2018 World Series of Poker

Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$173,568
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$804,600
Entries
596
Level Info
Level
30
Limits
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Hand #74-81: Jex Doubles Through Albrinck

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Hand #74: Oleg Chebotarev raised from the cutoff and was called by Kevin Song in the big blind. The flop came {8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, Song bet and Chebotarev called. The turn brought them the {6-Diamonds}, Song continued with another bet and Chebotarev called again. The {10-Diamonds} on the river completed the board, Song fired another bet into the pot and Chebotarev called. Song tabled {7-Clubs}{a-Clubs} for the rivered straight and Chebotarev showed {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts} even though he had lost the hand already.

Hand #75: Brad Albrinck raised from the cutoff and Michael Jex three-bet in the big blind. Albrinck four-bet and Jex was all-in for 82,000 in total.

Michael Jex: {A-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Brad Albrinck: {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{9-Spades} to give Albrinck a flush draw on the flop but Jex hit his pair of aces on the turn to double up.

Hand #76: Tericita Gutierrez raised from the cutoff and got no action.

Hand #77: Gutierrez raised from the hijack and everyone folded.

Hand #78: David Gee raised from the button and Robert Nehorayan three-bet in the small blind. Gee called. The flop came {k-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{5-Spades}, Gee folded to Nehorayan's bet.

Hand #79: Jex raised from the hijack and the rest folded.

Hand #80: Nehorayan raised from the cutoff and the others folded.

Hand #81: Jex raised from the under-the-gun position and everyone else folded.

Tags: Brad AlbrinckDavid GeeKevin SongMichael JexOleg ChebotarevRobert Nehorayan

Hands #68-73: Gee On The Rise

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Hand #68: Kevin Song raised from the small blind, and Michael Jex folded in the big blind.

Hand #69: Jex raised from the small blind and David Gee three-bet in the big blind, which got called. On the {5-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades} flop, Jex check-raised Gee's bet and got called. The turn was the {10-Spades}, and Gee called a bet from Jex before he repeated the action on the {a-Diamonds} river. Gee turned over {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} to take down the pot as Jex mucked.

Hand #70: The action folded to Jex on the button, and he called before Gee called in the small blind and Nehorayan checked his big blind option. Gee bet on the {3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop and got both his opponents to fold.

Hand #71: Terricita Gutierrez raised from early position and Kevin Song called in the seat next to her. Gutierrez continued on the {6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop, and Song folded. Gutierrez said to the table she had flopped a flush.

Hand #72: Jex raised and Brad Albrinck called in the big blind. Both players checked on the {3-Spades}{5-Hearts}{q-Clubs} flop, and Jex folded to an Albrinck bet on the {2-Diamonds} turn.

Hand #73: Song raised from under the gun and Gutierrez called in the big blind. They checked the {2-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} flop, and on the {3-Hearts} turn, Song raised a bet from Gutierrez, which she called. They checked down the {7-Spades} river, and Song took the pot with {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds} after Gutierrez had shown {a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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David Gee
800,000
215,000
215,000

Tags: Brad AlbrinckDavid GeeKevin SongMichael JexTerricita Gutierrez

Hands #61-67: Albrinck Tripled Up Again

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Brad Albrinck
Brad Albrinck

Hand #61: David Gee raised from the under-the-gun position and was called by Michael Jex in the big blind.
The flop came {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{a-Spades}, Jex check-called the bet by Gee. The turn brought them the {10-Hearts}, Jex check-folded to Gee's bet.

Hand #62: Oleg Chebotarev raised from mid-position. Terricita Gutierrez three-bet from the cutoff and both Jex in the small blind and Chebotarev called. They all checked through the whole {6-Clubs}{k-Spades}{j-Spades}{8-Clubs}{q-Hearts} board. Both Jex and Chebotarev held ace-queen and Gutierrez won the pot with {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}.

Hand #63: Jex raised from the button, Gee three-bet from the small blind. Jex called. The flop came {5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{9-Hearts} Gee check-called when Jex bet. The turn brought them the {a-Diamonds}, Gee bet and Jex folded.

Hand #64: Robert Nehorayan raised in the small blind and Chebotarev folded his big blind.

