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

2018-07-02 14:57 UTC-7

Myers Turns a Full House; Gets Paid

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Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Jesse Rockowitz opened to 700 from the hijack. Chuck Myers, in the small blind, and Maria Konnikova, in the big blind, called

A flop reading was dealt and checked through to the turn. Myers led for 800. Konnikova called. Rockowitz gave up his hand.

The river completed the board. Myers fired 2,300. Konnikova took a few seconds of reflection, looking at her opponent before throwing in chips, signifying a call. Myers tabled for deuces full of sevens. Konnikova sent her hand to the muck.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Chuck Myers	53,000 8,000	8,000
Jesse Rockowitz	47,000 -2,000	-2,000

Maria Konnikova	41,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Chuck Myers Jesse Rockowitz Maria Konnikova

2018-07-02 15:02 UTC-7

Daniels Checks Behind of Busquet

Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Jake Daniels opened to 750 from late position, and the small blind and Olivier Busquet both called. The flop fell and all three players checked.

The hit the felt on the turn and action checked to Daniels who bet 1,3000, Busquet called. The river came the and Busquet checked to Daniels who decided to check behind.

Daniels showed for flopped trips and a rivered boat but Busquet turned over for a higher full house. Daniels smiled at his check behind, but Busquet smiled as he pulled in the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jake Daniels	100,200 4,600	4,600
Olivier Busquet	56,500 8,500	8,500

Tags: Jake Daniels Olivier Busquet

2018-07-02 15:04 UTC-7

Former Main Event Champion Yang Starts Well

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Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Jerry Yang has almost doubled his stack early on and sits well above the average in the second level of the day. Just now he was spotted with a raise to 700 only to fold the face up against a big three-bet. Yang folded the next two hands on a table that also features Adrien Allain.

One table over, French bracelet winner and Omaha specialist Julien Martini is in trouble with just 8,000 remaining out of an initial stack of 50,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jerry Yang	90,000 90,000	90,000

Adrien Allain	52,000 2,000	2,000
Ran Azor	50,000 50,000	50,000
Stephen Woodhead	36,000 -6,000	-6,000
Ryan Leng	30,000 -5,000	-5,000

Julien Martini	8,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Adrien Allain Jerry Yang Julien Martini

2018-07-02 15:08 UTC-7

Emmett Makes a Grand Entrance

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Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

A loud fanfare emerged and the entire Amazon room was preparing themselves for the entrance of what was expected to be Phil Hellmuth.

Instead, the group of musicians and girls in exotic dresses was led by Randall Emmett, an American film and television producer. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, and set the bar pretty high for Hellmuth's big show on July 4th.

Film and TV producer Randall Emmett made a grand entrance for Day 1a (via @PokerTraditions) https://t.co/JZexDxKm5k
— PokerNews (@PokerNews)

Randall Emmett, joined by "his best friend and his rock" @lala_kent, came in with a giant marching band. He says he… https://t.co/XU3ERMpTfI
— Pamela Maldonado (@pamelam35)

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Randall Emmett	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Randall Emmett

2018-07-02 15:10 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Seth Davies	90,000 -20,000	-20,000

Christopher Kruk	82,000 32,000	32,000
Owen Crowe	68,000
Mikiyo Aoki	63,000 3,000	3,000
Arne Ruge	60,000
Gordon Vayo	59,000 4,000	4,000
Art Papazyan	45,000 -7,000	-7,000
Erik Seidel	43,000 1,000	1,000

Richard Seymour	30,000 -30,000	-30,000
Julien Martini	5,000 -3,000	-3,000

2018-07-02 15:10 UTC-7

Soverel Bets the Turn

Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Sam Soverel raised to 600 from the hijack and Stacey Sullivan called from the big blind. They went heads-up to the flop and Sullivan check-called a bet of 700 from Soverel.

The turn was the and Sullivan checked. Soverel bet 2,000 and Sullivan quickly folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Stacey Sullivan	52,000 -1,600	-1,600
Sam Soverel	49,000

Tags: Sam Soverel Stacey Sullivan

2018-07-02 15:15 UTC-7

Assorted Pre-Dinner Counts

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Victor Ramdin has dropped all the way below the starting stack while Jared Bleznick, Marius Pospiech, and Matt Berkey all built their stack on the very same table.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Marius Pospiech	120,000 6,000	6,000
Matt Berkey	110,000 5,000	5,000
Steven Van Zadelhoff	75,000 18,000	18,000
Jared Bleznick	70,000 18,200	18,200
Felix Schulze	54,000 54,000	54,000
Joe Hachem	52,000 -6,000	-6,000

Andre Akkari	50,000 50,000	50,000

Brandon Ageloff	47,000 -2,000	-2,000
Scott Margereson	45,000
Victor Ramdin	40,000 -68,500	-68,500

2018-07-02 15:18 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kory Kilpatrick	77,000

Albert Daher	59,000 7,000	7,000
Jordan Young	57,000 7,000	7,000
Brandon Bowyer	53,000
Laurie Hilton	48,000
Romain Lewis	35,000 -17,000	-17,000

2018-07-02 15:22 UTC-7

Notable Chip Counts at Break

Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brian Yoon	83,000 8,000	8,000

Juha Helppi	73,000 10,000	10,000

Justin Bonomo	62,500 2,500	2,500

Chance Kornuth	53,500 -4,500	-4,500

Dejuante Alexander	48,500

Scott Blumstein	45,000 -4,000	-4,000

Olivier Busquet	44,000 -12,500	-12,500
Leo Margets	42,000 -11,000	-11,000

Qui Nguyen	17,500 -32,500	-32,500

2018-07-02 15:23 UTC-7

Kruk Eliminates Someone

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Nível 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Christopher Kruk saw a player push all in for 4,800 and he called. The rest of the players folded their hands and Kruk was in pretty good shape to eliminate his opponent with versus .

The board ran out and Kruk won a nice pot while eliminating a player from the Main Event.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Christopher Kruk	87,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Christopher Kruk