Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series
$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$542,850
Entries
517
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
42
Players Left
4
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Players have been sent on their first 15-minute break.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler Casino Live, revealed on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker podcast that he was kicked out of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event over a conflict of interest stemming from his employment at ESPN.
In the 16th episode of the podcast, host Connor Richards speaks with the producer/founder of the most popular livestream in poker history about why he was booted from poker's biggest tournament, along with numerous other topics such as sports journalism, interviewing star athletes, leaving ESPN to start a poker stream, founding HCL and putting together some of the most entertaining lineups in poker history.
This interview was filmed in July at the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Ryan Feldman by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
A player under the gun raised to 1,000, before Sohale Khalili three-bet to 3,200 from middle position. Then Marc Spitaleri cold called the three-bet from the cutoff, and after it folded back to the under the gun player, he folded as well.
Both players checked to showdown after the board ran out Q♠4♦2♥2♠7♦.
Khalili announced "ace high" when Spitaleri tabled A♦K♦ which was good to take the pot as Khalili mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
27,200
|
27,200 |
|
28,900
-9,300
|
-9,300 |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Action was picked up with with players in the hand and the board showing A♣10♥10♦9♦ and roughly 36,000 in the pot.
Marc Fiorentino checked to his opponent who bet all in for 18,300, which was snap called by Fiorentino.
All in Player: K♦Q♥ 
Marc Fiorentino: A♠Q♣
Fiorentino had the best of it with his pair of aces, but would need to fade a jack and the gut shot straight draw of his opponent. After the river was the 7♣ the pair of aces were still best, and Fiorentino took the pot and eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,800
39,000
|
39,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 0 ante
A player raised from under the gun to 800, and was called by a player in middle position. Then Marc Fiorentino in the hijack three-bet to 3,200. The under the gun player called, and the hijack folded.
After the 10♦5♦2♦ flop, the under the gun player check-called a bet of 1,200 from Fiorentino.
Both players checked to the river after the 6♣ on the turn, which brought the A♠. The under the gun player checked, before Fiorentino bet out 4,500, which got a quick fold to give him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,800
8,000
|
8,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 0 ante
Sungmi Cho opened the action with a raise to 800 from early position, and was called by the hijack, the player on the button, the small blind, and the big blind Marc Fiorentino.
After the 3♦7♥4♦ flop, the blinds checked to Cho who bet out 2,000. The hijack called, and it folded to Fiorentino, who raised to 7,000. Cho made the call, and the hijack folded to leave the players heads up.
After the 7♦ on the turn, Fiorentino bet out 10,000, which got Cho to fold and give the pot to Fiorentino.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,800
25,800
|
25,800 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 0 ante
Action folded to Joshua Prager on the button, and he raised to 800. The small blind Marc Spitaleri called, and the big blind folded.
After the 8♦8♣5♥ flop, Spitaleri checked to Prager who bet out 1,000, before Prager raised to 3,000. Prager made the call to see a turn.
After the 8♠ on the turn, Prager called a bet of 5,000 from Spitaleri.
The river was the K♦ and Prager check-called a bet of 10,400 Prager.
Prager turned over J♣8♥ for quad eights, and Spitaleri showed 6♠6♣ before tossing his cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,500 | |
|
|
16,800
-26,700
|
-26,700 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 0