2024 World Series of Poker

Ashby Leaves Hui Short

Level 23

Razz

Richard Ashby limped with a 7x, Phil Hui limped with a 6x, and John Esposito limped with a 4x

Richard Ashby: 8x6x5x / 7x3xKxAx
Phil Hui: XxXxXx / 6x3x6x10x
John Esposito: XxXxXx / 4x9xQx - folded on fifth street

Hui bet on fourth, Esposito called, Ashby raised, and both players called.

Ashby led on fifth and only Hui called. Ashby led again on sixth and Hui came along.

The action checked through on seventh and Ashby showed his 7-6-5-3-A which was good enough to drag a sizeable pot and leave Hui short.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
1,160,000
430,000
430,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
John Esposito us
John Esposito
400,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Phil Hui us
Phil Hui
160,000
-500,000
-500,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: John EspositoPhil HuiRichard Ashby

Gupta Takes From Iijima

Level 23

Omaha Hi-Lo

Masafumi Iijima called in the small blind and in the big blind, Ashish Gupta raised which Iijima called.

The flop rolled out 1025 and Iijima check-called a bet from Gupta.

Iijima checked on the turn 8 to Gupta who bet and Iijima called.

On the river Q Gupta bet when checked to and Iijima folded. Gupta flashed A54 for at least second nut-low and a pair of fives as he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ashish Gupta au
Ashish Gupta
2,720,000
470,000
470,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Masafumi Iijima jp
Masafumi Iijima
560,000
-265,000
-265,000

Tags: Ashish GuptaMasafumi Iijima

Iijima Nearly Doubles

Level 23

Seven Card Stud

Masafumi Iijima: 88/ A872/ A
Warwick Mirzikinian: XxXx/ 5989/ Xx

Warwick Mirzikinian completed the action, before Masafumi Iijima put in a raise. Mirzikinian made the call.

Mirzikinian called bets from Iijima on both fourth and fifth street.

On Sixth street Mirzikinian led out for a bet and was raised by Iijima. Mirzikinian made the call to head to seventh street.

On seventh street, Mirzikinian check-called the bet from Iijima, who showed a full house, eights full of aces to take the pot, and nearly double up.

Player Chips Progress
Warwick Mirzikinian au
Warwick Mirzikinian
985,000
-165,000
-165,000
$25K Fantasy
Masafumi Iijima jp
Masafumi Iijima
825,000
220,000
220,000

Tags: Masafumi IijimaWarwick Mirzikinian

Kings Full for Gluszko

Level 23

Seven-Card Stud

Tomasz Gluszko completed with the K and Richard Ashby called with the J.

Tomasz Gluszko: KK2 / K353
Richard Ashby: XxXxXx / J4106

Gluszko bet on fourth and Ashby called. Gluszko then check-called on fifth and the action checked through on sixth.

On seventh, Gluszko led with a bet and Ashby reluctantly called. Gluszko showed his kings full of threes to drag a large pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tomasz Gluszko pl
Tomasz Gluszko
1,080,000
400,000
400,000
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
730,000
-420,000
-420,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Richard AshbyTomasz Gluszko

Final 2 Table Redraw (full)

Level 23
TableSeatPlayerChip Count
11Bradley Jansen1,700,000
12Warwick Mirziknian1,150,000
13Ben Yu755,000
14Adam Friedman570,000
15Scott Bohlman1,550,000
16Masafumi Iijima605,000
17Asish Gupta2,250,000
    
21John Esposito330,000
22Yuri Dzivielevski2,015,000
23Joseph Couden485,000
24Nicholas Julia435,000
25Richard Ashby1,150,000
26Tomasz Gluszko680,000
27Philip Hui660,000
Player Chips Progress
Ashish Gupta au
Ashish Gupta
2,250,000
-379,000
-379,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
2,015,000
-5,000
-5,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Bradley Jansen us
Bradley Jansen
1,700,000
363,000
363,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
1,550,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Warwick Mirzikinian au
Warwick Mirzikinian
1,150,000
-270,000
-270,000
$25K Fantasy
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
1,150,000
400,000
400,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
755,000
186,000
186,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Tomasz Gluszko pl
Tomasz Gluszko
680,000
-327,000
-327,000
Phil Hui us
Phil Hui
660,000
-40,000
-40,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Masafumi Iijima jp
Masafumi Iijima
605,000
-94,000
-94,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
570,000
-1,244,000
-1,244,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Joseph Couden us
Joseph Couden
485,000
-219,000
-219,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Nicholas Julia us
Nicholas Julia
435,000
-374,000
-374,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John Esposito us
John Esposito
330,000
-220,000
-220,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Koray Aldemir Eliminated in 15th Place ($9,004)

Level 23
Koray Aldemir
Koray Aldemir

Razz

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Koray Aldemir all in on fifth street in a pot between himself and Yuri Dzivielevski.

Koray Aldemir: 10x9x5x5x7x6x10x All in
Yuri Dzivielevski: 5x9xAx2x7xQx3x

Koray was left with a ten-nine which was no good against Dzivielevski's seven-five and the WSOP Main Event champion was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
2,020,000
659,000
659,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Koray AldemirYuri Dzivielevski

Joshua Rhodes Eliminated in 16th Place ($9,004)

Level 23
Joshua Rhodes
Joshua Rhodes

Razz

Joshua Rhodes: 85/ A6QJ/ 8 All in
Tomasz Gluszko: A2/ 103K2/ 6

Joshua Rhodes completed the action and was called by Tomasz Gluszko. The rest of the tabled folded, leaving the two players heads up.

Rhodes led out for a bet and was called by Gluszko on both fourth and fifth street.

On sixth street Rhodes checked-called the bet from Gluszko.

On seventh street, Rhodes again check-called the bet from Gluszko, putting him all in for his last 25,000 chips.

When the cards were flipped over, it was Gluszko with the best hand, 10-6-3-2-A, eliminating Rhodes.

Player Chips Progress
Tomasz Gluszko pl
Tomasz Gluszko
1,350,000
343,000
343,000
Joshua Rhodes us
Joshua Rhodes
Busted

Tags: Joshua RhodesTomasz Gluszko

Couden Doubles Through Aldemir

Level 23

Omaha Hi-Lo

Koray Aldemir raised in the cutoff and Joseph Couden three-bet in the small blind which saw Aldemir call.

The flop rolled out 7A6 and Couden bet which saw Aldemir call.

Couden bet a second time on the 10 which saw Aldemir raise to put Couden all in and Couden called.

Joseph Couden: AQ42 All in
Koray Aldemir: A752

The river 9 kept Couden's flush and second nut-low in the lead which was good for the double up and Couden raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Couden us
Joseph Couden
704,000
372,000
372,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
220,000
-332,000
-332,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Joseph CoudenKoray Aldemir

Level: 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 20,000-40,000, 40,000-80,000 Limits
Stud Games: 10,000 Ante, 10,000 Bring-In, 40,000 Completion 40,000-80,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 20,000/30,000 Ante, 10,000-20,000 Blinds