Play is on a 45-minute break and will resume with blinds of 800,000 and 1,600,000 with a big blind ante
2024 World Series of Poker
Michael Allen raised to 2,500,000 from the hijack, Vaughan Machado three-bet jammed for his last 5,700,000 on the button and Allen had an easy call.
Vaughan Machado: A♠8♥
Michael Allen: A♦10♦
Machado was dominated and the 6♦2♠4♣9♥ runout didn't seem to be much help. However, the 8♦ river was one of Machado's few outs and he doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Allen |
31,400,000
-6,200,000
|
-6,200,000 |
Vaughan Machado |
14,400,000
-1,825,000
|
-1,825,000 |
Francisco Riosvallejo raised to 2,400,000 under the gun with K♥Q♥. Only Joseph Couden called from the big blind with 5♠5♥.
The flop came 6♠5♣9♣ and both players were quick to check.
While a four liner to the straight was completed with the 7♦, Couden took the lead for 1,200,000.
Riosvallejo was quick to make the fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Francisco Riosvallejo |
16,700,000
-2,400,000
|
-2,400,000 |
Joseph Couden |
13,850,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
Francisco Riosvallejo put in a committing raise of 3,600,000 from middle position, nearly half his stack. Agharazi Babayev three-bet to 9,000,000 from the button and Riosvallejo called off the bet for his effective stack of 8,050,000.
Francisco Riosvallejo: A♦A♣
Agharazi Babayev: A♥J♠
Riosvallejo had a commanding lead in this hand, and the A♠5♠9♦ flop only confirmed this. The 9♥ turn gave Riosvallejo a full house and the river changed nothing, doubling him up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Agharazi Babayev |
19,675,000
-6,825,000
|
-6,825,000 |
Francisco Riosvallejo |
19,100,000
6,450,000
|
6,450,000 |
Level: 39
Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000
Ante: 1,200,000
Cole Uvila raised to 2,000,000 from middle position with A♣J♥ and Michael Allen was quick to three-bet from the cutoff to 4,700,000 with K♠10♠.
The button and blinds folded as Uvila took his time to contemplate the call.
Ultimately, Uvila made the fold for Allen to take the pot without a fight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Allen |
37,600,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Cole Uvila |
20,200,000
11,700,000
|
11,700,000 |
Jeremy Chen moved all in for his last 7,900,000, from middle position. Agharazi Babayev, in the small blind, isolated by moving all in for 16,500,000 and the hand went to a showdown.
Jeremy Chen: A♣7♣
Agharazi Babayev: Q♠Q♥
The board ran out 2♦K♣3♦4♠6♠. Chen ran into a premium holding and couldn't improve on the five card runout, sending him to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Agharazi Babayev |
26,500,000
7,600,000
|
7,600,000 |
Jeremy Chen | Busted |
Level: 38
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
Timur Margolin raised to 2,000,000 from the cutoff with K♠4♥, and Joseph Couden moved all in for 10,850,000 from the button with A♣7♣.
Francisco Riosvallejo had a tough decision as he looked down at A♠Q♦ with just over Couden's stack. He made the fold and Chen looked down at J♥10♥.
He also folded and Margolin quickly folded for Couden to take the dead money with no sweat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timur Margolin |
32,950,000
-2,650,000
|
-2,650,000 |
|
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Joseph Couden |
14,850,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
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Francisco Riosvallejo |
12,650,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
Jeremy Chen |
8,300,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
Michael Allen raised to 1,700,000 from middle position with K♠K♦. Timur Margolin, on the button, thought for some time before three-betting to 4,200,000 with Q♠J♣.
Allen quickly put in a four-bet to 9,700,000 and Margolin was forced to fold. With this pot, Allen took the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Allen |
35,600,000
4,200,000
|
4,200,000 |
Timur Margolin |
34,950,000
-8,050,000
|
-8,050,000 |
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