Anthony Marquez was in the small blind and put in enough chips to place Patrick Truong at risk for his tournament life. Truong thought long and hard and made the call.
Patrick Truong: K♥10♦
Anthony Marquez: A♥J♠
The board ran out with 6♣K♠A♦3♥3♦ giving Marquez the best hand with two pair.
Daniel Buzgon raised to 200,000 on the button before Jeffrey Vertes moved all in from the small blind. Buzgon took a moment before making the call and the hands were turned up.
Jeffrey Vertes: K♥9♠
Daniel Buzgon: 3♣3♦
Vertes was flipping but could not connect with the 2♠4♣10♥A♠7♠ board, ending his run in 16th place.
Mark Dube opened to 200,000 in the cutoff before Eric Deng moved all in on the button. John Henry Gordon then announced all in with his larger stack, producing a fold from Dube.
Eric Deng: A♣9♣
John Henry Gordon: Q♥Q♦
Deng could not catch up on the 5♥3♦7♥10♠J♥ runout, sending him to the rail as the first elimination of the day.
Today marks the culmination of Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed at the prestigious World Series of Poker, hosted at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The showdown awaits as 20 skilled contenders return to the tables, vying for the coveted $439,815 first-place prize and the iconic trophy bracelet.
Daniel Palau, seemingly poised for victory, leads the pack with a formidable stack of 6,790,000 chips. However, the remaining players will not concede easily. Among the challengers are notable talents like Anthony Marquez (3,900,040), Simeon Spasov (3,750,000), and Tommy Nguyen (1,020,000), each boasting impressive poker pedigrees, and they will all be vying for their second bracelet. Marquez's "TSN Turning Point," occurred when he boosted his chips with a queens versus nines pot for his tournament life after taking a hard chip loss on a previous hand.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Daniel Palau
Spain
6,790,000
68
2
Chih Fan
Taiwan
6,765,000
68
3
Joseph Brumpacheco
Brazil
6,295,000
63
4
Corey Wick
United States
5,385,000
54
5
Matthew Dodd
United States
4,860,000
49
6
Daniel Buzgon
United States
4,505,000
45
7
Anthony Marquez
United States
3,900,000
39
8
Simeon Spasov
Bulgaria
3,750,000
38
9
John Gordon
United States
3,075,000
31
10
Patrick Truong
United States
3,060,000
31
Chih Fan
A staggering 2,526 entrants kicked off Day 1, dwindling to 197 by Day 2, and now only 17 contenders remain in contention. Regardless of the outcome, each skilled player is guaranteed to walk away with a minimum payout of $28,480.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$439,815
2
$293,218
3
$210,645
4
$152,995
5
$112,362
6
$83,452
7
$62,687
8-9
$47,633
10-11
$36,616
12-17
$28,480
Notable absences from Day 3 include Dean Hutchinson, Jessica Teusl, Steven Buckner, David Pham, Ran Koller, Brett Shaffer and Alex Foxen. The chip leader from Day 1 Quan Zhou was eliminated late in Day 2.
Action resumes at noon local time, commencing at Level 28 with blinds set at 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 ante for the big blind. Regular 15-minute breaks will be observed after every two levels, with a dinner break scheduled as needed. The tournament structure entails 60-minute levels, persisting until a deserving champion emerges victorious.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates and the thrilling conclusion of this event, as well as comprehensive coverage of all the exhilarating action unfolding at the World Series of Poker 2024.
