Friday, October 19, 2018 2:04 AM Local Time
Quan Zhou Leads Day 1A of Event #5: €1,100 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em
The opening flight of Event #5: €1,100 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em has drawn to a close with just 30 players making it through to Day 2. Quan Zhou bagged the largest stack with 519,500 chips, more than 12 times the starting stack.
After hiding under a blanket for the better part of the day, Zhou finally heated up in the last couple hands of the night. The Chinese poker pro collided with Eemil Tuominen in what would be a pot of around 500,000 chips and Zhou had the best of it. The board read and all of the chips went in the middle on the river. Zhou flipped over for a straight flush which eliminated Tuominen and gave Zhou the chip lead.
Zhou has racked up the majority of his career tournament cashes in Macau but has recently been making some stops in Europe. His largest cash to date came in 2017 for $469,009 in Macau with his total career earnings currently sitting at nearly $1.9 million.
Jaroslav Peter and Michal Mrakes will also be happy with their performance today after bagging 397,000 and 389,000 respectively. Pete Chen finished the day with 244,500 after nearly eliminating Ting Ho on the last hand of the night. Ho flopped top pair in a three-bet pot but Chen hit a set of threes. Chen doubled up, leaving Ho with just 5,500 chips and she chose to surrender her stack and play again tomorrow.
Pete Chen
The last entry of the day was Chris Ferguson who strolled in during level 12. Ferguson quickly put his chips to work and managed to run up his stack to 168,000. Ferguson, who already has six bracelets to his name, was the only former WSOP bracelet winner to move on to Day 2.
The day began with less than 50 players taking their seats but that number quickly escalated as the levels progressed. With late registration open until the end of the 12th level, a total of 148 players made their way to the tables for Day 1A. Some of the notables that will be forced to enter again after failing to find a bag include Allen Kessler, Martin Kabrhel, Shaun Deeb, Jeff Madsen, Cord Garcia, Dutch Boyd, Manig Loeser, Jan Mach, and Asi Moshe.
These players and more will have another shot at moving on to Day 2 when Day 1B fires up tomorrow at 3:00 PM local time. The PokerNews live reporting team will once again be on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates from start to finish.
2018 WSOPE Monster Stack Schedule
| Day | Date | Starting Time | Late Reg | Entries | Survivors | Further Information |
|---|
| 1A | Thursday, October 18th | 15:00 | ~00:25 | 148 | 30 | Play 14 levels of 40 minutes |
| 1B | Friday, October 19th | 15:00 | ~00:25 | TBA | TBA | Play 14 levels of 40 minutes |
| 1C | Saturday, October 20th | 15:00 | ~00:25 | TBA | TBA | Play 14 levels of 40 minutes |
| 2 | Sunday, October 21st | 14:00 | - | TBA | TBA | Level duration increases to 60 minutes |
| 3 | Monday, October 22nd | TBD | - | TBA | TBA | Play down to a champion |
Friday, October 19, 2018 2:01 AM Local Time
End-of-Day Chip Counts
| Quan Zhou | 519,500 | 10,500  |
| Jaroslav Peter | 397,000 | -13,000  |
| Michal Mrakes | 389,000 | 147,000 |
| Volodymyr Kernytskyi | 378,000 | 76,000 |
| Matous Houzvicek | 319,000 | 27,500 |
| Roman Svab | 294,000 | 194,000 |
| Pete Chen | 244,500 | 101,500 |
| Jesper Hansen | 236,500 | 3,500 |
| Henrik Brockmann | 225,500 | 10,500 |
| Chin Wei Lim | 221,000 | -109,000 |
| Guillaume Diaz | 219,500 | 34,500 |
| Mikko Hirvonen | 202,000 | -33,000 |
| Xixiang Luo | 194,000 | 54,000 |
| Vojtech Skalak | 183,000 | 33,000 |
| Apostolos Chatzopoulos | 181,000 | |
| Danny Tang | 180,500 | 90,500 |
| Alexandros Kedikoglou | 173,500 | -72,500 |
| Chris Ferguson | 168,000 | -19,000 |
| Michal Lubas | 156,500 | 17,500 |
| Bharath Janardhan | 126,500 | -83,500 |
| David Hudson | 120,000 | 20,000 |
| Sterling Savill | 118,500 | -43,500 |
| Luca Sebastiani | 117,500 | -132,500 |
| Lukas Klima | 88,000 | |
| Aaron Duczak | 86,500 | -13,500 |
| Yang Zhang | 77,500 | 35,500 |
| Yuriy Barna | 74,500 | -30,500 |
| Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreira Filho | 64,000 | -6,000 |
| Frank Koopmann | 52,000 | -201,000 |
| Muhammad Tharani | 48,000 | 16,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:54 AM Local Time
Play Has Concluded for the Day
The action on all four tables have concluded and players are bagging up their chips. A full list of chip counts and a recap for the day will be posted shortly.
