Monday, July 2, 2018 11:45 PM Local Time
Day 1a of the 2018 WSOP Main Event is in the Books: Lau Leads, Nguyen Among Top Stacks; Blumstein Busts
The first of three starting days of the 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event is in the books and a total of 925 players took part in the biggest and most important poker tournament of the year at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino.
After five levels of two hours each, only 659 hopefuls advanced and Timothy Lau bagged up the chip lead with a stack of 338,700, narrowly pipping fellow countryman Truyen Nguyen and the UK's Chris Fraser for the top spot.
Nguyen, who works in the IT business, used to play online poker before Black Friday and shared a table with 2017 WSOP Main Event 9th place finisher Ben Lamb. In the last level of the night, Lamb was very active at the table, escaping elimination by Nguyen once when they chopped it up when a straight ran out on the board. However, Nguyen then got there a few hands later with a flush draw against the set of Lamb and the top pair of a third player, to bag up massive 324,800. Fraser follows not far behind with an equally impressive 316,100.
| # | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Timothy Lau | United States | 338,700 | 565 |
| 2 | Truyen Nguyen | United States | 324,800 | 541 |
| 3 | Chris Fraser | United Kingdom | 316,100 | 527 |
| 4 | David McCaw | United States | 220,400 | 367 |
| 5 | John Vossoughi | United States | 220,300 | 367 |
| 6 | Matthew Davidow | New Zealand | 216,600 | 361 |
| 7 | Frank Crivello | United States | 215,000 | 358 |
| 8 | Casey McCarrel | United States | 206,200 | 344 |
| 9 | Eric Hicks | United States | 204,000 | 340 |
| 10 | Tristan Bain | Australia | 193,200 | 322 |
Some other big stacks and notables that can now enjoy two days off before returning to the action on Thursday, July 5, are Frank Crivello (215,000), Kevin "Phwap" Boudreau (186,300), Nick Jivkov (186,000), Matt Berkey (185,600), Alexandru Papazian (147,100), Gordon Vayo (87,100), the former Main Event champions Joe Hachem (84,700), Scotty Nguyen (84,400) and Joe McKeehen (36,200), as well as Erik Seidel (72,100).
The early spotlight was on defending champion Scott Blumstein and the 2017 champion was moved to the ESPN feature tables after the dinner break. However, his title defense came to a very early end after he called a three-bet by Brian Yoon and check-called bets by Yoon all the way with pocket tens on a six-high board. Running spades gave Yoon the nut flush with ace-jack suited and Blumstein couldn't get away from it to bow out on level three. Yoon went on to bag up 145,000 at the end of the night.
Defending champion Scott Blumstein among the Day 1a eliminations
Other former Main Event champions that failed to advance included Qui Nguyen and Jerry Yang. Notables such as Brian Rast, Christopher Andler, Felipe Ramos, Stephen Chidwick, Chance Kornuth, former football star Richard Seymour and Jonathan Little all hit the rail also.
It wasn't just about the superstars of the poker scene though at the tables on Day 1a, as poker commentator David Tuchman (111,000), actor Kevin Pollak (71,300), and the well-known comedian Ray Romano (61,100) all bagged up along with plenty of first-timers and poker enthusiasts from all over the world. One arrival, in particular, caused quite some attention, as American film and television producer Randall Emmett entered the tournament with a band of musicians and girls in exotic costumes. Emmett bagged up an above-average 133,400 and will be among those to return for Day 2 and fight for poker's most elusive title of the year.
Randall Emmett entered Day 1a with a bang
While Day 1a is in the books, the second starting day is just one night's sleep away and kicks off at 11am local time on July 3. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide coverage of all the action.
Monday, July 2, 2018 11:10 PM Local Time
End-of-Day Counts
| Timothy Lau | 338,700 | 338,700  |
| Truyen Nguyen | 324,800 | 4,800 |
| Chris Fraser | 316,100 | -13,900  |
| David McCaw | 220,400 | 0 |
| John Vossoughi | 220,300 | 300 |
| Matthew Davidow | 216,600 | 216,600 |
| Frank Crivello | 215,000 | 215,000 |
| Casey McCarrel | 206,200 | 71,200 |
| Eric Hicks | 204,000 | 78,000 |
| Tristan Bain | 193,200 | 200 |
| Kevin Boudreau | 186,300 | 35,300 |
| Nick Jivkov | 186,000 | 16,000 |
| Matt Berkey | 185,600 | -29,400 |
| Sammy Lafleur | 185,400 | 185,400 |
| Brian Frasca | 178,300 | 23,300 |
