World Series of Poker 2018

The World Series of Poker 2018 was the 49th edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from May 29 to July 17, 2018 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

structure

A total of 78 poker tournaments in the variants Texas - and Omaha Hold'em , Seven Card Stud , Razz , 2-7 Triple Draw as well as in the mixed variants HORSE and 8-Game were on the tournament schedule. Four events were played online . The buy-in ranged from $ 365 to $ 1 million . For a tournament victory, the players received a bracelet in addition to the prize money . With Justin Bonomo , Shaun Deeb and Joe Cada , three players won two bracelets ; Farhintaj Bonyadi , Nikita Luther and Jessica Dawley were the only women to be victorious.

Tournament schedule

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Joe Cada won tournaments # 3 and # 75

Justin Bonomo won tournaments # 16 and # 78

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner		origin		Prize money (in $)
1	0,000.565	Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em	May 30, 2018	00.566	Jordan Hufty				00.061.909
2	0.010,000	No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty	May 30, 2018	00.243	Elio Fox				00.393,693
3	0.00.3000	No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	May 31, 2018	00.363	Joe Cada				00.226.218
4th	0.00.1500	Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	May 31, 2018	00.911	Julien Martini				00.239.771
5	0.100,000	No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	June 1, 2018	00.105	Nick Petrangelo				02,910,227
6th	0,000.365	The Giant No-Limit Hold'em	June 1, 2018	0.8920	Jeremy Perrin				00.250,966
7th	0,000.565	The Colossus No-Limit Hold'em	2nd June 2018	13,070	Roberly Felicio				01,000,000
8th	0.00.2500	Mixed triple draw lowball	2nd June 2018	00.321	Johannes Becker				00.180,455
9	0.010,000	Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	3rd June 2018	00.169	Paul Volpe				00.417.921
10	0,000.365	WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold'em	3rd June 2018	0.2972	William Reymond				00.154.996
11	0,000.365	The Giant Pot-Limit Omaha	3rd June 2018	0.3250	Timothy Andrew				00.116.015
12	0.00.1500	Dealers Choice 6-Handed	4th June 2018	00.406	Jeremy Harkin				00.129,882
13	0.00.1500	Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold'em	5th June 2018	0.1306	Benjamin Moon				00.315,346
14th	0.00.1500	No-limit 2-7 lowball draw	5th June 2018	00.260	Daniel Ospina				00.087,678
15th	0.00.1500	HORSE	June 6, 2018	00.731	Andrei Schigalov				00.202,787
16	0.010,000	Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	June 6, 2018	00.114	Justin Bonomo				00.192.472
17th	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	7th June 2018	0.1663	Ognyan Dimov				00.378.743
18th	0.010,000	Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship	7th June 2018	00.111	Adam Friedman				00.293.275
19th	0,000.565	Pot-Limit Omaha	June 8, 2018	0.2419	Craig Varnell				00.181,790
20th	0.00.5000	Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold'em	June 8, 2018	00.518	Jeremy Vienna				00.537.710
21st	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker	June 9, 2018	0.7361	Arne Kern				01,173,223
22nd	0.00.1500	Eight Game Mix	June 9, 2018	00.481	Philip Long				00.147,348
23	0.010,000	No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	June 10, 2018	00.095	Brian Rast				00.259,670
24	0.00.2620	The Marathon No-Limit Hold'em	June 11, 2018	0.1637	Michael Addamo				00.653,581
25th	0.00.1500	Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	June 11, 2018	00.596	Benjamin Dobson				00.173,528
26th	0.00.1000	Pot-Limit Omaha	June 12, 2018	00.986	Filippos Stavrakis				00.169,842
27	0.010,000	HORSE	June 12, 2018	00.166	John Hennigan				00.414,692
28	0.00.3000	No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	June 13, 2018	00.868	Gal Yifrach				00.461,798
29	0.00.1500	Limit 2-7 lowball triple draw	June 13, 2018	00.356	Hanh Tran				00.117.282
30th	0.00.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha	June 14, 2018	00.799	Ryan Bambrick				00.217.123
31	0.00.1500	Seven Card Stud	June 14, 2018	00.310	Steve Albini				00.105,629
32	0.00.1000	Seniors No-Limit Hold'em	June 15, 2018	0.5919	Matthew Davis				00.662.983
33	0.050,000	The Poker Player's Championship	June 15, 2018	00.087	Michael Mizrachi				01,239,126
34	0.00.1000	Double stack no-limit hold'em	June 16, 2018	0.5700	Robert Peacock				00.426.028
35	0.00.1500	Mixed Omaha	June 16, 2018	00.773	Yueqi Zhu				00.211,781
36	0.00.1000	Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em	17th June 2018	0.2191	Farhintaj Bonyadi				00.311,451
37	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 18, 2018	0.1330	Eric Baldwin				00.319,580
38	0.010,000	Seven Card Stud Championship	June 18, 2018	00.083	Yaniv Birman				00.236.238
39	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	19th June 2018	00.908	Preston Lee				00.236,498
40	0.00.2500	Mixed big bet	19th June 2018	00.205	Scott Bohlman				00.122,138
41	0.00.1500	Limit Hold'em	20th June 2018	00.596	Robert Nehorayan				00.173,568
42	0.025,000	Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller	20th June 2018	00.230	Shaun Deeb				01,402,683
43	0.00.2500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 21, 2018	0.1248	Timur Margolin				00.507.274
44	0.010,000	Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship	June 21, 2018	00.109	Nicholas Seiken				00.287.987
45	0.00.1000	Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)	June 22, 2018	0.1712	Mario Prats García				00.258.255
46	0.00.2500	Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better / Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	June 22, 2018	00.402	David Brookshire				00.214.291
47	0,000.565	WSOP.com Online Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed	June 22, 2018	0.1223	Matthew Mendez				00.135,078
48	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack	June 23, 2018	0.6260	Tommy Nguyen				01,037,451
49	0.010,000	Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship	June 23, 2018	00.476	Loren Klein				01,018,336
50	0.00.1500	Razz	June 24, 2018	00.389	Jay Kwon				00.125,431
51	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em Bounty	June 25, 2018	0.1982	Ryan Leng				00.272.504
52	0.010,000	Limit Hold'em Championship	June 25, 2018	00.114	Scott Seiver				00.296.222
53	0.00.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	June 26, 2018	00.935	Joseph Couden				00.244,370
54	0.00.3000	Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold'em	June 26, 2018	0.1020	Diogo Veiga				00.522.715
55	0.00.1000	Tag team no-limit hold'em	June 27, 2018	0.1032	Nikita Luther	Giuseppe Pantaleo			00.175,805
56	0.010,000	Razz Championship	June 27, 2018	00.119	Calvin Anderson				00.309.220
57	0.00.1000	Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship	June 28, 2018	00.696	Jessica Dawley				00.130.230
58	0.00.5000	No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	June 28, 2018	00.621	Jean-Robert Bellande				00.616.302
59	0.00.1000	No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty	June 29, 2018	0.2065	Mike Takayama				00.198,568
60	0.010,000	Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	June 29, 2018	00.237	Phil Galfond				00.567,790
61	0.00.1000	WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold'em Championship	June 29, 2018	0.1635	Ryan Tosoc				00.238.778
62	0,000.888	Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed	June 30, 2018	0.8598	Galen Hall				00.888.888
63	0.00.3200	WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	June 30, 2018	00.480	Chance Kornuth				00.341,598
64	0.010,000	Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	1st July 2018	00.141	Dan Matsuzuki				00.364,387
65	0.010,000	No-Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	2nd July 2018	0.7874	John Cynn				08,800,000
66	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	5th July 2018	0.1351	Longsheng Tan				00.323,472
67	0.00.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty	6th July 2018	00.833	Anderson Ireland				00.141.161
68	0.00.1111	The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	7th July 2018	0.4732	Guoliang Wei				00.559.332
69	0.00.3000	Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed	July 8, 2018	00.901	Ronald Keijzer				00.475.033
70	0.00.3000	Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	July 9, 2018	00.221	Yaser Al-Keliddar				00.154,338
71	0.00.5000	No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)	July 10, 2018	00.452	Phil Hellmuth				00.485.082
72	0.00.1500	Mixed No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed	July 10, 2018	00.707	Jordan Polk				00.197,461
73	0.00.1000	Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)	11th July 2018	0.1221	Denis Timofeev				00.199,586
74	0.010,000	Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship	11th July 2018	00.355	Shaun Deeb				00.814.179
75	0.00.1500	The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)	July 12, 2018	0.3120	Joe Cada				00.612,886
76	0.00.3000	HORSE	July 12, 2018	00.354	Brian Hastings				00.233.202
77	0.050,000	No-Limit Hold'em High Roller (Big Blind Antes)	13th July 2018	00.128	Ben Yu				01,650,773
78	1,000,000	The Big One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	15th July 2018	00.027	Justin Bonomo				10,000,000

