2018 World Series of Poker

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2018 World Series of Poker
Location Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesMay 30 – July 17
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg John Cynn
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The 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the 49th annual tournament, and took place from May 30 to July 17 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There was a record 78 bracelet events. The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 2 and concluded on July 15. [1] [2]

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The Main Event, as well as the Big One for One Drop, were again streamed in their entirety on ESPN and Poker Central. [3]

The 2018 World Series of Poker featured the announced retirement of ten-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Fame member Doyle Brunson from tournament poker, an announcement that came after he registered for the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (Event 23). [4] Brunson made the final table of the event and finished in sixth place.

Schedule changes

The World Series of Poker introduced the Big Blind Ante to eight events. This format made the big blind pay the ante for the entire table. It was utilized for events 13, 20, 45, 54, 74, 77 and 78. [5]

Event schedule

Source: [6]

#EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$565 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em566Jordan Hufty$61,909Jodie Sanders Results
2$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty243 Elio Fox $393,693Adam Adler Results
3$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout363 Joe Cada $226,218Sam Phillips Results
4$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better911Julien Martini$239,771Kate Hoang Results
5$100,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller105 Nick Petrangelo $2,910,227 Elio Fox Results
6$365 Giant No Limit Hold'em8,920Jeremy Perrin$250,000Luis Vazquez Results
7$565 Colossus No Limit Hold'em13,070Roberly Felicio$1,000,000Sang Liu Results
8$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball321Johannes Becker$180,455 Scott Seiver Results
9$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship169 Paul Volpe $417,921 Eli Elezra Results
10$365 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em2,972William Reymond$154,996Shawn Stroke Results
11$365 Giant Pot Limit Omaha3,250Tim Andrew$116,015Pete Arroyos Results
12$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed406Jeremy Harkin$129,882 Frankie O'Dell Results
13$1,500 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em1,306Benjamin Moon$315,346Romain Lewis Results
14$1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw260Daniel Ospina$87,678Tim McDermott Results
15$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.731Andrey Zhigalov$202,787Timothy Frazin Results
16$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship114 Justin Bonomo $185,965Jason McConnon Results
17$1,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed1,663Ognyan Dimov$378,743Antonio Barbato Results
18$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed111Adam Friedman$293,275Stuart Rutter Results
19$565 Pot Limit Omaha2,419Craig Varnell$181,790Seth Zimmerman Results
20$5,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em518Jeremy Wien$537,710David Laka Results
21$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker7,361Arne Kern$1,173,223Sam Razavi Results
22$1,500 Eight Game Mix481Philip Long$147,348Kevin Malis Results
23$10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship95 Brian Rast $259,670Mike Wattel Results
24$2,620 The Marathon No Limit Hold'em1,637 Michael Addamo $653,581Mark Sleet Results
25$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better596Benjamin Dobson$173,528Tim Finne Results
26$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha986Filippos Stavrakis$169,842Jordan Siegel Results
27$10,000 H.O.R.S.E.166 John Hennigan $414,692 David "Bakes" Baker Results
28$3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed868Gal Yifrach$461,798 James Mackey Results
29$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw356Hanh Tran$117,282Oscar Johansson Results
30$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha799Ryan Bambrick$217,123Sampo Ryynanen Results
31$1,500 Seven Card Stud310 Steven Albini $105,629 Jeff Lisandro Results
32$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em5,919Matthew Davis$662,983Bill Stabler Results
33$50,000 Poker Players Championship 87 Michael Mizrachi $1,239,126 John Hennigan Results
34$1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em5,700Robert Peacock$644,224Nicholas Salimbene Results
35$1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo/Big O773Yueqi Zhu$211,781Gabe Ramos Results
36$1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em2,191Farhintaj Bonyadi$311,451Robert Beach Results
37$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,330 Eric Baldwin $319,580Ian Steinman Results
38$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship83Yaniv Birman$236,238Jesse Martin Results
