Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Timothy Lau
|
262,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Eric Liebeler |
133,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Ema Zajmovic |
131,000
24,200
|
24,200 |
Juha Helppi |
124,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Antonio Esfandiari |
101,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
Christopher Kruk |
89,000
-9,800
|
-9,800 |
Dan Smith |
74,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
Maria Konnikova |
74,000
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
||
David Prociak |
56,000
28,600
|
28,600 |
|
||
Joe Hachem |
49,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Jameson Painter |
45,000
-6,400
|
-6,400 |
Andre Akkari | Eliminado | |
|
2018 World Series of Poker
Five-way to the flop, Michael Addamo bet 1,700 sitting in a middle position. Only Rob Salaburu called out of the small blind and they saw the hit the felt. Addamo barrelled for 3,700 and Salaburu snap-called.
The river was the and Salaburu checked to Addamo again. Addamo took almost all of his chips and fired 15,800, leaving himself with just 100. Salaburu again snapped him off. Addamo showed for a bluff and Salaburu raked in the pot with .
Addamo was ante all-in on the next hand that saw six other players join the flop for 1,300. The board read and Salaburu raised a bet of 2,200 on the turn, making it 10,500. He was called by the initial bettor who checked the river. Salaburu fired 14,000 but folded when he faced a min-raise. While Addamo peeled pocket sevens, he couldn't beat pocket fours and left the tournament just before the first break of the day.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Robert Salaburu |
128,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Michael Addamo | Eliminado | |
|
The player in late position raised to 1,300 and was called by the players in the hijack, button, Craig Chait in the small blind and the big blind.
The flop came and Chait bet 4,000. Everyone but the button folded.
The turn brought them the , Chait bet 6,000.
"Not afraid of the flush?" The player on the button asked Chait.
"No!" replied Chait with a smile.
The player on the button raised to 16,000. Chait looked at his cards again and then decided to call.
The on the river completed the board and Chait checked. So did his opponent. Chait's opponent tabled for the turned flush and Chait glanced at his cards once more and then mucked them.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Craig Chait |
34,400
-15,700
|
-15,700 |
Joe McKeehen has been chipping up nicely in the first level of Day 2ab. McKeehen raised from middle position to 1,500 and a player in late position called, as did the player on the big blind.
McKeehen continued on the flop with a bet of 1,800 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Seth Davies was on one of the tables that broke and is now on the direct left of McKeehen.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Seth Davies |
66,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
Joe McKeehen |
65,000
28,800
|
28,800 |
|
Robin Hegele faced a raise to 1,500 by Jackson Laskey and three-bet to 5,000 from one seat over. William Harder called out of the small blind and Frank Williams made it 15,000 to go from the big blind. Laskey folded and Hegele called, as did Harder. All three players checked the flop and the turn, the fell on the river and Harder bet 12,000. Williams folded and Hegele needed two minutes to come to the same conclusion.
"You had aces? Really? Such a sick spot," the 27th place finisher of the 2017 WSOP Main Event said before heading into the first break of the day.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jackson Laskey |
185,000
25,400
|
25,400 |
William Harder
|
100,000
32,300
|
32,300 |
Robin Hegele |
21,100
21,100
|
21,100 |
Just over 600 players are still in contention for Day 2a and they have been sent into the first 20-minute break of the day, the Day 2b field has also headed out of the tournament area to get some fresh air.
Nível: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Chris Fraser |
315,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Brian Borne |
250,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Govert Metaal |
235,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
John Choi |
200,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Juan Lopez |
170,000
68,100
|
68,100 |
Kevin Boudreau |
170,000
-16,300
|
-16,300 |
Julian Stuer |
160,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Matt Berkey |
145,000
-40,600
|
-40,600 |
Billy Baxter |
140,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
Thomas Lutz |
120,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Mina Greco |
60,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
Joe Hachem |
40,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
||
Lena Evans |
12,000
-7,900
|
-7,900 |
Christopher Brody
|
Eliminado | |
Zachary Smiley | Eliminado | |
Tony Dunst | Eliminado | |
|
Craig Chait just eliminated two other players when his held up against the and of his two opponents. Chait is now back to above starting stack.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Craig Chait |
58,000
23,600
|
23,600 |
With 7,874 players, the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event is the second-biggest ever held in the WSOP’s 49-year history (largest since 2006). The $10,000 buy-in tournament was up 9 percent year over year and drew 925 players on Day 1A, 2,378 on 1B, and 4,571 on 1C (which was the largest single flight in WSOP history).
That created a $74,015,600 prize pool that’ll be paid to the top 1,182 places with $8.8 million going to the eventual winner. Players came from the world around – 88 different countries to be exact – with the United States contributing the most players by far with 5,758.
Of those American players, all 50 states and the District of Colombia were represented. California had the most players with 1,009 followed by Nevada and Florida with 519 and 456 players respectively. Texas rounded out the top five with 390 runners. On the opposite end of the spectrum, West Virginia was the country least represented with just five players followed by Delaware with seven players.
Canada was second on the list of countries represented with 415, the UK third with 350, and France fourth with 136. Some faraway countries represented include Bosnia, Kenya, Luxemborg, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Andorra, Mynamar, and the Isle of Man.
Here are some other fun facts regarding the 2018 WSOP Main Event:
- 393,700,000 value of chips in play (most ever)
- 267,716 physical chips in play (each player started with 34 individual chips)
- 760 dealers used
- 1,694 decks of cards utilized
- 88-year-old John Olsen of Moss Point, Mississippi was the oldest player in the field. He bagged on Day 1B.
- Nicholas Dashinau of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania was the younger player in the field after turning 21 on July 1. He bagged 90,700 in chips on Day 1C.
Main Event Demographic Breakdown
The average age of 2018 WSOP Main Event participants is 41.23. For males, the average is 43.71 and for females, 41.13. Here is a more detailed look at the age ranges of this year’s participants.
Age Range | Total | Male | Female |
21-25 | 310 | 305 | 5 |
26-30 | 1,439 | 1,408 | 31 |
31-35 | 1,689 | 1,625 | 64 |
36-40 | 1,050 | 999 | 51 |
41-45 | 865 | 830 | 35 |
46-50 | 815 | 782 | 33 |
51-55 | 636 | 603 | 33 |
>56 | 1,070 | 1,021 | 49 |
Total | 7,874 | 7,573 | 301 |