Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-06-27 18:41 UTC-8

Harald Sammer Eliminated in 8th Place ($118,802)

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Niveau 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #11: Harald Sammer moved all in from the cutoff and Shyam Srinivasan called in the big blind.

Harald Sammer:
Shyam Srinivasan:

There was no help for the Austrian on the flop and the turn meant he was drawing dead by the river, with Srinivasan having made a set.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Shyam Srinivasan	14,500,000	500,000

Harald Sammer	Eliminé

Tags: Harald Sammer Shyam Srinivasan

2018-06-27 18:37 UTC-8

Hands #6-10: Raise and Folds

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Niveau 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #6: Daniel Corbett raised to 900,000 on the button and the blinds folded.

Hand #7: Tommy Nguyen opened to 900,000 from the button and picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #8: Shyam Srinivasan raised to 800,000 from middle position but couldn't get any action.

Hand #9: Chris Chong raised to 825,000 from under the gun and Srinivasan three-bet to 2,200,000 directly to his left. The action folded back to Chong who thought for a moment before releasing his cards to the muck.

Hand #10: Michael Benko shoved all in from the hijack and everyone folded.

Tags: Chris Chong Daniel Corbett Michael Benko Shyam Srinivasan Tommy Nguyen

2018-06-27 18:29 UTC-8

Hands #2-5: Shoves from Benko, Chong and Nguyen

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Niveau 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #2: Michael Benko moved all in and took down the pot.

Hand #3: It folded to Chris Chong in the small blind. He moved all in and Shyam Srinivasan folded the big blind.

Hand #4: James Carroll raised to 900,000 and Daniel Corbett defended his big blind. Both players checked a flop and Corbett check-folded to a bet of 1,100,000 on the turn.

Hand #5: It folded to Corbett in the big blind who raised to 1,600,000. Tommy Nguyen moved all in from the big blind and Corbett folded.

Tags: Chris Chong Daniel Corbett Michael Benko Shyam Srinivasan Tommy Nguyen

2018-06-27 18:26 UTC-8

Rittie Chuaprasert Eliminated in 9th Place ($92,061)

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Niveau 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #1: It folded to Rittie Chuaprasert in the small blind who moved all in. James Carroll was in the big blind and snap-called.

Rittie Chuaprasert:
James Carroll:

The board ran out and Chuaprasert was eliminated on the very first hand at the final table and takes home $92,061.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
James Carroll	16,200,000	2,500,000

Rittie Chuaprasert	Eliminé

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2018-06-27 18:18 UTC-8

Jimmy Chen Eliminated in 10th Place ($71,880)

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Niveau 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Chris Chong raised to 825,000 from early position and Jimmy Chen moved the last of his 2,025,000 chips into the pot from middle position. The action folded back to Chong who made the call after asking for a count.

Chris Chong:
Jimmy Chen:

The flop came and Chong took the lead with trip tens. Chen was looking to hit one of the fours left in the deck, but the on the turn nor the on the river was any help.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chris Chong	24,500,000	2,000,000

Jimmy Chen	Eliminé

Tags: Chris Chong Jimmy Chen

Niveau: 37

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 50,000

2018-06-27 17:20 UTC-8

Why Play the WSOP $1K Tag Team Event?

Niveau 36 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

https://www.pokernews.com/video/why-do-professional-and-recreational-poker-players-love-the-11580.htm

Players love the World Series of Poker Tag Team Event. The poker tournament has no breaks and does have a list of rules each poker player on the team must abide by. Why do both professional and recreational players love this event so much? How do professional poker players like Jesse Sylvia pick their teammates? Will we see poker players and best friends Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho team up? Watch to find out!

Tags: Tag Team Event Jesse Sylvia Maria Ho Tiffany Michelle World series of poker Dylan Horton MIchael DelVecchio

2018-06-27 16:58 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Niveau 36 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

The remaining 10 players are heading on a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 7 p.m.

2018-06-27 16:54 UTC-8

Chuaprasert Makes a Big Laydown

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Niveau 36 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Daniel Corbett opened to 700,000 from under the gun and Rittie Chuaprasert flat-called from the hijack. The two players went heads-up to a flop of . Corbett led out for 600,000 and Chuaprasert called to see the on the turn.

Corbett fired another bet of 1,900,000 but that still wouldn't shake Chuaprasert as he stuck around to see the double-pair the board on the river. Corbett announced all in, putting Chuaprasert to the test for his remaining 4,000,000 chips. Chuaprasert wasted little time before folding face up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Corbett	19,400,000	3,200,000

Rittie Chuaprasert	4,050,000	-2,950,000

Tags: Daniel Corbett Rittie Chuaprasert

2018-06-27 16:46 UTC-8

Unofficial Final Table Draw

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Niveau 36 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Harald Sammer	Austria	5,900,000	20
2	Rittie Chuaprasert	United States	7,000,000	23
3	James Carroll	United States	13,700,000	46
4	Chris Chong	United States	22,500,000	75
5	Shyam Srinivasan	United States	8,600,000	29
6	Jimmy Chen	United States	2,500,000	8
7	Daniel Corbett	United Kingdom	16,200,000	54
8	Tommy Nguyen	Canada	6,700,000	22
9	Michael Benko	Canada	4,000,000	13
10	Francis Rusnak	United States	6,400,000	21

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chris Chong	22,500,000	700,000

Daniel Corbett	16,200,000	-300,000

James Carroll	13,700,000	2,700,000

Shyam Srinivasan	8,600,000	500,000

Rittie Chuaprasert	7,000,000	-2,000,000

Tommy Nguyen	6,700,000	-1,200,000

Francis Rusnak	6,400,000	-500,000

Harald Sammer	5,900,000	-500,000

Michael Benko	4,000,000	-1,300,000

Jimmy Chen	2,500,000	-1,000,000