39$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout908Preston Lee$236,498Corey Dodd Results
40$2,500 Mixed Big Bet205Scott Bohlman$122,138 Ryan Hughes Results
41$1,500 Limit Hold'em596Robert Nehorayan$173,568 Kevin Song Results
42$25,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller230 Shaun Deeb $1,402,683 Ben Yu Results
43$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,248Timur Margolin$507,274Ismael Bojang Results
44$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship109Nicholas Seiken$287,987Randy Ohel Results
45$1,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em1,712Mario Prats$258,255Matthew Hunt Results
46$2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better402David Brookshire$214,291Brendan Taylor Results
47$565 WSOP.com Online Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed1,223Matthew Mendez$135,078Marton Czuczor Results
48$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack6,260Tommy Nguyen$1,037,451James Carroll Results
49$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship476 Loren Klein $1,018,336 Rep Porter Results
50$1,500 Razz389Jay Kwon$125,431Dzmitry Urbanovich Results
51$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Bounty1,983Ryan Leng$272,765Ranno Sootla Results
52$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship114 Scott Seiver $296,222Matt Szymaszek Results
53$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better935Joey Couden$244,370 Bruno Fitoussi Results
54$3,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em1,020Diogo Veiga$522,715Barry Hutter Results
55$1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em1,032Nikita Luther
Giuseppe Pantaleo		$175,805Kazuki Ikeuchi
Hiroki Iwata
Sho Mori		 Results
56$10,000 Razz Championship119Calvin Anderson$309,220 Frank Kassela Results
57$1,000/$10,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship696Jessica Dawley$130,230Jill Pike Results
58$5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed621 Jean-Robert Bellande $616,302Dean Lyall Results
59$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty2,065Mike Takayama$198,568Lorenc Puka Results
60$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship237 Phil Galfond $567,790Michael McKenna Results
61$1,000 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em Championship1,635Ryan Tosoc$238,778Anthony Maio Results
62$888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed8,598Galen Hall$888,888Eduards Kudrjavcevs Results
63$3,200 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em High Roller480Chance Kornuth$341,598David Goodman Results
64$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship141Dan Matsuzuki$364,387Scott Bohlman Results
65$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event7,874 John Cynn $8,800,000 Tony Miles Results
66$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,351Longsheng Tan$323,472Lanny Levine Results
67$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Bounty833Anderson Ireland$141,161Matt O'Donnell Results
68$1,111 The Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em4,732Guoliang Wei$559,332Francois Tosques Results
69$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed901Ronald Keijzer$475,033Romain Lewis Results
70$3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed221Yaser Al-Keliddar$154,338 Juha Helppi Results
71$5,000 No Limit Hold'em452 Phil Hellmuth $485,082Steven Wolansky Results
72$1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed707Jordan Polk$197,461Fernando Brito Results
73$1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em1,221Denis Timofeev$199,586Leo Margets Results
74$10,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship355 Shaun Deeb $814,179 Paul Volpe Results
75$1,500 The Closer No Limit Hold'em3,120 Joe Cada $612,886Paawan Bansal Results
76$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.354 Brian Hastings $233,202Andrew Brown Results
77$50,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em High Roller128 Ben Yu $1,650,773 Sean Winter Results
78$1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em27 Justin Bonomo $10,000,000 Fedor Holz Results

Player of the Year

Final standings as of November 2 (end of WSOPE):

Standings [7]
RankNamePointsBracelets
1 Flag of the United States.svg Shaun Deeb 5,050.012
2 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Yu 3,746.041
3 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Cada 3,531.862
4 Flag of the United States.svg John Hennigan 3,440.131
5 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Bohlman3,155.881
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Addamo 3,046.882
7 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Volpe 2,863.101
8 Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Zinno 2,593.340
9 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Baldwin 2,516.301
10 Flag of France.svg Romain Lewis2,460.140

Main Event

The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 2 with the first of three starting flights. There were then 2 day 2 flights (AB and C) and then 5 more days of play before the final table. The final table began on July 12 and played out over three days, with the winner being determined on July 14.