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:45 AM Local Time
Zhou Eliminates Tuominen for the Chip Lead
The board read and Eemil Tuominen had checked his big blind, Quan Zhou shoved from mid-position and Tuominen called after a while.
"Flush?" Tuominen asked Zhou.
Zhou flipped over for the flopped straight flush. Tuominen nodded and got up from his seat, the dealer turned over for Tuominen to show he had flopped two pair. This pot catapulted Zhou into the chip lead for tonight with only a few more hands left to play.
| Quan Zhou | 509,000 | 292,500 |
| Eemil Tuominen | 0 | -124,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:41 AM Local Time
Houzvicek Scores a Double Elimination
Three players got all of their chips in the middle preflop and it was Szabolcs Mayer with the shortest stack of around 25,000. Maria Lampropulos had just over 100,000 chips while Matous Houzvicek had both players covered.
Matous Houzvicek:
Maria Lampropulos:
Szabolcs Mayer:
Lampropulos and Mayer shared the same pair while Houzvicek was looking to pair one of his overcards. The flop of left the pocket tens in the lead and the on the turn changed nothing. However, the on the river gave Houzvicek the best hand as he scored a double elimination.
| Matous Houzvicek | 291,500 | 129,000 |
| Maria Lampropulos | 0 | -110,000 |
| Szabolcs Mayer | 0 | -41,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:38 AM Local Time
Four More Hands
The tournament clock has been stopped and four more hands need to be played before the remaining players can bag and tag their chips for Day 2, Sunday, October 21, which will start at 2 PM local time.
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:36 AM Local Time
Latest Eliminations
| Rakesh Lalwani | 0 | -50,000 |
| Peter Splettoesser | 0 | |
| Simon Bozhinoski | 0 | -115,500 |
| Krasimir Yankov | 0 | -80,000 |
| Dinesh Alt | 0 | -170,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:34 AM Local Time
Hansen Counterfeits Loeser
The cards were all face-up on the table with Manig Loeser having all of his 110,000 chips in the middle. He was up against Jesper Hansen on his left with the board reading .
It appeared that all of the chips got in the middle before the river with Loeser holding and Hansen with . Loeser was ahead with two pair but the running aces were helpful for Hansen as he made a bigger two pair to send Loeser to the rail in the last level of the night.
| Jesper Hansen | 233,000 | 133,000 |
| Manig Loeser | 0 | -107,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:32 AM Local Time
Kernytskyi Gets a Fold
The board read with 48,500 in the middle.
Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreira Filho had checked in the big blind and Volodymyr Kernytskyi bet 26,000 which sent Ferreira Filho into the tank. After a while, he folded to let the pot go Kernytskyi's way.
| Jaroslav Peter | 410,000 | 5,000 |
| Volodymyr Kernytskyi | 302,000 | 8,800 |
| Frank Koopmann | 253,000 | 84,500 |
| Henrik Brockmann | 215,000 | 215,000 |
| Chris Ferguson | 187,000 | 187,000 |
| Ting Ho | 115,000 | 5,000 |
| Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreira Filho | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| Yang Zhang | 42,000 | -48,000 |
| Muhammad Tharani | 32,000 | 32,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:20 AM Local Time
Tsang Shot Down by Peter
Anson Tsang shoved from the cutoff for 25,000 and was called by Jaroslav Peter in the button.
Anson Tsang:
Jaroslav Peter:
The board ran out for Peter to flop a pair of treys to take Tsang out of the running for today.
| Jaroslav Peter | 405,000 | 138,000 |
| Chin Wei Lim | 330,000 | 251,000 |
| Luca Sebastiani | 250,000 | 194,200 |
| Roman Svab | 100,000 | -10,000 |
| David Hudson | 100,000 | 6,000 |
| Aaron Duczak | 100,000 | 30,000 |
| Krasimir Yankov | 80,000 | -21,000 |
| Anson Tsang | 0 | -11,000 |
| Fahredin Mustafov | 0 | -81,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:16 AM Local Time
Level 14 started
Level: 14
Blinds: 1500/3000
Ante: 3000
Friday, October 19, 2018 1:15 AM Local Time
Mrakes Rips on Houzvicek
Michal Mrakes opened to 7,000 in the hijack and was called by the small blind and Matous Houzvicek in the big blind. The flop came and small blind checked to Houzvicek who bet 15,000. Mrakes called and the small blind folded.
