Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-04-2024 20:34 UTC-7

Updated Counts

Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	185,000 32,000	32,000

James Woods	162,000 2,000	2,000
Leif Force	100,000 40,000	40,000

Michael Moncek	100,000

Joao Simao	95,000 35,000	35,000

Nathan Gamble	70,000 18,000	18,000

Cliff Josephy	56,000 24,300	24,300

John Holley	56,000 -14,000	-14,000
Mike Matusow	50,000 7,000	7,000

Nicholas Marchington	33,500
Abdullah Alshanti	Busted
Shaun Deeb	Busted

06-04-2024 20:42 UTC-7

Friedman Building a Monster Stack

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A player from middle position opened to 7,000 and received a call from Adam Friedman in the next seat over.

Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of 10♥10♦8♣7♦Q♥. The original raiser bet 4,000 and Adam Friedman responded with a pot-sized raise of 31,000 which quickly elicited a fold from his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	202,000 90,000	90,000

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06-04-2024 20:44 UTC-7

2024 WSOP $25K Fantasy Hands of the Week: Negreanu Flips Big and a Miracle Queen for Jaka

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Chad Holloway

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The $25K Fantasy league is off to a hot start with seven of the 19 teams over 100 points as of Tuesday night. Most of those were thanks to a handful of draftees hitting field bonuses in Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions, which attracted 18,409 entrants and became the sixth-largest poker tournament of all time.

Among those to hit the field bonus were Josh Reichard (21st place – 101 points), Adam Hendrix (32nd place – 101 points), Dong Chen (59th place – 101 points), John Riordan (88th place – 101 points), Chris Vitch (113th place – 101 points), Christian Harder (155th place – 101 points), and Ash Gupta (161st place – 101 points).

As of this writing, Team Oz (Gary Benson) is out on top with 245 points, while Team Sternheimer (Philip Sternheimer) sits in second with 199 points. From there it’s Team The Dinkers (179 points), Team Lady Gaga (168 points), Team Girl Dads (144 points), Team Wilson (118 points), and Team TheCoffeeBreakers (107 points) as the seven teams with 100+ points.

PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates, and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.

As a result, we can capture some of the biggest, best, and most game-changing hands involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Here are five from the first week of action in the 2024 WSOP.

See 5 Big $25K Fantasy Hands here on PokerNews!

06-04-2024 20:56 UTC-7

Fuchs Cracks Aces

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of J♠9♦3♠ and about 45,000 in the middle, a player on the button was all in for 20,000 and up against Carol Fuchs who covered him.

Button: A♦A♣K♣9♠ All in
Carol Fuchs: A♠J♥5♥2♦

Fuchs was behind with top pair against her opponent's aces but the board ran out 4♣6♣ giving her a six-high straight and the nut-low to scoop the pot while her opponent made his exit from the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carol Fuchs	175,000 175,000	175,000

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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-04-2024 21:05 UTC-7

Another Round of Counts

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Gordon	117,000 44,000	44,000
Tony Cousineau	86,000 -14,000	-14,000
Connor Drinan	85,000 21,000	21,000

Mark Dickstein	73,000 -17,000	-17,000
Mike Matusow	63,000 13,000	13,000

Steve Zolotow	55,000

Brad Ruben	47,000

Ken Aldridge	26,500 9,200	9,200

Robert Campbell	20,000 -6,000	-6,000

Bob Mather	Busted

06-04-2024 21:18 UTC-7

Holtz Reduces the Field by One

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player from under the gun limped in, Mike Holtz limped behind from the small blind and a player in the big blind checked.

All three players checked the 9♣6♣5♠ flop leading to the 6♦ turn. Holtz bet 8,500, the big blind moved all in for 10,500, the under the gun player got out of the way and Holtz made the call to put the big blind at risk.

Big Blind: K♣K♦10♦7♣ All in
Mike Holtz: A♣J♠10♣7♦

Both players had the same gutshot straight draw, Holtz had the nut-flush draw and a low draw while the big blind had an overpair. The river was the A♥ giving Holtz top pair to send his opponent to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Holtz	142,500 42,500	42,500

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06-04-2024 21:27 UTC-7

Hu Gets a Knockout

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Anthony Hu opened to 7,000 from the hijack and the big blind called all-in for less.

Big Blind: Q♥6♥3♥2♥ All in
Anthony Hu: A♠J♦6♣3♣

On the 5♦3♦3♠8♣9♦, Hu ended up with trip threes with an ace kicker, while also having a a superior six-five low to scoop the pot and claim the bust out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Hu	100,000

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06-04-2024 21:28 UTC-7

Updated Counts

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Clements	235,000 146,500	146,500

Leif Force	225,000 125,000	125,000

James Woods	180,000 19,000	19,000
Bryce Yockey	156,000 156,000	156,000

Frank Kassela	105,000 25,000	25,000

Dan Shak	98,000 98,000	98,000

Matthew Wantman	90,000 28,000	28,000

Dylan Weisman	80,000 -49,000	-49,000

Corey Hochman	75,000 -10,000	-10,000
Shannon Shorr	50,000 50,000	50,000

Blaz Zerjav	Busted

06-04-2024 21:39 UTC-7

Kyte Is Tumbling Down

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	40,000 -112,500	-112,500