Sechs Spieler traten bei Event #17 der WSOP 2018 in der vergangenen Nacht zum vierten Turniertag an, um den Sieg zu auszuspielen.
Mit Nick Schulman, Ryan D’Angelo, Joey Weissman und Yue Du waren gleich vier Bracelet-Gewinner für den großen Showdown qualifiziert, doch als noch zwei Spieler übrig waren, war klar, dass es eine Premiere geben würde.
Nach hartem Ringen waren mit dem Italiener Antonio Barbato und dem Bulgaren Ognyan Dimov nur noch die beiden Spieler übrig, die noch kein WSOP-Turnier gewonnen hatten. Allerdings war die Vorentscheidung praktisch schon gefallen, denn Dimov hatte fast zehnmal so viele Chips wie sein letzter Konkurrent. Der wehrte sich zwar nach Kräften, musste sich letztlich aber nach 17 Händen geschlagen geben.
Damit holte Ognyan Dimov das dritte Bracelet für Bulgarien und feierte anschließend ausgiebig mit seinen Landsleuten sein Preisgeld von über $378.000!
WSOP Event #17, $1.500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-max, Endstand
| Platz | Spieler | Preisgeld | |
| 1 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | $378.743 |
| 2 | Antonio Barbato | Italy | $233.992 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | United States | $163.785 |
| 4 | Ryan D’Angelo | United States | $116.118 |
| 5 | Joey Weissman | United States | $83.396 |
| 6 | Yue Du | China | $60.686 |
| 7 | Luke Brereton | United Kingdom | $44.750 |
| 8 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | $44.750 |
| 9 | Alexandr Lipkin | United States | $33.447 |
| 10 | Jamie Rosen | United States | $33.447 |
| 11 | Jason Brin | United States | $25.342 |
| 12 | Hon Cheong Lee | China | $25.342 |
| 13 | Pierre Calamusa | United States | $19.469 |
| 14 | Victor Figueroa | United States | $19.469 |
| 15 | Kanzuki Ikeuchi | Japan | $19.469 |
| 16 | Alexandro Tricarico | Belgium | $19.469 |
| 17 | Christian Iacobellis | United States | $19.469 |
| 18 | Dilip Ravindran | India | $19.469 |
| 19 | Markus Kühnen | United Kingdom | $15.168 |
| 20 | Luke Graham | United States | $15.168 |
| 21 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | $15.168 |
| 22 | Gabriel Baumgartner | Germany | $15.168 |
| 23 | Oliver Biles | United Kingdom | $15.168 |
| 24 | Tristan Wade | United States | $15.168 |
| 25 | Adrian Buckley | United States | $11.987 |
| 26 | Affif Lemos | Brazil | $11.987 |
| 27 | Ivan Deyra | France | $11.987 |
| 28 | Adam Hendrix | United States | $11.987 |
| 29 | Brent Roberts | United States | $11.987 |
| 30 | Ozgur Arda | Turkey | $11.987 |
| 31 | Ang Lin Lin Chen An | Taiwan | $9.611 |
| 32 | Justin Ouimette | Canada | $9.611 |
| 33 | Kyle White | Canada | $9.611 |
| 34 | Fadi Hamad | United States | $9.611 |
| 35 | Nicholas Smith | United States | $9.611 |
| 36 | Enio Bozzano | Brazil | $9.611 |
| 37 | Christopher Aiello | United States | $7.819 |
| 38 | Will Berry | United States | $7.819 |
| 39 | Jake Schwartz | United States | $7.819 |
| 40 | Scott Stewart | United States | $7.819 |
| 41 | Matthew Beier | United States | $7.819 |
| 42 | Gil Thierry | United Kingdom | $7.819 |
| 43 | Vinny Pahuja | United States | $6.457 |
| 44 | Daniel Larson | United States | $6.457 |
| 45 | Yosuke Iwata | United States | $6.457 |
| 46 | Anthony Schutter | United States | $6.457 |
| 47 | Ronald Warnicke | United States | $6.457 |
