2024 World Series of Poker

Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$368,977
Event Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$3,331,328
Entries
4,732
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
310
Players Left
1

Ebert Doubles His Stack Early On

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Mike Ebert
Mike Ebert

Action folded around to the button who moved all in for 385,000 and Michael Ebert called from the small blind, having his opponent covered.

Button: Kx7x All in
Michael Ebert: AxQx

It was a safe runout of Ax7x5x8x2x for Ebert, and his pair of aces awarded him the pot. Ebert started Day 2 with 460,000 and is off to a hot start, now sitting at 940,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Ebert
940,000
480,000
480,000

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Flesch Outraces Lee

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ryan Flesch
Ryan Flesch

David Lee went all in, in early position, and it folded to Ryan Flesch in late position, who called for less.

Ryan Flesch: AQ All in
David Lee: 44

The flop was in Flesch's favor when peeled it A82. The turn and river only further improved Flesch's hand with 7 and A

Lee was left with only three chips and a dream behind.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Flesch
525,000
205,000
205,000
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David Lee
35,000
-245,000
-245,000

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Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Dixon Off to a Hot Start

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Edward Dixon found himself involved in a three-way all in holding holding pocket kings. A short-stacked player shoved from middle position and Dixon reshoved from the cutoff for more. A third player called from the blinds, having both Dixon and middle position covered.

Middle position: Kx9x All in
Edward Dixon: KK All in
Player in blinds: AQ

It was a safe runout of 9x7x4xJx2x for Dixon, who dragged in the pot with his pair of kings.

Player Chips Progress
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Edward Dixon
950,000
460,000
460,000

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Fish Doubles to Stay Alive

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Ryan Peterson raised from middle position and was called by James Shinosky in late position before Darryll Fish shoved all in from the button. Ryan Peterson made the call having Fish's stack covered, Shinosky folded.

Darryll Fish :AK All in
Ryan Peterson: 99

The board ran out K103QJ awarding the pot to Fish with Broadway.

Player Chips Progress
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James Shinosky
650,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Darryll Fish
600,000
290,000
290,000
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Ryan Peterson
450,000
-200,000
-200,000

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James Calderaro’s Gift of Gab Get’s Him Paid off

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Day 1 Chip leader James Calderaro relayed to PokerNews perhaps the most notable hand of Day 1 of this event. During Level 22, Calderaro was tangoing with two unknown opponents.

At blinds 10,000/25,000 a player from middle position raised to 50,000, a second player from late position then three bet to 100,000. Calderaro looked down at AA on the button and was considering making a small raise to keep his opponents in the hand, but after some deliberation he came to the conclusion that the opponent that had three bet had a strong holding and was committed to the hand.

Calderaro decided to shove all in for roughly 900,000, having both opponents covered.

When the first opponent was deciding how to proceed, Calderaro declared “Ohh, that’s good that you didn’t snap-call me.” Both opponents thought long and hard before ultimately arriving at a call. Although they both had strong holdings, Calderaro believes that his table talk helped him get paid.

When the hands were tabled Calderaro was in the lead, his AA was ahead of the KK and QQ holdings of his opponents. The board ran out 96376.

Calderaro’s Aces held up in this massive three-way pot and catapulted him into the Day 1 chip lead.

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Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

It's Day 2 of Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack; Deeb's in There

Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

Day 2 of Event 14: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack will kick off at 11 a.m. local time at the Horseshoe Las Vegas. This tournament only allowed one reentry per competitor and an incredible 4,732 bullets were fired, building a prize pool of $3,331,328. Of those that entered the fray, 710 made it into the money. The remaining 310 players are well past that milestone and will have their eyes on the $368,977 winner's purse.

Only two players eclipsed the two million mark in the bag in the form of bracelet-winner, James Calderaro and Min Zhang, with the prior bagging a healthy 81 big blinds. Six-time bracelet winner, Shaun Deeb, will also be in contention with a stack worth 770,000; his best buddy Matt Glantz was right there with Deeb, but the wheels fell off the last couple hours of Day 1 for Glantz.

RankPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1James CalderaroUnited States2,440,00081
2Min ZhangUnited States2,075,00069
3Matthew LasloCanada1,865,00062
4Lei YuChina1,750,00058
5Anton SmirnovRussia1,725,00058
6Ryuta OgawaJapan1,615,00054
7Yuvaraj RaiUnited States1,611,00054
8David RosenbloomUnited States1,580,00053
9Tzahi DaganUnited States1,555,00052
10Anatoly KorochenskyRussia1,540,00051

Some other bracelet winner's still in contention include Giuseppe Pantaleo, Jonathan Pastore, Arnaud Enselme, Ari Engel, Shawn Buchanan, Benjami n Ector, Daniel Strelitz, and Satoshi Tanaka.

Play will resume with blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante. Levels are 30-minutes long and breaks are slated after every four levels with a one hour dinner break after Level 34 at approximately 5:45 p.m. local time. The plan is to play to a winner in this two-day event.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action for this event and other WSOP bracelet events.

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