2018 World Series of Poker
Katie Stone raised to 25,000 from early position and Raphael Lovey re-raised to 100,000 next to act. It folded back to Stone who called and they went heads up to the ![]()
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flop.
Stone checked and Lovey moved all in covering Stone who had just over 300,000 behind. Stone called and Lovey showed ![]()
for just ace king high.
Stone turned over her ![]()
and was in great shape to double up and she did just that when the
and
completed the board.
Catching the action on the flop of ![]()
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, Jordan Young was all in for his last 75,000 from the big blind and was met with one call before Elizabeth Montizanti pushed out two big stacks of chips amounting to a raise of somewhere in the vicinity of 225,000.
The player in the small blind folded, as did the first caller, and the cards were tabled.
Young: ![]()
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Montizanti: ![]()
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Young would need some runner-runner help to stay alive, but when the
rolled off on the turn, his chances of survival would be cut down to zero.
The river landed the meaningless
, and Young headed to the rail while Montizanti climbed over 1.2 million.
In the last hand before the table broke in the Amazon Tan section, Richard Gryko and his table neighbor were involved in a bigger pot. The turn showed ![]()
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and action checked to Gryko, who bet 75,000. His opponent called and the
fell on the river. Both players checked and Gryko was shown the ![]()
for a straight, which ended up scooping the pot.
With around 1.25 million in chips, Gryko headed over to his new seat assignment in the Orange section.
Only one table remains in the Amazon Tan section including Anthony Marsico, Richard Gryko and Anatoly Filatov. Other notables such as Karen Sarkisyan, Kelly Minkin, and Scott Davies just moved to different sections.
In the last hand on his table, Johnny Chan raised to 25,000 and then folded when facing a three-bet to 77,000.
The action folded To Bryce McVay in the small blind, and he completed. From the big blind, Daniel Merrilees raised to 40,000, and McVay called.
The flop landed ![]()
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and McVay checked to Merrilees who bet 30,000. McVay called, and then both players checked the
on the turn.
The river landed the
, and after McVay checked, Merrilees bet 100,000. McVay called and tabled his ![]()
as Merrilees tabled his ![]()
to see the pot chopped up.
Tom Hall opened for 22,000 in the hijack and Eric Fields made it 74,000 on the button. Hall came back with 163,000 and Fields was given serious pause. He removed his sunglasses and studied Hall for a couple of minutes before tossing the dealer his cards.
A player in late position raised to 22,000 and Moe Farah re-raised to 55,000 from the hijack. With the action on Alexander Ziskin in the cutoff he slid out a stack of 140,000. It folded back to Farah and they went heads up to the ![]()
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flop.
Farah checked and Ziskin continued with a bet of 125,000. Farah called and both players checked when the
hit the turn. The river was the
and again both players knuckled the felt.
Farah turned over ![]()
but Ziskin showed ![]()
to take the pot.
The following players pocketed $19,900 for their respective showings.