Samuel Bernabeu has been chipping away at a frantic rate today. He has been quietly building over in the far corner of Brasilia room. He is now closing in on five times starting stack and shows no signs of slowing down.
2018 World Series of Poker
Niveau: 5
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
The remaining players have been sent into their final 15-minute break of the day and the unofficial attendance stands at 2,379 entries. Another two hour level remains ahead of the bagging and tagging for all the remaining hopefuls.
Steven Gurney-Goldman opened to 700 and got a call from Calvin Anderson in the blinds.
The flop came ![]()
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and Anderson check-called a 1,200 continuation bet. On the
turn, it was the same again, with Anderson check-calling Gurney-Goldman's barrel.
The final card out was the
and once again Anderson checked. Gurney-Goldman bet 4,500 and Anderson took some time before making the call. Gurney-Goldman tabled ![]()
and Anderson sent his cards into the muck.
The flop read ![]()
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and Michael Rack, who had eliminated Max Steinberg in the first hand of the day, was all-in and the clock was called on Zixiao Zhang. The floor was already counting down and the rest of the table had already bagged their chips as they would be moved to the Amazon room. Zhang called.
Michael Rack: ![]()
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Zixiao Zhang: ![]()
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The rest of the board was completed with the
on the turn and the
on the river to send Rack away from the tournament area for the rest of the Main Event.
Jay Farber opened from under the gun to 850 and it folded to the player in the big blind who made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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and Farber's opponent check-called his continuation bet for 600. The turn was a
and brought no betting action.
On the river
, Farber bet 1,400 after another check from his opponent and the latter folded his hand.
Minutes before the end of the level, a short-stacked Edward Mancini got his last 8,400 in from early position and he was called by Brent Becker in the cutoff.
Mancini showed the ![]()
and was dominated by Becker's ![]()
, the board came ![]()
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and the kicker played to eliminate Mancini.
Jason Somerville was involved in a pot where they went to a multi-way flop. The flop came down ![]()
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and as it checked to Somerville he put in 2,100. Only the player in the big blind was interested and called.
The turn was the
and the big blind checked to Somerville. The Twitch caster now bet 5,100 and his opponent countered that with a raise to 12,000.
Somerville ended up showing ![]()
as he folded and his opponent took down the pot.