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

2018-07-04 17:51 UTC-7

Duong Eliminates Wan

Niveau 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

A player in late position raised to 850 and the player in the cutoff called. Jack Duong called from the button and Jeffrey Wan re-raised to 4,300 from the small blind. The player in the cutoff called and Duong called behind.

They went three handed to the flop and Wan continued with a bet of 6,150. Duong called and they went heads-up to the turn. Wan moved all in for 12,500 and Duong snap called turning over his for a flopped set.

Wan was drawing dead holding and the meaningless completed the board to earn Duong the pot and the elimination.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jack Duong	62,000

Jeffrey Wan	Eliminé

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2018-07-04 17:58 UTC-7

Luske Eliminated

mnuwwarah

Niveau 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a flop of , a player in middle position checked and Marcel Luske shoved all in for about 20,000 into a pot of around 15,000. He was met with a snap-call and the he turned over was in awful shape against . The turn brought some chop outs but the river was a and Luske took his leave in the early stages of Day 1c.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Marcel Luske	Eliminé

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2018-07-04 19:21 UTC-7

Ace on the River Saves Duhamel

DegenOnTour

Niveau 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jonathan Duhamel has been below the starting stack for quite a long time already. He still is, but he's a lot closer to the 50,000 he started with than a couple of minutes ago.

The flop was and Duhamel's chips were in the middle. His left-hand neighbor also pushed all-in and there was a third player in the pot with already 3,000 invested on the flop. They decided to fold and Duhamel opened up and he needed to hit.

Jonathan Duhamel:
Opponent:

Duhamel needed a nine or an ace, but the turn was a . which didn't change anything about his situation. But as if Barry Greenstein was looking over Duhamel there was an on the river. Duhamel managed to hit his straight and double up to 30,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jonathan Duhamel	30,000 13,000	13,000

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2018-07-04 19:56 UTC-7

Mr. Ivey Joins the Field

DegenOnTour

Niveau 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

With a lot of cameras around the table, Phil Ivey has taken his seat in the Main Event. Ivey is seated with former Main Event champion, Jonathan Duhamel.

Phil Ivey seems to get a lot of respect from the other players already as he raised to 1,000 and everybody folded.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Phil Ivey	51,000 51,000	51,000

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2018-07-04 20:06 UTC-7

Farrell Almost Jinxes Himself, Still Doubles

Jan_Kores

Niveau 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Niall Farrell (as seen in a previous event)

Niall Farrell was grinding a short stack for quite some time but finally found an opportunity to try to spin it up against, shoving his last 6,225 in from middle position. He received a call right from his left-hand opponent and the action paused at the big blind who contemplated his decision. Then he folded, showing .

Farrell celebrated, saying: "It's good, cause I need this one," and showed the ace of spades. He turned the other card as well and it became apparent he was all in with against .

"Ooooh, I'm ahead!" Farrell was excited but then he realized what he just did.

"Oh, that was bad. Now I'm out," he laughed.

And the flop gave his opponent plenty of additional outs. But the rest of the board bricked out as the and completed the board and Farrell doubled up.

"Oh my god, no f****** way!" Farrell shouted in excitement, knowing that he dodged the deadly bullet.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Niall Farrell	13,500 8,800	8,800

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2018-07-04 20:29 UTC-7

"If You're Gonna Go Out, That's the Way to Go Out"

Jan_Kores

Niveau 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jason Gray opened to 1,025 in middle position and John Racener flatted in the hijack. The small blind came along but he was just a sparring partner on the which brought fireworks from Gray and Racener.

Gray continued for 3,100, Racener raised to 8,400 and the action returned to Gray who countered with a three-bet to 19,100. Racener shoved all in for just over 30,000 and Gray was ready to go.

Racener was ahead with but Gray had a straight flush draw with . And he captured the best card on the turn, leaving Racener drawing dead.

"If you're gonna go out, that's the way to go out, right?" Racener said before leaving the table.

Meanwhile, a meaningless completed the board and Gray moved up to 90,000 or so.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jason Gray	90,000
John Racener	Eliminé

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2018-07-04 21:10 UTC-7

The Biggest WSOP Starting Day Ever

Webjoker

Niveau 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

When it was announced earlier this year that Day 1c of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event would take place on the fourth of July, which of course is America’s Independence Day, some speculated the turnout might be stunted. As it turns out, nothing could've been further from the truth.

