Thursday, July 5, 2018 3:06 PM Local Time
Anderson Looks into Trips
On the turn of , Calvin Anderson had the button and faced an 18,000-bet from a player in the big blind. Anderson tossed in calling chips and the river came . Both players checked and Anderson was shown . He couldn't beat that and continued with 49,000.
Calvin Anderson | 49,000 | -5,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 3:06 PM Local Time
Well-Timed Double for Bonomo
As the film crews hovered around Justin Bonomo and the rest of his table, Bonomo gave them exactly what they were looking for. A double up.
Bonomo's all in was for 52,100 and he had tabled the nuts with on an board. Richard Turner, Bonomo's heads-up opponent, matched the wager after rivering a straight with off-suit.
Richard Turner | 154,000 | -46,000 |
Justin Bonomo | 128,000 | 60,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 3:04 PM Local Time
Big Stacks From Pavilion White and Yellow
Samuel Bernabeu | 340,000 | 30,500 |
Smain Mamouni | 295,000 | 0 |
Mohamed Mokrani | 260,000 | 171,300 |
David Cabrera | 245,000 | 245,000 |
Fraser MacIntyre | 234,000 | 89,000 |
Daniel Colpoys | 210,000 | -35,000 |
Sergio Castelluccio | 205,000 | 50,900 |
Phil Galfond | 185,000 | 82,000 |
Chris Ferguson | 165,000 | -3,000 |
Shaun Deeb | 130,000 | -50,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 3:02 PM Local Time
Nguyen Keeps Winning
Bart Lybaert raised to 2,000 from early position and three people called, including Day 1a chip leader Truyen Nguyen from the big blind.
The flop came down and Nguyen took the initiative and lead out with a bet of 2,500. Lybaert and another player folded, but the player on the button called.
The turn was the and Nguyen threw in 13,000. The player on the button folded and Nguyen added some more to his already big stack.
Truyen Nguyen | 350,000 | 10,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:56 PM Local Time
Show for Show
Ali Imsirovic was on the button, tangling with a player in the big blind. The action was on Imsirovic with the turn reading . Imsirovic fired 7,800 and his opponent folded after a while.
"I'll show if you show," Imsirovic offered and the other player turned up . Imsirovic rolled over for a flopped Broadway.
Almedin Imsirovic | 50,000 | -11,500 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:50 PM Local Time
Assorted Counts From Amazon Orange
Truyen Nguyen | 340,000 | 40,000 |
Chris Hunichen | 195,000 | 75,000 |
Jake Schindler | 182,000 | 2,000 |
Bart Lybaert | 136,000 | 54,000 |
Allan Le | 135,000 | 62,500 |
Jonathan Zarin | 120,000 | 20,000 |
Chris Grigorian | 108,000 | 40,400 |
Frank Kassela | 105,000 | -10,000 |
Dylan Honeyman | 103,000 | 23,000 |
Katie Stone | 100,000 | 10,000 |
Jared Bleznick | 100,000 | -55,000 |
Thomas Pettersson | 90,000 | 5,600 |
Tom Marchese | 80,000 | -5,000 |
Kevin Pollak | 70,000 | -5,000 |
David "Bakes" Baker | 21,000 | -15,000 |
Arne Ruge | 15,000 | 5,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:44 PM Local Time
Wien Doesn't Get a Call
There was about 27,000 in the middle already and the flop read . The player in the hijack had bet 22,000 and Jeremy Wien raised to 53,000 from the cutoff. His opponent tanked for a while, even got up from his chair. After a while, he open-folded . Wien showed .
Jeremy Wien | 153,000 | 38,000 |
William Reymond | 121,000 | -38,000 |
Perry Friedman | 66,000 | -16,000 |
Ryan Olisar | 0 | -59,000 |
Yuk Mui | 0 | -30,100 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:43 PM Local Time
Van Zadelhoff Loses One, But Going Up
Steven van Zadelhoff started the day with a stack already worth more than 100,000 and he's been chipping up nicely in the first two levels so far.
In the last hand, Van Zadelhoff called from the button after a player in middle position raised to 1,800. Van Zadelhoff called another bet of 2,800 on the flop and both checked the turn. The river was the and Van Zadelhoff's opponent bet a chunky 7,100 and the Dutchman folded.
Despite losing this hand Van Zadelhoff still has been slowly growing his stack throughout the day so far.
Steven Van Zadelhoff | 176,600 | 16,600 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:40 PM Local Time
Foxen Adds to His Piles
Alex Foxen was in the big blind, checking the flop when we arrived. A player two seats to Foxen's left fired 4,200 and a raise to 15,000 followed from middle position. Foxen called and the first bettor called off for his 13,500 total.
The side pot remained the same after the turn but Foxen led out a small 6,000-bet on the river. He earned a call and showed the for flopped top two. The all in player exposed before heading out of the room while the third player flashed what looked like .
Foxen took down the pot, scoring an elimination on the way. He's now playing 287,000.
Alex Foxen | 287,000 | 77,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:37 PM Local Time
Wang Puts Gray to the Test
The action folded around to Jonathan Gray who raised it up on the button. Michael Wang was in the big blind and three-bet to 6,200. Gray called and the two went heads-up to a flop of .
Wang led out for 7,000 and Gray called to see the fall on the turn. Wang slid in a stack of T5,000 chips, enough to put Gray to the test for his remaining 31,500. Gray thought for a minute and then pushed his cards face down to the muck.