Hand #65: Gee raised from the cutoff, Nehorayan three-bet on the button. Brad Albrinck was all-in in the big blind for 89,000 in total. Both Gee and Nehorayan called. They both checked through the whole {q-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Hearts} board. Albrinck tripled up with {A-Spades}{J-Spades} for the flopped straight against the {q-Spades}{j-Clubs} of Gee and {A-}{9-} of Nehorayan.

Hand #66: Albrinck raised on the button and Gutierrez called in the big blind. The flop came {j-Spades}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, Gutierrez check-folded to Albrinck's bet.

Hand #67: Albrinck raised from the button and Kevin Song folded his big blind.

Tags: Brad AlbrinckDavid GeeKevin SongMichael JexOleg ChebotarevRobert NehorayanTerricita Gutierrez

Level: 25

Limits: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 0

Matt Russell Eliminated in 8th Place ($14,820)

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Matt Russell
Matt Russell

Hand #60: Michael Jex raised from under the gun and Matt Russell, in the small blind, was the only caller. On the {4-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Spades} flop, Russell check-raised Jex and was called.

The {q-Clubs} hit the turn, and Jex called a bet from Russell, and on the {8-Diamonds} river Russell bet once more, which left him with around 30,000 behind to play with. Jex sized up his stack before raising enough to put Russell to the ultimate test.

Russell needed time to think, but he did eventually make the call.

Michael Jex: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Matt Russell: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Jex was the winner with the kings overpair to the board and Russell, who now has $219,860 in WSOP earnings, banked $14,820.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Jex
500,000
100,000
100,000
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Matt Russell
Busted

Tags: Matt RussellMichael jexWSOP

Hands #57-59: Gutierrez Continues to Pressure

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Hand #57: Oleg Chebotarev raised from the small blind, and Brad Albrinck called in the big. The flop came down {a-Spades}{7-Spades}{10-Spades}, Albrinck bet, Chebotarev raised and the former folded.

Hand #58: Albrinck called the small blind before Terricita Gutierrez raised and Albrinck made the call. The flop came down {10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, Albrinck check-called a bet, before doing the same on the {7-Clubs} turn and {9-Diamonds} river. Gutierrez turned over {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for a pair of tens and Albrinck mucked.

Hand #59: The action folded around to Gutierrez in the small blind and she raised before Russell folded in the big.

Tags: Brad AlbrinckOleg ChebotarevTerricita Gutierrez

Hands #51-56: Albrinck Survives With a Chop

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Hand #51: Kevin Song raised from under the gun and Robert Nehorayan three-bet, which Song called. Nehorayan bet on the {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop and Song folded.

Hand #52: Oleg Chebotarev raised from middle position, Matt Russell called in the small blind, and Song called in the big blind. The flop came down {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{q-Spades}, both blinds checked to Chebotarev, and he bet, which Russell called but Song folded. The turn came the {8-Diamonds}, and Russell check-folded to a bet.

Hand #53: Nehorayan raised before Russell called on the button and they saw the {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}{k-Spades} flop. Nehorayan bet and Russell folded.

Hand #54: Chebotarev raised from early position and Terricita Gutierrez called in the cutoff. Gutierrez check-called a bet on the {8-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop before both players checked on the {j-Clubs} turn and the {9-Spades} river. Chebotarev turned over {a-Spades}{j-Spades} for a pair and won the pot.

Hand #55: Russell raised and everyone folded.

Hand #56: Brad Albrinck raised, and Jex three-bet in the cutoff, which got called. On the {a-Spades}{7-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} flop, Albrinck check-raised Jex and the latter called. On the {4-Diamonds} turn, Albrinck bet 40,000, which left him with just 14,000 behind. Jex thought through his options out loud before he made the call.

Brad Albrinck: {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Michael Jex: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

"Oh, I'm ahead of that, I put you on ace-king," said Jex. Before the river was revealed to be the {4-Hearts} which gave both two players two pair, aces, and fours, with a king kicker for a split pot as Albrinck survived.

Tags: Brad AlbrinckKevin SongMatt RussellMichael JexOleg ChebotarevRobert NehorayanTerricita Gutierrez

Hands #46-50: More for Nehorayan

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Hands #46: Terricita Gutierrez raised from the hijack and Matt Russell three-bet from the cutoff. Gutierrez called. The flop came {9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, Gutierrez check-raised when Russell bet. Russell called. They both checked through the {8-Hearts} on the turn and the {6-Clubs} on the river. Russel showed {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} and Gutierrez held {a-Clubs}{7-Hearts} for a split pot.

