Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:46 PM Local Time
Bicknell Loses Half of Her Stack
Picking up the action on the turn, Kristen Bicknell checked from the cutoff and the button moved forward a bet of 100,000. The board read with around 180,000 in the middle already. Bicknell made the call and the completed the board.
Bicknell checked again and her opponent quickly shoved all in for 170,000. "You won't believe what I'm going to fold here," Bicknell said as she looked back at her cards. A few seconds later, Bicknell did lay down her hand. "I know for sure you have ace-king or ace-queen," she continued. "I folded ace-jack."
"Why didn't you show?" her opponent asked.
"I lost the pot, I'm not supposed to show," Bicknell responded with a sarcastic laugh. "You won, you should show."
| Kristen Bicknell | 220,000 | -295,000  |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:44 PM Local Time
Updated Counts
| Nirath Rean | 2,410,000 | 480,000  |
| Konstantin Beylin | 2,370,000 | 970,000 |
| Alexander Lynskey | 1,374,000 | 174,000 |
| James Akenhead | 1,320,000 | 35,000 |
| Yueqi Zhu | 1,170,000 | -155,000 |
| Ludovic Geilich | 880,000 | 240,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 855,000 | -45,000 |
| Jonathan Duhamel | 442,000 | -158,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:37 PM Local Time
Harvell Recovering Slowly
Action was three ways on a flop of and Justin Harvell was first to act from the small blind. He checked and the second player in the hand checked before the third player put out a bet of 28,000. Harvell called while the other player folded.
Harvell and his opponent checked it down on the turn and the river and Harvell showed down his for two pair, aces and kings, and it was enough to earn him the pot to chip back up to around 650,000 chips.
| Justin Harvell | 650,000 | 200,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:36 PM Local Time
Stone Moves Over a Million
The action folded to a player on the button and he raised to 25,000. Katie Stone defended her big blind and they went heads up to the flop. Stone check-called a bet of 23,000 and the dealer burned and turned the .
Stone led out with a bet of 55,000 and her opponent raised to 145,000. Stone called and both players checked the river card. Stone turned over for aces up and the player mucked and Stone moves over the million chip mark.
| Katie Stone | 1,100,000 | 0 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:36 PM Local Time
Nguyen Doubles Through Kubaliak in Huge Flip
We found all the money getting pushed in between Loc Nguyen in middle position and Tomas Kubaliak on the button. The former had and the latter , so a massive flip worth nearly 1.5 million was in progress. The dealer ran out , so Nguyen looked cooked, but the river saved him and he pounded the table in celebration.
Kubaliak sent over 720,000, leaving himself with crumbs.
| Loc Nguyen (AL) | 1,470,000 | 1,469,999 |
| Tomas Kubaliak | 45,000 | -955,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:26 PM Local Time
Josephy Takes from Alaei
Cliff Josephy raised to 28,000 from late position and Daniel Alaei called from the big blind. They went heads up to flop and Alaei checked. The dealer burned and turned the and Alaei checked.
Josephy threw out a bet of 64,000 and Alaei quickly folded.
| Cliff Josephy | 1,750,000 | 150,000 |
| Daniel Alaei | 805,000 | 60,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:26 PM Local Time
Todd Eliminated
On a board of , Eugene Todd shoved all in for roughly a pot-size bet of 240,000.
His opponent immediately called, tabling his to dominate Todd's .
No jack came on the river for Todd as it was the , and Todd headed to the rail.
| Eugene Todd | 0 | -570,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:26 PM Local Time
586th - 603rd Place Finishers
These players earned $23,940 for their showing in the Main Event.
