2018 49th Annual World Series of Poker Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em END OF DAY REPORT FOR DAY: 1 Amazon Entries: 1,020 Remaining Players (at EOD): 252 Places Paid: 153 Buyin: $3,000 Prize Pool: $2,754,000 RANK PLAYER CITY / STATE / COUNTRY CHIP COUNT ROOM / TABLE / SEAT 1 Jonathan Abdellatif BE 41,000 Amazon / 520 / 3 2 John Adamek MARIETTA, GA, US 8,500 Amazon / 509 / 4 3 Justin Adams Fairfield, CT, US 92,000 Amazon / 508 / 8 4 Anuj Agarwal San Diego, CA, US 13,300 Amazon / 513 / 9 5 Jose Aguilera Cardiff, ES 55,100 Amazon / 503 / 6 6 James Akenhead LONDON,, GB 90,200 Amazon / 522 / 3 7 Yakov Albaz IL 75,500 Amazon / 527 / 8 8 Calvin Anderson YUKON, OK, US 58,400 Amazon / 524 / 4 9 Anna Antimony Fort Lee, NJ, US 47,000 Amazon / 525 / 4 10 Thomas Armenti Ramsey, NJ, US 34,500 Amazon / 506 / 5 11 Boyan Asenov Ravda, BG 49,100 Amazon / 503 / 4 12 Avraham Azulay Moshav,, US 11,600 Amazon / 507 / 3 13 Richard Bai SCHAUMBURG, IL, US 97,900 Amazon / 519 / 7 14 Paul Balzano SUNRISE, FL, US 63,500 Amazon / 528 / 6 15 Luke Bancroft Merion Sta, PA, US 37,200 Amazon / 522 / 6 16 Raghav Bansal IN 59,400 Amazon / 528 / 5 17 Brian Benda NASHVILLE, TN, US 69,200 Amazon / 515 / 9 18 Paul Berger Boca Raton, FL, US 77,000 Amazon / 514 / 6 19 Kristen Bicknell NEPEAN, ON, CA 132,900 Amazon / 504 / 9 20 Alex Bilokur MOSCOW, RU 28,400 Amazon / 503 / 3 21 Dutch Boyd LAS VEGAS, NV, US 76,100 Amazon / 531 / 3 22 Frederik Brink Waterbury, CT, US 35,700 Amazon / 517 / 6 23 Jose Brito Lisboa, PT 55,500 Amazon / 505 / 5 24 Kenneth Bruno ATLANTIS, FL, US 49,400 Amazon / 507 / 6 25 David Butkus Fort Lee, NJ, US 87,600 Amazon / 521 / 6 26 Jingwu Cai Joplin, MO, US 46,300 Amazon / 524 / 8 27 Rayan Chamas Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, QC, CA 182,300 Amazon / 528 / 3 28 Spencer Champlin Scarborough, ME, US 64,000 Amazon / 523 / 9 29 Daniel Chan NEW YORK, NY, US 92,600 Amazon / 516 / 2 30 William Chao El Sobrante, CA, US 40,600 Amazon / 504 / 7 31 Mohsin Charania CHICAGO, IL, US 26,200 Amazon / 520 / 5 32 Sam Chartier MONTREAL, QC, CA 59,300 Amazon / 509 / 1 33 Stevan Chew Adelaide,, AU 27,100 Amazon / 509 / 8 34 Michael Ciaravino Plant City, FL, US 22,300 Amazon / 516 / 3 35 Patrick Clarke Ardee, IE 68,300 Amazon / 525 / 5 36 Genon Clement Le Touvet,, FR 47,700 Amazon / 513 / 4 37 Rex Clinkscales LAS VEGAS, NV, US DNR Amazon / 514 / 4 38 Samantha Cohen BOCA RATAN, FL, US DNR Amazon / 519 / 9 39 Marciano Cruz De Sa Horatio, SC, US 131,200 Amazon / 505 / 8 40 Mark Darner WINTER PARK, FL, US 28,400 Amazon / 521 / 8 41 Adrien Delmas London,, GB 77,800 Amazon / 522 / 8
