Event #80: $800 Independence Day Celebration No-Limit Hold'em | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-05-2024 20:54 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

Michael Giacobbe

Level 40 : Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bamshad Azizi	65,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Tom Cohen	48,500,000
Taylor Williams	30,600,000 5,200,000	5,200,000
Donnie Barnard	23,200,000 -2,400,000	-2,400,000
Martin Zamani	22,600,000 9,300,000	9,300,000
Regina Vega Sevilha	22,400,000 -4,600,000	-4,600,000
Brent Lee	15,900,000 -19,100,000	-19,100,000
Jaskaran Brar	15,000,000 -5,400,000	-5,400,000
Francis Anderson	3,650,000 -37,350,000	-37,350,000

07-05-2024 20:49 UTC-8

Faraz Jaka's Main Event Tips! #1: Identify the Weak Players

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Lyle Bateman

Level 40 : Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

To mark the WSOP Main Event, Faraz Jaka has given us some top tips for those playing in the most prestigious event in poker. You can always find more help and advice, as well as free poker resources and training videos on Jaka Coaching.

Top Tip #1: Identify Weaker Players

"My first tip is to identify the weakest players at your table," Jaka told PokerNews. "And while this may be important in all tournaments, in the Main Event it's extra important because you just get so many recreational players, and maybe this is the one big tournament they play a year.

"So be sure to identify who those players are. You want to raise their big blinds a little bit wider, you want to three-bet and isolate them. And really try to get into pots versus them."

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Jaka says that these weaker players tend to belong in two separate camps:

"There's going to be ones that are scared money that you could kind of run over, but then there's gonna be others that are gamblers.

"They're the ones where you actually have to kind of hold on and hit something, so be a little bit aware of who they are. They're definitely the ones you want to get into a pot heads-up with.

07-05-2024 20:05 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Nick Becker

Level 40 : Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

The remaining 9 players are on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at 10:05 p.m. local time.

The clock will resume at Level 40 with 24:38 remaining, with blinds at 1,000,000/2,000,000 with a 2,000,000 big blind ante.

07-05-2024 20:01 UTC-8

Changle Lin Eliminated in 10th Place ($39,110)

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 40 : Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Changle Lin moved all in for his last 14,000,000 from middle position. Action folded around to Tom Cohen in the big blind who quickly called.

Changle Lin: 7♦7♣ All in
Tom Cohen: A♥K♥

A huge flip for Lin's tournament life, the board ran out A♦8♣5♦Q♠9♠ and Lin was sent to the payout desk in tenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Cohen	48,500,000 16,000,000	16,000,000
Changle Lin	Busted

Tags: Changle Lin Tom Cohen

Level: 40

Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000

Ante: 2,000,000

07-05-2024 19:50 UTC-8

Barnard Wins a Flip to Double Up

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Nick Becker

Level 39 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Jaskaran Brar raised to 3,200,000 in middle position and Donnie Barnard three-bet shoved all in from the small blind, putting himself at risk. Brar made the call.

Donnie Barnard: 8♥8♣ All in
Jaskaran Brar: K♠Q♣

The board ran out 9♣3♦6♠4♠5♣, and Barnard's pair of eights held to secure him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donnie Barnard	25,600,000 12,400,000	12,400,000
Jaskaran Brar	20,400,000 -11,600,000	-11,600,000

Tags: Donnie Barnard Jaskaran Brar

07-05-2024 19:50 UTC-8

Unofficial Final Table

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 39 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Martin Zamani	United States	13,300,000	8
2	Donnie Barnard	United States	13,200,000	8
3	Changle Lin	United States	15,450,000	10
4	Regina Vega Sevilha	Brazil	27,000,000	17
5	Brent Lee	United States	35,000,000	22
6	Jaskaran Brar	Canada	32,000,000	20
7	Francis Anderson	United States	41,000,000	26
8	Bamshad Azizi	United States	63,500,000	40
9	Tom Cohen	Israel	32,500,000	20
10	Taylor Williams	United States	25,400,000	16

Player	Chips	Progress
Bamshad Azizi	63,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Francis Anderson	41,000,000 19,200,000	19,200,000

Brent Lee	35,000,000 22,200,000	22,200,000
Tom Cohen	32,500,000 -2,700,000	-2,700,000
Jaskaran Brar	32,000,000 -400,000	-400,000
Regina Vega Sevilha	27,000,000
Taylor Williams	25,400,000 -8,800,000	-8,800,000
Changle Lin	15,450,000 3,850,000	3,850,000
Martin Zamani	13,300,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000
Donnie Barnard	13,200,000 -3,800,000	-3,800,000

07-05-2024 19:44 UTC-8

Rostyslav Sabishchenko Eliminated in 11th Place ($39,110)

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 39 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Jaskaran Brar opened the action with a raise to 3,200,000 from the hijack. Rostyslav Sabishchenko called all in for his last 1,800,000 from the big blind and players went off to a full board.

Rostyslav Sabishchenko: 10♠6♥ All in
Jaskaran Brar: 3♣3♠

The board ran out K♥K♣A♣4♠J♣ and Sabishchenko could not improve, as he headed to the payout desk, short of the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaskaran Brar	32,400,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Rostyslav Sabishchenko	Busted

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07-05-2024 19:44 UTC-8

Brar Finds a Double up

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Nick Becker

Level 39 : 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Rostyslav Sabishchenko and Jaskaran Brar got it all in preflop, with Brar at risk.

Jaskaran Brar: 10♠10♦ All in
Rostyslav Sabishchenko: 4♥4♠

The board ran out 7♥7♣9♥A♥9♦ and Brar's two pair, tens and nines, earned him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaskaran Brar	29,600,000 23,100,000	23,100,000
Rostyslav Sabishchenko	2,800,000 -13,600,000	-13,600,000

Tags: Jaskaran Brar Rostyslav Sabishchenko

07-05-2024 19:39 UTC-8

Felix Rabas Eliminated in 12th Place ($31,060)

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Nick Becker

Level 39 : 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Bamshad Azizi raised to 3,700,000 in the cutoff and Felix Rabas three-bet to 22,000,000 leaving just 1,100,000 behind. Azizi four-bet shoved and Rabas made the call.

Felix Rabas: A♣5♥ All in
Bamshad Azizi: A♦J♠

The board ran out Q♥6♦7♣10♣K♥ and Azizi's straight sent Rabas to the rail.