Level: 33
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
3,120
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Joshua Turner was in the cutoff, facing off against Jimmy Poper whose 1.21 million in chips went into the middle preflop. Poper was slightly ahead with 
as Turner rolled over 
. The 
flop gave Poper top pair but Turner had a ton of outs, having spiked a flush draw. He turned a pair himself when the 
hit the felt but the 
river was safe for Poper and he doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,400,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
||
|
2,600,000
1,580,000
|
1,580,000 |
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Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Jimmy Poper raised to 250,000 from under the gun, Joshua Turner shoved from the button for about 2.12 million, and Poper called with a covering stack.
Jimmy Poper: 
Joshua Turner: 
The two players were racing for the pot and Turner needed to hold up in order to stay alive. The 
flop missed both players but the 
turn gave Turner jacks full to leave Poper drawing dead. After the 
hit the river, Turner took the pot to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
2,050,000
|
2,050,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,020,000
-1,920,000
|
-1,920,000 |
Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Players have taken their new seats as the tournament is now down to the final two tables.
| Seat | Table 422 | Table 423 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Turner | Martin Finger |
| 2 | Chris Conrad | Mark Babekov |
| 3 | Paawan Bansal | Thi Nguyen |
| 4 | Jimmy Poper | Richard Cox |
| 5 | Sam Simmons | Tobias Peters |
| 6 | Tristan Wade | Eric Afriat |
| 7 | Richard Ali | Jeffrey Tanouye |
| 8 | Joe Cada | Breyden Gazlay |
| 9 | Andrew Hedley | Avery Bass |
Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Jeffrey Tanouye raised all in from the cutoff for 935,000, Richard Ali called from the button, Nishant Sharma reraised all in from the big blind for roughly 2,300,000 and Ali called with 
. Sharma trailed with , while Tanouye had the best of the bunch with 
.
The board ran out 
, giving Tanouye a set of kings to triple up, while Ali eliminated Sharma in 19th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,005,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
2,985,000
1,675,000
|
1,675,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Jonas Lauck showed on the button for 590,000 and it got through. He showed the table that he had a pair of deuces. On the next hand, Lauck open-jammed again and Andrew Hedley reraised all in.
Lauck had 
again and he was racing against 
. The flop of 
pushed Hedley ahead and the rest of the board bricked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 32
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Leif Force shoved from under the gun for about 1.69 million and Sam Simmons called from the small blind with a slightly smaller stack.
Leif Force: 
Sam Simmons: 
The two players were racing for the pot and Simmons needed to improve to survive. The board ran out 
and Simmons took the pot to double up, leaving Force with crumbs.
In the next hand, Joshua Turner raised to 260,000 from middle position and Force called from the big blind to put himself at risk for what looked like 230,000.
Leif Force: 
Joshua Turner: 
"I'll chop it, man," Turner said.
But the deck had other ideas; the board ran out and Turner took the pot to end Force's tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,250,000
2,390,000
|
2,390,000 |
|
|
2,250,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 32
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
From the button, Avery Bass was all in for 1,250,000 and Thi Nguyen went for it from the small blind. Bass had and Nguyen needed a high board or spades with . Bass was able to avoid all lethal cards on the 
runout, which secured him a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,605,000
1,305,000
|
1,305,000 |
|
670,000
-1,400,000
|
-1,400,000 |
Level 31
: 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
Jeffrey Tanouye shoved from under the gun for about 600,000, Richard Ali called next to act with a covering stack, and everyone else got out of the way.
Jeffrey Tanouye:
Richard Ali:
Tanouye was ahead and Ali needed to improve to stack him. The 
flop gave Ali the lead, and although the 
turn changed nothing, the hit the river to give Tanouye the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
-780,000
|
-780,000 |
|
|
1,310,000
350,000
|
350,000 |