Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-06-27 01:04 UTC-7

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andrey Zaichenko	109,000 55,000	55,000

Daniel Strelitz	81,000

Matt Salsberg	57,000 6,000	6,000
David Prociak	53,000 -1,000	-1,000

Sylvain Loosli	49,000 10,000	10,000
Jonathan Jaffe	43,000
Ben Yu	35,000

Maria Konnikova	32,000 -4,000	-4,000
Kitty Kuo	19,000 15,800	15,800
Qui Nguyen	14,000 -24,000	-24,000

Bryan Piccioli	12,000 12,000	12,000

Muskan Sethi	11,500 -1,500	-1,500
Chris Hunichen	Eliminado

With a field of 1,020 entrants, the tournament generated a prize pool of $2,754,000. The money will be reached tomorrow when there are 153 players remaining in the field. Players who end up in the money are guaranteed to take home at least $4,513. The winner will take home $522,715 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

For more information on the prize pool click the "Payouts" tab above.

2018-06-27 00:42 UTC-7

Late Night Snaps of the Field

Courtesy of Jamie Thomson

2018-06-27 00:39 UTC-7

Yin Eliminates Van Zadelhoff

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Nível 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

Liu Yin has over more than 100,000 after busting two players, including Steven van Zadelhoff.

In the first hand, Van Zadelhoff raised to 1,800 and Liu Yin three-bet to 4,600. The third player in the pot four-bet all in from the blinds for 21,000. When the action was back on Van Zadelhoff he pushed all in as well for 24,700 and Yin called both players.

Liu Yin:
Steven van Zadelhoff:
Third Player:

The flop instantly brought and it was completely over on the turn. Yin busted out two people in one hand and chipped up to around 100,000.

In the next hand, he raised to 1,800 and saw the player on his direct left three-bet to 5,400. Yin called and the flop was . Yin check-called another bet of 3,800 before they both checked on the turn. Yin fired a bet of 5,500 himself on the river and his opponent folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Liu Yin	110,000 60,000	60,000
Steven van Zadelhoff	Eliminado

Tags: Liu Yin Steven van Zadelhoff

2018-06-27 00:37 UTC-7

Assorted Stack Updates

Nível 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Matt Stout	116,000 7,000	7,000
Samuel Chartier	74,000 55,500	55,500
Kristen Bicknell	61,000 2,000	2,000

Elio Fox	54,000

Maurice Hawkins	46,000 2,000	2,000
Max Silver	44,000 6,000	6,000

Alex Foxen	29,000 6,000	6,000

Bertrand Grospellier	18,500 -5,500	-5,500

Daniel Weinman	15,000 1,000	1,000

Valentin Vornicu	13,000 -16,000	-16,000
Leo Margets	12,500 -13,500	-13,500

Frank Kassela	11,000 1,000	1,000

Dan Shak	Eliminado

2018-06-27 00:34 UTC-7

Hunichen Runs into a House

Nível 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

A completed board reading lay in front of Chris Hunichen and his heads-up opponent. There was about 30,000 gathered in the middle and Hunichen had checked. His opponent bet 23,000 sending Hunichen into the tank. A couple of moments went by as Hunichen tried to get some information.

Eventually, Hunichen made the call and his opponent tabled the for a full house. Hunichen quickly mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Chris Hunichen	21,000 -34,000	-34,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen

2018-06-27 00:28 UTC-7

A Round of Counts

Nível 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Luciano Hollanda	127,000 15,000	15,000
Joe Serock	84,000 29,000	29,000

Michael Gathy	65,000 46,500	46,500

Alex Keating	63,000 2,000	2,000

Jan Suchanek	55,000
James Chen	45,500 33,000	33,000

Benoit Jean	44,500 26,500	26,500
Pierre Neuville	31,000 -17,000	-17,000
Chance Kornuth	31,000 -28,000	-28,000

Loni Harwood	17,000 9,000	9,000

Upeshka De Silva	17,000 16,700	16,700

Kathy Liebert	11,000 -18,000	-18,000

Nível: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

2018-06-26 23:54 UTC-7

Break

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Players are on their final 15-minute break of the day. Late registration is officially closed at the end of this break and the prize pool information will be released shortly.

2018-06-26 23:46 UTC-7

"You Only Need a Five Baby"

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Scotty Nguyen got a lot of his chips in the middle against of his table mates. Nguyen tabled and saw he was well ahead of his opponent's .

"You only need a five baby. You can win by hitting a five."

The flop came down and his opponent was getting ready to leave the tournament area. The turn was the to end his opponent's chances right there, but the river was a and the table started laughing.