| 48 | Gustavo Libedinski | Argentina | $6.457 |
| 49 | Jordan Young | United States | $5.413 |
| 50 | Jared Hamby | United States | $5.413 |
| 51 | Stanley Ko | Singapore | $5.413 |
| 52 | Foad Larki | Canada | $5.413 |
| 53 | Kenneth Elmore | United States | $5.413 |
| 54 | Adam Kievman | United States | $5.413 |
| 55 | Yordan Petrov | Bulgaria | $4.608 |
| 56 | Larry Wright | United States | $4.608 |
| 57 | Clifford Pappas | United States | $4.608 |
| 58 | Shane Fumerton | Canada | $4.608 |
| 59 | James Hutton | United States | $4.608 |
| 60 | Kenneth Smaron | United States | $4.608 |
| 61 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | $4.608 |
| 62 | Thomas Mühlöcker | Austria | $4.608 |
| 63 | Andrew Yim | United States | $4.608 |
| 64 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | $4.608 |
| 65 | Ryan Franklin | United States | $4.608 |
| 66 | Austin Buchanan | United States | $4.608 |
| 67 | Sebastien Comel | France | $3.984 |
| 68 | Tanner Bibat | United States | $3.984 |
| 69 | Kevin Eyster | United States | $3.984 |
| 70 | Ajay Chabra | United States | $3.984 |
| 71 | Andy Spears | United States | $3.984 |
| 72 | Mark Radoja | Canada | $3.984 |
| 73 | Vincent Moscati | United States | $3.984 |
| 74 | Boris Kasabov | United States | $3.984 |
| 75 | Alexandre Reard | France | $3.984 |
| 76 | Dung Gomer Nguyen | United States | $3.984 |
| 77 | Daniel Cai | United States | $3.984 |
| 78 | Jeff Madsen | United States | $3.984 |
| 79 | Alan Bittikofer | United States | $3.500 |
| 80 | Felix Bleiker | Switzerland | $3.500 |
| 81 | David Cabrera Polop | Mexico | $3.500 |
| 82 | Maher Achour | United States | $3.500 |
| 83 | Samad Razavi | United Kingdom | $3.500 |
| 84 | Nelson Resendiz | United States | $3.500 |
| 85 | David Okelly | Ireland | $3.500 |
| 86 | Matthew Silva | United States | $3.500 |
| 87 | Alexander Ziskin | United States | $3.500 |
| 88 | Jacob Baumgartner | United States | $3.500 |
| 89 | Sebastian Pauli | Germany | $3.500 |
| 90 | Jose Paz-Gutierrez | Bolivia | $3.500 |
| 91 | Seth Fischer | United States | $3.124 |
| 92 | Pavel Plesuv | Czech Republic | $3.124 |
| 93 | Sergi Reixach | United Kingdom | $3.124 |
| 94 | Nick Yunis | Chile | $3.124 |
| 95 | Jeffrey Chang | United States | $3.124 |
| 96 | Zachary Gruneberg | United States | $3.124 |
| 97 | Samuel Vitello | United States | $3.124 |
| 98 | Ryan Jones | United States | $3.124 |
| 99 | Markus Gonsalves | United States | $3.124 |
| 100 | Oscar Castagna | United States | $3.124 |
| 101 | Kainalu Mccue-Unciano | United States | $3.124 |
| 102 | Christian Harder | United States | $3.124 |
| 103 | Blake Baker | United States | $3.124 |
| 104 | Seni Choueri | United States | $3.124 |
| 105 | Robert Mather | United States | $3.124 |
| 106 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | $3.124 |
| 107 | Austin Peck | United States | $3.124 |
| 108 | Frank Bonacci | United States | $3.124 |
| 109 | Vadim Shlez | United States | $2.835 |
| 110 | Sergio Espina Aido | United Kingdom | $2.835 |
| 111 | David Gunas | United States | $2.835 |
| 112 | Simon Deadman | United Kingdom | $2.835 |
| 113 | Jay Sharon | United States | $2.835 |
| 114 | Tom Koral | United States | $2.835 |
| 115 | Justin Young | United States | $2.835 |