42 Grant Denison Portland, OR, US 18,200 Amazon / 524 / 2 43 Guillaume Diaz FR 47,800 Amazon / 530 / 6 44 Zachary Donovan Franklin, MA, US 55,600 Amazon / 527 / 5 45 Jeffery Dorr Saginaw, MI, US 85,800 Amazon / 516 / 6 46 Connor Drinan Arlington Heights, IL, US 100,000 Amazon / 524 / 3 47 Luiz Duarte Rio de Janeiro, BR 79,100 Amazon / 531 / 6 48 Jack Duong South Plainfield, NJ, US 36,200 Amazon / 508 / 4 49 Edouard Echinard Roanne, FR 76,700 Amazon / 525 / 1 50 Darren Elias PHILADELPHIA, PA, US 56,200 Amazon / 516 / 8 51 Joseph Elpayaa FOREST PARK, IL, US 85,400 Amazon / 528 / 7 52 Behnam Esfahanizadeh Toronto, ON, CA 67,300 Amazon / 517 / 9 53 Dimitrios Farmakoulis GR 24,800 Amazon / 520 / 1 54 Ben Farrell GB 70,000 Amazon / 515 / 1 55 Pablo Fernandez Campo London,, ES 20,400 Amazon / 506 / 4 56 Meddi Ferrah FR 73,400 Amazon / 529 / 5 57 Victor Figueroa Miami Beach, FL, US 37,800 Amazon / 510 / 1 58 Michael Finstein LAS VEGAS, NV, US 40,600 Amazon / 515 / 8 59 Nicolas Fischer Hohen Neuendorf,, DE 30,000 Amazon / 518 / 3 60 Paul Fontan London,, GB 39,700 Amazon / 518 / 2 61 Michael Gagliano ROCKAWAY, NJ, US 65,000 Amazon / 515 / 5 62 Javier Garcirreynaldos Madrid, ES 159,200 Amazon / 521 / 1 63 Lokesh Garg NORTHBOROUGH, MA, US 26,500 Amazon / 525 / 9 64 Michael Gathy BRUSSELS, BE 45,000 Amazon / 503 / 8 65 Uselis Gediminas Loma Linda, CA, US 51,500 Amazon / 522 / 2 66 Vladimir Geshkenbein MOSCOW, RU DNR Amazon / 519 / 6 67 Aleksandr Gofman Ekaterinburg,, RU 105,900 Amazon / 511 / 2 68 Cliff Goldkind Potomac, MD, US 102,200 Amazon / 524 / 6 69 Alin Goryoka El Cajon, CA, US 21,400 Amazon / 514 / 9 70 Stephen Graner HENDERSON, NV, US 148,800 Amazon / 518 / 6 71 Vincent Graziano NEW PORT RICHEY, FL, US 73,800 Amazon / 523 / 6 72 Jeffrey Gregg Columbus, OH, US 27,300 Amazon / 517 / 5 73 Jared Griener Santa Ana, CA, US 59,600 Amazon / 506 / 3 74 Ashton Griffin Lake Worth, FL, US 68,100 Amazon / 510 / 9 75 Lars Gronning Austin, TX, US 25,900 Amazon / 513 / 3 76 Bertrand Grospellier Melun,, FR 68,100 Amazon / 504 / 2 77 Jeff Gross ANN ARBOR, MI, US 42,600 Amazon / 512 / 9 78 Ricky Guan Brooklyn, NY, US 23,400 Amazon / 505 / 1 79 Ashish Gupta Melbourne, AU 36,100 Amazon / 529 / 4 80 Jeff Hakim Wexford, PA, USA 81,300 Amazon / 512 / 2 81 Ryan Hall