2024 World Series of Poker

Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$1,504,000
Entries
64
Level Info
Level
63
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
64
Players Left
16

Keating Drops One to Aldemir

Level 2 : Blinds 400/800, 0 ante
Koray Aldemir
Koray Aldemir

Koray Aldemir raised from the button and called when Alexander Keating three-bet to 8,000.

Keating continued for 5,000 on the K62 flop, before slowing down with a check on the 7 turn. Keating then check-folded to a bet of 9,500 to the 2021 WSOP Main Event champion.

Player Chips Progress
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Koray Aldemir
153,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Alex Keating
147,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Alexander KeatingKoray Aldemir

Smith Shows Sammartino a Straight

Level 1 : Blinds 300/600, 0 ante

John Smith had a bet of 2,000 in front of him from the big blind on a flop of 1034. Dario Sammartino raised to 7,000 and Smith called.

The 5 fell on the turn and Smith led out for 7,000. Sammartino called.

Smith cut out a bet of 22,000 and placed it into the middle after the 10 completed the board and Sammartino quickly flung in a single chip to denote a call.

Smith turned over 67 for a straight and Sammartino frustratedly tossed his hand into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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John Smith
220,000
220,000
220,000
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Dario Sammartino
80,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dario SammartinoJohn Smith

Foxen Showing Aggression Early

Level 1 : Blinds 300/600, 0 ante

Marko Grujic opened on the button to 1,500 and was quickly three-bet by Alex Foxen to 6,000. Grujic made the call, and the flop came QJ6

Foxen then bets 8,000, and Grujic again made the call.

With 28,000 in the pot, the turn was the 5. Foxen continued his aggression and fired out 21,000. After thinking it over for a few seconds, Grujic folded to give Foxen the early lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Foxen
164,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
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Marko Grujic
136,000
-14,000
-14,000

Smith Heats Up Early With Pocket Queens

Level 1 : Blinds 300/600, 0 ante

Action picked up on the turn with roughly 7,500 in the pot on a board of J2J6.

Dario Sammartino led out with a bet of 6,500 and John Smith, who is no stranger to the event, called in position.

Sammartino checked the 2 river, and Smith fired out a bet of 17,000. Sammartino flicked in the call and Smith turned over QQ to take an early lead.

Player Chips Progress
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John Smith
177,250
27,250
27,250
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Dario Sammartino
122,750
-27,250
-27,250
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Giuseppe SammartinoJohn Smith

Jack Enough for Brewer

Level 1 : Blinds 300/600, 0 ante

Chris Brewer was in the big blind and check-called a 1,000 bet from Patrick Kennedy on at QJQ flop.

Brewer checked to Kennedy once more on the K turn and Kennedy continued for 3,500. Brewer again called.

Both players checked down on the river and Brewer turned over J5 for queens and jacks.

"A jack is good," Kennedy said as he mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Brewer
160,000
160,000
160,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Patrick Kennedy
140,000
140,000
140,000

Tags: Chris BrewerPatrick Kennedy

Vieira Up Against Airball

Level 1 : Blinds 300/600, 0 ante

One of the interesting match-ups in the First Round sees Winamax Pro Joao Vieira take on Nik Airball, who lost a $1 million heads-up match to Matt Berkey in May 2023.

On the first hand, Vieira opened to 1,500 from the button, and Airball defended the big blind to the KQ7 flop. Airball check-called for 800, bringing in the 9 turn. Airball checked for a second time before Vieira sized up to 3,600.

Airball knocked over Vieira's betting chips to see the amount before making the fold.

Player Chips Progress
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Joao Vieira
152,500
152,500
152,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
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Nik Airball
147,500
147,500
147,500

Tags: Joao VieiraMatt BerkeyNik Airball

Full List of Participants

Player Chips Progress
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Cary Katz
150,000
150,000
150,000
$25K Fantasy
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William Stanford
150,000
150,000
150,000
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Bari Sklar
150,000
150,000
150,000
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Thomas Boivin
150,000
150,000
150,000
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Stephen Chidwick
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Nicholas Marchington
Nicholas Marchington
150,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Eric Wasserson
150,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
150,000
150,000
150,000
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Patrick Kennedy
150,000
150,000
150,000
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Chris Brewer
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Anthony Zinno
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Allen Patatanyan
150,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Michael Steele us
Michael Steele
150,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Darius Samual gb
Darius Samual
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of James Chen tw
James Chen
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Linglin Zeng
150,000
150,000
150,000
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Matthew Wantman
150,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
150,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Eshaan Bhalla us
Eshaan Bhalla
150,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
150,000
150,000
150,000

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