| Robert Sherwood | 0 | -413,000 |
| Elizabeth Montizanti | 0 | 0 |
| Yannik Hofmann | 0 | -43,000 |
| Alexander Kuzmin | 0 | -130,000 |
| Jaideep Sajwan | 0 | -104,000 |
| Andy Phan | 0 | -359,000 |
| Robert Williams | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Burstein | 0 | -135,000 |
| Michael Zuckerman | 0 | -239,000 |
| Mark Mazz | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Ivanov | 0 | -95,000 |
| Toby Boas | 0 | -159,000 |
| Samuel Welbourne | 0 | -285,000 |
| Debby Perkins | 0 | -424,000 |
| Michael Stokey | 0 | -437,000 |
| Charles Nelson Robinson | 0 | -407,000 |
| Gergely Kulcsar | 0 | -554,000 |
| Alan Cutler | 0 | -390,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:26 PM Local Time
Bercovici Shoves Dark, Shows
Hari Bercovici shoved all in dark after he checked from under the gun and an opponent in the hijack checked back on . It was about 450,000 into a pot of 260,000 and the river came a . The hijack folded in short order and Bercovici turned over .
| Hari Bercovici | 3,215,000 | 515,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:25 PM Local Time
Time Expires for the Magician
Picking up the action on the turn with the board showing , Andreas Kniep checked over to Antonio Esfandiari who put out a bet of an unknown amount. Kniep then decided to check-raise, making it 100,000 total, and Esfandiari called.
The river was the and Kniep led out for 125,000 and Esfandiari dropped into the tank. He thought for several minutes before someone at the table called the clock. When the floor was called over, the dealer said he didn't think that Esfandiari had been given enough time yet, but several players at the table protested, saying he had at least four minutes to act already. Because of that, Esfandiari was given a 30-second countdown and he thought through the first 25 seconds without making a decision. As the floor began his five-second countdown, Esfandiari looked at him and asked a question.
"Wait, you don't give a 10-second countdown anymore?" he asked.
The floor paused to explain that players only get a five-second countdown now, with just two seconds remaining for Esfandiari to make a decision. The floor then declared Esfandiari's hand dead and he was forced to fold.
"That hurt," Esfandiari said. Kniep then agreed to show one card per some arrangement the table had made and he showed the , for at least trips.
"What would you do if I just shoved," Esfandiari said. "Just rep the nines."
"I probably would've folded," Kniep said.
| Antonio Esfandiari | 1,320,000 | -80,000 |
| Andreas Kniep | 850,000 | 130,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:22 PM Local Time
Tolpingrud Jams Into Hecklen
Henrik Hecklen made it 45,000 to go on the button and Nils Tolpingrud three-bet to 175,000 out of the big blind. Hecklen asked for the stack size of Tolpingrud at the start of the hand and made the call shortly after. The flop brought a bet of 140,000 by Tolpingrud and Hecklen came along to see the on the turn.
Tolpingrud almost immediately moved all in and Hecklen folded, leaving himself with just shy of a million.
| Nils Tolpingrud | 1,450,000 | -270,000 |
| Henrik Hecklen | 975,000 | 186,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:22 PM Local Time
Elias Chipping Up
The player in the cutoff raised and Darren Elias defended his big blind.
The flop came down and Elias check-called 25,000 from his opponent. The turn was the , both players checked, the river was the , and Elias bet 85,000. His opponent called after a few moments.
Elias tabled for queens full of kings, his opponent mucked, and Elias won the pot.
| Darren Elias | 1,460,000 | 665,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:20 PM Local Time
Mercurio Doubles Through Schindler
In a battle of button versus big blind, Matt Mercurio was all in and at risk for 159,000 with the and Jake Schindler looked him up with the . The board came and Mercurio hit the seven on the turn to double and remain in contention.