A massive 4,571 players on 1c made it the largest starting flight in WSOP history, surpassing the 4,262 set on 1c in 2017. That number is well ahead of the entire 2004 WSOP field, and five times as big as the 2003 WSOP Main Event when Chris Moneymaker changed the poker world forever.

Along with 1a’s 925 runners and 2,378 from 1b (also the largest 1b flight in history surpassing 2017’s 2,164) the total field climbed to 7,874 players, which generated a $74,015,600 prize pool and made it the second-largest WSOP Main Event behind the 2006 field (8,773 players).

Detailed numbers only go back until 2008, and up until 2011, the WSOP ran four starting flights. The largest flight between then was the 2009 WSOP’s 2,809 players on Day 1d followed by 2,802 on 1d in 2011. In 2009, registration closed with 2,809 players registered, as there was no space for more entrants. Players like Patrik Antonius and TJ Cloutier were famously locked out of playing the event that year.

We’ll have to wait and see who bags up the most chips later this evening, but for those wondering, last year saw Jerome Brion finished with 247,900 to claim the chip lead among the surviving 3,300 players.

Day 1a saw 659 players bag from the 925 that entered. Last night, 1,794 players survived Day 1b from the 2,378 that signed up.

	Day 1a	Day 1b	Day 1c	Day 1d	Total	Prize Pool
2000					512	$5,120,000
2001					613	$5,946,220
2002					631	$5,931,000
2003					839	$7,802,700
2004					2,576	$24,224,400
2005					5,619	$52,818,610
2006					8,773	$82,512,162
2007					6,358	$59,784,954
2008	1,297	1,158	1,928	2,461	6,844	$64,333,600
2009	1,116	873	1,696	2,809	6,494	$61,043,600
2010	1,125	1,489	2,314	2,391	7,319	$68,798,600
2011	897	985	2,181	2,802	6,865	$64,531,000
2012	1,066	2,114	3,418	-	6,598	$62,021,200
2013	943	1,942	3,467	-	6,352	$59,708,800
2014	771	2,144	3,768	-	6,683	$62,820,200
2015	741	1,716	3,963	-	6,420	$60,348,000
2016	764	1,733	4,240	-	6,737	$63,327,800
2017	795	2,164	4,262	-	7,221	$67,877,400
2018	925	2,378	4,571	-	7,874	$74,015,600

2018-07-04 21:24 UTC-7

Hohner Eliminates Selbst

Niveau 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

In the last hand before the break the action folded around to the player in the cutoff who raised to 1,200. Vanessa Selbst re-raised to 3,800 from the small blind and Ryan Hohner made it 8,000 from the big blind. Selbst called and they went heads-up to the flop.

Selbst checked to Hohner who bet 5,000 and Selbst check-raised to 16,700. Hohner called and the dealer burned and turned the . Selbst moved all in for 46,900 and Hohner called.

Selbst turned over for just jack high and was drawing dead against the of Hohner. The meaningless completed the board and Selbst was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ryan Hohner	159,000 88,000	88,000
Vanessa Selbst	Eliminé

Tags: Ryan Hohner Vanessa Selbst

2018-07-04 21:36 UTC-7

Dan Colman Eliminated

Niveau 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

In one of the last hands of the previous blind level Dan Colman raised to 1,000 from under the gun. Two players called and they went three handed to the flop. Colman continued with a bet of 2,000 and both players called.

The turn was the and the action check around. The river was the and it checked to the player in late position who bet 5,000. With the action back on Colman he check-raised all in for about 39,000 and his opponent called.

Colman showed but his opponent turned over for jacks full of tens to earn the pot and the elimination.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dan Colman	Eliminé

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2018-07-04 21:47 UTC-7

Negreanu Eliminated by Isaia

AaronMcBride

Niveau 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Davidi Kitai raised to 1,125 from middle position, and Alessio Isaia called in the cutoff. The action folded around to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, and he moved all in for 18,000.

Kitai folded, but Isaia made the call.

Alessio Isaia:
Daniel Negreanu:

Board:

Negreanu was in good shape for a double-up with pocket jacks, and every spectator in the ESPN Main Stage stood to see the dealer put down the board. When the flop revealed the 10-of-clubs, there was an array of gasps as Isaia took the lead.

Negreanu needed to hit a jack on the turn or river, but it didn't come, which resulted in the six-time WSOP bracelet winner and all-time money list leader being eliminated in the final level of the day.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alessio Isaia	118,000 18,000	18,000
Daniel Negreanu	Eliminé

Tags: Alessio Isaia Daniel Negreanu Davidi Kitai WSOP