2024 World Series of Poker

Event #39: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
96
Prize
$2,026,506
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$8,451,750
Entries
177
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
134
Players Left
68

Chen Check-Raises the Turn

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The 9434 turn was on the felt, with about 140,000 in the middle and James Chen was faced with a bet of 97,000 from Aleksejs Ponakovs.

Chen went in the tank for quite some time before putting in a check-raise to 300,000 and Ponakovs pushed his cards toward the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
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James Chen
975,000
203,000
203,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Aleksejs Ponakovs
412,000
-281,000
-281,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsJames Chen