| Jake Schindler | 900,000 | -120,000 |
| Matt Mercurio | 340,000 | -106,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:18 PM Local Time
Assorted Counts from Amazon Orange
| Dennis Wilke | 2,020,000 | -80,000 |
| Chanracy Khun | 1,600,000 | 971,000 |
| Konstantin Beylin | 1,400,000 | 50,000 |
| Ben Yu | 1,150,000 | 100,000 |
| Vi Do | 1,100,000 | -100,000 |
| Ivan Luca | 1,050,000 | 155,000 |
| Amauri Grutka | 850,000 | 300,000 |
| Benjamin Pollak | 750,000 | -15,000 |
| Dominik Panka | 600,000 | -5,000 |
| Arturas Astrauskas | 481,000 | 312,000 |
| Sean Prendiville | 430,000 | 300,000 |
| Scott Davies | 420,000 | -60,000 |
| Jean Gaspard | 400,000 | 240,000 |
| Barbara Enright | 360,000 | 5,000 |
| Maxim Panyak | 350,000 | -257,000 |
| Rocco Palumbo | 280,000 | -30,000 |
| Jake Schwartz | 210,000 | -53,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:15 PM Local Time
Rheem Spikes River and Takes the Chip Lead
Chino Rheem opened to 30,000 in middle position before his opponent three-bet to 79,000 from the cutoff.
The action folded back to Rheem, and he called and stated, "Action is on you, sir!"
The dealer spread a flop, and with the action on the cutoff, he bet out 90,000 and responded, "Now the action is on you!"
Rheem paused, grabbed a stack of chips, and added, "Nope, it's back on you!"
Rheem had dropped in a stack of green 25,000-denomination chips amounting to a check-raise of roughly 600,000. His opponent immediately tossed in a few chips to signify he had called all in for 548,000.
Rheem:
Opponent:
The turn of the changed little but reduce Rheem's outs by one, but when the fell on the river, Rheem would eliminate his opponent and climb into the chip lead.
| Chino Rheem | 3,493,000 | 623,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:13 PM Local Time
604th - 615th Place Finishers
Here is the last batch of eliminated players who collected $21,750 for their efforts.
| John Henwood | 0 | -269,000 |
| David Eilers | 0 | -524,000 |
| Stephen Chimelski | 0 | -148,000 |
| Dejan Pustoslemsek | 0 | -32,800 |
| James Romero | 0 | -470,000 |
| Pierce Mckellar | 0 | -279,000 |
| Keith Lutz | 0 | -361,000 |
| Andrew Michael | 0 | -330,000 |
| Johnny Chan | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Cohen | 0 | -322,000 |
| Scot Robinson | 0 | -140,000 |
| Ken Einiger | 0 | 0 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:08 PM Local Time
Dub for Kanit
Mustapha Kanit shoved on the button for about 190,000 and the small blind reshipped to isolate. Matthew Smith tank-folded in the big blind.
Mustapha Kanit:
Small blind:
The flip went to Kanit as the board just missed the small blind.
| Mustapha Kanit | 410,000 | 60,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:07 PM Local Time
Stephen Song Moves All In
An early-position player raised to 27,000 and Paul Volpe called from the button. With the action on Stephen Song in the big blind, he moved all in for 386,000. The players quickly folded and Song took the pot.
| Stephen Song | 464,000 | 34,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:07 PM Local Time
Brunson Eliminated by Price
All the money went in before the flop between Todd Brunson and Oliver Price with Brunson all in for right around 150,000.
Todd Brunson:
Oliver Price:
There was no luck for Brunson when the flop fell , leaving him in a massive hole drawing to running jacks. The turn was the and that sealed the deal, rendering the on the river meaningless. Brunson hit the rail while Price moved to a bit under 400,000 chips.
| Oliver Price | 390,000 | 169,000 |
| Todd Brunson | 0 | -200,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:06 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Orange
| Shankar Pillai | 1,670,000 | 410,000 |
| James Obst | 1,080,000 | 440,000 |
| Katie Stone | 900,000 | -25,000 |
| Ivan Luca | 895,000 | 145,000 |
| Richard Gryko | 700,000 | -400,000 |
| Eric Fields | 400,000 | -63,000 |
| Brian Green | 390,000 | 5,000 |
| Sparrow Cheung | 365,000 | -101,000 |
| Kane Lai | 350,000 | 47,000 |
| Matthew Reed | 325,000 | 65,000 |
| Tom Hall | 280,000 | -200,000 |
| Jessica Dawley | 135,000 | -45,000 |
| Brent Hanks | 0 | -386,000 |