NEWARK, DE, US 137,200 Amazon / 511 / 7 82 Jacob Haller MUSTANG, OK, US 21,500 Amazon / 508 / 6 83 Richard Harroch SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US 72,100 Amazon / 508 / 5 84 Maurice Hawkins West Palm Beach, FL, US DNR Amazon / 525 / 3 85 Robert Heidorn London, GB 13,500 Amazon / 522 / 9 86 Joshua Hillock Coconut Creek, FL, US 24,500 Amazon / 518 / 4 87 Mario Hofler Manomet, MA, US 74,100 Amazon / 509 / 5 88 Luciano Hollanda Curitiba,, BR 162,100 Amazon / 518 / 8 89 Kristina Holst PALO ALTO, CA, US 44,200 Amazon / 528 / 2 90 Kristofer Homerding Anchorage, AK, US 14,100 Amazon / 523 / 5 91 Matous Houzvicek Prague,, CZ 70,500 Amazon / 527 / 3 92 James Hughes MIAMI, FL, US 68,000 Amazon / 507 / 4 93 Barry Hutter Hollywood, FL, US 83,200 Amazon / 503 / 9
94 Todd Ivens Hinsdale, IL, US 92,000 Amazon / 504 / 8 95 Jonathan Jaffe LONGMEADOW, MA, US DNR Amazon / 515 / 2 96 Michael Jensen OVERLAND PARK, KS, US 57,500 Amazon / 516 / 7 97 Pfizer Jordan ZION, IL, US 38,800 Amazon / 518 / 9 98 Amir Kaikhah SAN MARCOS, TX, US 16,800 Amazon / 514 / 2 99 Neelesh Kalani Mullica Hill, NJ, US 15,300 Amazon / 514 / 3 100 Lars Kamphues Wildschoeau,, DE 53,000 Amazon / 519 / 2 101 Thomas Kane Dublin,, IR 32,000 Amazon / 503 / 1 102 Arsenii Karmatakii RU 63,300 Amazon / 512 / 3 103 Steve Karp North Miami Beach,, US 120,000 Amazon / 526 / 5 104 Frank Kassela Chicago, IL, US 99,700 Amazon / 506 / 1 105 Alex Keating SARATOGA, CA, US 50,700 Amazon / 517 / 8 106 David Kelly Carton View,, IR 93,500 Amazon / 505 / 6 107 Kevin Killeen Dublin, IE 103,500 Amazon / 504 / 6 108 Maria Konnikova Brooklyn, NY, US 46,200 Amazon / 531 / 1 109 Chance Kornuth LAS VEGAS, NV, US 44,300 Amazon / 519 / 4 110 Kitty Kuo TAIPEI,, TW 28,300 Amazon / 513 / 1 111 Ardit Kurshumi REVERE, MA, US 35,400 Amazon / 519 / 3 112 Foad Larki Coquitlam,, CA 53,000 Amazon / 521 / 3 113 Stanley Lee WEST HARTFORD, CT, US 41,500 Amazon / 525 / 6 114 Gerald Lee NORTHRIDGE, CA, US 72,400 Amazon / 518 / 5 115 Weicheng Lee Los Altos Hills, CA, US 26,400 Amazon / 520 / 6 116 Sang Lee Chappaqua, NY, US 20,000 Amazon / 507 / 1 117 Randy Levin TAMPA, FL, US 124,200 Amazon / 514 / 5 118 Nir Levy Rehovot,, IL 28,000 Amazon / 522 / 7 119 Romain Lewis LATRESNE,, FR 52,400 Amazon / 512 / 7 120 Vincent Li Sunchuen, CN 78,700 Amazon / 529 / 3 121 Kathy Liebert LAS VEGAS, NV, US 60,700 Amazon / 518 / 1 122 Yin Liu Tianjin, CN 113,900 Amazon / 509 / 2 123 Sylvain Loosli FR 61,000 