2024 World Series of Poker

Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors - No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$207,486
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$1,851,970
Entries
4,517
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
4,517
Players Left
678

Mast Gets a Double up But Everyone Loves Dougie

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The player in the cutoff limped, and Doug Paxton almost limped out of turn in the small blind and joked, "Is that a tell"? Charles Mast limped on the button but the big blind was having none of that limping nonsense and raised to 12,000. Everyone folded except Mast who moved all in with 30,000 and the big blind called.

Charles Mast: Q7 All in
Big blind: AK

The board came out with 85Q54 and Mast doubled up with his two pair.

While PokerNews was at the table many dealers and people walked by and acknowledged Paxton who has been playing poker since the fourth grade and started with toothpicks. He is still playing despite wearing two heart machines and has won the World Poker Tour - WPT Choctaw Championship twice.

Player Chips Progress
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Charles Mast
65,000
65,000
65,000
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Doug Paxton
30,000
-30,000
-30,000

Tags: Charles MastDoug Paxton