Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:42 PM Local Time
Sexton's Ace is Not Good
A player opened to 900 and only Mike Sexton made the call from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked.
The turn brought a and Sexton bet 1,000. His opponent called and the river brought no betting action. Sexton tabled for a pair of aces but mucked when his opponent showed for a better kicker.
| Mike Sexton | 59,000 | -1,500  |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:42 PM Local Time
Lary Doubles Up
There was already nearly 5,000 in the main pot when Justin Lary moved all in on the for 5,625. Roman Kagan called, turning over for top pair, but Lary showed for middle set.
Kagan picked up some additional outs when the hit the turn but the river sealed the deal for Lary who doubled up.
| Roman Kagan | 61,000 | 61,000  |
| Justin Lary | 16,000 | 16,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:37 PM Local Time
Sitbon Chipping Up
On a board reading , Julien Sitbon bet 900 from the under-the-gun position and his opponent made the call. The turn was a and the same action happened, this time for 2,100.
On the river , Sitbon fired 3,750. His opponent folded and Sitbon won the pot.
| Julien Sitbon | 70,000 | 13,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:35 PM Local Time
Morris Takes it on the River
The board was out and was on show. Play was heads-up and Arthur Morris faced a bet of 13,000. "You got the nuts?" he asked, as he made a quick call and turned over . His opponent mucked and Morris collected the pot, his upward trend continuing.
| Arthur Morris | 121,000 | 19,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:34 PM Local Time
Friendly Pot Beetween Mercier and Kanit
The action folded to Mustapha Kanit in the small blind who completed and Jason Mercier checked. "Friendly pot," said Kanit before adding after a flop fell, "not friendly anymore!"
Kanit bet 400 and it was enough to make Mercier quickly fold, saying "OK, show me a queen now."
Kanit tabled with an "eight high, bro!" which made the table laugh.
| Jason Mercier | 57,000 | 57,000 |
| Mustapha Kanit | 52,000 | 21,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:30 PM Local Time
More Chip Counts For Brasilia
| Sam Cohen | 81,500 | 9,500 |
| Farah Galfond | 81,000 | |
| Mike Sexton | 60,500 | 5,000 |
| Julien Sitbon | 57,000 | 17,000 |
| Frederik Jensen | 56,000 | 9,500 |
| Simon Trumper | 47,000 | 17,000 |
| Bas De Laat | 41,500 | -11,500 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:29 PM Local Time
Gardner Scores a Triple-Up
We arrived at the table when the board already had four cards on it, but Robert McKeithen was kind enough to fill us in on the earlier action in the hand once it was over.
Preflop, there was a raise to 1,100 and five people called. The flop was and William Gardner bet 4,000 when it folded to him. McKeithen and another player called and the turn was the .
At this moment it checked to Gardner who put in 10,000 and McKeithen pushed all in. The third player in the hand pushed all in as well and the decision was back on Gardner. He called after a while and the cards went on their backs.
Gardner was holding for a flopped set, but he wasn't in particularly good shape against the of McKeithen and the of the other player involved in the hand.
The river card was the and that gave Gardner a full house. There was a small side pot and McKeithen got half of that, but the majority of the chips went to Gardner who's now sitting pretty on a 130,000 stack.
| William Gardner | 130,000 | 130,000 |
| Robert McKeithen | 10,000 | 10,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:29 PM Local Time
Zamani Takes One Down
Jason Kolbe raised to 1,100 from late position and Ben Zamani reraised to 2,500 from the button. Kolbe called and they went heads-up to the flop. Kolbe checked, Zamani threw out a bet of 1,800, and Kolbe quickly folded.
| Jason Kolbe | 62,000 | 62,000 |
| Ben Zamani | 60,000 | 9,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:26 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Jessica Cullen | 132,000 | 6,000 |
| Benjamin Cheung | 81,000 | 3,000 |
| Oscar Kemps | 74,000 | -17,000 |
| Brandon Meyers | 71,500 | 13,000 |
| Deon Chavon | 70,500 | -6,000 |
| Jordan Siegel | 61,500 | -26,200 |
| Jonathan Roy | 59,500 | -5,500 |
| Jason Young | 59,000 | 14,850 |
| Barny Boatman | 42,000 | 24,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:19 PM Local Time
Assorted Counts
| Adrian Naya Lopez | 130,000 | |
| Max Pescatori | 124,000 | -1,000 |
| Kendra Dieter | 115,000 | 115,000 |
| Jans Arends | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Dan Fleyshman | 70,000 | 4,875 |
| Fraser MacIntyre | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| Chris DeMaci | 67,000 | 67,000 |
| Roberly Felicio | 52,000 | 18,000 |
| Max Greenwood | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| Bruno Kawauti | 40,000 | -3,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:07 PM Local Time
Olisar Triples Up
In the last hand before the break, Michael Song raised from the cutoff. Ryan Olisar moved all in from the small blind for 11,350. Larry Miller called from the big blind, and with the action back on Song he reshoved all in for 48,300. Miller folded and the hands were shown.
