Here are some of the latest chip counts.
2018 World Series of Poker
Chris Hunichen has had a good run recently. He has doubled his stack since the last count and just won another hand, this time against Daniel Vampan.
The players were on the flop, staring at ![]()
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. Vampan check-called Hunichen's 6,500 bet. It went a similar way on the
turn, though this time Hunichen bet 17,500. The
river brought a check from Vampan and Hunichen followed suit, taking them to a showdown.
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The kings were good and Hunichen collected the chips.
Andrew Brokos started Day 2 with 140,100 and he has caught fire here in the early levels. Brokos continues to rake in pot after pot and is starting to distance himself from the field. He now sits behind a mountain of 400,000 and is all alone at the top of the chip counts.
Six-time gold bracelet winner Chris Ferguson opened from under the gun and no one wanted to get involved until it folded around to Jeffrey Morzella, who called in the big blind.
The flop was ![]()
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andMorzella led for his whole stack, which was 7,600. Ferguson made the call and they turned their cards over.
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It was a pair for Morzella who was the favorite at this point, against Ferguson's two over cards. The turn and river came ![]()
and Morzella has a little life breathed into his tournament, taking down an 11 big blind pot.
Niveau: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Jeff Gross and Masayuki Nagata were heads-up on the river on a ![]()
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board. There was over 25,000 in the main pot and Nagata slid out a stack of chips covering Gross who had 6,900.
Gross quickly called turning over ![]()
for sixes full of kings, and Nagata flashed his ![]()
as Gross raked in the pot.
A player in middle position raised and Martin Stoller called from the button. Mahmoudreza Heshmati three-bet from the small blind and it folded back to Stoller who called. They went heads-up to the ![]()
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flop and Heshmati led out with a bet of 10,500.
Stoller called and the dealer burned and turned the
. Heshmati checked to Stoller who moved all in for over 45,000 sending Heshmati deep into the tank. He eventually called for his last 41,000 turning over ![]()
but Stoller showed ![]()
for top set.
"I knew you had that" said Heshmati as the
hit the river and Stoller earned the pot and the elimination.
During the same hand on one of the outer tables Chance Kornuth raised the small blind and Norman Shapiro moved all in from the big. Kornuth snap called turning over ![]()
and it was a cooler for Shapiro who showed ![]()
. The board ran out clean for Kornuth and Shapiro was eliminated.
Steve McNally was also eliminated and those three players will split the 188th and 187th place payouts and take home $2,495.
The remaining 186 Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em are now all in the money and are guaranteed at least $3,743 for their efforts.
The players are falling fast here on Day 2 of Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em. They started the day with 297 players and just 190 remain. They are now just two eliminations away from the money as the final 188 will all be guaranteed at least $3,783 for their efforts.