Event #44: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-19-2024 15:48 UTC-8

Nicholas Massey Eliminated in 10th Place ($28,192)

Ollie Garland

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Nicholas Massey moved all in from early position for his last 2,675,000 and was looked up by Juan Carlos Vecino, on the button.

Nicholas Massey: A♥Q♦ All in
Juan Carlos Vecino: A♠K♣

The board ran out 5♥6♦5♣J♥9♣; Massey was dominated from start to finish, ending his deep run in 10th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Carlos Vecino	6,400,000 2,680,000	2,680,000
Nicholas Massey	Busted

Tags: Juan Carlos Vecino Nicholas Massey

Level: 31

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

06-19-2024 15:35 UTC-8

2024 WSOP $25K Fantasy Hands of the Week: Aces No Good for Ivey & Wasserson, Royal Flush For Winter

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Chad Holloway

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The $25K Fantasy league rolls on, and as of June 19, Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) is still on top with 662 points, which is a good bit ahead of both Team Sternheimer (523 points) and Team Sepiol (461 points). Of the 19 teams, Team Chingas is on the bottom with 83 points while all other teams have at least 207 points. Check out 25Kfantasy.com to see the current standings.

PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.

As a result, we can capture some of the biggest, best, and most game-changing hands involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Here are five from the last week of action in the 2024 WSOP including ones played by Phil Ivey, Eric Wasserson, and Sean Winter.

Click here to see the $25K Fantasy Hands of the Week!

06-19-2024 15:31 UTC-8

Zarco Goes Runner-Runner to Double Through Doddanavar

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Kirk Brown

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Javier Zarco moved all in preflop and was snap-called by Yasheel Doddanavar to put him at risk of elimination.

Javier Zarco: A♦10♦ All in
Yasheel Doddanavar: K♠K♣

By the turn 3♣7♥5♦2♦, Zarco had a lot of outs as any ace, four, or diamond would him the pot, and just like that, the river was the 9♦ to give him a flush to secure the double.

"Vamos!" he shouted as he celebrated with his rail as the chips were shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Zarco	5,100,000 2,780,000	2,780,000
Yasheel Doddanavar	4,200,000 -2,600,000	-2,600,000

Tags: Javier Zarco Yasheel Doddanavar

06-19-2024 15:28 UTC-8

Break Time

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Ollie Garland

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The remaining ten players have been sent on another 15-minute break.

06-19-2024 15:17 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts from the Final Table

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Ollie Garland

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Gomez	15,300,000 2,400,000	2,400,000

Yasheel Doddanavar	6,800,000 -400,000	-400,000
Jared Kingery	4,900,000 -1,175,000	-1,175,000

Yunkyu Song	4,300,000 -1,300,000	-1,300,000
Juan Carlos Vecino	3,720,000 -80,000	-80,000
Jon Glendinning	2,820,000 -30,000	-30,000
Nicholas Massey	2,700,000 625,000	625,000
Javier Zarco	2,320,000 -705,000	-705,000
Narcis Nedelcu	1,900,000 -500,000	-500,000
Kavin Shah	1,900,000 -480,000	-480,000

06-19-2024 15:05 UTC-8

Big Stacks Gomez and Shah Duke it Out; Gomez Emerges as Dominant Leader

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Kirk Brown

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Kavin Shah limped from the small blind and Javier Gomez bumped it up to 500,000, which Shah called.

On the flop of A♥9♦2♣, Shah checked, Gomez bet 350,000, and Shah called to see the 5♥ on the turn. Shah checked, Gomez thought for a few seconds before he continued for 1,300,000, but Shah showed no fear and made the call.

When the river fell the 3♣, Shah checked once more to Gomez, who loaded the clip and fired off a huge bet of 3,800,000, sending Shah deep into the tank.

After over three minutes, Shah made the call, but was then shown the bad news when Gomez rolled over J♣4♥ (the Robbie) for a rivered straight.

The table let out a collective gasp and Shah pursed his lips and tossed in his cards while he watched the mega pot get shipped over to Gomez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Gomez	12,900,000 4,250,000	4,250,000

Kavin Shah	2,380,000 -4,020,000	-4,020,000

Tags: Javier Gomez Kavin Shah

06-19-2024 14:40 UTC-8

Doddanavar Gets Paid

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Ollie Garland

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Nicholas Massey raised to 325,000 from the cutoff and Yasheel Doddanavar defended in the big blind.

The 5♠8♥6♣ flop checked through to the 7♥ on the turn. Doddanavar took the lead for 350,000 and Massey called.

The Q♠ river saw Doddanavar size up to 850,000 and Massey made a quick call. Doddanavar tabled A♦9♣ for a turned straight, winning him this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yasheel Doddanavar	7,200,000 2,050,000	2,050,000
Nicholas Massey	2,075,000 -1,075,000	-1,075,000

Tags: Nicholas Massey Yasheel Doddanavar

Level: 30

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

06-19-2024 14:27 UTC-8

Gomez Bombs River

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Kirk Brown

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Javier Gomez opened to 240,000 and was then three-bet to 700,000 by Yasheel Doddanavar, which he called.

The flop came out K♥9♦3♣ and Gomez checked, Doddanavar bet 470,000, and Gomez called.

Both players then checked through the J♦ turn, but when the J♣ hit the river, Gomex slid out a stack worth 2,100,000 and Doddanavar promptly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Gomez	8,650,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Yasheel Doddanavar	5,150,000 -2,050,000	-2,050,000

Tags: Javier Gomez Yasheel Doddanavar