2018 World Series of Poker


The 2018 World Series of Poker is the 49th annual tournament, and took place from May 30 to July 17 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There was a record 78 bracelet 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 ESPN and Poker Central.
The 2018 World Series of Poker featured the announced retirement of ten-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Fame member Doyle Brunson from tournament poker, an announcement that came after he registered for the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. 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

Source:
#EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$565 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em566Jordan Hufty$61,909Jodie SandersResults
2$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty243Elio Fox$393,693Adam AdlerResults
3$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout363Joe Cada$226,218Sam PhillipsResults
4$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better911Julien Martini$239,771Kate HoangResults
5$100,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller105Nick Petrangelo$2,910,227Elio FoxResults
6$365 Giant No Limit Hold'em8,920Jeremy Perrin$250,000Luis VazquezResults
7$565 Colossus No Limit Hold'em13,070Roberly Felicio$1,000,000Sang LiuResults
8$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball321Johannes Becker$180,455Scott SeiverResults
9$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship169Paul Volpe$417,921Eli ElezraResults
10$365 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em2,972William Reymond$154,996Shawn StrokeResults
11$365 Giant Pot Limit Omaha3,250Tim Andrew$116,015Pete ArroyosResults
12$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed406Jeremy Harkin$129,882Frankie O'DellResults
13$1,500 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em1,306Benjamin Moon$315,346Romain LewisResults
14$1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw260Daniel Ospina$87,678Tim McDermottResults
15$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.731Andrey Zhigalov$202,787Timothy FrazinResults
16$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship114Justin Bonomo$185,965Jason McConnonResults
17$1,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed1,663Ognyan Dimov$378,743Antonio BarbatoResults
18$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed111Adam Friedman$293,275Stuart RutterResults
19$565 Pot Limit Omaha2,419Craig Varnell$181,790Seth ZimmermanResults
20$5,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em518Jeremy Wien$537,710David LakaResults
21$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker7,361Arne Kern$1,173,223Sam RazaviResults
22$1,500 Eight Game Mix481Philip Long$147,348Kevin MalisResults
23$10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship95Brian Rast$259,670Mike WattelResults
24$2,620 The Marathon No Limit Hold'em1,637Michael Addamo$653,581Mark SleetResults
25$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better596Benjamin Dobson$173,528Tim FinneResults
26$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha986Filippos Stavrakis$169,842Jordan SiegelResults
27$10,000 H.O.R.S.E.166John Hennigan$414,692David "Bakes" BakerResults
28$3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed868Gal Yifrach$461,798James MackeyResults
29$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw356Hanh Tran$117,282Oscar JohanssonResults
30$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha799Ryan Bambrick$217,123Sampo RyynanenResults
31$1,500 Seven Card Stud310Steven Albini$105,629Jeff LisandroResults
32$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em5,919Matthew Davis$662,983Bill StablerResults
33$50,000 Poker Players Championship87Michael Mizrachi$1,239,126John HenniganResults
34$1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em5,700Robert Peacock$644,224Nicholas SalimbeneResults
35$1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo/Big O773Yueqi Zhu$211,781Gabe RamosResults
36$1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em2,191Farhintaj Bonyadi$311,451Robert BeachResults
37$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,330Eric Baldwin$319,580Ian SteinmanResults
38$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship83Yaniv Birman$236,238Jesse MartinResults
39$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout908Preston Lee$236,498Corey DoddResults
40$2,500 Mixed Big Bet205Scott Bohlman$122,138Ryan HughesResults
41$1,500 Limit Hold'em596Robert Nehorayan$173,568Kevin SongResults
42$25,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller230Shaun Deeb$1,402,683Ben YuResults
43$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,248Timur Margolin$507,274Ismael BojangResults
44$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship109Nicholas Seiken$287,987Randy OhelResults
45$1,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em1,712Mario Prats$258,255Matthew HuntResults
46$2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better402David Brookshire$214,291Brendan TaylorResults
47$565 WSOP.com Online Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed1,223Matthew Mendez$135,078Marton CzuczorResults
48$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack6,260Tommy Nguyen$1,037,451James CarrollResults
49$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship476Loren Klein$1,018,336Rep PorterResults
50$1,500 Razz389Jay Kwon$125,431Dzmitry UrbanovichResults
51$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Bounty1,983Ryan Leng$272,765Ranno SootlaResults
52$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship114Scott Seiver$296,222Matt SzymaszekResults
53$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better935Joey Couden$244,370Bruno FitoussiResults
54$3,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em1,020Diogo Veiga$522,715Barry HutterResults
55$1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em1,032Nikita Luther
Giuseppe Pantaleo		$175,805Kazuki Ikeuchi
Hiroki Iwata
Sho Mori		Results
56$10,000 Razz Championship119Calvin Anderson$309,220Frank KasselaResults
57$1,000/$10,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship696Jessica Dawley$130,230Jill PikeResults
58$5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed621Jean-Robert Bellande$616,302Dean LyallResults
59$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty2,065Mike Takayama$198,568Lorenc PukaResults
60$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship237Phil Galfond$567,790Michael McKennaResults
61$1,000 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em Championship1,635Ryan Tosoc$238,778Anthony MaioResults
62$888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed8,598Galen Hall$888,888Eduards KudrjavcevsResults
63$3,200 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em High Roller480Chance Kornuth$341,598David GoodmanResults
64$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship141Dan Matsuzuki$364,387Scott BohlmanResults
65$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event7,874John Cynn$8,800,000Tony MilesResults
66$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,351Longsheng Tan$323,472Lanny LevineResults
67$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Bounty833Anderson Ireland$141,161Matt O'DonnellResults
68$1,111 The Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em4,732Guoliang Wei$559,332Francois TosquesResults
69$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed901Ronald Keijzer$475,033Romain LewisResults
70$3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed221Yaser Al-Keliddar$154,338Juha HelppiResults
71$5,000 No Limit Hold'em452Phil Hellmuth$485,082Steven WolanskyResults
72$1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed707Jordan Polk$197,461Fernando BritoResults
73$1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em1,221Denis Timofeev$199,586Leo MargetsResults
74$10,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship355Shaun Deeb$814,179Paul VolpeResults
75$1,500 The Closer No Limit Hold'em3,120Joe Cada$612,886Paawan BansalResults
76$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.354Brian Hastings$233,202Andrew BrownResults
77$50,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em High Roller128Ben Yu$1,650,773Sean WinterResults
78$1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em27Justin Bonomo$10,000,000Fedor HolzResults