The Main Event drew 7,874 players, the second-largest field in the tournament's history, generating a prize pool of $74,015,600. The top 1,182 players finished in the money. Each player at the final table earned $1,000,000, with the winner getting $8,800,000.

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)		Day of
Elimination
Tom McEvoy 1983 4 (430th)*
Johnny Chan 1987, 1988 4 (612th)*
Phil Hellmuth 1989 3
Dan Harrington 1995 2B
Scotty Nguyen 1998 3
Chris Ferguson 2000 3
Robert Varkonyi 2002 3
Chris Moneymaker 2003 1C
Greg Raymer 2004 1B
Joe Hachem 2005 2A
Jamie Gold 2006 1B
Jerry Yang 2007 1A
Joe Cada 2009 9 (5th)*
Jonathan Duhamel 2010 4 (409th)*
Greg Merson 2012 3
Ryan Riess 2013 2B
Martin Jacobson 2014 2C
Joe McKeehen 2015 2A
Qui Nguyen 2016 1A
Scott Blumstein 2017 1A

* Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money

Other notable high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
23rd Eric Froehlich $282,630

Final Table

2009 World Champion Joe Cada made the final table, finishing 5th, making him the first former champion to do so since Dan Harrington finished 4th in 2004. The final table bubble which saw Yueqi Zhu eliminated saw both him and then second place Antoine Labat turn over pocket Kings (Zhu K♥ K♠, Labat K♦ K♣) while Nicolas Manion turned over A♠ A♥. The board ran out 7♣ J♦ 4♣ 3♠ J♣, and Zhu was eliminated in 10th, while Labat was left crippled and Manion was propelled to the chip lead.

Heads up play between Tony Miles and John Cynn lasted for over 10 hours and 199 hands. This set the record for the largest number of hands played heads up during a WSOP Main Event final table. The final table lasted a total of 442 hands. [8]

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)		WSOP
Bracelets		WSOP
Cashes*		WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Manion112,775,000 (28.6%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Dyer109,175,000 (27.7%)03$71,515
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Miles 42,750,000 (10.9%)02$6,396
Flag of the United States.svg John Cynn 37,075,000 (9.4%)012$713,071
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Lynskey25,925,000 (6.6%)013$553,429
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Cada 23,675,000 (6.0%)333$10,340,058
Flag of the United States.svg Aram Zobian18,875,000 (4.8%)03$9,735
Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Metalidi15,475,000 (3.9%)025$728,254
Flag of France.svg Antoine Labat8,050,000 (2.0%)02$6,857

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2018 Main Event.

Final Table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st John Cynn $8,800,000
2nd Tony Miles $5,000,000
3rdMichael Dyer$3,750,000
4thNicolas Manion$2,825,000
5th Joe Cada $2,150,000
6thAram Zobian$1,800,000
7thAlex Lynskey$1,500,000
8thArtem Metalidi$1,250,000
9thAntoine Labat$1,000,000

Big One for One Drop

The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop began on July 15. It is the third time the event was held. Antonio Esfandiari won $18.3 million in the first event in 2012, while Dan Colman was the $15.3 million champion in 2014. Elton Tsang won €11,111,111 in 2016 at Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza in 2016, although since this event was not held at the WSOP, he did not receive a bracelet for it. The One Drop Foundation, founded by Guy Laliberte, received $80,000 from every buy-in. The 2018 event saw 27 players enter, generating a prize pool of $24,840,000. The top five players finished in the money, with the winner getting $10 million. Justin Bonomo won the tournament, and took over from Daniel Negreanu at the top of the all time money list with the victory.

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)		Day of
Elimination
Antonio Esfandiari 2012 1

Final Table

PlaceNamePrize
1st Justin Bonomo $10,000,000
2nd Fedor Holz $6,000,000
3rd Dan Smith $4,000,000
4th Rick Salomon $2,840,000
5th Byron Kaverman $2,000,000
6th David Einhorn $0
7th Nick Petrangelo $0
8th Phil Ivey $0

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