The turn was the and Houzvicek tossed in a bet of 45,000. Mrakes counted his stack and thought for a minute before shipping all in for 146,500. Houzvicek asked for a count but eventually sent his cards to the muck, sending the pot to Mrakes.
| Michal Mrakes | 242,000 | 115,000 |
| Matous Houzvicek | 162,500 | -68,500 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 12:52 AM Local Time
Zhou Over Loeser
The board read with 23,500 in the middle already. Manig Loeser had checked in the big blind and Quan Zhou bet 33,000 in the cutoff. Loeser considered his options and made the call. Zhou tabled for the turned two pair which was enough to make Loeser muck his hand.
| Quan Zhou | 216,500 | 33,500 |
| Vojtech Skalak | 150,000 | 60,000 |
| Pete Chen | 143,000 | 65,000 |
| Michal Lubas | 139,000 | 74,800 |
| Manig Loeser | 107,000 | -31,000 |
| Yuriy Barna | 105,000 | |
| Jesper Hansen | 100,000 | 77,000 |
| Peter Splettstoesser | 100,000 | |
| Florian Sarnow | 0 | -40,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 12:40 AM Local Time
Janardhan Doesn't Need to Show
Dinesh Alt raised to 5,000 from the hijack and was called by Danny Tang and Bharath Janardhan in the blinds.
The flop came , Janardhan was the only one to check-call the 6,000 continuation-bet of Alt.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Janardhan now bet 5,000 and Alt raised to 20,000. Janardhan considered his options and then made the call. Alt quickly mucked his hand for Janardhan to pick up the pot.
| Bharath Janardhan | 210,000 | 4,000 |
| Dinesh Alt | 170,000 | 107,000 |
| Nico Mussini | 0 | -32,000 |
| Ralph Stobbe | 0 | -50,000 |
| Theodoros Aidonopoulos | 0 | -24,500 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 12:35 AM Local Time
Savill Snaps Off Mayer
Szabolcs Mayer and Sterling Savill were heads-up in a pot with the flop reading . Mayer bet 6,000 from the hijack and Savill called on the button.
The turn brought the and Mayer fired another 11,000 into the middle. Savill just called again and the paired the board on the river. Mayer unleashed one more bullet of 18,000 and Savill snap-called. Mayer turned over while Savill tabled for a bigger two pair.
| Sterling Savill | 162,000 | 26,000 |
| Szabolcs Mayer | 41,000 | -79,500 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 12:27 AM Local Time
Level 13 started
Level: 13
Blinds: 1000/2500
Ante: 2500
Friday, October 19, 2018 12:12 AM Local Time
Last Break of the Night
The final 46 players are heading on their last 15-minute break of the night. Late registration will officially close after the break.
Friday, October 19, 2018 12:08 AM Local Time
Luo Doubles Through Houzvicek
The flop read and Xixiang Luo had the all-in button in front of him and in front of him. Matous Houzvicek had called and held .
Luo had flopped top pair while Houzvicek held the overpair.
The turn was the and now Luo had some extra outs as he was now sitting on a flush draw.
The river was the to give Luo the flush indeed to double up for the 58,100 he had still behind.
| Matous Houzvicek | 231,000 | -65,000 |
| Xixiang Luo | 140,000 | 69,000 |
Friday, October 19, 2018 12:04 AM Local Time
Koopmann Fills Up Against Aidonopoulos
Theodoros Aidonopoulos raised to 4,500 in early position and Frank Koopmann defended from the big blind. The flop came and Koopmann checked to Aidonopoulos who bet 4,500. Koopmann check-raised to 11,000 and Aidonopoulos called.
The paired the board on the turn and Koopmann led out for another 10,000. Aidonopoulos still called and the completed the board. Koopmann tossed in a bet of 23,000 and Aidonopoulos snap-called. Koopmann turned over for a full house and Aidonopoulos threw his cards to the muck, revealing the .
| Frank Koopmann | 168,500 | |
| Theodoros Aidonopoulos | 24,500 | -10,500 |