| 116 | Srinivasa Vemulamada | United States | $2.835 |
| 117 | Robert Goldfarb | United States | $2.835 |
| 118 | Morgan Machina | United States | $2.835 |
| 119 | Vincent Procopio | United States | $2.835 |
| 120 | Anthony Marquez | United States | $2.835 |
| 121 | William Remshardt | United States | $2.835 |
| 122 | Alex Rocha | United States | $2.835 |
| 123 | Jack Maskill | United Kingdom | $2.835 |
| 124 | Tom Marchese | United States | $2.835 |
| 125 | Kenna James | United States | $2.835 |
| 126 | Clayton Fletcher | United States | $2.835 |
| 127 | Robert McLaughlin | United States | $2.615 |
| 128 | Daniel Dizenzo | United States | $2.615 |
| 129 | Timothy Sullivan | United States | $2.615 |
| 130 | Alfonso Mora | Czech Republic | $2.615 |
| 131 | Dimitry Agrachov | United States | $2.615 |
| 132 | Joe Ramos | United States | $2.615 |
| 133 | Aditya Agarwal | India | $2.615 |
| 134 | Amnon Filippi | United States | $2.615 |
| 135 | Michael Ross | United States | $2.615 |
| 136 | Gregg Merkow | United States | $2.615 |
| 137 | Douglas Brofman | United States | $2.615 |
| 138 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | $2.615 |
| 139 | Andrey Zaichenko | Russian Federation | $2.615 |
| 140 | Yakov Albaz | Israel | $2.615 |
| 141 | Sadan Turker | United Kingdom | $2.615 |
| 142 | Christopher Carey | United States | $2.615 |
| 144 | Randy Marker | United States | $2.615 |
| 145 | Corentin Hillon | United States | $2.453 |
| 146 | Andrew Dean | United States | $2.453 |
| 147 | Dalton Brinker | United States | $2.453 |
| 148 | Tom Braband | United States | $2.453 |
| 149 | Tony Gargano | United States | $2.453 |
| 150 | Dan Santoro | United States | $2.453 |
| 151 | Todd Melander | United States | $2.453 |
| 152 | Fabian Gumz | Germany | $2.453 |
| 153 | Brandon Sinawi | United States | $2.453 |
| 154 | Bradley Butcher | United States | $2.453 |
| 155 | Barry Greenstein | United States | $2.453 |
| 156 | Bob Shao | United States | $2.453 |
| 157 | Christian Pham | United States | $2.453 |
| 158 | Steven Ward | United States | $2.453 |
| 159 | Harry Lodge | United Kingdom | $2.453 |
| 160 | Brian Kearney | United States | $2.453 |
| 161 | Barry Schmiess | United States | $2.453 |
| 162 | Romain Lotti | United States | $2.453 |
| 163 | Henri Hinds | Ireland | $2.453 |
| 164 | Seyed Mortazavilahijani | United States | $2.453 |
| 165 | John Oneal | United States | $2.453 |
| 166 | Paul Berger | United States | $2.453 |
| 167 | Jeremy Dresch | United States | $2.453 |
| 168 | Ryan Zweig | United States | $2.453 |
| 169 | Patrick Mahoney | United States | $2.342 |
| 170 | Maxx Coleman | United States | $2.342 |
| 171 | Terrence Doyle | United States | $2.342 |
| 172 | Alexandr Orlov | Russian Federation | $2.342 |
| 173 | Josh Arieh | United States | $2.342 |
| 174 | Damien Hupe | Belgium | $2.342 |
| 175 | Joseph Granberry | United States | $2.342 |
| 176 | Alan Sternberg | United States | $2.342 |
| 177 | Fernando Brito | Brazil | $2.342 |
| 178 | Christian Nilles | Germany | $2.342 |
| 179 | Christopher Meyer | United States | $2.342 |
| 180 | Jiacong Zhang | United States | $2.342 |
| 181 | Vladislav Mezheritsky | United States | $2.342 |
| 182 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | $2.342 |
