2018 World Series of Poker
Following an all-in bet of 11,100 from under the gun, Robert Kokoska called in the cutoff and the rest of the table allowed for a heads-up showdown.
Kokoska had his opponent dominated with ![]()
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, Kokoska rivered everything on the
river to complete the knockout.
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, the action was on Smain Mamouni who was in the small blind. The pot had around 16,000 in the middle and Mamouni led out with an over-bet of 24,000. His opponent thought for a minute from early position and then made the call.
Mamouni turned over ![]()
for a full house while his opponent could only muster ![]()
for two pair. Mamouni started the day with over 300,000 after bagging the Day 1b chip lead but fell off the pace just before the dinner break. With that healthy pot though, Mamouni has recovered the majority of the chips he lost earlier, well on his way back to the top of the leaderboard.
Lexy Gavin and Jason Koon tangled in small pot in which both invested 2,000 on the ![]()
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turn. The
appeared on the river and Koon bet 4,800. That was enough to force a fold and scoop the pot uncontested, but Koon is still fighting with a short stack while Gavin sits on a comfortable above-average stack in the third level of the day.
Jason Mercier opened from early position and was called by the player on his left and the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and the action checked to Mercier who bet 3,100. The opponent on his left called and the big blind got out of the way.
The
landed on the turn and Mercier fired another 6,600. His opponent quickly decided to lay his hand down and Mercier took down the pot.
Christopher Kostoulas raised to 2,200 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Charlie Godwin in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and both Godwin and the big blind checked. Kostoulas bet 3,300 and action was back on Godwin. Godwin looked at Kostoulas and decided to raise to 8,700. The player in the big blind insta-folded. Kostoulas glances at Godwin and the board and called.
The turn brought them the
on which they both checked to the
on the river. Godwin bet another 12,500 into the pot and Kostoulas contemplated his options. Kostoulas called and Godwin tabled ![]()
for the overpair. Kostoulas had her beat though as he held ![]()
for the higher overpair.
Courtesy of Spanish reporter Alex Hernando, we were able to find out details of how David Cabrera increased his stack to 360,000 in chips. The key moment came when Cabrera was sitting in the cutoff, facing a 2,500-raise from under the gun. Cabrera opted to three-bet to 8,500 and the initial aggressor fired back with a four-bet to 17,000.
Cabrera called in position and called another 15,000 on the ![]()
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flop. The turn came the
and Cabrera paid off a second barrel worth 20,000.
The other player wasn't willing to give up and he fired a third shell on the
river, moving all in for 40,000. Cabrera called again and showed ![]()
for a flopped ace-high flush while his opponent had just ![]()
with no heart.
Alex Foxen was in the hijack, betting 2,800 on the flop of ![]()
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in what looked like a single raised pot. His opponent fought back, check-raising to 9,500. Foxen called.
The
was seemingly a blank and Foxen faced a huge barrel of 27,000.
"Can I see your chip-stack?" Foxen asked and his rival cleared the view. He had about 140,000 behind and Foxen decided to lay his hand down after a brief thought.
With 34,000 in the middle and the flop showing ![]()
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, Bret Maynard and another player checked while Peter Malkoun was awaiting his fate, having been all in before the flop already. Maynard then bet the
turn for 11,000 and the third player in the hand moved all in for 24,000, Maynard snap-called.
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Malkoun was already drawing dead and Maynard had only to fear the case seven in the deck. Instead, he got the case queen with the
on the river to score the double knockout with quads.