Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-29-2024 13:58 UTC-8

Ryutaro Suzuki Eliminated in 10th Place ($8,716)

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 27

Ante: 15,000
Bring-In: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

Ryutaro Suzuki: A♥7♠/5♠9♠3♣6♠/10♥ All in
Nikolay Ponomarev: A♣K♥/7♥6♣8♥2♠/4♦

Picking up the action on fifth street, Ryutaro Suzuki was involved in a pot with Nikolay Ponomarev. Ponomarev bet and Suzuki called all in.

Once the remaining cards had been dealt, Suzuki was left second best in both the low and high hands to send him out of the tournament on the unofficial final table bubble in 10th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev	1,600,000 250,000	250,000
Ryutaro Suzuki	Busted

Tags: Nikolay Ponomarev Ryutaro Suzuki

06-29-2024 13:52 UTC-8

Eli Elezra Eliminated in 11th Place ($8,716)

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Liam Gannon

Level 27

Ante: 15,000
Bring-In: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

Nikolay Fal completed with an 8♠ up and both Eli Elezra with an 8♣ and Kenneth Kemple with a 2♥ called.

Eli Elezra: XxXx/8♣10♦3♠2♠/Xx All in
Nikolay Fal: XxXx/8♠7♦Q♥K♥/Xx
Kenneth Kemple: XxXx/2♥4♣4♠3♣/Xx

Elezra moved all in on fourth street and both players called.

On fifth street action checked around and on sixth street, Kemple bet and Fal called.

Everyone checked on seventh street and Kemple turned over K♠7♠2♥ for fours and deuces. Fal could not beat that holding A♠8♦5♠ for just a pair of eights and Elezra sweated his final card, only to reveal 9♣9♥7♣ for just a pair of nines, not good for the pot.

Kemple raked in the pot as the five-time WSOP bracelet winner was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Kemple	2,150,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Nikolay Fal	1,350,000 -650,000	-650,000

Eli Elezra	Busted

Tags: Eli Elezra Kenneth Kemple Nikolay Fal

06-29-2024 13:37 UTC-8

Thomas Taylor Eliminated in 12th Place ($7,035)

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Liam Gannon

Level 27

Ante: 15,000
Bring-In: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

Action was picked up on fourth street in a pot between Thomas Taylor, Dekel Balas and Nikolay Fal.

Thomas Taylor: XxXx/2♥8♥5♣K♠/Xx All in
Dekel Balas: XxXx/A♥4♠8♦J♥/Xx
Nikolay Fal: XxXx/A♣2♠K♦ (Folded on fifth)

Everyone checked on fourth street.

On fifth street, aciton checked to Taylor who bet and only Balas called.

Balas bet on sixth and seventh street and Taylor called on both to put himself at risk on the final street.

Balas turned over 7♣7♠3♥ for a pair of sevens and an eight-seven low, which was good enough to beat the A♠7♦Q♠ of Taylor, who held an inferior eight-seven. Balas added to his growing stack while Taylor was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dekel Balas	2,900,000 350,000	350,000
Thomas Taylor	Busted

Tags: Dekel Balas Nikolay Fal Thomas Taylor

06-29-2024 13:25 UTC-8

James Hoeppner Eliminated in 13th Place ($7,035)

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 27

Ante: 15,000
Bring-In: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

James Hoeppner: XxXx/3♥7♦9♣9♠/Xx All in
Dekel Balas: 2♠2♣/7♥3♠4♠6♦/3♣

Picking up the action on fourth street, James Hoeppner was involved in a hand with Dekel Balas.

Balas bet at every opportunity with Hoeppner making the call each time. On sixth street, Hoeppner got his remaining chips in the middle to put himself at risk.

After the river had been dealt, Balas announced a seven-six low with two pair, sufficient to scoop the pot and felting Hoeppner in 13th place in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dekel Balas	2,550,000 350,000	350,000
James Hoeppner	Busted

Tags: Dekel Balas James Hoeppner

06-29-2024 13:19 UTC-8

James Cheung Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,035)

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 27

Ante: 15,000
Bring-In: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

James Cheung: AxXx/A♥9♦2♣9♠/Xx All in
Nikolay Fal: A♣10♣/7♣8♣K♦9♣/Xx
Dekel Balas: 6♥4♥/7♥10♠6♣2♠/Xx

Dekel Balas completed before James Cheung raised. Nikolay Fal then three-bet with both Balas and Cheung making the call.

Cheung bet out on fourth street before moving all in after Fal raised. Balas also came along to put Cheung at risk.

Action checked through fifth street to sixth street at which point Fal bet. Balas again called.

