with the ADiamond SuitQSpade Suit. McVay remained in a dominant position heading into the flop, and the board went out 10Heart Suit8Diamond Suit6Diamond Suit2Heart SuitASpade Suit to put an end to hand-for-hand play. Although he was knocked out on the bubble, Hopkins did not leave empty-handed. The WSOP provided him a consolation prize: a seat into the 2019 centerpiece.

When the dust settled In Sun Geoum was the chip leader with 1,696,000. Other top stacks include Frankie Flowers (1,624,000), Samuel Bernabeu (1,418,000), Michael Lavenburg (1,356,000) and Julius Malzanini (1,292,000).

A variety of the most significant names in the game are still in with a lot of chips, consisting of a set of two-time bracelet winners in Eric Froelich (1,235,000) and Ben Yu (1,040,000), online tournament poker’s greatest winner Chris Moorman (969,000), three-time World Poker Tour main event winner Chino Rheem (904,000), ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey (827,000), Patrik Antonius (460,000) and a lot more.

2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event 29th location finisher Kelly Minkin was the last player standing that year. She bagged up 795,000 at the end of day 3, and is seeming the last player of any gender staying in 2018. Card Player Television overtook Minkin previously in the day for a fast interview concerning her begin to day 3 and more. Have a look at the video listed below:

5 previous winners of the main event are still alive with an opportunity of ending up being repeat champs. Johnny Chan (162,000) is the only player entrusted to a chance at ending up being a three-time champ in this occasion, having actually won back-to-back titles in 1987 and 1988. 2010 winner Jonathan Duhamel (450,000), 2009 champ Joe Cada (211,000), 2002 winner Robert Varkonyi (181,100) and 1998 champ Scotty Nguyen (74,300) are all still in contention too.

A few of the many significant gamers that cannot endure day 3 consist of six-time bracelet winner Chris Ferguson, Jason Koon, David Bach, Anthony Zinno, Alex Foxen, Steffen Sontheimer, Erick Lindgren, Jason Mercier, comic Ray Romano, 2012 champ of this occasion Greg Merson and all-time WSOP bracelet leader Phil Hellmuth.

The ‘Poker Brat’ got the last of his stack in preflop with ASpade SuitKClub Fit ahead of his Jans Arends’ ADiamond Suit9Diamond Match. A 9 increased the river to send out Hellmuth house midway through the day.

The last 1,182 gamers will return for day 4 at 11 a.m. PT on Sunday, July 8.

 

Phil Ivey Bags Big Stack In 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event

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The poker world is now officially on high alert. Phil Ivey has chips in the World Series of Pokermain event!

Ivey, the ten-time bracelet winner and poker hall of famer who has spent the better part of the last five years fighting casinos in court over baccarat winnings, only recently returned to the felt. He won a combined $2.27 million in Montenegro at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in May, before taking ninth in the $50,000 WSOP Poker Players Championship.

Now, the 41-year-old is looking to go deep in the $10,000 main event, bagging up one of the biggest stacks in the room during day 2C at the Rio on Friday. Ivey, who last cashed in the WSOPmain event back in 2014 (430th), is looking to improve upon his personal best of seventh place, which he accomplished back in 2009, earning $1.4 million. He finished play with 434,200, which was good enough for 11th in the flight, and 26th overall entering day 3.

One of the few players to top Ivey’s performance during the day was Reedley, California farmer Ignacio Sanchez, who bagged up a whopping 627,200 to lead the field. Sanchez, who has cashed in the main event once before, will take 313 big blinds with him into day 3.

At the start of play, there were still 3,480 players remaining in the flight. But by the end of the day, which consisted of five, two-hour levels, just 1,655 had survived. They will join the remaining players from day 2AB, combining for day 3 with 2,786 total remaining. Only the final 1,182 players will make the money, earning a minimum payout of $15,000.

Other notables who advanced from the flight with a big stack included Andrey Pateychuk (434,200), Yueqi Zhu (429,200), Chino Rheem (390,800), Daniel Opsina (331,200), Dario Sammartino (309,600), Jordan Cristos (304,000), Cliff Josephy (285,400), Xuan Liu (279,600), Dan Heimiller (263,000). 14-time bracelet winner and former main event winner Phil Hellmuth (162,700), and Card Player’s own Jeff Shulman (69,300), also moved on.

The tournament resumes Saturday at 11 a.m. PT with another five levels scheduled. Check out the overnight chip counts here.

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