Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Jour 1a | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-07-01 22:46 UTC-7

World Series of Poker History

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Johnny Moss, Becky Binion, and Puggy Pearson

The Main Event began as an idea hatched in Texas gambler Benny Binion’s mind to promote his casino.

In 1970, a small group of Texas rounders gathered at Binion’s for 10 days playing for high stakes in games like five-card draw, 2-7 lowball, seven-card stud, razz, and no-limit hold’em. Players voted on the winner at the end — Texan and future Poker Hall of Fame member Johnny Moss.

By 1972, no-limit hold’em became the premier game and the $10,000 buy-in tournament that players now know as the Main Event was introduced.

In the intervening 48 years, the event has grown to mammoth proportions with numerous preliminary events. The championship bracelet was introduced by Binion in 1976 and has become the ultimate trophy in poker. Owning one has become the litmus test for poker greatness. The series has even expanded beyond Las Vegas with numerous circuit and bracelet events around the country and the world.

Binion surely couldn’t have imagined the scope that the game would become since his showcase began in 1970. The World Series of Poker is the largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world, having awarded more than $2.6 billion in prize money and the prestigious gold bracelet, globally recognized as the sport’s top prize.

Here's a look at all the winners since the tournament's inception:

Year	Entries	Champion	Country		Winning Hand	Prize
1970	7	Johnny Moss	United States		-	-
1971	6	Johnny Moss	United States		-	$30,000
1972	8	Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston	United States			$80,000
1973	13	Walter "Puggy" Pearson	United States			$130,000
1974	16	Johnny Moss	United States			$160,000
1975	21	Brian "Sailor" Roberts	United States			$210,000
1976	22	Doyle Brunson	United States			$220,000
1977	34	Doyle Brunson	United States			$340,000
1978	42	Bobby Baldwin	United States			$210,000
1979	54	Hal Fowler	United States			$270,000
1980	73	Stu Ungar	United States			$385,000
1981	75	Stu Ungar	United States			$375,000
1982	104	Jack Straus	United States			$520,000
1983	108	Tom McEvoy	United States			$540,000
1984	132	Jack Keller	United States			$660,000
1985	140	Bill Smith	United States			$700,000
1986	141	Berry Johnston	United States			$570,000
1987	152	Johnny Chan	United States	(born in China)		$625,000
1988	167	Johnny Chan	United States	(born in China)		$700,000
1989	178	Phil Hellmuth	United States			$755,000
1990	194	Mansour Matloubi	Iran			$895,000
1991	215	Brad Daugherty	United States			$1,000,000
1992	201	Hamid Dastmalchi	Iran			$1,000,000
1993	220	Jim Bechtel	United States			$1,000,000
1994	268	Russ Hamilton	United States			$1,000,000
1995	273	Dan Harrington	United States			$1,000,000
1996	295	Huck Seed	United States			$1,000,000
1997	312	Stu Ungar	United States			$1,000,000
1998	350	Scotty Nguyen	United States	(born in Vietnam)		$1,000,000
1999	393	Noel Furlong	Ireland			$1,000,000
2000	512	Chris Ferguson	United States			$1,500,000
2001	613	Carlos Mortensen	Spain	(born in Ecuador)		$1,500,000
2002	631	Robert Varkonyi	United States			$2,000,000
2003	839	Chris Moneymaker	United States			$2,500,000
2004	2,576	Greg Raymer	United States			$5,000,000
2005	5,619	Joe Hachem	Australia			$7,500,000
2006	8,773	Jamie Gold	United States			$12,000,000
2007	6,358	Jerry Yang	United States	(born in Laos)		$8,250,000
2008	6,844	Peter Eastgate	Denmark			$9,152,416
2009	6,494	Joe Cada	United States			$8,547,042
2010	7,319	Jonathan Duhamel	Canada			$8,944,310
2011	6,865	Pius Heinz	Germany			$8,715,638
2012	6,598	Greg Merson	United States			$8,531,853
2013	6,352	Ryan Riess	United States			$8,361,570
2014	6,683	Martin Jacobson	Sweden			$10,000,000
2015	6,420	Joe McKeehen	United States			$7,683,346
2016	6,737	Qui Nguyen	United States	(born in Vietnam)		$8,005,310
2017	7,221	Scott Blumstein	United States			$8,150,000

WSOP 2017 Champion Scott Blumstein — Scott Blumstein beat a field of 7,221 to take home the top-prize of $8,150,000 in 2017

2018-07-01 22:47 UTC-7

When and Where to Watch

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Once again, PokerGO and ESPN have teamed up to bring you a live stream of all the action. Here's the schedule for the Main Event with times in Pacific Time (local Vegas time). This schedule is subject to change.