Fal fired one more barrel on the river with Balas quickly calling with a low hand to take half the pot. The other half went to Fal holding a flush while Cheung was unable to fill up with his aces up to send him to the rail in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dekel Balas	2,200,000 700,000	700,000
Nikolay Fal	2,000,000 1,590,000	1,590,000

James Cheung	Busted

Tags: Dekel Balas James Cheung Nikolay Fal

06-29-2024 13:08 UTC-8

Robert Stevanovski Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,035)

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Liam Gannon

Level 26

Ante: 10,000
Bring-In: 15,000
Completion: 50,000
Limits: 50,000-100,000

Robert Stevanovski completed with a 7♥ and James Hoeppner raised with a 2♠. Stevanvoski moved all in and Hoeppner called.

Robert Stevanovski: 3♠2♥7♥Q♦K♠Q♦10♠ All in
James Hoeppner: A♠4♠2♠8♦2♣A♣A♥

Stevanovski was drawing dead after seeing Hoeppner's seventh street card first and he exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Hoeppner	515,000 95,000	95,000
Robert Stevanovski	Busted

Tags: James Hoeppner Robert Stevanovski

06-29-2024 12:43 UTC-8

Daniel Blum Eliminated in 16th Place ($5,807)

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 26

Ante: 10,000
Bring-In: 15,000
Completion: 50,000
Limits: 50,000-100,000

Daniel Blum had been left short by Jon Turner in a three-way hand that also involved Joey Couden. A couple of hands later, Blum found himself all in and at risk against Nikolay Ponomarev.

At the neighboring table, James Cheung was also all in. With a pay jump on the line, play slowed down a bit but Cheung ended up chopping the pot to survive. Blum, on the other hand, was not so fortunate as Ponomarev scooped him holding trip nines to send Blum to the payout desk in 16th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev	850,000 -125,000	-125,000
Daniel Blum	Busted

Tags: Daniel Blum James Cheung Joey Couden Jon Turner Nikolay Ponomarev

06-29-2024 12:06 UTC-8

Gregory Yohn Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,807)

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Liam Gannon

Level 26

Ante: 10,000
Bring-In: 15,000
Completion: 50,000
Limits: 50,000-100,000

Gregory Yohn completed with a 4♣ and Kenneth Kemple raised with an 8♣ up which saw Yohn call.

Gregory Yohn: A♠6♠/4♣9♦J♣5♠/6♦ All in
Kenneth Kemple: A♦9♥/8♣5♦9♠7♦/Q♥

Yohn check-called a bet from Kemple on fourth street.

On fifth street Yohn sighed and moved all in for his last bet and Kemple called.

Yohn made a pair of sixes on seventh, but it was second best against Kemple's pair of nines, neither player made a low, and Yohn became the first casualty of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Kemple	1,050,000 170,000	170,000
Gregory Yohn	Busted

Tags: Gregory Yohn Kenneth Kemple

06-29-2024 11:12 UTC-8

A Star-Studded 17 Return To Day 3 of the $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better

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Liam Gannon

Today kicks off the final day of Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the 2024 WSOP. One of the most popular split-pot game variants, the best mixed game players in the world came out to play this tournament and saw the field get whittled down to just 17 hopefuls. Each one of them is guaranteed a minimum of $5,807, but all eyes remain on the first place prize of $153,730.

Leading the way is Christian Roberts, who bagged 2,380,000. Roberts’ other bracelet is in no-limit hold'em, but he possesses cashes in mixed game tournaments dating back many years. He looks to put some variety into his bracelet collection with his run here. Sitting behind him is Jon Turner, who ended the day with 1,730,000. Turner looks to find his first WSOP bracelet in this ever growing field.

Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	Chip Count	Country
1	Christian Roberts	2,380,000	Venezuela
2	Jon Turner	1,730,000	United States
3	Dekel Balas	1,620,000	United States
4	Thomas Taylor	1,400,000	Canada
5	Yuval Bronshtein	1,135,000	Israel
6	Joey Couden	970,000	United States
7	Nikolay Ponomarev	915,000	United Kingdom
8	Kenneth Kemple	880,000	United States
9	James Cheung	800,000	Scotland
10	Daniel Blum	735,000	United States

Bracelet winners Yuval Bronshtein (1,135,000) and Joey Couden (970,000) shot their way up the leaderboard towards the end of the night in their hunt to get more jewelry. Five-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer Eli Elezra (450,000) also remains in the hunt to take home his sixth bracelet and add more to his already deeply decorated career.

Players will return today at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe. They will come back to Level 26 with a 10,000 ante, 15,000 bring in, with limits at 50,000-100,000. Play will continue until a winner is crowned so stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on the 2024 WSOP.

Tags: Christian Roberts Daniel Blum Dekel Balas Eli Elezra James Cheung Joey Couden Jon Turner Kenneth Kemple Nikolay Ponomarev Thomas Taylor Yuval Bronshtein