2018 World Series of Poker
Jake Balsiger held ![]()
and Denis Timofeev showed ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Timofeev rivered a wheel to double through his opponent, with both players sitting with 25 big blind stacks.
Niveau: 25
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
With 30 players eliminated over the course of the first two hours, the remaining 24 players are going on a 15-minute break.
The board read ![]()
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and there was over 200,000 in the middle already. Jason Johnson had checked in the big blind and Alexander Bilbao shoved for 130,000 from under the gun. Johnson tanked for a bit and then called.
Alexander Bilbao: ![]()
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Jason Johnson: ![]()
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Bilbao had flopped two pair and Johnson held just top pair.
The river completed the board with the
to pair the board and counterfeited Bilbao's two pair. Johnson's ten counted as the kicker to eliminate Bilbao from the tournament.
DJ MacKinnon got his last 187,000 chips in with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Thiago Nishijima, only for the board to run out ![]()
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giving MacKinnon a pair and doubling him up.
A short while later, Denis Timofeev was looking to crack the ![]()
of Juan Carlos Martin with the Russian holding ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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meaning Martin doubled up.
Jerry Young was all-in with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Denis Timofeev.
The flop ![]()
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gave Young a set of queens, but the
turn gave Timofeev a straight. Young needed the board to pair, but it was the
and he was eliminated.
Alexander Bilbao raised to 50,000 from mid-position and Ben Yu three-bet to 140,000 from the late position. Action folded to Michael Gallagher in the small blind who shoved. Matthew Berger did the same from the big blind with the shorter stack. Bilbao quickly folded but Yu needed some more time. Yu tanked for a while and looked at his cards again.
"It feels like it's the Main Event here, but not quite though." Yu said with a bit of a smile on his face. He looked at his cards several more times and then opted to fold.
Matthew Berger: ![]()
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Michael Gallagher: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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for Gallagher's pocket kings to hold and take Berger out in 27th place.
| Seat | Table #407 | Table #415 | Table #423 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Loewenthal | Michael Gallagher | Justin Young |
| 2 | Viktor Lavi | Matthew Berger | Daniel Pridham |
| 3 | Leo Margets | Eric Taylor | Denis Timofeev |
| 4 | Thiago Nishijima | Jason Johnson | Rhody L Heureux |
| 5 | DJ MacKinnon | Alexander Bilbao | Antonio Ferreira |
| 6 | Mitchell Bowles | Ben Yu | Evan Lipshultz |
| 7 | Zinan Xu | Sean Troha | Jerry Young |
| 8 | Richard Kirsch | Jerry Mouawad | Jake Balsiger |
| 9 | Alan Bittikofer | Hien Nguyen | Juan Carlos Martin |