Date	Main Event	Slot 1	Start time	End time	Slot 2	Start time	End time	Slot 3	Start time	End time
July 2	Day 1a	ESPN2	05:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	PokerGO	10:00 p.m.	11:35 p.m.	-	-	-
July 3	Day 1b	ESPN2	04:00 p.m.	08:00 p.m.	PokerGO	09:00 p.m.	11:35 p.m.	-	-	-
July 4	Day 1c	ESPN2	05:30 p.m.	09:00 p.m.	PokerGO	09:30 p.m.	11:35 p.m.	-	-	-
July 5	Day 2ab	ESPN	05:00 p.m.	08:00 p.m.	PokerGO	08:00 p.m.	11:35 p.m.	-	-	-
July 6	Day 2c	ESPN2	05:30 p.m.	09:00 p.m.	PokerGO	09:00 p.m.	11:35 p.m.	-	-	-
July 7	Day 3	ESPN2	03:00 p.m.	06:30 p.m.	PokerGO	06:30 p.m.	08:30 p.m.	-	-	-
July 8	Day 4	ESPN	11:30 a.m.	03:00 p.m.	PokerGO	03:00 p.m.	06:15 p.m.	-	-	-
July 9	Day 5	PokerGO	05:00 p.m.	06:00 p.m.	ESPN2	06:00 p.m.	11:00 p.m.	PokerGO	11:00 p.m.	11:35 p.m.
July 10	Day 6	PokerGO	11:30 a.m.	03:50 p.m.	ESPN	05:00 p.m.	08:00 p.m.	PokerGO	08:00 p.m.	11:35 p.m.
July 11	Day 7	PokerGO	11:30 a.m.	09:00 p.m.	ESPN2	09:00 p.m.	TBD	-	-	-
July 12	Final Table	ESPN/PokerGO	06:00 p.m.	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
July 13	Final Table	ESPN/PokerGO	06:00 p.m.	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
July 14	Final Table	ESPN/PokerGO	06:00 p.m.	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-

2018-07-01 22:48 UTC-7

It's Time for the Main Event!

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The first Monday in July brings about the biggest tournament in poker: the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event. The first starting flight gets underway today at 11 a.m. with players from around the world converging on the Rio for a shot at the most coveted title in poker.

Over the next days, names like Hellmuth, Moneymaker, Chan, Raymer, Negreanu, and Ivey will be heard in the hallways as every serious (tournament) poker player gathers in the Amazon, Brasilia, Miranda, and Pavilion tournament rooms for their shot at eternal glory.

Featuring a comprehensive slate of tournaments in every major poker variation, the WSOP is poker’s longest-running tournament in the world, dating back to 1970.

In 2017, the WSOP drew 120,995 total entrants in 74 total events — the most in its history. The 2017 series awarded more than $231 million in prize money, and the events brought in players from 111 countries.

The venue has changed and numerous games and tournaments added, but the history remains. In recent years, some of those original games played in 1970 have even been worked back into the WSOP festivities in games like dealer’s choice and some of the mixed-games (Championship) events. And the foundation of that remains the Main Event.

When players take their seats beginning today in those first starting flight, they are not just attempting to win a poker tournament; they are attempting to become part of the game’s history — a history that traces its roots from the Revolutionary War to Civil War battlefields to 19th Century steamboats floating on the Mississippi River to scorching Las Vegas summers. Win that bracelet and your name becomes synonymous with some of the best in the game. Thousands will try, but only one will raise that shiny gold bracelet in victory.

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2018-07-02 11:14 UTC-7

Early Amazon Gold Arrivals

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Play is just underway here in the WSOP $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT. We are already seeing plenty of familiar faces in their seats in the Gold section of the Amazon room.

Below is a look at some of the early arrivals who are already putting their starting stacks to work.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pratyush Buddiga	50,500 50,500	50,500
Katie Stone Cappuccio	50,400 50,400	50,400
Stephen Chidwick	50,000 50,000	50,000

Stacey Sullivan	50,000 50,000	50,000

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2018-07-02 11:26 UTC-7

Ramdin Doubles in His First Hand

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In the very first hand off the deck for Victor Ramdin, a player raised to 400 from early position. Ramdin re-raised to 1,500 from the button and the original raiser called. They went heads-up to the flop and the player continued with a bet of 4,000.