Main Event

John Cynn (2018)

→ Main article : Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2018

The final table was played July 12-14, 2018. In the final hand, Cynn won with K ♣ J ♣ against Miles with Q ♣ 8 ♥ .

space	origin	player	Age *	Prize money (in $ )
1		John Cynn	33	8,800,000
2		Tony Miles	32	5,000,000
3		Michael Dyer	32	3,750,000
4th		Nicolas Manion	35	2,825,000
5		Joe Cada	30th	2,150,000
6th		Aram Zobian	23	1,800,000
7th		Alex Lynskey	28	1,500,000
8th		Artem Metalidi	29	1,250,000
9		Antoine Labat	29	1,000,000

^* Age at the start of the final table

expansion

From October 9 to November 2, 2018, ten bracelets were played at the King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, at the World Series of Poker Europe 2018 .

Player of the Year

Shaun Deeb (2019)

The Player of the Year award goes to the player who collects the most points across all tournaments. The Casino Employees Championship , the Ladies Championship , the Senior Championships , the Tag Team Event and the Big One for One Drop were excluded from the rating , as these tournaments were not open to all players. The ranking also includes the tournaments of the World Series of Poker Europe . Winner Shaun Deeb won two bracelets, reached a total of four final tables and made it to the money 20 times, securing prize money of more than 2.5 million US dollars .

space	origin	player	Points
1		Shaun Deeb	5050.01
2		Ben Yu	3746.04
3		Joe Cada	3531.86
4th		John Hennigan	3440.13
5		Scott Bohlman	3155.88
6th		Michael Addamo	3046.88
7th		Paul Volpe	2863.10
8th		Anthony Zinno	2593.34
9		Eric Baldwin	2516.30
10		Romain Lewis	2460.14

Web links

Commons : World Series of Poker 2018  - Collection of Images

• World Series of Poker 2018 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 2018 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Tournament Schedule on the World Series of Poker website, accessed December 13, 2017
2. ↑ Tournament Results on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 20, 2018
3. ↑ The 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table Starts at 5:30 pm on pokernews.com on July 12, 2018, accessed on July 12, 2018.
4. ↑ 2018 WSOP Europe schedule confirmed for October 9 to November 2 on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 21, 2018
5. ↑ POY information on the World Series of Poker website, accessed July 17, 2018 (PDF)
6. ↑ Player Of The Year & Points Calculator on the World Series of Poker website, accessed November 2, 2018