| Unn Choi | 173,800 | 173,800 |
| James Dambrosio | 172,200 | 172,200 |
| Shaun Suller | 171,700 | 171,700 |
| Christopher Park | 171,600 | 171,600 |
| Matthew Kassela | 169,900 | 169,900 |
| Jackson Laskey | 159,600 | -44,400 |
| Matthew Olin | 158,200 | 158,200 |
| Jake Schindler | 157,900 | 47,400 |
| Gianluca Marcucci | 157,000 | 157,000 |
| Jared Bleznick | 155,000 | 89,500 |
| Brian Pedroza | 154,600 | 154,600 |
| William Tonking | 152,525 | 152,525 |
| Luigi Petrone | 151,800 | 13,800 |
| Ernest Bush | 151,600 | 151,600 |
| Jacob Daniels | 151,200 | 151,200 |
| Joseph Kohls | 148,600 | 148,600 |
| Jeffrey Griffiths | 148,400 | 148,400 |
| Brandon Hall | 148,400 | 148,400 |
| Alexandru Papazian | 147,100 | 12,100 |
| Bert Smith | 146,800 | 6,800 |
| Brian Yoon | 145,000 | 21,000 |
| Danny Hannawa | 144,500 | 97,500 |
| Brian Twitty | 144,400 | 144,400 |
| George Hamati | 144,000 | 29,000 |
| Gavin Cochrane | 141,700 | 11,700 |
| Kyle Montgomery | 141,600 | 141,600 |
| David Jean Augu Lehnen | 140,600 | 140,600 |
| Bruce Russell | 140,400 | -49,600 |
| Aditya Sushant | 139,600 | 88,600 |
| Jason Lester | 139,100 | 139,100 |
| Toya McLeod | 138,000 | -3,200 |
| Daniel Fuhs | 134,500 | 134,500 |
| Jason Mcconnon | 134,200 | -5,800 |
| Randall Emmett | 133,400 | -11,600 |
| David Vedral | 132,700 | 132,700 |
| Gary Friedlander | 130,900 | 0 |
| Yue Du | 130,500 | 130,500 |
| Evan Sandberg | 129,700 | 129,700 |
| Baoqiang Ho | 129,500 | 129,500 |
| Toby Joyce | 128,500 | 3,500 |
| Jonathan Tamayo | 128,400 | 48,400 |
| Ilan Brand | 126,800 | 126,800 |
| John Anderson | 125,300 | 125,300 |
| Jeffrey Frye | 123,100 | 123,100 |
| Julian Stuer | 123,000 | 17,000 |
| Jeffery Hobrecker | 122,800 | 122,800 |
| Matthew Land | 122,200 | 122,200 |
| Gaston Miculitzki | 122,100 | -17,900 |
| Raymond Dandrea | 121,700 | 121,700 |
| Fredrik Kaarem | 121,600 | 121,600 |
| Wolfram Liebold | 121,100 | 16,100 |
| Joshua Palmer | 121,000 | 121,000 |
| Colin Guthrie | 121,000 | 121,000 |
| Govert Metaal | 120,900 | -4,100 |
| Matt Waxman | 120,600 | 41,600 |
| John Franciosi | 120,600 | 120,600 |
| Martin Carnero | 119,600 | -8,900 |
| Yifu He | 119,200 | 119,200 |
| George Alexander | 118,500 | 118,500 |
| Michael Goldberg | 118,000 | 118,000 |
| Gabriel Sayegh | 116,000 | 116,000 |
| Ken Einiger | 115,900 | 0 |
| Peter Kelly | 115,800 | 115,800 |
| Frank Muir | 115,000 | 47,500 |
| Lacey Jones | 114,000 | 63,000 |
| Owen Crowe | 114,000 | -11,000 |
| Loi Nguyen | 113,000 | 85,000 |
| William Corvino | 112,900 | 112,900 |
| Rohan Dhawan | 112,900 | 112,900 |
| Quyen Phan | 112,400 | -5,600 |
| Robert Matty | 112,100 | 112,100 |
| Keith Gipson | 111,400 | 111,400 |
| Joshua Zimmerman | 111,100 | 15,700 |
| David Tuchman | 111,000 | 64,000 |
| Ricardo Nakamura | 110,200 | 110,200 |
| Wei Zhu | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Nick DiVella | 109,600 | 109,600 |
| Enio Bozzano | 108,600 | 58,600 |
| Gabe Paul | 108,600 | 108,600 |
| Arden Cho | 108,500 | 48,500 |
| Thomas Lutz | 108,000 | 3,000 |
| Michael Colbert | 107,400 | 107,400 |
| Chris Hunichen | 107,300 | 32,300 |
| Thomas Grier | 107,100 | 107,100 |
| Ema Zajmovic | 106,800 | 1,800 |
| Frank Kassela | 106,600 | 40,600 |
| Tomas Kubaliak | 106,400 | -1,600 |
| Paul Geibler | 106,400 | -36,700 |
| Jonathan Zarin | 106,400 | 1,400 |
| Tyler Hancock | 106,000 | -1,500 |
| Yannik Hofmann | 105,800 | 105,800 |
| Richard Pyne | 105,700 | -19,300 |
| Martin Poelzl | 105,400 | 105,400 |
| Matthew Hopkins | 105,100 | 105,100 |
| Daniel Monosson | 105,000 | 105,000 |
| Dorian Godin | 105,000 | 105,000 |
| Chad Eveslage | 105,000 | 105,000 |
| Jonmichael Gisler | 104,400 | 104,400 |
| Kavin Shah | 104,400 | 104,400 |
| Charles Clark | 104,000 | 104,000 |
| Orson Young | 104,000 | 73,000 |
| Luke Martinelli | 103,800 | 103,800 |
| Mark Groner | 103,600 | 103,600 |
| Michael Labarbera | 103,400 | 103,400 |
| Chuc Khuu | 103,000 | 22,700 |
| Robert Goldbaum | 102,900 | 102,900 |
| Eric Liebeler | 102,600 | 102,600 |
| Benjamin Kermani | 102,600 | 102,600 |
| Michael Haberman | 102,600 | 102,600 |
| James Schafer | 102,400 | 102,400 |
| Brandon Bowyer | 102,100 | 49,100 |
| Patsy Altomari | 102,100 | -2,900 |
| Juan Lopez | 101,900 | 101,900 |
| Eric Fields | 101,500 | 101,500 |
| Aymon Hata | 101,500 | -13,500 |
| Jerad Klick | 101,300 | 59,300 |
| Bret Maynard | 101,300 | -3,700 |
| Yuriy Boyko | 101,300 | 37,300 |
| Tristan Fitch | 101,200 | 101,200 |
| Johnathan Dahlberg | 101,100 | 101,100 |
