| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Feature | 1 | Jonathan Depa | United States | 815,000 |
| Main Feature | 2 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 985,000 |
| Main Feature | 3 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 615,000 |
| Main Feature | 4 | Grazvydas Kontautas | Lithuania | 985,000 |
| Main Feature | 5 | David Benyamine | France | 280,000 |
| Main Feature | 6 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 2,240,000 |
| Main Feature | 7 | Michael Song | United States | 240,000 |
| Main Feature | 8 | Scotty Nguyen | United States | 1,995,000 |
| Secondary | 1 | George Wolff | United States | 875,000 |
| Secondary | 2 | Jeffrey Palarino | United States | 230,000 |
| Secondary | 3 | Luis Velador | Mexico | 2,300,000 |
| Secondary | 4 | Omar Zazay | United States | 285,000 |
| Secondary | 5 | David Prociak | United States | 580,000 |
| Secondary | 6 | Jason Koon | United States | 2,375,000 |
| Secondary | 7 | Ryan Tosoc | United States | 3,700,000 |
| Secondary | 8 | Konstantin Beylin | United States | 720,000 |
| Outer Table | 1 | Bogdan Capitan | Romania | 600,000 |
| Outer Table | 2 | Craig Varnell | United States | 980,000 |
| Outer Table | 3 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 635,000 |
| Outer Table | 4 | Sam Soverel | United States | 400,000 |
| Outer Table | 5 | Jason Mercier | United States | 1,550,000 |
| Outer Table | 6 | Ben Yu | United States | 3,610,000 |
| Outer Table | 7 | James Calderaro | United States | 555,000 |
| Outer Table | 8 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 535,000 |
2018 World Series of Poker
The remaining 24 players will redraw for the last three tables and move over to the main feature table and outer tables with 20 minutes left on the clock.
Jonathan Depa opened under the gun for 80,000 and Ryan Tosoc in the hijack called. In the cutoff, Mike Leah potted for 365,000. The blinds got out of the way and so did Depa. Tosoc opted to call and see a flop.
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flop, Tosoc bet pot to put Leah all in. Leah, with 295,000 behind, tanked for a while before he called.
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The
hit the turn and the
completed the board, making Tosoc the winning hand. Down and out for Leah.
Erik Seidel raised on the button and called the three-bet of Luis Velador out of the small blind. Velador bet the pot on the ![]()
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flop and Seidel moved all in, Velador called.
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The
turn left Seidel with just the hearts flush draw as outs, and the
river was a blank to eliminate Seidel in 26th place.
Sam Soverel ended up all in and at risk for 265,000 in a battle with table neighbor Omar Zazay.
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gave Soverel two pair, kings and deuces, and that was good enough to double through Zazay.
Over on Table #447, James Calderaro had defended his big blind against a raise by Mike Leah and a call by Veselin Karakitukov in the hijack. On the ![]()
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flop, Calderaro checked and Leah bet 105,000. Karakitukov called and Calderaro check-raised all in for 540,000.
Leah folded rather quickly and Karakitukov asked for the bet to be pulled in to determine how much more it was the call, but ended up folding.
When we arrived, the flop of ![]()
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was already out and the chips were already in the middle between Grazvydas Kontautas in the blinds and Robert Mizrachi in middle position.
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The
on the turn wasn't a card Mizrachi was looking for and neither was the
on the river.
Kontautas got 425,000 back times two, while Mizrachi is down to just over half a million.
Martin Kozlov opened to 105,000 from under the gun and Jason Mercier three-bet to 180,000 in the cutoff. The action folded to Bogdan Capitan who four-bet to 620,000 in the big blind and Kozlov called off his remaining 210,000 chips. Mercier was left with a decision and eventually folded after a couple of minutes.
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and Kozlov hit a set of nines to take a commanding lead in the hand. The turn was the
and the river was the
, securing the near triple up for Kozlov.
From the hijack, Robert Mizrachi opened for 80,000. His neighbor, Len Ashby in the cutoff who had doubled through Mizrachi earlier today, shoved for 245,000 total. The button and both blinds folded and Mizrachi called.
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The flop came ![]()
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, followed by the
and
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As expected the chips continue to fly for all the short stacks and Christopher Santora busted soon after being moved over to table 431.
The next to fall was Adam Owen, who got his short stack in with the ![]()
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and Owen was eliminated after a board of ![]()
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, as Velador made the nut flush.
Ben Yu raised the pot to 105,000 in middle position and Tom Marchese three-bet to 345,000 in the small blind. The action was back on Yu who made a four-bet and Marchese was all in for 425,000.
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and Yu picked up two pair (three, in fact) to outflop Marchese's pocket aces. The turn was the
and Marchese was drawing slim heading to the river. The dealer burned and turned the
which improved Yu to a full house and Marchese was eliminated.