Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #23: $1,500 SHOOTOUT 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
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,047,890
Entries
1,534
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
16
Players Left
1
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
For the sixth episode, Connor spoke with longtime poker pro and coach Faraz Jaka, who was fresh off a runner-up finish in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Jaka talked about running up a six-figure bankroll in college, going broke and moving down stakes, battling back from a debilitating back injury to win his first bracelet in 2023 and running deep in this year's $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.
Jaka also talked about his site Jaka Coaching, discussed what makes a good poker coach and offered advice for players looking to grind the WSOP this summer.
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Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The flop read J♠4♠Q♣. From under the gun, Daniel Sepiol bet 75,000 and Matthew Rosen called in the big blind.
The turn was the 2♦. Sepiol bet 255,000. Rosen raised to 760,000 which got a quick fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,380,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
2,375,000 | |
|
||
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Richard Dixon raised from under the gun to 60,000 and Kyriakos Papadopoulos called from the button.
They both saw a flop of 6♣10♥Q♦ and Dixon bet 40,000, which Papadopoulos called.
On the 2♠ turn, Dixon fired another bet of 80,000, which Papadopoulos called.
A 3♣ completed the board and Dixon bet again, this time with a sizing of 240,000, and Papadopoulos folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
2,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
In a three-bet pot with around 400,000 chips in the middle, Aaron Pinson and Sean Ragozzini both checked the 6♦3♥7♠ flop.
The J♦ turn was also checked through to the K♦ river where Pinson led out for 300,000. Ragozzini considered his options and elected to lay his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,300,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
1,900,000
-495,000
|
-495,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
In the final hand of Level 27, Daniel Strelitz opened to 60,000 from early position. Alexander Farahi then made it 180,000 from the button. With the action back on Strelitz, he made it 450,000. Farahi took his time before jamming all in which Strelitz called at once.
Daniel Strelitz: A♠K♠ 
Alexander Farahi: K♦K♣
It was a clash of monsters as the flop came 6♠Q♠Q♦. The turn was the J♥ and Strelitz was one card from the door but the A♦ came in on the river to give him the big pot and leave Farahi as the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,275,000
1,925,000
|
1,925,000 |
|
||
|
450,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
From the cutoff, Robert Natividad raised to 80,000. Matthew Rosen three-bet to 255,000 from the button and Natividad four-bet it to 480,000 which Rosen called.
The flop came 2♥4♥3♠. Natividad fired 220,000 and got a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,575,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
2,330,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Kyriakos Papadopoulos opened to 80,000 from early position and was called by Aaron Pinson in the hijack, James Davidson from the small blind, and Jeremy Ausmus in the big blind.
Four players saw the 5♠6♠K♦ flop and once it checked to Papadopoulos, he bet 85,000. Pinson and Davidson both called but Ausmus folded.
On the 2♦ turn, all three players checked to see the Q♦ river. Davidson led out for 260,000, which got two quick folds from his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
2,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
|
2,100,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Here's a name you'd better start learning the rest of the summer — Darius Samual. That isn't a household name in poker yet, but it will be soon.
The poker player from England entered the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) with less than $100,000 in live tournament cashes, according to The Hendon Mob. Twelve days into the series, there's an argument to be made that he's one of a few "players to beat" regarding WSOP Player of the Year.
And, here's what's really crazy — Samual gambled half his poker bankroll in one event just to get to this point.