Player of the Year

Final standings as of November 2 :
RankNamePointsBracelets
1 Shaun Deeb5,050.012
2 Ben Yu3,746.041
3 Joe Cada3,531.862
4 John Hennigan3,440.131
5 Scott Bohlman3,155.881
6 Michael Addamo3,046.882
7 Paul Volpe2,863.101
8 Anthony Zinno2,593.340
9 Eric Baldwin2,516.301
10 Romain Lewis2,460.140

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 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

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
PlaceNamePrize
23rdEric Froehlich$282,630

Final Table

2009 World Champion Joe Cada made the final table, finishing 5th, making him the first former champion to do so since Dan Harrington 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 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 Tony Miles and John Cynn 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.
NameNumber of chips
WSOP
Bracelets		WSOP
Cashes*		WSOP
Earnings*
Nicolas Manion112,775,000 000
Michael Dyer109,175,000 03$71,515
Tony Miles42,750,000 02$6,396
John Cynn37,075,000 012$713,071
Alex Lynskey25,925,000 013$553,429
Joe Cada23,675,000 333$10,340,058
Aram Zobian18,875,000 03$9,735
Artem Metalidi15,475,000 025$728,254
Antoine Labat8,050,000 02$6,857
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2018 Main Event.

Final Table results

Big One for One Drop

The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop began on July 15. It is the third time the event was held. Antonio Esfandiari won $18.3 million in the first event in 2012, while Dan Colman was the $15.3 million champion in 2014. 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 One Drop Foundation, founded by Guy Laliberte, 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 won the tournament, and took over from Daniel Negreanu at the top of the all time money list with the victory.

Performance of past champions

Final Table