| Michael Moore | 101,100 | 21,100 |
| Anthony Thomas | 100,700 | 100,700 |
| Marc Levy | 100,600 | 100,600 |
| Scott Margereson | 100,400 | 68,400 |
| Steven Adams | 100,200 | 100,200 |
| Francois Billard | 100,200 | 100,200 |
| Christopher Kruk | 98,800 | 36,800 |
| Igor Merda | 98,300 | 3,300 |
| Gabriel Abusada | 98,200 | 98,200 |
| Jeffrey Welch | 98,100 | 98,100 |
| Angela Jordison | 98,100 | 4,600 |
| Mikiyo Aoki | 98,000 | 5,000 |
| Shane Douglas | 97,500 | 22,500 |
| James Slattery | 97,400 | 97,400 |
| Ziran Xiao | 97,300 | 97,300 |
| Daniel Sprung | 97,200 | 97,200 |
| Kevin Schaffel | 97,000 | 97,000 |
| Dylan Nguyen | 96,800 | 96,800 |
| Richard Turner | 96,200 | 96,200 |
| Billy Baxter | 95,700 | 45,700 |
| Adam Curchack | 95,700 | 95,700 |
| Ken Fishman | 95,600 | 95,600 |
| Serge Demers | 95,400 | 95,400 |
| Brian Borne | 95,200 | 95,200 |
| Christopher Macfarland | 94,900 | 94,900 |
| Eric Harnish | 94,700 | 94,700 |
| Kevin Kung | 94,700 | 94,700 |
| Hoang Pham | 94,400 | 94,400 |
| Alexis Gavin | 94,000 | 94,000 |
| Simon Rudin | 93,100 | 93,100 |
| Kory Kilpatrick | 93,000 | 16,000 |
| Charles Carragher | 92,600 | 92,600 |
| Monte Phelps | 92,300 | 92,300 |
| Josh Arieh | 92,300 | 22,300 |
| Yu Chen | 92,000 | 92,000 |
| Matthew Greenwald | 90,000 | 90,000 |
| Per Hildebrand | 90,000 | 0 |
| Vincent Rubianes | 89,700 | 89,700 |
| Tam Nguyen | 89,400 | 89,400 |
| Ajay Chabra | 89,300 | 89,300 |
| Noe Cantu | 88,600 | 31,600 |
| Jeffrey Mahoney | 88,400 | 88,400 |
| Marius Pospiech | 88,300 | 0 |
| Tara Snow | 87,700 | 2,700 |
| James Garnes | 87,400 | 87,400 |
| Joseph Dipascale | 87,300 | 0 |
| John Doe | 87,300 | -43,700 |
| Gordon Vayo | 87,100 | 65,100 |
| Adam Singer | 87,100 | 87,100 |
| Michael Weissmann | 86,600 | 86,600 |
| Samuel Ganzfried | 86,400 | 86,400 |
| Alec Torelli | 86,000 | 21,000 |
| Joseph Comins | 85,500 | 85,500 |
| Charles Alex Barton | 85,400 | 85,400 |
| Steven Lauson | 85,200 | 85,200 |
| Simon Thwaites | 85,100 | 85,100 |
| Peter Jetten | 84,700 | 84,700 |
| Joe Hachem | 84,700 | -15,300 |
| Ronald Bernstein | 84,600 | 84,600 |
| Mats Karlsson | 84,500 | 84,500 |
| Peter Neff | 84,500 | 84,500 |
| Beau Wilshire | 84,500 | 84,500 |
| Thomas Pettersson | 84,400 | 34,400 |
| Scotty Nguyen | 84,400 | 4,400 |
| Artur Papazayan | 84,200 | 84,200 |
| Shawn Daniels | 84,200 | 34,200 |
| Jeffrey Epstein | 84,000 | 84,000 |
| Joshua Ormiston | 83,900 | 83,900 |
| Billy Brenton | 83,700 | 83,700 |
| Diego Martinez | 83,600 | 3,600 |
| Benjamin Chalot | 83,300 | 83,300 |
| John Lombardo | 83,300 | 83,300 |
| Robert Minion | 83,200 | 83,200 |
| Crystal Ryans | 83,200 | 83,200 |
| Ryan Gianquitti | 83,200 | 83,200 |
| Frank Williams | 83,100 | 83,100 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 83,000 | 69,000 |
| Milos Skrbic | 82,600 | 29,600 |
| Eric Afriat | 82,500 | 82,500 |
| Robert Daniels | 82,200 | 33,200 |
| Jason Deane | 82,100 | 82,100 |
| Trenton Marbut | 82,000 | 82,000 |
| William Kraybill | 81,900 | 81,900 |
| Nikolaus Teichert | 81,600 | 81,600 |
| Caufman Talley | 81,300 | 81,300 |
| Christopher Moses | 81,100 | 81,100 |
| Max Altergott | 80,400 | 80,400 |
| Ray Villaman | 80,200 | 80,200 |
| William Edler | 79,900 | 79,900 |
| Raymond Wu | 79,900 | 79,900 |
| Marcelo Drumm | 79,900 | 79,900 |
| Adam Shuman | 79,600 | 79,600 |
| Jordan Young | 79,600 | 25,600 |
| Brian Green | 79,600 | 79,600 |
| Stephen Roselius | 79,300 | 79,300 |
| Van Tran | 79,200 | 27,200 |
| Douglas Adkins | 79,000 | 79,000 |
| David Rozas | 78,700 | 78,700 |
| Shawn Sedaghat | 78,600 | 78,600 |
| Adam Bishop | 78,600 | -11,400 |
| Koji Kimura | 78,600 | 78,600 |
| Bruno Fitoussi | 78,100 | -21,900 |
| Todd Barlow | 77,900 | 77,900 |
| Leonor Margets | 77,300 | 77,300 |
| Charles Daniels | 77,000 | 77,000 |
| Hunter Cichy | 76,800 | 76,800 |
| Dennis Powell | 76,700 | 76,700 |
| Will Jaffe | 76,700 | 76,700 |
| John Pierce | 76,600 | 76,600 |
| Jacob Rasmussen | 76,000 | 76,000 |
| Christopher Warswick | 75,800 | 75,800 |
| Jack McClelland | 75,800 | 75,800 |
| Jimmy Cruthirds | 75,700 | 75,700 |
| Sam Soverel | 75,600 | 20,100 |
| Gary Hummel | 75,400 | 75,400 |
| David McGowan | 75,400 | 75,400 |
| Justas Vaiciulionis | 75,400 | 75,400 |
| Kristopher Rundquist | 75,200 | 75,200 |
| Hoyt Corkins | 74,600 | 74,600 |
| Donald Holmes | 74,200 | 74,200 |
| JoJo Contino | 73,300 | 73,300 |
| Michael Gentili | 73,000 | 73,000 |
| Abraham Passet | 72,800 | 72,800 |
| Dale Fenton | 72,800 | 72,800 |
| Dylan Honeyman | 72,700 | -22,300 |