| 183 | Timothy Chang | United States | $2.342 |
| 184 | Chance Kornuth | United States | $2.342 |
| 185 | Giovani Torre | Portugal | $2.342 |
| 186 | Steven Gagliano | United States | $2.342 |
| 187 | Stephen Schulist | United States | $2.342 |
| 188 | Susan Sawyersmith | United States | $2.342 |
| 189 | Gaelle Baumann | France | $2.342 |
| 190 | Brent Hanks | United States | $2.342 |
| 191 | Hugo Perez | United States | $2.342 |
| 192 | John Pridgen | United States | $2.342 |
| 193 | Josh Weiss | United States | $2.274 |
| 194 | Jordan Hufty | United States | $2.274 |
| 195 | Kimmo Eskelinen | Finland | $2.274 |
| 196 | Kevin Saul | United States | $2.274 |
| 197 | Jeffrey Manza | United States | $2.274 |
| 198 | James Hughes | United States | $2.274 |
| 199 | Philip Elliott | Canada | $2.274 |
| 200 | Paul Sokoloff | Canada | $2.274 |
| 201 | Shannon Shorr | United States | $2.274 |
| 202 | Andrew Lee | United States | $2.274 |
| 203 | Jamys Williams | United States | $2.274 |
| 204 | Chase Craig | United States | $2.274 |
| 205 | Adam Brant | United States | $2.274 |
| 206 | Nick Phoenix | United States | $2.274 |
| 207 | Rafael Lebron | United States | $2.274 |
| 208 | Lars Gronning | United States | $2.274 |
| 209 | Ephraim Zephaniah | United States | $2.274 |
| 210 | Quang Ngo | United States | $2.274 |
| 211 | Todd Rebello | United States | $2.274 |
| 212 | Benjamin Zamani | United States | $2.274 |
| 213 | Martin Redrup | United States | $2.274 |
| 214 | Harlan Karnofsky | United States | $2.274 |
| 215 | Thomas Richenlaub | United States | $2.274 |
| 216 | Joe Serock | United States | $2.274 |
| 217 | Jonathan Jaffe | United States | $2.274 |
| 218 | Ivan Zhechev | Bulgaria | $2.274 |
| 219 | Zachary Richards | United States | $2.274 |
| 220 | Sam Stein | United States | $2.274 |
| 221 | Herbert Yarbrough | United States | $2.274 |
| 222 | Harold Lilie | United States | $2.274 |
| 223 | Daniel Sewnig | United States | $2.249 |
| 224 | Zachary Ackley | United States | $2.249 |
| 225 | Jesse Cohen | United States | $2.249 |
| 226 | Carlos Curi | Argentina | $2.249 |
| 227 | Sebastian Momtazi | United States | $2.249 |
| 228 | Mohammad Siddiqui | United States | $2.249 |
| 229 | Jeff Bettencourt | United States | $2.249 |
| 230 | Christian Soto | United States | $2.249 |
| 231 | David Ormsby | Canada | $2.249 |
| 232 | Andrew Liu | United States | $2.249 |
| 233 | Brandon Conrad | United States | $2.249 |
| 234 | Aaron Johnson | United States | $2.249 |
| 235 | Benjamin Kramer | United States | $2.249 |
| 236 | Kevin Kanda | United States | $2.249 |
| 237 | Martin Szafran | United States | $2.249 |
| 238 | Matthew Smith | United States | $2.249 |
| 239 | Fraser MacIntyre | United Kingdom | $2.249 |
| 240 | Safiya Umerova | United States | $2.249 |
| 241 | Thomas Lutz | United States | $2.249 |
| 242 | Randy Lowery | United States | $2.249 |
| 243 | Rutherford Hayes | United States | $2.249 |
| 244 | Gabriel Villanueva | United States | $2.249 |
| 245 | Talon White | United States | $2.249 |
| 246 | Jiri Horak | Czech Republic | $2.249 |
| 247 | Tyler Walker | Canada | $2.249 |
| 248 | Tonio Röder | Germany | $2.249 |
| 249 | Christopher Welch | United States | $2.249 |
| 250 | Steven Shapiro | United States | $2.249 |