Ryan Olisar:
Michael Song:
The board ran out clean for Olisar and he won the flip to more than triple his stack.
| Michael Song | 37,025 | 37,025 |
| Ryan Olisar | 34,725 | 7,225 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 6:06 PM Local Time
Level 4 started
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:52 PM Local Time
Third Break on Day 1b
The third level of the day is over and the players headed out of the Amazon, Brasilia, and Pavilion rooms to enjoy their next 20-minute break. The upcoming 60-minute dinner break will take place toward the end of the next level when the clocks are stopped at approximately 7:35 p.m. local time.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:47 PM Local Time
Vongxaiburana Makes Godwin Fold
The board read and Charlie Godwin called a 4,300 bet from Veerachai Vongxaiburana. The river completed the board and Godwin faced another bet from Vongxaiburana, but this time it was 11,600.
Before the dealer could even verify the amount of the bet, Godwin already folded.
| Veerachai Vongxaiburana | 79,000 | 79,000 |
| Charlie Godwin | 68,000 | |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:46 PM Local Time
Brazis Pumps It Up on the Flop
Mark Brazis limped the button and Matthew Zarcadoolas raised to 2,000 from the small blind. The big blind opponent and Brazis on the button both made the call.
The flop fell and Zarcadoolas bet 3,000. The action folded to Brazis who jacked it up to 8,000 and his opponent then folded.
| Matthew Zarcadoolas | 61,000 | 61,000 |
| Mark Brazis | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:46 PM Local Time
Ladouceur Wins a Small One
On a raised pot with around 4,500 chips in the middle, the board was reading when Marc-Andre Ladouceur bet for 2,500 from the button after his opponent checked. The latter considered it for a minute before folding his hand and Ladouceur grabbed the pot.
| Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 41,000 | 5,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:45 PM Local Time
Mizrachi Loses Some and Wins Some
The flop read and there was about 6,000 in the pot already. Dustin Lee had checked from the hijack and Robert Mizrachi bet 2,600. Lee called.
The turn brought them the , and Lee check-called the 4,500 continuation bet of Mizrachi.
They both checked when the came on the river. Lee tabled for the flopped set of sevens and that was enough to make Mizrachi muck his hand.
The hand right after, Mizrachi raised to 600 and both David Bach and David Gutierrez in the blinds called.
The flop came and both Bach and Gutierrez folded to Mizrachi's continuation bet of 1,700.
| David Bach | 85,000 | 5,050 |
| Robert Mizrachi | 54,000 | 3,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:43 PM Local Time
Bernabeau Keeps Climbing
Samuel Bernabeu continues to build and is getting ever closer to the 200,000 mark. The Spanish pro is already 10th on Spain's all-time money list and has four WSOP cashes to his name.
| Samuel Bernabeu | 186,000 | 9,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:41 PM Local Time
Split Pot for Salter
On a raised pot, the flop was showing with three players involved. The small checked, as well as Louis Salter, and the player in the cutoff bet 1,500. Only Salter made the call.
The turn fell a and Salter check-called for 1,500. The river brought no betting action and Salter turned over for two pair. His opponent tabled with a smile for the same two pair and the pot was split.
| Louis Salter | 27,000 | -9,000 |
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 5:40 PM Local Time
Markholt Loses a Small Pot; Lubenets Vanishes
Lee Markholt bet 1,200 on the three-way turn of and was called by David Augustine only, while the third player in the hand folded. On the river it was Markholt that checked and called a bet of 3,000 to get shown the for bottom set by Augustine, Markholt mucked and dropped a few chips off his above-average stack.
One table over, Valerii Lubenets' seat was open and Kenneth Adams confirmed he had been eliminated by Guy Hadas. On a three-card spade turn, Lubenets moved all in with kings including the , and Hadas snap-called with aces and the . Another spade came on the river and that was it for Lubenets.
| Lee Markholt | 115,000 | 115,000 |
| Erika Weinstein | 115,000 | 115,000 |
| Matthew Ernst | 100,000 | 5,000 |
| Guy Hadas | 85,000 | 85,000 |
| Jeremy Wien | 80,000 | 20,000 |
| Eric Kurtzman | 78,000 | 78,000 |
| Michael Addamo | 70,000 | 7,000 |
| Artem Metalidi | 40,000 | -19,000 |
| Valerii Lubenets | 0 | 0 |