| Allan Le | 72,500 | 72,500 |
| Peyman Luth | 72,300 | -62,700 |
| David Douglas | 72,300 | 72,300 |
| Daniel Weinman | 72,200 | 72,200 |
| Erik Seidel | 72,100 | -12,900 |
| John Page | 71,400 | 71,400 |
| Yang Wang | 71,300 | 71,300 |
| Kevin Pollak | 71,300 | 71,300 |
| Montgomery Cole | 71,200 | 37,200 |
| Seth Davies | 71,200 | -29,800 |
| Aditya Prasetyo | 71,200 | -3,800 |
| Gail Getzwiller | 71,000 | 71,000 |
| Shiv Bhandari | 70,800 | 70,800 |
| Roger Jensen | 70,500 | 70,500 |
| James Czarnecki | 70,400 | 70,400 |
| Michael Brockley | 70,400 | 70,400 |
| David Theodosopoulos | 70,300 | 70,300 |
| Vincent Gabel | 70,200 | 3,200 |
| Nghia Le | 70,100 | 70,100 |
| Frank Bonacci | 70,100 | 70,100 |
| Edward Jordan | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| Aaron Kweskin | 69,800 | 69,800 |
| James Cihla | 69,500 | 69,500 |
| Xiaoqiang Li | 69,300 | 69,300 |
| Michael Rossitto | 69,200 | 19,200 |
| Helen Lozier | 69,000 | 69,000 |
| Tom Marchese | 69,000 | 1,000 |
| Lucio Procopio | 68,900 | 8,900 |
| Christopher O'Rourke | 68,800 | 68,800 |
| Young Ryu | 68,700 | -12,900 |
| James Jakary | 68,600 | 68,600 |
| Nan Li | 68,400 | 68,400 |
| Raif El Arigie Harbie | 68,400 | 68,400 |
| Bart Lybaert | 67,800 | -17,200 |
| Raymond Spencer | 67,800 | 67,800 |
| Jorge Walker | 67,700 | 67,700 |
| William Harder | 67,700 | 67,700 |
| Ronald Mcginnity | 67,500 | -10,500 |
| Sean Pennefather | 67,400 | 67,400 |
| Dennis Cronin | 67,400 | 67,400 |
| Antti Tiainen | 67,200 | 24,200 |
| Jonathan Gilliam | 67,000 | 67,000 |
| Steven Rosen | 66,900 | 66,900 |
| Patrick Washington | 66,800 | 16,800 |
| Nicholas Petitti | 66,500 | 66,500 |
| Paul Lackey | 66,200 | 66,200 |
| Ted Lawson | 66,000 | 66,000 |
| Ari Shin | 65,900 | 65,900 |
| Jonathon Prested | 65,800 | 65,800 |
| Anthony Wise | 65,600 | 65,600 |
| Daniel Smith | 65,200 | 65,200 |
| Dustin Goff | 64,900 | 64,900 |
| Paul Michaelis | 64,800 | -25,200 |
| David Roepke | 64,400 | 64,400 |
| Timothy Burt | 64,400 | 4,900 |
| Kevin Chan | 64,300 | 64,300 |
| Yah Loon Lim | 64,200 | 64,200 |
| Randall Robinson | 64,100 | 0 |
| Sean Kraper | 63,700 | 6,200 |
| Michael Nia | 63,700 | 10,700 |
| Darrell Haywood | 63,600 | 63,600 |
| Cleadus Thompson | 63,600 | 63,600 |
| Jonathan Ingalls | 63,600 | -21,400 |
| Koji Umemura | 63,100 | 63,100 |
| Vadim Baranovsky | 63,000 | 63,000 |
| Mike Chiappetta | 62,900 | 62,900 |
| David Bakes Baker | 62,700 | 62,700 |
| Rodney Hurlbut | 62,700 | 8,100 |
| David Farber | 62,600 | 62,600 |
| Chris Lee | 62,600 | 62,600 |
| Juha Helppi | 62,500 | -12,000 |
| Michael Pearson | 62,400 | 62,400 |
| Trenton Hoisington | 62,000 | 62,000 |
| Avraham Azulay | 61,900 | 61,900 |
| Luc Bellerive | 61,900 | 61,900 |
| Dennis Kraus | 61,800 | 61,800 |
| Bradley Berman | 61,600 | 61,600 |
| Stacey Sullivan | 61,400 | -1,175 |
| Raul Zuniga | 61,300 | 61,300 |
| Daniel Bartel | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Tri Tran | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Ray Romano | 61,100 | 1,100 |
| Vic Peppe | 61,100 | 61,100 |
| Barry Hutter | 61,000 | 61,000 |
| Felipe Davila | 60,800 | 60,800 |
| Lisa Pickell | 60,600 | -29,400 |
| Brock Parker | 60,600 | 60,600 |
| Jeffry Casey | 60,500 | 60,500 |
| Fredric White | 60,500 | 60,500 |
| Justin Bonomo | 60,500 | 0 |
| Tina Itschner | 60,400 | 60,400 |
| Timothy Chang | 60,300 | 60,300 |
| Dustin Dirksen | 60,000 | -30,000 |
| Jared Reinstein | 59,800 | 59,800 |
| Oliver Rusing | 59,600 | 59,600 |
| Gene Raman | 59,500 | 59,500 |
| Barry Jacobs | 59,400 | 59,400 |
| Jonathan Hewston | 58,600 | 58,600 |
| Ognjen Sekularac | 58,500 | 58,500 |
| Scott Strode | 58,500 | -6,800 |
| Philip Cooley | 58,500 | 58,500 |
| Krysta Delima | 58,500 | 58,500 |
| Kenneth Smaron | 58,000 | 58,000 |
| Michael Shelton | 58,000 | 58,000 |
| Driss Ouazzani | 57,900 | 57,900 |
| Jason Luna | 57,800 | 57,800 |
| Charles Thompson | 57,500 | 57,500 |
| Eric Froehlich | 57,500 | 57,500 |
| Brian Lamanna | 57,400 | 57,400 |
| Nichlaus Staker | 57,200 | 57,200 |
| Dan O'Brien | 57,200 | 4,200 |
| John Cecil Owens | 57,000 | 57,000 |
| Steven Wilkie | 57,000 | 57,000 |
| Yuki Ko | 56,900 | 56,900 |
| Erkut Yilmaz | 56,800 | 56,800 |
| Christopher Graydon | 56,700 | 56,700 |
| Alexander Krisak | 56,600 | 13,600 |
| Richard Casper | 56,500 | 56,500 |
| Keith Carter | 56,000 | 56,000 |
| Mark Friedman | 56,000 | 56,000 |
| Lucas Drolet | 55,400 | 55,400 |
| Robert Barca | 55,300 | 55,300 |