Amazon / 524 / 7 124 Nikita Luther IN 29,700 Amazon / 506 / 8 125 Thiago Macedo Ponta Grossa,, BR 56,100 Amazon / 511 / 3 126 Patrick Mahoney LAKELAND, tn, US 57,800 Amazon / 520 / 9 127 David Malka Culver City, CA, US 20,000 Amazon / 526 / 8 128 Nicholas Manganaro OMAHA, NE, US 44,200 Amazon / 529 / 9 129 Jesus Martinez Barcelona, ES 54,000 Amazon / 531 / 8 130 Martin Mathis TALLAHASSEE, FL, US 92,900 Amazon / 531 / 4 131 Tom McCormick FARGO, ND, US 72,000 Amazon / 527 / 7 132 Bobbie Mcintosh Jackson, WY, US 16,000 Amazon / 529 / 6 133 Julian Menhardt DE 20,300 Amazon / 507 / 8 134 Greg Merson LAUREL, MD, US 32,700 Amazon / 528 / 9 135 Arie Ori Miller PETAH TIKVA, IL 17,200 Amazon / 506 / 6 136 Joseph Mirabile Perry Hall, MD, US 33,300 Amazon / 511 / 1 137 Adnan Mohammad Brooklyn, NY, US 92,300 Amazon / 504 / 1 138 Laszlo Molnar Mezctalva,, HU 39,700 Amazon / 521 / 4 139 Eder Murata Buraquinho,, BR 69,900 Amazon / 527 / 9 140 Bahar Musa ISPERIH, BG 58,500 Amazon / 530 / 3 141 Fahredin Mustafov Sofia,, BG 205,000 Amazon / 522 / 5 142 Carter Myers BRECKENRIDGE, MI, US 29,200 Amazon / 529 / 1 143 Pierre Neuville KNOKKE-HEIST,, BE 102,000 Amazon / 521 / 7 144 Michael Newman Nanuet, NY, US 56,800 Amazon / 508 / 1 145 Quang Ngo Lawrence, KS, US 63,700 Amazon / 516 / 9
146 Scotty Nguyen Las Vegas, NV, US 75,500 Amazon / 512 / 4 147 Tam Nguyen Riverside, CA, US 52,900 Amazon / 513 / 5 148 Dung Gomer Nguyen WICHITA, KS, US 39,000 Amazon / 510 / 2 149 Mihai Niste Debrecen, HU 66,200 Amazon / 514 / 1 150 Bret Oliverio Greenville, NC, US 97,800 Amazon / 505 / 3 151 Soner Osman LONDON,, GB 32,400 Amazon / 529 / 8 152 Ben Palmer LAS VEGAS, NV, US 17,600 Amazon / 509 / 9 153 Thiago Palmieri BR 20,700 Amazon / 519 / 5 154 Maxim Panyak EKATERINBURG,, RU 53,100 Amazon / 522 / 1 155 Guy Pariente FR 26,000 Amazon / 531 / 9 156 Yaniv Peretz Riga,, LV 111,900 Amazon / 511 / 8 157 Christian Pham Las Vegas, NV, US 92,000 Amazon / 510 / 3 158 Ryan Phan Omaha, NE, US 88,400 Amazon / 522 / 4 159 Tuan Phan TUCSON, AZ, US 31,500 Amazon / 504 / 3 160 Samuel Phillips Columbus, OH, US 47,500 Amazon / 510 / 5 161 David Plotkin CHICAGO, IL, US 21,300 Amazon / 514 / 8 162 Julien Polge Nancy,, FR 48,200 Amazon / 513 / 8 163 Athanasios Polychronopoulos SPRINGS, NY, US 38,400 Amazon / 526 / 7 164 Mario Prats Garcia Barcelona, ES 89,600 Amazon / 511 / 4 165 Oskar Prehm US 32,000 Amazon / 507 / 5 166 David Prociak Kissimmee, FL, US 83,500 Amazon / 507 / 2 167 Alex Queen BETHLEHEM, PA, US 68,800 Amazon / 520 / 2 168 Mathieu Rabalison Pontoise,, FR 53,900 Amazon / 512 / 1 169 Uri Reichenstein Tel Aviv, IL 164,000 Amazon / 512 / 6 170 Ty Reiman MORTON, IL, US 44,100 Amazon / 508 / 2 171 DID NOT REPORT 1 US 110,800 Amazon / 508 / 3 172 DID NOT REPORT 2 US 84,300 Amazon / 523 / 4 173 DID NOT REPORT 3 US DNR Amazon / 523 / 2 174 DID NOT REPORT 4 US DNR Amazon / 510 / 8 175 DID NOT REPORT 5 US 16,800 Amazon / 520 / 7 176 DID NOT REPORT 6 US 93,600 Amazon / 516 / 4 177 Vladimir Revniaga Burnsville, MN, US 61,800 Amazon / 506 / 9 178 Ludovic Riehl DAUEN DORF,, FR 35,700 Amazon / 520 / 4 179 Jason Riesenberg Las Vegas, NV, US 26,300 Amazon / 525 / 7 180 Jorge Rios Seberov, CZ 39,400 Amazon / 521 / 5 181 Jerry Robinson RALEIGH, NC, US 122,200 Amazon / 516 / 1 182 Colin Robinson Anthem, AZ, US 23,400 Amazon / 526 / 6 183 Roberto Rodrigiezcarrera GS 51,300 Amazon / 513 / 2 184 Adam Ross DALLAS, TX, US 20,100 Amazon / 527 / 2 185 Jonathan Roy BOUCHERVILLE, QC, CA 29,700 Amazon / 530 / 5 186 Michael Ruane Hoboken, NJ, US 54,900 Amazon / 530 / 9 187 Artur Rudziankov Prague, CZ 77,300 Amazon / 511 / 6 188 Arne Ruge Northampton, MA, US 45,700 Amazon / 521 / 2 189 Alexandre Sako San Paulo,, BR 18,000 Amazon / 527 / 1 190 Matt Salsberg STUDIO CITY, CA, US 90,300 Amazon / 517 / 2 191 Yuhei Sanada Saitama,, JP 6,200 Amazon / 519 / 8 192 Guillermo Sanchez Manchester,, GB 43,200 Amazon / 508 / 7 193 Harsukhpaul Sangha SURREY, BC, CA 23,500 Amazon / 509 / 7 194 Brian Schaffer Brooklyn, NY, US 50,700 Amazon / 524 / 9 195 Jake Schwartz NEW YORK, NY, US 19,500 Amazon / 523 / 3 196 Eric Semel LOS ANGELES, CA, US 61,000 Amazon / 526 / 4 197 Joe Serock Las Vegas, NV, US 131,100 Amazon / 517 / 3
198 Oscar Serradell Bournemouth,, GB 96,200 Amazon / 510 / 7 199 Muskan Sethi New Delhi,, IN 17,300 Amazon / 510 / 6 200 Brandon Shane SAGAMORE HLS, OH, US 37,900 Amazon / 531 / 7 201 Benjamin Shannon Coomera, AU 41,100 Amazon / 520 / 8 202 Jay Sharon Fresh Meadows, NY, US 73,000 Amazon / 505 / 9 203 Cathal Shine IE 61,500 Amazon / 515 / 3 204 Max Silver LONDON, GB 112,500 Amazon / 503 / 5 205 Dan Sindelar LAS VEGAS, NV, US 23,400 Amazon / 505 / 7 206 Tony Sinishtaj FLUSHING, NY, US 40,600 Amazon / 528 / 1 207 Julien Sitbon FR 25,500 Amazon / 529 / 7 208 Richard Sklar LAS VEGAS, NV, US 45,000 Amazon / 509 / 3 209 Nikolaos Solomos US 57,800 Amazon / 523 / 7 210 Kevin Song Brea, CA, US 76,100 Amazon / 524 / 5 211 Andy Spears Buffalo, NY, US 105,800 Amazon / 513 / 6 212 Anthony Spinella Las Vegas, NV, US 71,100 Amazon / 525 / 8 213 Peter Splettstoesser Tuckahoe, NY, US 64,100 Amazon / 523 / 8 214 Ian Steinman MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, US 53,100 Amazon / 530 / 2 215 Matt Stout LAS VEGAS, NV, US 82,000 Amazon / 516 / 5 216 Radoslav Stoyanov Pernik,, BD 97,500 Amazon / 504 / 5 217 Daniel Strelitz TORRANCE, CA, US 130,500 Amazon / 509 / 6 218 Jan Suchanek Nelson, NZ 15,900 Amazon / 531 / 5 219 Farzad Tafti Three Rivers, CA, US 26,800 Amazon / 529 / 2 220 Joseph Teanotoga Pirae,, FR 74,300 Amazon / 505 / 2 221 Mark Teltscher LONDON,, GB 26,100 Amazon / 527 / 6 222 Rob Tepper KIRKLAND, WA, US 32,600 Amazon / 524 / 1 223 William Thompson VALLEY PARK, MO, US 113,000 Amazon / 507 / 9 224 Kun Tong TEMPLE CITY, CA, US 19,700 Amazon / 526 / 2 225 Patrick Truong PFLUGERVILLE, TX, US 76,200 Amazon / 507 / 7 226 Theodoros Tsianos TORONTO, ON, CA 47,600 Amazon / 528 / 8 227 Richard Tuhrim New York, NY, US 48,000 Amazon / 511 / 9 228 Rick Vanbruggen London,, NR 79,900 Amazon / 506 / 2 229 Paul Vas Nunes GUILDFORD, GB 72,100 Amazon / 510 / 4 230 Diogo Veiga PT 73,400 Amazon / 517 / 1 231 Scott Vener LOS ANGELES, CA, US 60,000 Amazon / 517 / 4 232 Tuomas Veravainen Espoo, FI 40,700 Amazon / 508 / 9 233 David Wang Pyrmont, AU 42,600 Amazon / 511 / 5 234 Steven Warburton GB 64,000 Amazon / 513 / 7 235 Chad Wassmuth LEWISTON, ID, US 48,300 Amazon / 530 / 8 236 Martin Weiemann DE 15,000 Amazon / 504 / 4 237 Daniel Weinman ATLANTA, GA, US 33,600 Amazon / 521 / 9 238 Oliver Weis Grenzach Wyblen,, DE 20,800 Amazon / 525 / 2 239 Josh Weiss LA JOLLA, CA, US 54,800 Amazon / 517 / 7 240 Blake Whittington Jacksonville, FL, US 88,100 Amazon / 519 / 1 241 Jeremy Wien Mount Kisco, NY, US 104,200 Amazon / 527 / 4 242 Dylan Wilkerson San Francisco, CA, US 76,600 Amazon / 530 / 7 243 Rich Wu Orange, CA, US 38,600 Amazon / 523 / 1 244 Steve Yea SEOUL, KR 138,600 Amazon / 528 / 4 245 Jordan Young Las Vegas, NV, US 203,200 Amazon / 515 / 6 246 Ben Yu LAS VEGAS, NV, US 104,100 Amazon / 503 / 7 247 Andrey Zaichenko MOSCOW,, RU 109,300 Amazon / 518 / 7 248 Justin Zaki Tampa, FL, US 113,000 Amazon / 515 / 7 249 Benjamin Zamani BOCA RATON, FL, US 10,000 Amazon / 505 / 4
250 Yang Zhang DALIAN, CN 6,700 Amazon / 526 / 3 251 Ivan Zhechev BG 39,000 Amazon / 526 / 9 252 Peter Zhmutski Norman, OK, US 73,900 Amazon / 512 / 8