2018 World Series of Poker
The players are now heading on their second 15-minute break of the day.
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when Dutch Boyd made a bet for 12,000. His opponent raised it to 34,000 and Boyd announced all-in for a stack of 88,600. His opponent snap-called and both players tabled their cards:
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Boyd had to hit the river to survive, which he did with the
that gave him a flush. Boyd has now a stack worth 200,000.
Max Silver was facing a bet of 15,500 when we arrived at his table.
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and Silver had a visibly tough decision. He grabbed some chips, counted out the bet, and waited for a little bit before throwing them to the middle.
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and Silver threw his cards in the muck.
Having fallen down to a short stack of 16,000 chips, Nikita Luther doubled twice after the bubble burst.
On one hand, she moved all in with ![]()
after the cutoff player opened for 5,500 and the latter called with ![]()
. The board brought Luther a straight with ![]()
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and she doubled up to 38,000.
Two hands later, she shoved all in once more, holding ![]()
after a first player raised. Her opponent called with ![]()
and the board brought a
on the river to Luther, who climbed to 80,000.
On the other side, Athanasios Polychronopoulos and Adrien Delmas busted right after being in the money.
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Gerald Lee and Luciano Hollanda had their chips in the middle, but had to wait for several minutes before they were allowed to turn their hands on their backs. There were no other all-ins and all the hands on the other tables were done when Lee saw he had to win a coin flip.
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board and Lee was eliminated in 154th place, just one spot away from the money.
All the players that are still in are guaranteed $4,513.
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and there was already more than 100,000 in the middle. After a check from his opponent, Kevin Song fired a bet for 55,000, putting his opponent into a big decision.
After a few minutes of thinking, the latter ended up calling, but tossed his hand into the muck when Song tabled ![]()
. Song now has a huge stack worth 330,000.
After two hands the tournament is only four minutes deeper into Level 14, but the players have been taking their time and there were a couple of big pots.
In the last hand, there was a chop pot which resulted in no elimination, so play continued hand for hand.
With 155 players left, the tournament director just announced that play will now progress hand for hand.