2018 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 10
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$8,800,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$74,015,600
Entries
7,874
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
500,000

Hands #297-299: Miles Fighting Back

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Heads Up Tony Miles
Heads Up Tony Miles

Hand #297: Tony Miles raised to 6 million from the button and John Cynn defended his big blind.

The flop fell {K-Spades}{J-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Cynn check-called 8 million from Miles. The {9-Diamonds} turn fell, Cynn checked, and Miles bet 16 million. Cynn called, the {7-Diamonds} river completed the board, and both players checked.

Miles tabled {9-Spades}{4-Spades} for nines and fours, besting Cynn's holdings to win the pot.

Hand #298: John Cynn raised to 4 million from the button, Tony Miles three-bet to 16 million from the big blind, and Cynn folded.

Hand #299: Tony Miles raised to 6 million from the button and John Cynn defended his big blind.

They checked to the turn of a {J-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} board where Miles bet 8 million. Cynn called, the {Q-Spades} river completed the board, and both checked.

Cynn tabled {K-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for queens and treys, Miles mucked, and Cynn won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
John Cynn us
John Cynn
233,700,000
-20,300,000
-20,300,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
160,100,000
20,300,000
20,300,000

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

Hands #293-296: Three-Bet Pot for Cynn

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante

Hand #293: Tony Miles raised it up to 6 million and John Cynn forfeited his big blind.

Hand #294: Cynn raised to 5 million and Miles three-bet to 20 million, Cynn sent his cards into the muck.

Hand #295: Miles raised to 6 million and Cynn defended the big blind to see a flop of {J-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Cynn checked, Miles continued for 8 million, and that ended the hand right there.

Hand #296: Cynn raised it up to 4 million and Miles three-bet to 16 million. Cynn called. The flop came {9-Clubs}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Miles fired a continuation bet of 11 million. Cynn gave it some thought and raised to 24.5 million. Miles let go and the pot was sent over to Cynn.

Player Chips Progress
John Cynn us
John Cynn
254,000,000
13,400,000
13,400,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
139,800,000
-13,400,000
-13,400,000

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

Hands #289-292: Two Rivers Seen

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante

Hand #289: Tony Miles raised to 6 million and John Cynn called. They both checked the flop to a board of {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{k-Spades}{7-Hearts}. Cynn checked and Miles bet 8 million. Cynn called and they went to a {5-Diamonds} river. Cynn checked again and Miles bet 12 million. Cynn spent about 30 seconds thinking and then mucked.

Hand #290: Cynn made it 5 million and Miles defended. On the {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop, Miles check-called 4 million. The turn was the {j-Hearts}. Miles checked, Cynn bet 6.5 million, and Miles called. Check-check on the {q-Diamonds} and {j-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} took it for Cynn.

Hand #291: Miles gave a walk to Cynn.

Hand #292: Cynn raised to 5 million and Miles defended. Miles checked the {5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop and folded to 4 million.

Player Chips Progress
John Cynn us
John Cynn
240,600,000
8,100,000
8,100,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
153,200,000
-8,100,000
-8,100,000

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

Hands #286-288: Cynn Extends

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Heads Up John Cynn
Heads Up John Cynn

Hand #286: John Cynn raised to 6 million from the button and Tony Miles called from the big blind.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} and Miles check-called 5 million from Cynn. The turn was the {4-Spades}, both players checked, and the {7-Spades} river completed the board. Miles checked for a third time, Cynn bet 11.1 million, and Miles tanked for a bit before he folded.

Hand #287: Tony Miles opened to 6 million from the button, John Cynn three-bet to 18 million from the big blind, and Miles called.

The flop fell {K-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, Cynn bet 16.5 million, and Miles folded.

Hand #288: Tony Miles received a walk in the big blind.

Player Chips Progress
John Cynn us
John Cynn
232,500,000
28,300,000
28,300,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
161,300,000
-28,300,000
-28,300,000

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

Hands #281-285: Cynn Maintains Narrow Lead

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante

Hand #281: Tony Miles raised it up to 6 million and John Cynn three-bet 18.5 million. Miles gave it some thought and folded.

