Event #34: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em
Jour 1b terminé
Event #34: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em
Jour 1b terminé
Day 1b of Event #34: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em is in the books. The new event for the 2018 World Series of Poker is a smashing hit, with the second flight attracting a field of 3,314 entries to create a bumper field of 5,700 entries. 1,280 of them are left standing after both starting days. With the both flights combined, a mouth-watering prize pool of $5,130,000 has been created. The last player standing will parlay his initial $1,000 investment into a life-altering $644,224 first place prize, along with a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Once the bubble bursts on Day 2, 855 players will be secured of a min-cash of $1,500.
Bracelet winner Rulah Divine bagged one of the top stacks from today's flight with a stack of 145,100. Divine finished first last year in Event #63: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. He will be looking to add another bracelet to his collection. Day 1b chipleader is Mike Tayakama of the Philippines with 177,400 in chips. Takayama is an experienced player who already boasts over $600,000 in lifetime winnings and made his first six-figure cash just two months ago.
Following Takayama are Eimantas Adomavicius with 168,500 and WSOP Circuit Ring winner Vinny Pahuja with 167,100 in chips. Other notables through to Day 2 include bracelet winners Loni Harwood (23,000), Chris Moorman (67,200),Niall Farrell (58,000), Bertrand Grospellier (20,700), Chris Ferguson (12,200), along with Giuseppe Pantaleo (131,600), Anatoly Filatov (9,500), Harry Lodge (6,500), Manig Loeser (28,700) and Ari Engel (38,800). They will be joined tomorrow by some other big name survivors from the first flight of this event.
Notables who took a shot at glory but could not find it in this event include bracelet winner Heidi May, 2015 WSOP November Niner Federico Butteroni, Dan O'Brien, Joao Vieira and Walter Treccarichi.
All 1,285 remaining players will come back on Monday, June 18, at 12 p.m. local time in level 11 and blinds of 500/1,100 with a 100 ante. Follow along with PokerNews as we bring start-to-finish coverage of all the bracelet events at the 2018 World Series of Poker.
For full Day 2 seating and chip counts, click here.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Mike Takayama |
177,400
177,400
|
177,400 |
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Eimantas Adomavicius |
168,500
168,500
|
168,500 |
Vinny Pahuja |
167,100
167,100
|
167,100 |
Fabrizzo Dagostino |
164,200
164,200
|
164,200 |
Chahn Jung |
147,500
147,500
|
147,500 |
Pablo Fernandez |
146,500
146,500
|
146,500 |
Rulah Divine |
145,100
145,100
|
145,100 |
|
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Cher Vang |
139,700
139,700
|
139,700 |
Benjamin Jones |
132,400
132,400
|
132,400 |
Giuseppe Pantaleo |
131,600
131,600
|
131,600 |
|
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Henry Lu |
131,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
David Bernstein |
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Gianluca Speranza |
129,300
129,300
|
129,300 |
Erik Ladanyi |
127,900
127,900
|
127,900 |
Joseph Wertz |
127,400
127,400
|
127,400 |
Elad Aroshas |
125,900
125,900
|
125,900 |
Greg Maddex |
122,200
122,200
|
122,200 |
Ashish Gupta |
116,700
116,700
|
116,700 |
Yew Kan |
115,500
115,500
|
115,500 |
Lily Kiletto |
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Shawn Stroke |
112,900
112,900
|
112,900 |
Matt Berkey |
110,400
110,400
|
110,400 |
Georgios Karakousis |
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Nishant Sharma |
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Steve Constantino |
107,800
107,800
|
107,800 |
Players have bagged and tagged and will return tomorrow for Day 2. End-of-day chip counts and a recap of the day will follow shortly.
Play is into the last half an hour here in the card room. Who will make it through to Day 2?
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Maria Lampropulos |
78,000
35,200
|
35,200 |
Niall Farrell |
58,000
50,800
|
50,800 |
|
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Georgios Sotiropoulos |
57,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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Maria Konnikova |
28,000
-9,300
|
-9,300 |
|
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Bertrand Grospellier |
20,700
-100
|
-100 |
|
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Manig Loeser |
19,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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Chris Ferguson |
12,200
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
|
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Harry Lodge |
6,500
-3,625
|
-3,625 |
|
Along with 2,386 entries on Day 1a and 3,314 entries on Day 1b, a field of 5,700 entries has emerged to create a prize pool of $5,130,000. The top 855 spots will get paid at least $1,500 and the winner will receive a payday of $644,224 and the stunning WSOP gold bracelet. Here is a look at the top nine payouts:
Place | Payout |
---|---|
1 | $644,224 |
2 | $397,908 |
3 | $1294,760 |
4 | $219,952 |
5 | $165,342 |
6 | $125,215 |
7 | $95,538 |
8 | $73,446 |
9 | $56,891 |
Following an open from under-the-gun, Alan Myerson moved all-in in middle position. It didn't take long for everyone to move aside and action was back on the initial raiser. After thinking for a minute, he made the call.
Alan Myerson
Opponent
Myerson was the massive favorite as the dealer laid out the community cards.
It ran out safe for Myerson and he got a double up to 35,000.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Alan Myerson |
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Niveau: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Steven Morris kicked things off with a 1,400 open and another player who was down to just 2,300 went all in. It folded round to the small blind who upped it to 5,100, which Morris called.
The flop came . It was an all-club board and the three-bettor continued for 4,000. Morris instantly moved all in and was snap-called.
Morris held and his opponent had , with the shorter stack playing . It was top set versus a flush draw. The turn was a brick but the river, though bringing the flush, filled up the board for Morris to give him a full house, and he has built up to a massive 82,500.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Steven Morris |
82,500
82,500
|
82,500 |