| Paul Wasicka | 55,200 | 55,200 |
| Erik Borum | 55,100 | 55,100 |
| Benjamin Dobson | 55,100 | 55,100 |
| David Shober | 55,100 | 55,100 |
| Michael Vanderwoude | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| Matthew Brooks | 54,900 | 54,900 |
| Kathryn Cappuccio | 54,700 | 54,700 |
| Michael Macey | 54,600 | 54,600 |
| Jared Rosenbaum | 54,600 | 54,600 |
| Joshua Miller | 54,100 | 54,100 |
| Ronald Ramacci | 53,900 | 53,900 |
| Christopher Brody | 53,900 | 53,900 |
| Francisco Wong Lam | 53,400 | 53,400 |
| Don Proebstel | 53,200 | 53,200 |
| Brandon Malach | 52,600 | 52,600 |
| Chris Johnson | 52,400 | 52,400 |
| Andrew Dean | 52,200 | 52,200 |
| Jeff Littlefield | 52,100 | 52,100 |
| Scott McKernan | 52,100 | 0 |
| Daniel Toffel | 51,900 | 51,900 |
| Jeffrey Francia | 51,600 | 51,600 |
| Angela Perteet | 51,600 | 51,600 |
| Cobi Cobian | 51,500 | 51,500 |
| Jameson Painter | 51,400 | -1,600 |
| Nicholas Immekus | 51,300 | 51,300 |
| Lauren Monosson | 51,200 | 51,200 |
| Peter Placey | 51,100 | 51,100 |
| Curtis Anderson | 51,000 | 51,000 |
| Maxx Coleman | 51,000 | 51,000 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 51,000 | 51,000 |
| Amanda Kassela | 51,000 | 51,000 |
| Brad Sailor | 50,900 | 50,900 |
| Paul Mannoni | 50,725 | 50,725 |
| Peter Malkoun | 50,600 | 50,600 |
| Sum Trinh | 50,500 | 50,500 |
| Bobby Lee | 50,300 | 50,300 |
| Thomas Swensen | 50,300 | 8,300 |
| Michael Reardon | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Charles Pacheco | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Bradley Heldenbrand | 49,800 | 49,800 |
| James Westenburg | 49,700 | 49,700 |
| Paul Quiring | 49,600 | 49,600 |
| Jean Marie Vandeborne | 49,600 | 49,600 |
| Steve Chanthabouasy | 49,400 | -36,000 |
| Zachary Fahmie | 49,400 | 0 |
| Dejuante Alexander | 49,300 | 300 |
| Larry Smart | 49,200 | 12,700 |
| Stephen Hayes | 49,100 | 49,100 |
| James Broom | 49,100 | 49,100 |
| David Maudlin | 49,100 | -11,900 |
| Chuck Myers | 48,500 | 1,500 |
| Larry Woolf | 48,500 | 48,500 |
| Ryan Hazzard | 48,500 | 48,500 |
| Roland Deslippe | 48,000 | 48,000 |
| Jean Montury | 48,000 | 0 |
| Robert Griffin | 47,900 | 47,900 |
| Keun Kwak | 47,600 | 47,600 |
| Robert Levin | 47,500 | 47,500 |
| Daniel Turner | 47,500 | 47,500 |
| Gajan Jeganathan | 47,000 | 47,000 |
| Thomas Christgen | 47,000 | 47,000 |
| Jitender Amar | 46,500 | 46,500 |
| Thomas Hunt | 46,400 | 46,400 |
| Charles Ayen | 46,000 | 46,000 |
| James Rann | 45,800 | 45,800 |
| Michael Stembera | 45,600 | 45,600 |
| George Turner | 45,400 | 45,400 |
| Abu Hamza Bin Khalek | 45,400 | 45,400 |
| Cary Katz | 45,100 | -34,900 |
| Andrew Shack | 44,900 | 44,900 |
| Ryan Leng | 44,900 | -80,100 |
| Christopher Stephenson | 44,800 | 44,800 |
| Jack King | 44,800 | 44,800 |
| Jason Pritchard | 44,800 | 44,800 |
| James Slater | 44,700 | 44,700 |
| Dieter Dammeier | 44,700 | 44,700 |
| Scott Wright | 44,200 | 44,200 |
| Michael Fisk | 44,200 | 44,200 |
| Michael Maresca | 44,200 | 44,200 |
| Michael Katz | 44,100 | 44,100 |
| Ronnie Day | 43,500 | 43,500 |
| Paul Fehlig | 43,200 | 43,200 |
| Seth Kugler | 43,200 | 43,200 |
| Kenneth Jacoby | 43,000 | 43,000 |
| Stephen Brown | 43,000 | 43,000 |
| John Villanueva | 43,000 | 43,000 |
| Kenneth Goldman | 42,900 | 42,900 |
| Ray Hunter | 42,700 | 42,700 |
| Allen Saft | 42,700 | 42,700 |
| Xilian Liu | 42,300 | 42,300 |
| David Hong | 42,200 | 42,200 |
| Amar Singer | 42,100 | 42,100 |
| David Bortolucci | 42,100 | 42,100 |
| Lloyd Mandel | 42,100 | 42,100 |
| David Paredes | 42,000 | 1,000 |
| Daniel Merrilees | 42,000 | 42,000 |
| Romain Lewis | 41,900 | 5,900 |
| Enrico Mirabelli | 41,900 | 41,900 |
| Osman Ihlamur | 41,700 | 41,700 |
| Matthew Burrell | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| Justin Kruger | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| Matthew Mallady | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| James Sileo | 41,300 | -10,575 |
| Marc Foggin | 41,300 | 41,300 |
| Laurie Hilton | 41,300 | -6,700 |
| Eric Li | 40,800 | 40,800 |
| Virgil Werner | 40,800 | 40,800 |
| Ryan Arguello | 40,600 | 40,600 |
| Anthony Newman | 40,300 | 300 |
| Richard Anthony | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Antonio Gutierrez | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| John Lane | 39,900 | 39,900 |
| Joseph Mormino | 39,900 | 39,900 |
| William Hernan | 39,800 | 39,800 |
| Diego Cordovez | 39,600 | 39,600 |
| Michael Graffeo | 39,500 | 39,500 |
| Duane Wellnitz | 39,400 | 39,400 |