Hand #47: Brad Albrinck raised from early position and the rest folded.

Hand #48: Russell raised from mid-position and everyone else folded.

Hand #49: Michael Jex raised from the cutoff and got no action.

Hand #50: Robert Nehorayan raised from the cutoff and Albrinck and Gutierrez both called in the blinds. The flop came {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Albrinck checked, Gutierrez bet, Nehorayan raised. Albrinck folded and Gutierrez called. The turn brought them the {4-Diamonds}, Gutierrez check-called when Nehorayan bet. They both checked on the river which was a blank and the pot was sent to Nehorayan with {a-Hearts}{5-Spades}.

Tags: Brad AlbrinckMatt RussellMichael JexRobert NehorayanTerricita Gutierrez

Hands #40-45: Albrinck Triples Up

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Hand #40: Brad Albrinck raised from the under-the-gun position and only Oleg Chebotarev called from the big blind. The flop came {3-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and Chebotarev check-folded to Albrinck's bet.

Hand #41: David Gee raised on the cutoff and everyone folded.

Hand #42: Kevin Song raised from early position and only Terricita Gutierrez called in the big blind. The flop came {j-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, Gutierrez check-folded when Song bet.

Hand #43: Gee raised from mid-position and Chebotarev three-bet from the cutoff. The rest got out of their way and Gee called. The flop came {3-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, Gee check-called Chebotarev's bet. They both checked through the {a-Spades} on the turn to the {j-Spades} on the river. They both checked on that cards too. Gee showed {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} but was beaten by the {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} of Chebotarev.

Hand #44: Albrinck raised from the cutoff and Matt Russell called in the small blind. They both checked through the {10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} on the flop to the {6-Hearts} on the turn. Russell bet and Albrinck folded.

Hand #45: Albrinck raised from the hijack and was called by Russell on the button and Michael Jex in the big blind. The flop came {3-Hearts}{9-Spades}{j-Hearts}, Jex checked. Albrink shoved for 18,000 in total. Both Russell and Jex called. They both checked through the {9-Diamonds} on the turn and the {7-Diamonds} on the river. Albrinck showed {6-Spades}{6-Hearts} which was enough to triple up against the {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs} of Russell and the {q-Clubs}{8-Spades} of Jex.

Tags: Brad AlbrinckDavid GeeKevin SongMatt RussellMichael JexOleg ChebotarevTerricita Gutierrez

Hands #34-39: Two for Gee, One for Nehorayan

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Hand #34: Michael Jex raised from late position and nobody called.

Hand #35: Kevin Song raised from the under-the-gun position and got no callers.

Hand #36: David Gee raised from early position, Robert Nehorayan three-bet from mid-position, Brad Albrinck four-bet from the cutoff. Both Gee and Nehorayan called. The flop came {j-Clubs}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, Gee checked, Nehorayan bet and both Albrinck and Gee called. The turn brought them the {6-Clubs}, Gee checked again. Nehorayan continued with another bet and both Albrinck and Gee called. The river completed the board with the {6-Diamonds}, Gee checked for the last time. Nehorayan barreled another bet in and both Albrinck and Gee folded.

Hand #37: Gee raised from the under-the-gun position and Oleg Chebotarev three-bet from mid-position. Action folded back to Gee who called. The flop came {K-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades}, Gee check-raised on Chebotarev's bet and Chebotarev called. They both checked through the {a-Spades} on the turn to the {9-Clubs} on the river. Gee bet and Chebotarev quickly folded.

Hand #38: Matt Russell raised from the cutoff and everyone folded.

Hand #39: Gee raised from the small blind and Nehorayan called in the big blind. The flop came {8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{10-Hearts} Gee bet and Nehorayan raised. Gee called. The {2-Hearts} fell on the turn and Gee now check-raised on Nehorayan's bet and Nehorayan called. The {a-Hearts} on the river completed the board on which they both checked. Gee tabled {q-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Nehorayan disappointedly mucked his hand.

Tags: Brad AlbrinckDavid GeeKevin SongMatt RussellMichael JexOleg ChebotarevRobert Nehorayan