2018 World Series of Poker
Tommy Kivela bet 3,000 from the cutoff into a pot of 11,000 on a completed board of ![]()
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. Jonathan Duhamel on the button was his lone opponent and Duhamel put in a raise to 15,000. Kivela thought about a minute and then called, but Duhamel's ![]()
was a winner.
Cyndy Violette is chipping up nicely and is slowly expanding her stack. Just now she defended her big blind after someone raised to 2,200 from early position and two others called.
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and everyone folded. As soon as the turn came down she fired a bet of 6,000 and everyone folded within seconds.
Violette is the owner of a bracelet she won in 2004 and her first recorded tournament cash is from 1984. She has a total of $1,407,044 in recorded live tournament earnings.
Yanki Koppel opened with a raise to 2,000 from early position and action folded around to Jonathan Hilton in the hijack who made it 5,200. Action folded back to Koppel who called.
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and Koppel checked. Hilton put out a bet of 3,500 and Koppel called.
On the
turn, Koppel checked again. Hilton put out another bet, this time for 8,500 and Koppel tanked for a while before he called.
Koppel checked dark before the
hit the river. Hilton thought for a bit then put out a bet of what looked like 28,000, leaving himself with just a bit behind. Koppel quickly folded so Hilton was able to take down the pot with no showdown.
Jeff Berwick raised from the button to 2,000 and Marc Evanier called from the small blind. The flop came down ![]()
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and Evanier checked to Berwick. Berwick fired out another 2,000 and Evanier called again.
The
turn was added to the board and Evanier check-called a bet of 3,000 on this time. The board completed with the
river and both players checked.
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and on the pot with his pair of fours.
Houman Nikbakht went to the ![]()
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flop with about 17,500 already in the middle. Nikbakht checked from early position and Sotiropoulos made it 5,000. Nikbakht called.
The turn was the
and Nikbakht checked again. Sotiropoulos threw in enough chips to cover Nikbakht's remaining 20,600. Nikbakht didn't spend too long before releasing his hand and Sotiropoulos won the pot.
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flop, Miles Kang checked and called a bet by Marti Roca de Torres. On the
turn, Kang check-called once more for 3,800 and left himself 11,500 behind. The
river completed the board and Kang checked. Roca de Torres moved all in and Kang sighed, called all in.
As soon as Roca de Torres showed his ![]()
for top pair, Kang immediately tossed his cards into the muck and quickly headed out of the tournament area.
After a raise to 1,600 and two calls, Ilkin Amirov also called out of the small blind. Ralph Wong in the big blind moved all in for 21,600 and the initial raiser along with Christopher Staats and another player folded. Amirov gave it some thought and called.
Ralph Wong: ![]()
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and Wong doubled.
"I folded ace jack of hearts," Staats said in table chat, to which Amirov replied "just give me ace jack, that's such an easy fold."
Sofia Lovgren had chipped down to 36,000 but has found a way back after picking up pocket kings.
The action was opened with a raise to 2,500 from middle position and after the player in the hijack had called, Lovgren three-bet to 7,700 from the cutoff. The initial raiser moved all in, the hijack player folded, and Lovgren made the call.
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Lovgren's hand held and the 888poker ambassador moved back up to 78,000.