| Edward Mcnamara | 39,200 | 39,200 |
| Mathew Moore | 39,000 | 39,000 |
| Kevin Jablon | 39,000 | 39,000 |
| Michael Jensen | 39,000 | 7,850 |
| Vinh Le | 38,800 | 38,800 |
| Jun Ishii | 38,700 | 38,700 |
| Guy Calvert | 38,600 | 38,600 |
| Robert Brown | 38,600 | 38,600 |
| Frank Digiorgio | 38,400 | 38,400 |
| Chris Goodrow | 38,100 | 38,100 |
| He Huang | 38,100 | 38,100 |
| Daniel Thomson | 37,800 | 37,800 |
| Gavin Griffin | 37,600 | -18,400 |
| Richard Mcdonald | 37,500 | 37,500 |
| Nicholas Wright | 37,500 | 37,500 |
| Matt Livingston | 37,500 | 37,500 |
| Warren Teal | 37,300 | 37,300 |
| Joseph Koons | 37,100 | 37,100 |
| Carlos Caputo | 36,900 | 36,900 |
| Patrick Horrigan | 36,900 | 36,900 |
| Shiva Dudani | 36,700 | 36,700 |
| Brian Gottlieb | 36,600 | 36,600 |
| Eric Semel | 36,500 | 36,500 |
| Danel Reymer | 36,500 | 36,500 |
| Zachary Smiley | 36,300 | -6,200 |
| Jonathan Poche | 36,300 | 36,300 |
| Joe McKeehen | 36,200 | 4,200 |
| John Roh | 36,200 | 36,200 |
| Kevin Petersen | 36,000 | 36,000 |
| Kurt Lichtman | 35,600 | 35,600 |
| Mina Greco | 35,500 | -24,500 |
| Anderson Ireland | 35,400 | -22,600 |
| Brian Montag | 35,100 | 35,100 |
| James Millman | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Russell Cornwell | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| William Lonsdale | 34,800 | 34,800 |
| Spencer White | 34,700 | -35,300 |
| Scott Schenck | 34,600 | 34,600 |
| Timur Margolin | 34,400 | 34,400 |
| Austin Lewis | 34,300 | 34,300 |
| Mark Johnson Jr | 34,300 | 34,300 |
| Tyler Groth | 34,100 | 34,100 |
| Louis Nyberg | 33,900 | 33,900 |
| Jason Banfield | 33,700 | -2,300 |
| Thomas Tripp | 33,700 | 33,700 |
| Brandon Ageloff | 33,700 | -16,300 |
| Maria Konnikova | 33,500 | -14,000 |
| Lyndon Knutson | 33,100 | 33,100 |
| Ting Ho | 32,000 | 32,000 |
| David Clarke | 31,800 | 31,800 |
| Wally Shearer | 31,800 | 31,800 |
| Florian Duta | 31,500 | -44,500 |
| Justin Sternberg | 31,500 | 31,500 |
| Anthony Hope | 31,300 | 31,300 |
| Ryan Van Sanford | 31,200 | -91,550 |
| Henry Fewster | 31,100 | 31,100 |
| Adam Grovenstein | 31,000 | 31,000 |
| Joseph Martucci | 30,100 | 30,100 |
| Matthew Voorhees | 30,000 | -75 |
| Scott Solomon | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Paul Ryan | 29,400 | 29,400 |
| Chris Bolek | 29,300 | -50,700 |
| Oleksandr Vaserfirer | 29,100 | 29,100 |
| Luke Donato | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| Blake Luther | 28,600 | 28,600 |
| Marc Mills | 28,600 | 28,600 |
| Kalidou Sow | 28,000 | -6,000 |
| Justin Ouimette | 27,900 | -28,100 |
| Shawn Quinn | 27,600 | 27,600 |
| Andrea Salamone | 27,400 | 27,400 |
| David Prociak | 27,400 | 27,400 |
| Antonio Payne | 27,200 | -23,000 |
| Nicholas Pupillo | 27,100 | 27,100 |
| John Leman | 27,100 | 27,100 |
| David Smith | 26,800 | 26,800 |
| Kipley Fiebig | 26,500 | 26,500 |
| Tom McEvoy | 26,300 | 26,300 |
| Jason Koon | 26,200 | 7,200 |
| Tonia Williams | 26,000 | 26,000 |
| Charles Barker | 25,900 | -21,100 |
| Tab Thiptinnakon | 25,600 | 25,600 |
| Samuel Gagnon | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Sang Liu | 24,800 | 24,800 |
| Daniel Jordan | 24,500 | 24,500 |
| Virginia Cassavetes | 24,200 | 24,200 |
| Michael Perrone | 23,700 | -23,300 |
| Bryce Eckhart | 23,700 | 23,700 |
| Zhitao Liu | 23,600 | 23,600 |
| Andy Miller | 23,500 | 23,500 |
| Joseph Orsino | 23,200 | 23,200 |
| Manuel Mutke | 22,700 | 22,700 |
| Adrien Allain | 22,700 | -29,300 |
| Julian Parmann | 22,200 | 22,200 |
| Parker Drew | 22,200 | 22,200 |
| Anthony Howell | 22,100 | 22,100 |
| Henry Chan | 21,800 | 21,800 |
| Terry Riley | 21,700 | 21,700 |
| Jarred Graham | 21,600 | 21,600 |
| Richard Winkelman | 21,200 | 21,200 |
| Ryan Tosoc | 21,100 | -23,900 |
| Dung Gomer Nguyen | 20,500 | 20,500 |
| John Beauprez | 20,400 | -4,600 |
| Lena Evans | 19,900 | -5,100 |
| Michael Slate | 19,300 | 19,300 |
| Steve Ryan | 19,200 | 19,200 |
| Jesus Espinosa | 19,000 | 19,000 |
| Gaelle Baumann | 18,900 | -68,100 |
| Refael Lavi | 18,900 | 18,900 |
| Mark Rabel | 18,800 | 18,800 |
| Philippe Dauteuil | 18,800 | 18,800 |
| Bryan Campanello | 18,700 | 18,700 |
| Zev Mandel | 18,500 | 18,500 |
| Michael Holinko | 18,400 | 18,400 |
| Jay Rasik Modi | 18,300 | 18,300 |
| Zachary Mcdiarmid | 17,600 | 17,600 |
| Stephen Bierman | 17,000 | -500 |
| Hassan Mechammil | 16,900 | -31,100 |
| Jacqueline Beitton | 16,800 | 16,800 |
| Chan Ping San | 16,800 | 16,800 |
| Andre Akkari | 16,500 | -39,500 |
| David Farah | 16,300 | 16,300 |
