Level: 41
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$5,079,162
Entries
20,647
Level
47
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
12,000,000
Entries
14
Players Left
1
Level 40
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Sammy Farha, a popular figure on televised poker shows during the 2000s, is back at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and has a shot at winning his first bracelet since 2010 on Tuesday.
The old-school poker player who resides in Texas is among the final 15 players in Event #27: $1,500 Big O. At the time of publishing, he had an above average stack on Day 3, but was among the chip leaders for much of Day 2.
Level 40
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Stephen Winters raised to 6,500,000 on the button. The player in the small blind folded and action fell on Rami Hammoud in the big blind.
Hammound glanced at Winters, and then announced an all-in bet. Winters didn’t hesitate with his decision and immediately called to put Hammound at risk.
Rami Hammound: A♣9♠
Stephen Winters: K♦K♣
The table was stunned when the cards were tabled, and one player remarked how fast Winters made the call.
Winters was in command of the hand before the flop and the situation remained the same after the dealer fanned 2♦6♣6♦ on the board.
The dealer then placed K♠ on the turn, giving Winters a full house and leaving Hammound drawing dead. The 8♦ appeared on the river and both players shook hands across the table.
Hammound exited in 12th place with a payout of $26,000, while the pot gave Winters a soaring chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000,000
70,025,000
|
70,025,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 40
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Quang Vu opened to 5,000,000 in early position and Petri Nikkinen three-bet jammed a stack of about 17,000,000 in the small blind. Jordan Johnson then went deep in the tank in the big blind before folding, while Vu called.
Petri Nikkinen: A♦7♦
Quang Vu: 5♥5♣
The board ran out 2♥6♣8♦3♥4♥ to give Vu a straight as Nikkinen went out in 12th place for $26,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000,000
18,175,000
|
18,175,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 40
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Jordan Johnson went all in from late position with a little under 13,000,000. When it folded around to Sung Pil Kim in the small blind he made the call.
Jordan Johnson: A♥Q♣
Sung Pil Kim: A♦Q♥
Everyone was bracing for a chop when the dealer quickly dealt out 8♣K♣4♦J♣A♣ and Johnson made a flush on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000,000
-11,025,000
|
-11,025,000 |
Level 40
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Justin Ruth moved all in from under the gun with his remaining 20,200,000.
Action folded to Steve Foutty on the button, and Foutty made the call. The two players in the blinds folded to bring up heads-up action.
Justin Ruth: 5♥5♠
Steve Foutty: 10♦10♣
Foutty was ahead before the flop and the situation didn’t change when the dealer fanned 9♥K♦9♠.
Ruth, however, took command of the hand when 5♦ appeared on the turn, giving Ruth a full house.
Fortunes turned in Foutty’s favor when the dealer placed 9♥ on the river, which counterfeited Ruth’s full house and gave Foutty a larger full house of nines full of 10s.
The turn of events in the hand stunned the table.
Ruth exited the tournament in 14th place for a $20,820 payout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,200,000
20,200,000
|
20,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 40
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Alain Macabulos open-jammed a stack of around 14,000,000 from the hijack and Caleb Levesque called on the button with a bigger stack.
Alain Macabulos: A♣9♠
Caleb Levesque: A♠7♠
The flop of 9♦9♥7♥ smashed Macabulos to leave Levesque drawing practically dead despite flopping a pair before the runout of 10♣4♣ confirmed an early double for Macabulos.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000,000
-11,450,000
|
-11,450,000 |
|
||
|
30,000,000
15,625,000
|
15,625,000 |
Level 40
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Cards are in the air for the final 14 remaining players, as the chase for a WSOP gold bracelet commences.
Blinds are at 1,250,000/2,500,000 with a 2,500,000 ante.
Level: 40
Blinds: 1,250,000/2,500,000
Ante: 2,500,000
Event #20: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold’em Day 3 kicks off with the massive field of 20,647 entrants reduced to just 14. With all bracelet winners eliminated, the remaining14 players will enter the arena (aka Horseshoe Event Center feature tables) to fight for their first WSOP bracelet and $401,210 first-place prize.
Simon Britton starts the day as chip leader with 67,100,000 after an impressive Day 2 showing that included his tournament life being saved by pocket jacks holding to the river. He has Stephen Winters and Rami Hammoud close behind. Winters is proving to be a fierce gladiator indeed, having eliminated bracelet holders Men Nguyen and Tamas Lendvai during the final three tables.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Britton | United States | 67,100,000 | 27 |
| 2 | Stephen Winters | United States | 64,975,000 | 26 |
| 3 | Rami Hammoud | Canada | 64,950,000 | 26 |
| 4 | Brendon Herrick | United States | 63,500,000 | 25 |
| 5 | Quang Vu | United States | 61,825,000 | 25 |
| 6 | Steve Foutty | United States | 58,000,000 | 23 |
| 7 | Caleb Levesque | United States | 49,450,000 | 20 |
| 8 | Mario Lopez | Italy | 41,025,000 | 16 |
| 9 | James Morgan | Canada | 38,900,000 | 16 |
| 10 | Petri Nikkinen | Finland | 33,000,000 | 13 |
Alain Macabulos starts the day as the short stack with just 14,375,000 in chips, but he has shown great resilience throughout the tournament, especially when he was all in with Q♥J♥ and saved his tournament life with a flush on the turn.
Day 2 action moved pretty fast, with just 75 players remaining by dinner break, and Day 3 promises to be as exciting. The tournament will resume at 3 p.m. local time and will play down to a winner with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Blinds will start at 1,250,000/2,500,000 with a big blind ante of 2,500,000.
Stick with us here at PokerNews for all the Day 3 action as well as the full 2024 WSOP summer coverage from the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.