Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 3 Completed
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,225,800
Entries
908
Level
53
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Level 53
: 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
It was a true endurance test for Preston Lee who finished on top in Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Lee captured his first ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet along with $236,498. It took him over 12 hours and 121 hands of heads-up play to defeat Corey Dodd in an epic battle.
Referred to as "The Landlord" by his rail who stuck by his side from the onset, Lee was in a comfortable position throughout most of the day. The heads-up duel went on for nearly four hours with the chip lead exchanging hands multiple times. Lee entered the battle with a large advantage but Dodd showed some of the utmost resilience. There were multiple times where the two found themselves exactly even in chips and some thought it would never end, even though they had around 20 big blinds each.
One hand turned the tide for good when Lee called an all in with ace-queen against Dodd's ace-ten suited. Lee hit a queen on the flop and held on, leaving Dodd with just half of a big blind. That wasn't the end tho, as Dodd doubled up twice before eventually falling on the last hand of the night.
"I've been playing mostly online but just started to get back into live poker. I play mostly cash games in the San Francisco area and a few tournaments," Lee said, who mentioned that it's going pretty well for him so far.
When asked about the exhausting final table, Lee said he was definitely running on adrenaline. "Ya, it was long. Both of us were all in multiple times and we both just kept winning. I don't even know what time it is." Lee said he will be back for more events throughout the summer with his main focus on the Main Event.
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preston Lee | United States | $236,498 |
| 2 | Corey Dodd | United States | $146,146 |
| 3 | Anthony Reategui | United States | $105,907 |
| 4 | Dylan Linde | United States | $76,829 |
| 5 | Jesse Kertland | United States | $56,763 |
| 6 | Young Phan | United States | $42,476 |
| 7 | Royce Matheson | United States | $32,198 |
| 8 | Alexander Lakhov | Russia | $24,728 |
| 9 | Bas de Laat | Netherlands | $19,245 |
| 10 | Endrit Geci | United Kingdom | $15,180 |
The day began with 10 players returning to the Main Stage in the Brasilia Room, having not played with one another in this tournament previously. With each player having around the same chip stack, there was nobody that held a clear advantage. It was Anthony Reategui and Lee who got off to a quick start, both racing to over one million chips before the first break.
On a board with four cards to a straight, Reategui check-raised all in and put Endrit Geci to the test for his remaining chips. After tanking for over four minutes, Geci called and Reategui showed him a straight, sending Geci to the rail in 10th place. After the first break of the day, Bas de Laat returned on one of the shorter stacks. He three-bet all in with a big ace and Reategui called with two live cards. Reategui made two pair on the runout and eliminated De Laat in ninth place.
The bust-outs continued over the next 30 minutes as the short stacks failed to run up a stack. Alexander Lakhov was next on the list when he shoved with his pocket fours and Lee snap-called with ace-king. Lee hit a king on the flop and never looked back sending Lakhov home in eighth place. It was a bit of a cooler for Royce Matheson as his pocket kings got cracked by Lee's pocket tens. Lee hit a ten on the turn and all of the money went in on the river, eliminating Matheson in seventh place.
It was not long after where the action folded to Young Phan in the small blind who shoved all in for around 15 big blinds. Reategui woke up with a monster pair of queens in the big blind and called to put Phan at risk. Although Phan made a pair of aces on the flop, Reategui turned a set of queens to leave Phan drawing dead.
That left three players on the short stack with Reategui and Lee holding 80% of the chips between them. In a blind vs blind hand, Jesse Kertland pushed all in from the small blind and Dylan Linde called from the big blind. Both players flopped a pair but Linde's was bigger and held on throughout the hand. Kertland left in fifth place, leaving just four players to fight for the title.
Just before the players went on their 60-minute dinner break, Linde was the victim of a cooler when he ran his pocket tens into the pocket kings of Dodd. The chips were counted and Dodd barely had Linde covered, sending just three players on the dinner break. When play resumed, Reategui spiced things up with more aggression than before. After a couple of hands gone wrong, Reategui shipped his last 14 big blinds in with ace-seven but Lee woke up with pocket aces. Reategui was drawing dead by the turn, leaving Lee and Dodd to battle heads-up for the bracelet. Eventually, after 121 hands and nearly four hours, it was Lee that captured his first World Series of Poker bracelet.
That wraps up the PokerNews coverage for this event, but stay tuned for plenty of more action throughout the coming weeks.
Level 53
: 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Hand #301: All the chips went in preflop and Preston Lee was holding 
. Corey Dodd was holding 
.
The board ran out 
and Dodd won with a runner-runner straight to be back at 160,000.