| Eemil Tuominen | 16,100 | 16,100 |
| Ronald Zucker | 15,500 | 15,500 |
| Thomas Tomaski | 15,400 | 15,400 |
| Jeff Flannery | 15,100 | -31,975 |
| Paul Pires Trigo | 14,900 | 14,900 |
| Sylvain Naets | 14,500 | 14,500 |
| Victor Ramdin | 14,300 | -44,700 |
| Tony Dunst | 14,300 | -23,700 |
| Lisa Costello | 14,100 | -39,900 |
| Ran Azor | 14,100 | -40,900 |
| Arne Ruge | 14,000 | 1,500 |
| Nikolai Yakovenko | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| Daniel Vargas | 13,900 | 13,900 |
| Saleem Delawalla | 13,800 | 13,800 |
| Duane Graff | 13,600 | 13,600 |
| Robert Stevanovski | 13,400 | 13,400 |
| Sebastian Pauli | 13,400 | -49,600 |
| Danny Gonzales | 13,000 | 13,000 |
| Dirk Luenzer | 12,900 | 12,900 |
| Pratyush Buddiga | 12,700 | -17,300 |
| Don Himpele | 12,400 | 12,400 |
| Nick Rampone | 12,300 | 12,300 |
| Alexander Venosa | 11,700 | 11,700 |
| Adalberto Elias | 10,700 | 10,700 |
| Terry Fan | 10,700 | 10,700 |
| Randal Heeb | 10,400 | 10,400 |
| Bo Henrysson | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Garry Kalmanovich | 9,700 | 9,700 |
| Aaron Mathis | 6,200 | 6,200 |
| Kirk Shelmerdine | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 11:07 PM Local Time
Nguyen Busts Lamb at the Very End
Jerry Yang has been eliminated and Ben Lamb was not to be found in his seat anymore either, while Truyen Nguyen jumped into the late lead. According to Nguyen, he flopped a flush draw with the on a flop and called the shove of a short stack, who held . Lamb went over the top for little more with a set of eights and Nguyen called that too to spike the on the river for the flush and double knockout.
| Truyen Nguyen | 320,000 | 110,000 |
| Ben Lamb | 0 | -65,000 |
| Jerry Yang | 0 | -36,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:57 PM Local Time
Miculitzki Loses at the End
Gaston Miculitzki had one of the bigger stacks in the orange section of the Amazon room. Right at the end of Day 1a he put a portion of his stack in the middle against two opponents, but it was a hard task to win with against and .
The board ran out and the strongest hand held up. Miculitzki still has a good stack, but it could've been a lot more to bag at the end of the night.
| Gaston Miculitzki | 140,000 | 140,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:57 PM Local Time
Five More Hands
The clocks have been stopped with 10 minutes left in the level and five more hands will be played for tonight.
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:53 PM Local Time
Boudreau Adding to His Stack
Kevin Boudreau opened to 1,500 from early position and Chuck Myers called from late position. The flop fell and action checked to Myers who bet 1,700.
Boudreau made the call and the turn came the . Both players checked and the river was the . Boudreau then bet 1,000, Myers called and Boudreau turned over for a full house, Myers mucked.
| Kevin Boudreau | 151,000 | 5,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:52 PM Local Time
Lamb Escapes From Elimination
Not long ago Ben Lamb had jammed into a bet and a raise by Truyen Nguyen, and got through with it by forcing folds. This time, he was called, however, and had a sweat for his tournament life.
On the turn, Nguyen bet 13,000 and Lamb moved all in for 52,375. Nguyen gave it some thought and called to table the for a straight and an open-ended straight flush draw. Lamb had the for the second nut flush draw and the on the river brought a straight on the board to chop it up.
| Truyen Nguyen | 210,000 | 5,000 |
| Ben Lamb | 65,000 | -5,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:42 PM Local Time
Nia Takes from Reijmer
Daniel Reijmer opened to 1,300 from middle position. Michael Nia, in the small blind, called.
The flop was . Nia checked. Reijmer bet 1,600. Nia check-called. The turn brought the . Nia checked again. Reijmer continued for 4,000. Nia check-called.
The filled up the river. This time, Nia led for 5,000. Reijmer tank-called. Nia tabled and Reijmer sent his hand to the muck.
| Michael Nia | 53,000 | 6,000 |
| Daniel Reijmer | 25,000 | -26,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:39 PM Local Time
Gavin Gets Three Streets
Lexy Gavin raised to 1,300 from middle position and Scott Strode called. The small blind called and they went three handed to the flop. The small blind checked and Gavin bet 1,500.
Strode called and the small blind quickly folded. The turn was the and Gavin fired out a bet of 4,100. "Alright one more card" Strode said and he made the call.
