- Corey Cresenzi defeated Boris Kolev
- Kahle Burns defeated Alexandre Petit
2018 World Series of Poker
We arrived with the entire board already out as WSOP Main Event champions Ryan Riess and Joe Cada had ![]()
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in front of them. We're unsure when the money got in, but we are sure that Riess doubled with ![]()
through Cada with the ![]()
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Justin Bonomo limped from the button, David Laka raised from the big blind, and Bonomo called.
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, Laka continued and Bonomo called. The turn was the
and Laka bet 18,500. Bonomo called, the
river landed, and Laka jammed for about 51,000.
Bonomo called with ![]()
for a flush, besting Laka's ![]()
to win the match and advance to the Round of 32.
Joao Viera shoved all in for his last 40,000 or so and was called by Davide Suriano.
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- the two on the flop meant the end of Vieira's tournament life and Suriano would advance to the Round of 32.
James Chen was showing his player card to the floor, a clear sign he had just won his match. He shared some details of the final hand.
Chen raised the button with ![]()
and Sonny Dominique, down to around 45,000, shoved with ![]()
. Chen called and saw his hand held up on ![]()
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Niveau: 17
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 0
Alexandre Petit raised to 4,000 and Kahle Burns three-bet to 14,000. Petit considered his options for a bit and then decided to put Burns all-in. Burns called without any hesitation for the 79,800 he had in front of him.
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- Petit picked up a straight draw on the turn but the eight on the river sealed the deal for Burns as he doubled up with trip eights.
Ben Tollerene limped from the button, Thiago Nishijima raised to 7,000 from the big blind and Tollerene called.
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, Nishijima continued for 4,000, and Tollerene called. The turn was the
, Nishijima bet 10,000, and Tollerene folded.
Dan Ott, last year's Main Event runner-up for $4,700,000, was down to around 40,000 when Max Steinberg limped the button. Ott moved all in and Steinberg called.
Ott had pocket threes while Steinberg showed ace-ten. The flop came ace-high and no help arrived on the turn or river for Ott.
Ryan Milisits raised to 4,000 and Olivier Busquet put in a stack of orange 5,000-value chips to put Milisits all-in. Milisits called.
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The board ran out ![]()
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- Milisits hit the seven he needed on the river to double up for the 52,900 he had behind.