Hand #302: Lee was holding 
and had to win against 
.
The flop was a scary one for Lee being 
. The 
turn and 
river finally ended the Shootout finale. The American finally succumbed after more than 12 hours of play and received $146,146 for his outstanding performance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,600,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 53
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 52
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Hand #297: Preston Lee limped in on the button and Corey Dodd checked his option. The flop came 
and both players checked to the on the turn and the 
on the river. Dodd finally tossed in a bet of 450,000 and Lee quickly called. Dodd tabled 
for trip threes and took down the pot.
Hand #298: Dodd called on the button and Lee raised it up to 480,000. Dodd shipped all in and Lee let go of his hand.
Hand #299: Preston Lee opened to 320,000 on the button and Corey Dodd jammed all in. Lee stuck in the chips to call and was the player at risk as the cards went on their backs.
Preston Lee: 
Corey Dodd: 
The flop came 
and Lee took a commanding lead with a pair of queens. The 
on the turn gave Dodd a straight draw but the 
on the river secured the win for Lee. Dodd was left with just 75,000 chips after the hand.
Hand #300: Dodd was all in for 75,000 and the cards were dealt face up. Dodd received against Lee's . The board ran out 
and Dodd doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,500,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
190,000
-2,010,000
|
-2,010,000 |
Level 52
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Hand #292: Corey Dodd called and Preston Lee checked. The flop was 
and Lee checked. Dodd bet 160,000 and Lee raised to 480,000. Dodd called and the turn was the . Lee bet 600,000 and Dodd folded.
Lee took down the big pot to be in the lead again.
Hand #293: Lee called from the button and Dodd checked. The flop was 
. Both checked and the turn was the . Dodd bet 225,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #294: Dodd called from the button and Lee raised to 480,000. Dodd folded and Lee took down the pot.
Hand #295: Lee folded his button.
Hand #296: Dobb called from the button and Lee checked. The flop was . They both checked on the flop and the turn was the . Lee checked and Dodd bet 160,000. Lee raised to 520,000. Dodd folded and Lee took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,400,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,200,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
Level 52
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Hand #287: Preston Lee limped on the button and Corey Dodd raised to 400,000 in the big blind. Lee quickly folded and Dodd dragged in the pot.
Hand #288: Dodd just called on the button and Lee checked his option. The flop came 
and Lee check-folded to a bet of 160,000 from Dodd.
Hand #289: Lee called on the button and Dodd checked. The flop fell 
and Dodd checked to Lee who bet 160,000. Dodd called and the turn brought the 
. Both players checked to the on the river and Lee tabled 
to win the pot.
Hand #290: Dodd limped in and Lee checked the big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked to the 
on the turn. Lee bet 400,000 and Dodd dumped his cards.
Hand #291: Lee just called on the button and Dodd checked. The flop came and Dodd check-called a bet of 160,000 from Lee. The turn was the and Dodd checked again. Lee slid in a bet of 500,000 and Dodd gave up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,100,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Level 52
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Hand #282: Corey Dodd called from the button and Preston Lee checked. They both checked the 
flop and the turn was put on the table. They also checked the river and Dodd won the pot with 
.
Hand #283: Lee pushed all-in with and got called by Dodd with 
. The board ran out and Lee doubled up to 17 big blinds, with Dobb having 23 big blinds
Hand #284: Dodd called from the button and Lee checked. The flop went check and Lee bet 200,000 on the turn to win the pot.
Hand #285: Lee called from the button and Dodd put him all-in. Lee folded.
Hand #286: Dodd called from the button. Lee raised to 480,000 and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,600,000
-1,400,000
|
-1,400,000 |
|
|
3,000,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
||
Level 52
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Hand #277: Preston Lee limped in on the button and Corey Dodd checked his option. The flop came and Dodd checked to Lee who bet 160,000. Dodd check-raised to 450,000 but Lee called to see the on the turn. Dodd led out for 575,000 and Lee laid his hand down.
Hand #278: Dodd called on the button and Lee checked his big blind. The flop fell and both players checked to the on the turn. Lee tossed in a bet of 275,000 and Dodd called to see the on the river. Lee thought for over a minute before putting in a bet of 1,000,000. Dodd called and Lee turned over . Dodd showed for top pair to take a big chip lead.
Hand #279: Lee folded on the button and Dodd was given a walk.
Hand #280: Dodd limped on the button and Lee shoved all in, forcing a fold from Dodd.
Hand #281: Lee called on the button and Dodd checked. The flop came and both players checked the entire way with the on the turn and the on the river. Dodd tabled 
and raked in the pot with a smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,000,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
-2,200,000
|
-2,200,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 52
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000