The river was the and Gavin fired a third bullet betting 4,700. Strode called, Gavin turned over her and Strode flashed before he mucked.
| Lexy Gavin | 95,000 | 33,000 |
| Scott Strode | 65,300 | -28,700 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:37 PM Local Time
Frye Busts to Nguyen
After a raise by the player in the under-the-gun position, a short-stacked Jeffrey Frye moved all in for 4,850 and the next two players folded. While this happened, the dealer swooped up the cards and accidentally grabbed one of Frye's cards, which immediately triggered some confusion. The floor was called and the players were asked which cards they had, the floorman then inspected all cards before giving Frye one card back. Action folded all the way around to Scotty Nguyen in the small blind and he called, the initial raiser folded.
Frye turned over and Nguyen had the ... there was no upset story on a board of and Frye was eliminated.
"Sorry man, I didn't even look at my cards, I wouldn't do that," Nguyen apologized to Frye after all was done and dusted, a large rail had gathered nearby to see all unfold.
| Scotty Nguyen | 80,000 | 20,000 |
| Jeffrey Frye | 0 | 0 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:33 PM Local Time
Perez and Carnero Take a Coinflip
Martin Carnero opened from the button and Cesar Perez moved all in for 12,600. Carnero called and the two showed their hands.
Martin Carnero:
Cesar Perez:
The board ran out and Carnero's full house sent Perez home.
| Martin Carnero | 128,500 | 27,500 |
| Cesar Perez | 0 | -59,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:26 PM Local Time
Petrone Backdoors Trips
A player in early position raised and Ray Romano called.
"I want to play this pot with Ray," said Luigi Petrone who called, and Joe Hachem called from the button. The small blind called as well and they went five-handed to the flop.
It checked to Petrone who bet 4,025 and the original raiser called. They went heads-up to the turn and the player check-called a bet of 5,000 from Petrone.
The river was the and the player checked to Petrone who bet 15,000. His opponent went into the tank for about 20 seconds and called. Petrone turned over for trips jacks and the player tossed his hand into the muck.
| Luigi Petrone | 138,000 | 23,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:24 PM Local Time
Phan Check-Raising
The player on the cutoff opened to 1,200. Quyen Phan, in the big blind, called.
The flop came and Phan checked. The original raiser bet 1,000 and Phan called.
The dealer burned and turned the and Phan checked again. The cutoff continued for 2,500 and Phan check-called.
The river filled up the board. Phan checked. The cutoff threw in a bet of 3,500 and Phan check-raised to 12,000. Her opponent took a few seconds of reflection: ''You have ace-nine, huh?'' After a few more seconds, he continued, ''Ten-jack? Double-gutter?'' Phan made no reaction and he proceeded to call.
Phan tabled and her opponent showed before mucking his hand.
| Quyen Phan | 118,000 | 23,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:23 PM Local Time
Big Double-Up for Jivkov
Nick Jivkov just scored a big double-up through Daniel Strelitz. The chips were already in the middle when we arrived at the table and four of the five community cards were already on the board.
Strelitz was holding and Jivkov had on the board. The river was the inconsequential and Jivkov scored a big double-up while Strelitz had quite the setback.
| Nick Jivkov | 170,000 | 84,000 |
| Daniel Strelitz | 34,000 | -81,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:23 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Kevin Boudreau | 146,000 | 26,000 |
| Alexandru Papazian | 135,000 | 10,000 |
| Chuck Thompson | 71,000 | 14,000 |
| Dan Smith | 64,000 | |
| Christopher Kruk | 62,000 | -3,000 |
| Arne Ruge | 12,500 | -8,500 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:17 PM Local Time
Pyne Chips Up With a Full House
On the flop of , action checked over to Jake Daniels and he bet 2,600. Richard Pyne in the small blind just called and Daryoush Mahboubifardi in the big blind check-raised all in for around 40,000. Daniels folded after brief consideration and Pyne called instantly.
Daryoush Mahboubifardi:
Richard Pyne:
"Oh, wow! You trapped me," Daniels said while the board completed with the turn and river. Daniels added in that he would have turned a flush and bet big, while the pot was sent over to Pyne.
| Jake Daniels | 185,000 | 19,200 |
| Richard Pyne | 125,000 | 125,000 |
| Daryoush Mahboubifardi | 0 | 0 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:14 PM Local Time
Lamb Jams Up His Stack
In a three-way pot to the flop, Ben Lamb checked from early position and faced a bet worth 3,100. Truyen Nguyen on the button raised it up to 13,100 and Lamb then moved all in for 44,250. The initial bettor got out of the way and Nguyen also sent his cards into the muck.
"Nice bluff, I let you go," Nguyen added and was shown the .
The other player in the hand said, "I had a nice overpair, but difficult to call with him [Nguyen] behind."
| Truyen Nguyen | 205,000 | -15,000 |
| Ben Lamb | 70,000 | 41,000 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:08 PM Local Time
Zimmerman Starting to Pick Up Traction
The board read and Joshua Zimmerman bet 12,000 into a pot that was around 19,000. The opponent in the cutoff made the call and the river then fell the .
Zimmerman moved all in for just under 40,000 and more than enough to cover his opponent's remaining 14,900. His opponent thought for a few moments and then made the call. Zimmerman turned over for rivered trip kings and his opponent mucked his hand.
| Joshua Zimmerman | 95,400 | 48,900 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:06 PM Local Time
Pupillo's River Bet Gets It Done
Three players saw the turn on the board and Matt Waxman bet 2,500 into a main pot of about 4,000. The player in middle position called and Nick Pupillo raised to 11,500.
Waxman called and they went heads-up to the river. Waxman checked and Pupillo threw out a bet of 22,000. Waxman went deep into the tank and nearly called but stopped just before he moved forward with the chips. He eventually folded and Pupillo took the pot without showdown.
| Matt Waxman | 79,000 | -1,000 |
| Nick Pupillo | 69,500 | 29,500 |
Monday, July 2, 2018 10:03 PM Local Time
Frasca Chipping Higher
Brian Frasca opened to 1,200 under the gun. Anderson Ireland, in the hijack, was the only caller.
A flop reading was dealt and checked through to the turn. Frasca bet 1,500. His opponent called. The river completed the board. Both players checked. Frasca tabled . His opponent sent his hand to the muck.
| Brian Frasca | 155,000 | 20,000 |
| Anderson Ireland | 58,000 | 3,000 |