A couple days after his exit at the Main Event final table, Joe Cada shipped The Closer for his second bracelet this summer and his fourth overall. Event #75 was the last $1,500 NL event on the schedule and this special blowout had 30-minute levels. Joe Cada faded a field of 3,210 runners to win $612,886. Cada banked nearly $3 million at the 2018 WSOP.

Ben Yu outlasted a star-studded final table to win Event #77 $50,000 NL High Roller (Big Blind Ante). Yu survived a field of 122 runners to win his third bracelet. First place paid out $1.65 million.Yu cashed in 15 events this year and moved into second place overall in the Player of the Year race. Yu pulled off an extremely a rare feat by finishing in first place, second place, third place, and fourth place in the same series.

Say hello to the newest world champion, John Cynn! Cynn won his first-ever bracelet with a victory in Event #65 $10,000 Main Event Championship. Cynn faded a field of 7,874 runners, which is the second-biggest field in WSOP Main Event history. Cynn outlasted a final table that included 2009 WSOP Main Event Champ Joe Cada, who busted in fifth place. Cynn rallied from behind to win a marathon heads-up affair against Tony Miles. Their ten-hour, 199-hand heads-up bout was the longest ever recorded in WSOP history. For a consolation prize, Miles banked $5 million for second place. Cynn won $8.8 million for first, plus the coveted special bracelet.

Shaun Deeb became the first player this year to win two bracelets at the 2018 WSOP. Deeb picked up his second bracelet of the summer and his fourth overall with a victory in Event #74 Big Blind Ante $10,000 NL 6-Handed. Deeb banked $814K for the win. He regained the top spot in WSOP Player of the Year standings, while former frontrunner Johnny World Hennigan slipped to second place.

Day 9 of the WSOP Main Event saw the final table lose a trip of players as the field thinned from six to three. 2009 Main Event champ Joe Cada missed his shot at winning another World Championship when he busted in fifth place. Aram Zobian was knocked out in sixth place, and Nicolas Manion hit the rail in fourth place. With three remaining, Tony Miles sits atop a gigantic lead with 60% of the chips in play a stack worth a shade under 239M. John Cynn is in second with 128.7M. Mike Dyer is the shorty with 26.2M. They will crown a champion on Saturday night.

The 2018 WSOP Main Event final table started on Thursday evening and played down to six players. Antoine Labat from France busted first in ninth place, followed by Artem Metalidi in 8^th place, and Alex Lynskey in 7^th place. At the end of Day 8, Mike Dyer bagged the lead and held more than twice as much as Nicolas Manion in second place. Joe Cada is somewhat short and fifth overall. John Cynn, Tony Miles, and Aram Zobian are all still left in the hunt for $8.8 million.

Phil Hellmuth won Event #71 $5,000 NL (30-minute levels). This two-day affair included expedited blinds. While all eyes were focused on the Main Event playing down to its final table, Hellmuth's event and final table flew under the radar. That is, until he got heads-up against two-time bracelet winner Steve Wolansky. Alas, Wolansky busted in second place and Hellmuth went on to win his 15^th career bracelet.

The 2018 WSOP Main Event reached its final table. Day 7 started with 26 players and they played down to nine. 2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada is seeking his fourth bracelet and second world championship. Nicolas Manion is the big stack with 112.7M. The final table also includes Mike Dyer, Tony Miles, John Cynn, Alex Lynskey, Aram Zobian, Artem Metalidi, and Antoine Labat.

Albert Upton, one of Richard Nixon's college professors, once said, “A man who couldn't hold a hand in a first-class poker game isn't fit to be president of the United States.” Nixon was one of many residents of the White House to take this aphorism literally.

After six days of action in the Main Event, only 27 players remain. Aram Zobian is the chip leader with 41.5M. 2009 Champ Joe Cada is still alive, but with a short stack. Benjamin Pollak, who finished in third place last year, had a quest to make back-to-back final tables. But his remarkable journey ended when he busted in 42^nd place. Kelly Minkin, the last woman standing, busted in 50^th place.

