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2018 World Series of Poker
Markus Gonsalves raised to 50,000 from the cutoff. Phil Hellmuth took his time on the button, took a good look at Gonsalves, then slid in a call. Grayson Ramage three-bet shoved 484,000 from the big blind.
Gonsalves folded but Hellmuth instantly picked up a stack of chips to call.
Grayson Ramage:
Phil Hellmuth:
"Knew it," Gonsalves said.
There was a bit of sweat for the 14-time bracelet winner but the board ended up safe. Ramage received $15,726 for his 17th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Hellmuth |
2,100,000
645,000
|
645,000 |
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Grayson Ramage | Busted |
Chance Kornuth shoved all in for his last 1,000 from late position. Eric Hicks raised to 75,000 from the hijack and got no further action.
Chance Kornuth:
Eric Hicks:
The board ran out to give Kornuth a pair of nines on the flop for him to quadruple his shove and pick up all the antes.
The hand right after that, Kornuth shoved for 36,000 from mid-position and was called by Steven Wolansky in the big blind.
Chance Kornuth:
Steven Wolansky:
The board ran out for Wolansky's high cards to hold and take out Kornuth in 18th place today.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steven Wolansky |
405,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
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Chance Kornuth | Busted | |
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Chance Kornuth shoved all in for 154,000 from the cutoff and Rob Tepper called all in for 144,000 in the big blind.
Chance Kornuth:
Rob Tepper:
No help for Kornuth during the rundown and he was left with a mere 10,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rob Tepper |
340,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
Chance Kornuth |
10,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Fontan |
840,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Petar Kalev |
700,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Paul Hoefer |
565,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
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Griffin Benger |
560,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Eric Hicks |
430,000
-470,000
|
-470,000 |
Ralph Wong |
400,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Steven Wolansky |
330,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
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Chance Kornuth |
150,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
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Rob Tepper |
145,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alan Sternberg |
1,525,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
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Phil Hellmuth |
1,455,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
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Ken Fishman |
870,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Matt Glantz |
690,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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Markus Gonsalves |
600,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Robert Georato |
520,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
Grayson Ramage |
475,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Aliaksei Boika |
420,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Jeremy Ausmus |
390,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
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Seat | Table #492 | Table #493 |
---|---|---|
1 | Matt Glantz | Paul Hoefer |
2 | Robert Georato | Rob Tepper |
3 | Markus Gonsalves | Griffin Benger |
4 | Phil Hellmuth | Petar Kalev |
5 | Ken Fishman | Steven Wolansky |
6 | Grayson Ramage | Ralph Wong |
7 | Aliaksei Boika | Paul Fontan |
8 | Jeremy Ausmus | Chance Kornuth |
9 | Alan Sternberg | Eric Hicks |
Shawn Daniels was all in for 325,000 from early position and Phil Hellmuth came along from the big blind.
Shawn Daniels:
Phil Hellmuth:
Daniels was in a terrible spot but found a silver lining on the flop. The landed on the turn and Markus Gonsalves, not involved in the hand, jumped out his seat in excitement, while Hellmuth remained icy calm.
The river was the and Hellmuth made a flush with his ace of diamonds to knock out Daniels in 19th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Hellmuth |
1,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
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Shawn Daniels | Busted | |
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Jonathan Abdellatif was just eliminated by Alan Sternberg when he ran his for 16 big blinds into the of Sternberg and no help came on the board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alan Sternberg |
1,300,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
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Jonathan Abdellatif | Busted | |
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Rob Tepper raised to 55,000 from mid-position and Chance Kornuth shoved from the button for 172,200 in total. Action folded back to Tepper who called.
Chance Kornuth:
Rob Tepper:
The board ran out for Kornuth and Tepper to both hit a pair of kings on the river but Kornuth held the higher kicker to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chance Kornuth |
390,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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Rob Tepper |
180,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |