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(WSOP) is the 49th annual tournament, and took place from May 30 to July 17 at the
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events. The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 2 and concluded on July 15. The Main Event, as well as the Big One for One Drop, were again streamed in their entirety on
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. The 2018 World Series of Poker featured the announced retirement of ten-time bracelet winner and
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Doyle Brunson Doyle Frank Brunson (August 10, 1933 – May 14, 2023) was an American poker player who played professionally for over 60 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions, Main Event champi ...
from tournament poker, an announcement that came after he registered for the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (Event 23). 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.


Event schedule

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Player of the Year

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


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

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


Other notable high finishes

''NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.''


Final Table

2009 World Champion
Joe Cada Joseph Cada (born November 18, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Shelby Charter Township, Michigan, best known as the winner of the World Series of Poker#Main Event, Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). By winni ...
made the final table, finishing 5th, making him the first former champion to do so since
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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 , Labat ) while Nicolas Manion turned over . The board ran out , and Zhu was eliminated in 10th, while Labat was left crippled and Manion was propelled to the chip lead. Heads up play between
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John Cynn John Cynn (born December 24, 1984) is an American professional poker player from Northbrook, Illinois. In 2018, he won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $8,800,000. Cynn graduated from Indiana University Bloomington, where he stu ...
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. *Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2018 Main Event.


Final Table results


Big One for One Drop

The $1,000,000
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began on July 15. It is the third time the event was held.
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won $18.3 million in the first event in
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, while Dan Colman was the $15.3 million champion in
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. 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
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, 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 Justin Bonomo (born September 30, 1985) (known online as ZeeJustin) is an American high-stakes professional poker player, and a former '' Magic the Gathering'' competitor. He became the youngest player to be featured at a televised final table o ...
won the tournament, and took over from
Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu (; born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player who has won seven World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles. In 2014, independent poker ranking service Global Poker ...
at the top of the all time money list with the victory.


Performance of past champions


Final Table


References


External links


Tournament results
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World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada, and since 2004, sponsored by Eldorado Resorts, Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best ...
World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada, and since 2004, sponsored by Eldorado Resorts, Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best ...