2018 World Series of Poker

Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
2♣2♠
Prize
$393,693
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,284,200
Entries
243
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000
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Alexander is First Elimination in the Super Turbo Bounty

Will Shillibier
Will Shillibier
Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Duane Alexander opened to 500 and Rafael Bertani defended his big blind. The flop came {5-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Bertani check-called a continuation bet of 1,000.

The turn was the {7-Clubs} and Bertani check-called a bet of 3,000. The river was the {7-Hearts}. This time Bertani bet 6,000. Alexander raised in position to 15,000 and Bertani moved all in.

Alexander wrestled with his decision for a good while. "Am I this tight?" he said aloud to the table. Eventually, he called and showed {3-Spades}{3-Hearts} for a full house.

Bertani turned over {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for a bigger full house, and Alexander became the first elimination of the event.

Player Chips Progress
Rafael Bertani br
Rafael Bertani 		100,000
Duane Alexander us
Duane Alexander 		Busted

Tags: Duane AlexanderRafael Bertani

Former Main Event Champion Nguyen With an Early Error

Will Shillibier
Will Shillibier
Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante
Qui Nguyen
Qui Nguyen

On the very first day of the World Series of Poker it may take some time for players to blow away the cobwebs now they're back at the Rio.

One such player who happens to have good memories of the WSOP is the 2016 Main Event Champion Qui Nguyen who was in the field for Event #2. He was in early position and opened to 5,050. The player on the button stared and asked for a clarification before three-betting all in. The remaining players folded and Nguyen also folded.

"I tell you what," his opponent said, "I had a big pocket pair."

Player Chips Progress
Qui Nguyen us
Qui Nguyen 		45,000
45,000
 45,000
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Qui Nguyen

The First Names

Yori Epskamp
Yori Epskamp
Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

As excepted, the field in the $10,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em sports a lot of recognizable faces, with Darren Elias, Kenny Hallaert, Adam Owen, Stephen Chidwick, Jonathan Duhamel, Koray Aldemir and Mike Leah among the early entrants.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Marc Macdonnell ie
Marc Macdonnell 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bernard Lee us
Bernard Lee 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah 		50,000
50,000
 50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias 		50,000
50,000
 50,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Buckle Up! Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Plays to a Winner Today

Yori Epskamp
Yori Epskamp
WSOP Bracelet
WSOP Bracelet

On the first day of the 2018 World Series of Poker, a WSOP gold bracelet will be up for grabs right away! At 3 p.m. local time, cards go in the air in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for the first open tournament of the series, Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em.

This is one of the new events on the 2018 WSOP calendar. With levels of just 20 minutes, action is expected to move quickly throughout, with players encouraged to gamble it up even further with a spicy $3,000 bounty awarded for each takedown. All players will receive 50,000 in chips to start, blinds will kick off at 100/200 and late registration is open for 12 levels, which is until about 7:40 p.m. local time.

While it's up in the air what the field size will be, with the Super High Roller Bowl attracting the high rollers already and the 25K WSOP Draft being held last night, plenty of players in town are capable of ponying up the requisite five figures to play. An elusive gold WSOP bracelet and the honor of calling themselves the first 2018 WSOP bracelet winner at the end of the night should no doubt lure many of them in to try and start off their summer with a bang.

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Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em

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