Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Jason Somerville and his opponent both checked on the     flop. Somerville had only 12,000 left and his opponent had him well covered. The turn was the   and Somerville checked again. His opponent put in a bet of 2,500 and Somerville tossed all of his chips in the middle after some consideration. His opponent quickly called the remaining 10,000 and the cards went on their backs.

Somerville opened up    for flopped trips and he was miles ahead of his opponent's   . The river was an unfortunate   and that eliminated Somerville from the 2018 Main Event.

Jason Somerville

0

-51,000

A player opened to 1,300 and Farah Galfond raised it to 3,700 from the cutoff. The small blind player called and so did the initial raiser.

The flop came     and after her opponents checked, Galfond continued for 5,000. Only the small blind called. The turn brought a   and both checked to see a   on the river. Galfond's opponent check-called a bet worth 8,000 and tossed his hand into the muck when Galfond showed   .

Farah Galfond

84,000

7,000

A player opened to 1,200 and it was called by the player in the cutoff. John Esposito, situated in the big blind, raised it to 5,500 and after some consideration, both his opponents folded.

After taking down that pot, Esposito, whose bracelet win came in a $2,500 Limit Hold'em event back in 1999, padded out his short stack to 18,000.

John Esposito

18,000

18,000

In a raised pot with a board showing      , the small blind player check-called a bet worth 2,000 from Samuel Bernabeu. The latter tabled    but was dominated by his opponent's    for a better kicker.

The player in the small blind earned pulled in the pot saying: "He's able to lose a pot!", bringing chuckles from the rest of the table.

Even after losing that pot Samuel Bernabeu has now a huge stack worth 302,000.

Samuel Bernabeu

302,000

5,000

Gregor Prizmic Martini just won a pot and is climbing back up to the 50,000 starting stack. After him and his two opponents checked on the      board, Prizmic Martini bet 3,400 in a 5,400 pot when the   river came down. Both his opponents folded and Prizmic Martini showed them    for a rivered set.

Despite winning this pot, Prizmic Martini is still down from the last time we walked by his table. He told us he lost a pre-flop all-in against a short stacked player with tens against aces.

Gregor Prizmic Martini

29,000

-7,000

Gary Kosakowski opened from the button, the player in the small blind moved all in for around 15,000 and Kosakowski made the call.

Gary Kosakowski:   
Opponent:   

The board ran out       and Kosakowski's set of kings took down the pot, eliminating his opponent.

Gary Kosakowski

124,000

13,000

On a raised pot, the flop was showing     with three players involved. Heidi May first checked from the small blind and called a bet worth 1,700 from her opponent after the third player folded.

The turn brought a   and both players checked, as well as on the river  . May turned over    for a pair of kings and it was enough to make her opponent send his hand into the muck.

Heidi May

60,000

-13,000

The flop read    , a player bet and Pedro Padilha then moved all in for 12,425. His opponent called and the players turned over their hands.

Pedro Padilha:   
Opponent:   

The turn was the   and his opponent now picked up some straight outs. The river came the   and changed nothing as Padilha took down the pot with his kings.

A player in late position opened to 1,100 and Peter Vitantonio three-bet to 3,300 from the button. The flop came down     and both players checked.

The turn was the  , the late position opponent led out for 5,500 and Vitantonio called. The river fell the   and both players checked.

Vitantonio showed    for a pair of tens and his opponent showed    for just a pair of fours, Vitantonio scooped in the pot.

Peter Vitantonio

67,500

34,350