2018 World Series of Poker

Event #20: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$537,710
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,408,700
Entries
518
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000

Merson Surpasses a Hundo

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante
Greg Merson
Greg Merson

Three-way on the {10-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop, Dominik Nitsche was in the big blind calling a 3,700-bet from a player in the small blind. The dealer pulled their bets into the pot but Nitsche reminded him that there was yet another player to act: the 2012 World Champion Greg Merson.

Merson raised to 9,700, the small blind shoved all in for roughly 27,000 and Nitsche quickly escaped. Merson immediately called, having flopped the bottom set with {5-Hearts}{5-Spades}. He was up against {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} and dodged the bullets on the {Q-Diamonds} and {6-Clubs} runout, eliminating his opponent and stacking a large chunk of chips.

Merson is now sitting on 110,000, guarding one of the healthiest stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
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Greg Merson
110,000
57,500
57,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner

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