Hand #282: Cynn raised to 4 million and Miles came along to see the {Q-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop. Miles checked and instantly folded to a continuation bet of 2.5 million by Cynn.

Hand #283: Miles raised to 6 million and Cynn called. The flop came {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. Both players checked and the {9-Clubs} turn paired the board, Cynn bet 8.5 million and Miles sent his cards into the muck.

Hand #284: Cynn opened the action with a raise to 6 million and Miles three-bet to 25 million, forcing a quick fold from Cynn.

Hand #285: A walk for Cynn.

Player Chips Progress
John Cynn us
John Cynn
204,200,000
11,900,000
11,900,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
189,600,000
-11,900,000
-11,900,000

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

Hands #277-280: Miles Back in Front

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante

Hand #277: Tony Miles raised to 6 million. John Cynn put in a three-bet to 17.5 million and Miles came along to see a {7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop. They checked, bringing a {5-Hearts}. Cynn bet 18.5 million and Miles made the call. The {k-Spades} arrived and they both checked.

Miles showed down {2-Spades}{2-Clubs} and the pair was good.

Hand #278: Miles got a walk.

Hand #279: Miles returned the walking favor.

Hand #280: Cynn raised to 4 million and Miles called. Miles led out for 6 million on {j-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Clubs} after two flop checks and Cynn called. Miles bet 10 million on the {j-Diamonds} river and won the pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
201,500,000
46,600,000
46,600,000
John Cynn us
John Cynn
192,300,000
-46,600,000
-46,600,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

Hand #276: Miles Shoves the River

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Tony Miles
Tony Miles

Hand #276: John Cynn raised to 5 million from the button and Tony Miles called from the big blind.

The flop came down {J-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Miles check-called 4.5 million from Cynn.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and Miles checked. Cynn bet 6.5 million, Miles check-raised to 20 million, and Cynn called.

The {K-Diamonds} river completed the board and Miles shoved for 95.3 million. Cynn tanked for about three minutes before he folded, giving Miles the pot.

Player Chips Progress
John Cynn us
John Cynn
238,900,000
-29,800,000
-29,800,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
154,900,000
29,800,000
29,800,000

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

Hands #273-275: Three in a Row for Cynn

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante

Hand #273: Tony Miles raised it up to 6 million and John Cynn called. The flop came {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Cynn checked almost instantly. Miles continued for 8 million and Cynn check-raised to 18.5 million. That was enough to force a fold from Miles and Cynn dragged in another nice pot.

Hand #274: Cynn raised to 5 million and Miles called. The {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop brought a check from Miles, a continuation bet of 4.5 million by Cynn, and a quick fold from Miles.

Hand #275: A walk for Cynn.

Player Chips Progress
John Cynn us
John Cynn
268,700,000
20,900,000
20,900,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
125,100,000
-20,900,000
-20,900,000

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

Hands #271-272: Cynn's River Raise Gets Paid

Level 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 300,000 ante
John Cynn
John Cynn

Hand #271: Tony Miles raised to 6 million on the button and John Cynn called. Cynn checked and called 7.5 million on the {q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop. They checked the {8-Hearts}, bringing the {5-Clubs}. Cynn checked, Miles bet 14 million, and Cynn folded after about 30 seconds.

Hand #272: Cynn raised to 6 million and Miles called. Miles bet 8 million on the {4-Spades}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{9-Clubs} board after they checked the flop, and Cynn called. On the {5-Clubs} river, Miles fired again for 17 million. Cynn raised to 38.5 million after some thought.

Miles thought briefly and called but couldn't beat {9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for flopped trips and a turned boat.

Heads Up Tony Miles
Heads Up Tony Miles
Player Chips Progress
John Cynn us
John Cynn
247,800,000
39,000,000
39,000,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
146,000,000
-39,000,000
-39,000,000

Tags: John CynnTony Miles

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