Ramdin called and the dealer burned and turned the and the player led out with a bet of 13,000. Ramdin raised to 26,000 and with the action back on his opponent, she moved all in for 44,500.

Ramdin snap called turning over for top set and his opponent showed for an open-ended straight draw. The river card sealed the deal for Ramdin who earned the double up and the knockout.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Victor Ramdin	100,000 100,000	100,000

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2018-07-02 12:36 UTC-7

Strelitz Hits a One-Outer

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Niveau 1 : 75/150, 0 ante

A tweet of Daniel Strelitz about a double up with a one-outer alerted us to have a look at his table that also features Nick Jivkov and Strelitz was involved right away in another big pot. Prior to his double up he had lost some chips and, according to Strelitz, doubled with a one-outer thanks to a five on the river:

Just hit a one outter to double. 55>99 on 98545. Almost folded turn, good thing I’m not good enough to fold turn yet
— Daniel Strelitz (@dDeoxyribo)

Just now, Alexander Krisak raised to 500 and Strelitz from one seat over in the cutoff three-bet to 1,500, Krisak called. The flop came and Krisak check-called a bet of 1,000 before check-calling another 3,000 on the turn. The fell on the river and Krisak checked once more. Strelitz bet 11,500 and received a call to roll over the for a flopped full house.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Strelitz	90,000 40,000	40,000

Nick Jivkov	50,000 50,000	50,000

Alexander Krisak	30,000 30,000	30,000

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2018-07-02 14:25 UTC-7

Defending Champion Blumstein Takes a Seat

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Niveau 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Defending WSOP Main Event champion Scott Blumstein has entered the fray on Day 1a and, despite not being involved in any of the action yet, has already made an impact on his table. All smiles, very chatty and interacting with the other players at the table, the atmosphere is very relaxed.

The table also features three-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Yoon, Jean Montury and Lacey Jones.

Yoon just raised to 800 first to act and was called by Joseph Ingalls in the big blind. After a flop both players checked. Ingalls checked the turn, Yoon bet 1,000 and folded to Ingall's check-raise of 4,500.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Brian Yoon	75,000 8,000	8,000

Jean Montury	52,000
Scott Blumstein	49,000

Lacey Jones	48,000 1,500	1,500

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2018-07-02 15:08 UTC-7

Emmett Makes a Grand Entrance

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Niveau 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

A loud fanfare emerged and the entire Amazon room was preparing themselves for the entrance of what was expected to be Phil Hellmuth.

Instead, the group of musicians and girls in exotic dresses was led by Randall Emmett, an American film and television producer. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, and set the bar pretty high for Hellmuth's big show on July 4th.

Film and TV producer Randall Emmett made a grand entrance for Day 1a (via @PokerTraditions) https://t.co/JZexDxKm5k
— PokerNews (@PokerNews)

Randall Emmett, joined by "his best friend and his rock" @lala_kent, came in with a giant marching band. He says he… https://t.co/XU3ERMpTfI
— Pamela Maldonado (@pamelam35)

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Randall Emmett	50,000 50,000	50,000

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2018-07-02 16:24 UTC-7

Something to Read While on Break: Ramdin Doubles First Hand in WSOP Main, Strelitz Hits One-Outer

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Niveau 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

With the $10,000 Main Event underway and starting flights continuing through Wednesday, no doubt numerous crazy hands, one-outers, and well-played winners will be featured throughout the day – with ESPN cameras roaming the Rio to catch much of it.

Even as the first hand kicked off, there was plenty of action. Our Global Poker Hand of the Week feature actually takes a look at two amazing hands. One came about in the first hand of the day, and the second kept one player alive with a miracle river.

READ IT HERE.

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2018-07-02 16:49 UTC-7

Defending Champion Blumstein Eliminated on Feature Table

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Niveau 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

The ESPN feature tables kicked off at the start of Level 3 and among those to take a seat in the main spotlight were Jean Montury, Lacey Jones, defending champion Scott Blumstein, and Brian Yoon. The latter two tangled in a big pot that left the defending champion devastated, as he was sent to the rail early on.

Blumstein raised to 800 and Yoon three-bet to 3,700 in late position, which Blumstein called. On the flop, Blumstein check-called a bet of 3,000 and did so again on the turn for 10,000. The appeared on the river and Blumstein checked with 27,350 behind. Yoon moved all in and Blumstein called it off with the only for Yoon to turn over for the back door nut flush.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Brian Yoon	131,000 48,000	48,000

Jean Montury	46,000 -6,000	-6,000
Lacey Jones	40,000 -8,000	-8,000
Scott Blumstein	Eliminé

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