And then there were 109 players remaining. Approximately two-thirds of the field busted on Day 5 of the 2018 WSOP Main Event. They started with 310 and play was suspended with 109 players remaining after a wild storm created a power outage at the Rio's Convention Center. With the lights out, Mike Dyer bagged up the big stack worth over 12.1M.

Day 4 of the Main Event started with 1,182 players and by the end of the day, only 310 players remined. Bracelet winner Barry Hutter bagged up the lead with 5.6M. Joe Cada is the only former championship still left in the hunt, while former champs Johnny Chan, Tom McEvoy, and Jonathan Duhamel all busted.

Well, that was fast. The 2018 WSOP Main Event is now in the money. The money bubble burst on Saturday night and action was suspended with all 1,182 remaining players currently in the money. The lucky 1,182 will win at least $15,000 for a min-cash. In Sun Geoum from New York City is the big stack with nearly 1.7 million. Phil Ivey has a healthy stack and sits in the Top 75 in chips.

Around 3,480 players started Day 2C of the WSOP Main Event and after five levels of play, only 1,655 players will advance to Day 3. Ignacio Sanchez ended Day 2C with a monster stack in excess of 627,200. Sanchez is the overall leader heading into Day 3 on Saturday when all three opening flights will combine into one field.

The first part of Day 2 of the Main Event continued at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. Only 2,460 players started Day 2A/2B and only approximately 1,235 players will be moving onto Day 3 from the A/B flights. Shawn Daniels bagged up the chip lead with 532,500. Former Main Event champs Johnny Chan, Jesus Ferguson, Scotty Nguyen, and Greg Merson survived the cut and advanced to Day 3.

Registration for the 2018 WSOP Main Event is officially closed. After the third opening flight of action, the official total is 7,874 players. That marked the second-largest in WSOP history. First place will win $8.8 million and everyone at the final table will win at least $1 million. The total prize pool is $74 million. Currently, only 5,940 players are alive in the Main Event out of 7,874 runners.

Two more first-time winners at the 2018 WSOP. Dan Matsuzuki won Event #64 $10,000 Stud Hi/Lo Championship for a score worth $364,387. Meanwhile, Tim Andrew from Canada won his first bracelet win a victory in Event #11 PLO GIANT $365 PLO. Andrew faded a field of 3,250 runners and banked $116,015. The Grinder made the final table, but he busted in fifth place.

Jeremy Perrin registered for the wrong tournament, but won it anyway! Perrin wanted to buy into the PLO GIANT, but registered for Event #6 GIANT $365 NL instead. Perrin faded a field of 8,920 players to win $250,000 and earn his first bracelet. Not a bad score for an Omaha specialist, eh?

Phil ‘OMGClayAiken' Galfond won his third bracelet with a victory in WSOP Event #60 $10,000 PLO8 Championship. Galfond faded a field of 237 players and banked $567,788. The American pro and cash game guru has bracelet wins in PLO, PLO Hi/Lo, and Deuce to Seven Lowball.

Two online bracelets were awarded this weekend in Las Vegas. Chance 'BingShui' Kornuth took down Event #63 $3,200 WSOP.com ONLINE NL High Roller for a score worth $341,598. Ryan 'Toosick' Tosoc outlasted a record-setting field of 1,635 runners to win Event #61 $1,000 ONLINE NL Championship. Toosick banked $238,778 and the online bracelet.

Jean-Robert Bellande came from behind to win Event #58 $5,000 NL (6-Handed). Bellande defeated Dean Lyall heads-up for the win and $616,302 in cash. The contestant on the reality show Survivor and Broke Living won his first bracelet.

Florida-based pro Jessica Dawley edged out Jill Pike in only four hands of heads-up action to win the 2018 WSOP Ladies Championship. Dawley banked $130,230 in cash, plus her first WSOP bracelet. This year's Ladies Championship attracted 696 ladies and a prize pool worth $626,400.

It took four days of action to determine a winner in the $10,000 Razz Championships. Day three of WSOP Event #56 began with 13 players but ended with Calvin Anderson and Frank Kassela heads-up for the bracelet. On Saturday, Anderson edged out Kassela to win $309,220 and his second bracelet. Anderson denied the former WSOP Player of the Year a fourth bracelet win.