Michael Wang | 98,500 | -2,500 |
Jonathan Gray | 31,500 | -28,500 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:32 PM Local Time
Updated Counts from Pavilion Yellow
Sean Perry | 174,000 | 56,000 |
Brian Altman | 173,000 | 11,800 |
Ben Yu | 147,300 | -10,700 |
Darren Elias | 132,300 | -14,700 |
Farah Galfond | 119,000 | 14,000 |
DJ MacKinnon | 104,000 | -400 |
Michael Marder | 66,800 | 22,600 |
John Holley | 42,000 | -100 |
Sam Cohen | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:31 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Green
Aylar Lie | 160,000 | 42,600 |
Marc MacDonnell | 151,000 | 24,500 |
David Bach | 125,000 | -20,500 |
Adam Friedman | 70,000 | 31,600 |
Eric Kurtzman | 62,000 | -19,000 |
Calvin Anderson | 54,000 | -45,500 |
Scott Clements | 54,000 | -39,500 |
Christopher Frank | 50,000 | 13,600 |
David Pham | 22,000 | -28,800 |
Greg Mueller | 22,000 | -44,300 |
Kristen Bicknell | 19,000 | 3,500 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:29 PM Local Time
Hesp Bests Colpoys
John Hesp bet 3,000 on a flop and opponent Daniel Colpoys called.
The river was the and both players checked. Hesp showed a .
"King any good?" asked Hesp.
Colpoys waited for Hesp to show the as well.
"Yes," said Colpoys, "But that one wasn't," pointing at the jack and indicating he had .
Daniel Colpoys | 245,000 | -8,600 |
John Hesp | 80,000 | 3,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:28 PM Local Time
Metaal gets Value from Berkey
Govert Metaal bet 6,000 into a pot of about 16,000 on the turn of a board and heads-up opponent, Matt Berkey, made the call.
The hit the river and Berkey checked once again. Metaal fired 13,500 and Berket called. Metall tabled the making the nut-flush and Berkey mucked.
Govert Metaal | 248,000 | -12,000 |
Matt Berkey | 129,000 | -16,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:28 PM Local Time
WSOP By the Numbers
Sarah Herring reveals the most interesting and important figures to come out of the 2018 Main Event so far.
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:26 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts Amazon Orange
David Tuchman | 135,000 | -6,000 |
Mikiyo Aoki | 121,500 | 11,500 |
Tom Marchese | 85,000 | 15,000 |
Art Papazyan | 78,000 | -11,000 |
Randall Emmett | 60,000 | -73,400 |
Ray Romano | 36,200 | -22,800 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:24 PM Local Time
Chip Counts and Bustouts From Amazon Purple
James Slattery | 280,000 | 85,000 |
Chris Fraser | 240,000 | -75,000 |
Brian Yoon | 135,000 | 35,000 |
Mina Greco | 120,000 | 60,000 |
Gavin Cochrane | 110,000 | -31,700 |
Vincent Rubianes | 100,000 | 10,300 |
Gordon Vayo | 95,000 | 7,900 |
Sam Soverel | 75,000 | -600 |
Dejuante Alexander | 55,000 | 5,700 |
Raymond Spencer | 0 | -67,800 |
Jorge Walker | 0 | -67,700 |
Ronald Bernstein | 0 | -80,000 |
Francisco Wong Lam | 0 | -53,400 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:23 PM Local Time
Arends and Markholt Clash
The player in the under-the-gun position raised and Lee Markholt (cutoff), Allen Cunningham (small blind) and Jans Arends in the big blind called.
They all checked through the flop to the on the turn. Cunningham checked, Arends bet 3,000. Only Markholt called.
The river completed the board with the on which Arends continued with a bet of 7,000. Markholt folded.
The hand right after, Emile Schiff raised to 2,000 from late position and was called by Markholt in the hijack, Arend in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop came , both Arends, the big blind, and Schiff checked. Markholt bet 4,000. Arends raised to 11,000 without hesitation and picked up the whole pot as the rest quickly folded.
Lee Markholt | 196,000 | 33,500 |
Jans Arends | 127,000 | 13,000 |
Jeff Madsen | 99,000 | 5,000 |
Emile Schiff | 79,000 | -3,000 |
Allen Cunningham | 63,000 | 1,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:21 PM Local Time
Warswick Doubles Up Through Honeyman
Matt Waxman raised from the under the gun position and Christopher Warswick called from middle position. It folded to the button and Dylan Honeyman three-bet to 8,800. Waxman called the bet, but when it was on Warswick again he pushed all in for 35,600. Honeyman called and Waxman was out.
Dylan Honeyman:
Christopher Warswick:
The board ran out and Warswick secured a double up.
Waxman seems to be doing pretty well on the table that is now also joined by Frank Kasella. Waxman is up to 280,000.
Matt Waxman | 280,000 | 159,400 |
Christopher Warswick | 85,000 | 9,200 |
Dylan Honeyman | 80,000 | 0 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:20 PM Local Time
Roberts Ships on Ruffman
The board read and three players were still active in the hand with a little over 15,000 in the middle. Ruth Ruffman led out for 7,300 from the big blind and the cutoff folded. Lauren Roberts was on the button and made the call.
The river brought the and Ruffman counted out her chips and thought for over a minute before tapping the table. Roberts wasted little time before pushing all in for 22,400 and Ruffman sent her cards to the muck.
Ruth Ruffman | 62,500 | 20,200 |
Lauren Roberts | 57,800 | 1,200 |