Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-06-2024 12:36 UTC-8

Chu Wakes Up with Kings

Nick Becker

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

PokerNews caught the tail end of a big three-way all-in between Zhao Xin, Toby Boas, and Tao Chu. The players and the dealer helped recap the hand:

Action folded around to Xin, who shoved on the button, covering both Boas in the small blind and Chu in the big blind. Xin started the hand with close to 4,000,000, Chu had 1,265,000, and Boas had slightly less. Boas and Chu both called Xin's all-in.

Toby Boas: 8x8x All in
Tao Chu: K♥K♠ All in
Zhao Xin: Kx8x

The board ran out 9xAx9xJx3x and Chu's pair of kings held, to triple up. Boas was eliminated and sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tao Chu	4,000,000 2,955,000	2,955,000
Zhao Xin	Busted
Toby Boas	Busted

Tags: Tao Chu Toby Boas Zhao Xin

06-06-2024 12:36 UTC-8

A Round of Counts

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yingui Li	2,900,000 1,390,000	1,390,000
James Gilbert	2,350,000 1,085,000	1,085,000
Matthew Hendler	2,150,000 1,705,000	1,705,000
Ryan Flesch	1,575,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Heroico Aguiluz	1,450,000 1,125,000	1,125,000
David Rosenbloom	1,300,000 -280,000	-280,000
Philip Beck	975,000 720,000	720,000
Jonathan Pastore	875,000 475,000	475,000

Anthony Bland	680,000 -25,000	-25,000

06-06-2024 12:25 UTC-8

Players Eliminated Before Break

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Wechter	Busted
Jackson Turrentine	Busted
Patrick Eskandar	Busted
Adam Johnson	Busted
Brandon Feria	Busted
Sung Pil Kim	Busted
Scott Blackman	Busted
Shawn Buchanan	Busted

Dawn Mougel	Busted
Mike Ruter	Busted

Ben Miller	Busted
Edward Dixon	Busted
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick	Busted
Chen Tao	Busted
Agustin Naranja	Busted
Ali Tabatabai	Busted

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

06-06-2024 12:05 UTC-8

Players on Break

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Joseph Berg

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Only 136 players remain and they are on a 15-minute break.

06-06-2024 12:05 UTC-8

Deeb Busts in Last Hand Before Break

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action folded around to Shaun Deeb who shoved all in for his last 430,000, putting himself at risk, and Vernon Barruga called.

Shaun Deeb: K♦Q♥ All in
Vernon Barruga: A♦K♥

The board ran out 8♦J♦5♥4♦A♠, and Barruga's pair of aces sent Deeb to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vernon Barruga	1,500,000 1,255,000	1,255,000
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Tags: Shaun Deeb Vernon Barruga

06-06-2024 12:02 UTC-8

Short Stack Violence

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ryan Peterson held in a massive three-way pot when his 7♠7♣ held over the A♠J♠ of Richy Rob and the A♥Q♦ of Matthew Kirkwood.

The very next hand Rob and and Kirkwood clashed again all in preflop.

Richy Rob: A♠K♣ All in
Matthew Kirkwood: K♠J♥

The board ran out no help to Kirkwood and a short stacked Rob doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Peterson	1,255,000 805,000	805,000
Richy Rob	425,000 -215,000	-215,000
Matthew Kirkwood	210,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Ryan Peterson Richy Rob Matthew Kirkwood

06-06-2024 12:00 UTC-8

Deeb's Chips Ride the Roller Coaster

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Joseph Berg

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Joshua Zucchet raised to 120,000 from middle position and was called by Shaun Deeb in the small blind.

Action checked through on a A♦J♦7♣ flop.

The turn was the 7♥, Deeb checked and Zucchet wagered 200,000, Deeb made the call.

The river was the 6♦, Deeb checked, Zucchet mentioned he didn't think a bluff would work on Deeb and checked.

Deeb rolled over the A♥3♠ and Joshua Zucchet mucked his cards.

A few hands later there was an under-the-gun open-shove from Aaron Rondon for roughly 960,000. Deeb made the call from the cutoff and had Rondon's stack covered.

Aaron Rondon: A♠J♥ All in
Shaun Deeb: A♦Q♠

The board ran out Q♣9♥5♥8♦10♥ giving Rondon the straight and a much needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Rondon	1,800,000 520,000	520,000
Joshua Zucchet	1,100,000 755,000	755,000
Shaun Deeb	450,000 -825,000	-825,000

Tags: Aaron Rondon Joshua Zucchet Shaun Deeb

06-06-2024 11:57 UTC-8

Deeb with the Needles

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Shaun Deeb had a three bet to 400,000 cut out in front of him preflop with less than half that behind. Benjamin Horgan went all in two seats to his left. Deeb took his time as "Payout!" could be heard scattered around the room. After a few more moments, Deeb made the call.

Shaun Deeb: J♠9♠ All in
Benjamin Horgan: Q♠J♦

Horgan was in the lead when hands were tabled, but Deeb needled him, saying, "You don't want to give me chips," implying Horgan shouldn't have put himself in this position.

The flop was clean for Horgan as it rolled A♠2♦4♦. Eyes raised when the 5♠ came and the river made Deeb's flush with the 4♠. Deeb went on to tell Horgan that it wasn't strategically sound to put the more than half a million chips at risk.

Horgan tried to shake off the situation saying, "I'm just going to play my game."

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Horgan	2,565,000 1,155,000	1,155,000
Shaun Deeb	1,275,000 505,000	505,000

Tags: Benjamin Horgan Shaun Deeb

06-06-2024 11:57 UTC-8

Percani Wins Big Flip

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

All the money got in preflop in a hand between Agustin Naranja in early position and Bujar Percani in middle position. Naranja had 915,000 to start the hand and Percani had him covered.

Agustin Naranja: A♥K♥ All in
Bujar Percani: J♦J♥

The board ran out 6x4x8x8x3x and Percani's pair of jacks held to take down the pot.