Welcome to Day 1b of the WSOP Main Event
It's almost time for Day 1b of the biggest and most important poker tournament of the year: the World Series of Poker Main Event. Yesterday's Day 1a saw 925 players sign up for the $10,000 buy-in event, 659 players survived the day.
Timothy Lau from the United States built his 50,000 starting stack into 338,700. At 11 a.m. today, players start with 50,000 in chips again with levels again 120 minutes long throughout.
After every level, players have a 20-minute break. The dinner break, 60 minutes long, takes place after Level 2, which should be around 3:25 p.m.
Late registration for Day 1b of the 2017 WSOP Main Event closes around 6:00 p.m. If you're too late, there's always tomorrow (Day 1c). Day 1b wraps up around 11:20 p.m. There's a 20-minute break after each level. There's a 60-minute dinner break at 7:35 p.m. (90 minutes into level 4).
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 minutes | 75 | 150 | - |
| 2 | 120 minutes | 150 | 300 | - |
| 3 | 120 minutes | 150 | 300 | 25 |
| 4 | 120 minutes | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 5 | 120 minutes | 250 | 500 | 75 |
Players to survive today return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Thursday, July 5, 2018, to play another five levels on Day 2ab.
Today's action starts at 11 a.m. PokerNews will be there the entire day with live updates from around the convention center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
When and Where to Watch
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 3 | Day 1b | ESPN | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
to give Rack a set of kings and the first bust-out of the day a mere five minutes into the tournament. Steinberg out as the first player on Day 1b of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event.
board already out. There was around 45,000 in the pot and Morris lead for 13,000, which was under a third pot. His opponent looked uncomfortable with his spot and took a minute to decide what to do. He made the call but mucked when he saw that Morris held 
.
board. Bowker checked and D'Angelo bet 15,000 into a main pot of 17,050. After about 30-seconds in the tank Bowker called and D'Angelo showed 
for middle pair.
for top pair and scooped the pot.
. The flop came 
. I check-call the 12,000 bet. The river was a 
or 
, not sure, it was a brick. Rainbow board. I check. Calamusa put me all in for like 24,000. I fold after like two seconds. I said that it absolutely sucked but I'm not giving you the rest of my chips! Calamusa himself said that he bet too much and was a bit annoyed that I didn't call."
, Gold fired another 1,000 over the line, and Maya raised to 6,000 without hesitating. Gold considered it for a while but let his hand go in the end.
flop and Haugo checked.
and Haugo checked to Seiver who bet 3,000. Haugo check-raised to 8,500 and Seiver called. The river was the 
and Haugo led out with a bet of 12,000, sending Seiver into the tank.
for a turned set of fives. Seiver double-checked his hole cards before firing his hand into the muck and Haugo took the pot.
turn saw similar action with Liberto check-calling the 2,000 bet this time. 
flop, on which they invested 1,900 each. The 
on the turn was checked through and Luel bet the 
river for 4,500. Pescatori raised to 18,000 and instantly called the shove of Luel for 45,000 with 
for the straight flush. Luel had the 
for the rivered ace-high flush to depart in cruel fashion.
flop and bet the 
turn. Pisane raised to 11,500, and Hallaert, who had a total of 23,000 behind at that point, eventually moved all in with top two pair.
