Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship Jour 2ab | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-07-05 13:47 UTC-7

Margereson Eliminates Pauli

DegenOnTour

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Scott Margereson sat in the small blind and it folded to him. In the big blind sat Sebastian Pauli with just 10,000 left and Margereson pushed all in to put pressure on Pauli. Pauli checked one card and went on to peel the second card and he instantly called when he saw he had .

Margereson tabled and was in rough shape against Pauli.

The flop was and it was going to be an even tougher task for Margereson to win the hand, but the turn gave some hope. The river was the and Margereson hit one of his outs and with that, he eliminated Pauli from the Main Event.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Scott Margereson	120,000 45,000	45,000
Sebastian Pauli	Eliminé

Tags: Scott Margereson Sebastian Pauli

2018-07-05 13:47 UTC-7

Mcdonald Busts in Three-Way All In

zedmaster84

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Two players were all in and at risk and Yifu He had them covered and turned over the best hand in . Aditya Prasetyo had and Richard Mcdonald was the shortest stack with the . The board came and Prasetyo got there with a flush to more than double and eliminate Mcdonald.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yifu He	80,000 -39,200	-39,200
Aditya Prasetyo	65,000 -6,200	-6,200
Richard Mcdonald	Eliminé

Tags: Aditya Prasetyo Richard Mcdonald Yifu He

2018-07-05 13:46 UTC-7

Keating's Shove Get Through

SandraBarbour

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Alex Keating opened to 1,600 under the gun. The player in the big blind called.

A flop reading was dealt. The big blind checked. Keating quickly moved all in for 10,300. His opponent gave up his hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alex Keating	14,000 -36,600	-36,600

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2018-07-05 13:44 UTC-7

East Coast Gone

Jan_Kores

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

"East Coast" Mike Ross squeeze-shoved for 27,300 in middle position and a player in the cutoff cold called. The other players got out of the way.

Ross tabled and needed some help against . The board of didn't give him anything and Ross walked away out of the room.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mike Ross	Eliminé

Tags: Mike Ross

2018-07-05 13:41 UTC-7

It's Not 20 Questions...It's 8 Questions

4projectmayhem

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

And Sarah bombs...

Tags: Ana Marquez

2018-07-05 13:40 UTC-7

Rozas Sends One Home

DegenOnTour

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

David Rozas eliminated a player after getting it all in on the turn. His opponent was drawing dead and was already packing up before the river card was dealt.

Rozas was holding on an board and his opponent had for Broadway and a flush draw. The river was the inconsequential and Rozas is now right around the 100,000 chip mark.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
David Rozas	100,000 21,300	21,300

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2018-07-05 13:36 UTC-7

Full House vs Quads

will_shill

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Joshua Abady raised to 1,800. Robert Formella called in the hijack and Norberto Santamaria called on the button. The big blind also called and the four players saw a flop of . It checked to Formella who bet 7,500. Santamaria called and the other two players both folded.

The turn was the and Formella bet 18,000. Santamaria called. The river was the and Formella moved all in and Santamaria called for his last 32,700.

Robert Formella:
Norberto Santamaria:

Santamaria had flopped quads and had gotten paid by the full house of Formella.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Norberto Santamaria	133,000 122,800	122,800
Robert Formella	87,000 -67,500	-67,500

Tags: Norberto Santamaria Joshua Abady Robert Formella

2018-07-05 13:34 UTC-7

2018 WSOP Main Event Fun Facts and Demographics

Chad_Holloway

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

With 7,874 players, the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event is the second-biggest ever held in the WSOP’s 49-year history (largest since 2006). The $10,000 buy-in tournament was up 9 percent year over year and drew 925 players on Day 1A, 2,378 on 1B, and 4,571 on 1C (which was the largest single flight in WSOP history).

That created a $74,015,600 prize pool that’ll be paid to the top 1,182 places with $8.8 million going to the eventual winner. Players came from the world around – 88 different countries to be exact – with the United States contributing the most players by far with 5,758.

Of those American players, all 50 states and the District of Colombia were represented. California had the most players with 1,009 followed by Nevada and Florida with 519 and 456 players respectively. Texas rounded out the top five with 390 runners. On the opposite end of the spectrum, West Virginia was the country least represented with just five players followed by Delaware with seven players.

Canada was second on the list of countries represented with 415, the UK third with 350, and France fourth with 136. Some faraway countries represented include Bosnia, Kenya, Luxemborg, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Andorra, Mynamar, and the Isle of Man.

Here are some other fun facts regarding the 2018 WSOP Main Event:

393,700,000 value of chips in play (most ever)
267,716 physical chips in play (each player started with 34 individual chips)
760 dealers used
1,694 decks of cards utilized
88-year-old John Olsen of Moss Point, Mississippi was the oldest player in the field. He bagged on Day 1B.
Nicholas Dashinau of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania was the younger player in the field after turning 21 on July 1. He bagged 90,700 in chips on Day 1C.

Main Event Demographic Breakdown

The average age of 2018 WSOP Main Event participants is 41.23. For males, the average is 43.71 and for females, 41.13. Here is a more detailed look at the age ranges of this year’s participants.

Age Range	Total	Male	Female
21-25	310	305	5
26-30	1,439	1,408	31
31-35	1,689	1,625	64
36-40	1,050	999	51
41-45	865	830	35
46-50	815	782	33
51-55	636	603	33
>56	1,070	1,021	49
Total	7,874	7,573	301

Tags: World Series of Poker WSOP WSOP Main Event

2018-07-05 13:27 UTC-7

Chait Takes Two

poolshir

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Craig Chait just eliminated two other players when his held up against the and of his two opponents. Chait is now back to above starting stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Craig Chait	58,000 23,600	23,600

2018-07-05 13:25 UTC-7

Assorted Counts Amazon Orange

zedmaster84

Niveau 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chris Fraser	315,000 -15,000	-15,000
Brian Borne	250,000 60,000	60,000
Govert Metaal	235,000 10,000	10,000
John Choi	200,000 15,000	15,000
Juan Lopez	170,000 68,100	68,100
Kevin Boudreau	170,000 -16,300	-16,300
Julian Stuer	160,000 37,000	37,000
Matt Berkey	145,000 -40,600	-40,600
Billy Baxter	140,000 11,000	11,000

Thomas Lutz	120,000 12,000	12,000
Mina Greco	60,000 24,500	24,500
Joe Hachem	40,000 -9,000	-9,000

Lena Evans	12,000 -7,900	-7,900
Christopher Brody	Eliminé
Zachary Smiley	Eliminé
Tony Dunst	Eliminé