Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1a | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-03-2024 14:14 UTC-8

Altman Raises the River on Kanakopoulos

David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Brian Altman raised to 1,000 in middle position before Orestis Kanakopoulos three-bet to 2,500 on the button. Altman called and they went heads-up to the 9♠5♥Q♣ flop.

Kanakopoulos then bet 4,000 and Altman called. Both players checked the 10♣ turn.

The river was the 2♥ and Kanakopoulos bet another 7,500. Altman came back with a raise to 30,000 and Kanakopoulos instantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orestis Kanakopoulos	70,000 70,000	70,000
Brian Altman	50,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Brian Altman Orestis Kanakopoulos

07-03-2024 14:14 UTC-8

Kuechenhofen Picks Off Bluff

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Nick Becker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Phillip Kuechenhofen raised to 700 in the cutoff and Andy Tsai defended in the big blind.

The Flop came 8♥Q♠4♣ and Tsai check-called a bet of 600 from Kuechenhofen.

The 9♣ turn went check-check, bringing the 7♦ river. Tsai led out with a bet of 1,200 and after a brief moment of thought, Kuechenhofen flicked in the call.

Tsai turned over A♠J♣ for ace-high, and Kuechenhofen tabled A♣8♣ for a pair of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Kuechenhofen	71,000
Andy Tsai	65,500 -500	-500

Tags: Andy Tsai Phillip Kuechenhofen

07-03-2024 14:21 UTC-8

Chip Counts From Horseshoe Gold

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Wagner	110,000 6,000	6,000
Matt Affleck	105,000 -3,000	-3,000
David Bach	72,000 1,000	1,000

Paul Newey	68,000 15,000	15,000
Rayan Chamas	65,000 -23,000	-23,000
Justin Young	62,000 2,000	2,000
David Manikos	61,000 -6,000	-6,000
Alexander Tkatschew	55,000
Maxx Coleman	50,000 -8,000	-8,000

Ian Simpson	45,000 -17,000	-17,000

Dimitrios Mylonas	45,000 -25,000	-25,000
Yunsheng Sun	40,000 -25,000	-25,000
Joshua Terebelo	25,000 -30,000	-30,000

07-03-2024 14:21 UTC-8

Weng Rivers Pair

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Jeff McMillan

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The board was completed to read A♦7♦8♣5♠9♥ with a pot of about 17,500 in it.

Fernando Romano was first to act and he took his time before offering a check. Bin Weng checked it back and tabled the Q♦9♦ for a rivered pair of nines which was the winner as Romano mucked and shook his head while looking up into the air.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	78,000 9,000	9,000
Fernando Romano	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Bin Weng Fernando Romano

07-03-2024 14:24 UTC-8

Robbins Gets Paid

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up on a 5♦8♥J♥ board with 3,500 in the middle.

Players checked the flop before Jamie Robbins fired 1,300 on the A♦ turn from the cutoff. Clayton Olvera made the call from the big blind.

The river A♠ peeled off and Robbins bet 1,700 this time. After a short tank, Olvera called and was shown the bad news. Robbins flipped over A♣10♣ for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Olvera	55,200
Jamie Robbins	54,400

Tags: Clayton Olvera Jamie Robbins

07-03-2024 14:24 UTC-8

Karnofsky Pads His Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Parker Talbot raised to 800 first-to-act and was three-bet to 2,500 by Harlan Karnofsky in middle position. The player in the big blind called cold and Talbot came along as well.

Both players checked to Karnofsky on the J♣2♥8♦ flop and he continued for 4,500. Both the big blind and Talbot folded in turn and Karnofsky dragged the pot without showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harlan Karnofsky	105,000 3,000	3,000
Parker Talbot	62,000 -28,000	-28,000

Tags: Harlan Karnofsky Parker Talbot

07-03-2024 14:28 UTC-8

Cabrera Takes It at Showdown

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Ollie Garland

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

David Cabrera raised to 800 from early position, the hijack called and Joshua Eisenberg three-bet to 3,200 from the button. Cabrera called and the hijack folded.

The 10♣5♠6♥ flop saw the action check to Eisenberg, who bet out 2,000. Cabrera called.

The K♦ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Eisenberg sized up to 5,000.

The 5♦ river checked to a showdown. Cabrera tabled 5♥4♥ for rivered trips, winning him this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera	87,000
Joshua Eisenberg	65,000 -1,600	-1,600

Tags: Joshua Eisenberg David Cabrera

07-03-2024 14:30 UTC-8

Updated Counts from Horseshoe Red

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Dempsey	132,000 53,000	53,000

Mark Dickstein	82,000 17,000	17,000
Daniel Hachem	79,000 1,000	1,000
Angela Jordison	76,500 -4,500	-4,500

Jiri Kocab	76,000 500	500
David Guay	76,000 76,000	76,000

Felipe Ramos	70,000 15,000	15,000

Andy Tsai	68,000 2,500	2,500
Phil Galfond	67,200 -7,800	-7,800

Rob Kuhn	67,000 -1,000	-1,000
Upeshka De Silva	64,000 64,000	64,000

Billy Tarango	63,000 63,000	63,000
Andrea Dato	62,000 12,000	12,000
Jeff Sluzinski	60,000

Kenny Hallaert	58,500 5,500	5,500

Michael Mizrachi	57,500 -7,500	-7,500

Jolene Le	56,000 -6,500	-6,500

Yizhak Yerushalmi	55,000 8,500	8,500
Gaelle Baumann	52,200 -6,800	-6,800

Chad Holloway	50,500 800	800

John Woods	48,000 -4,000	-4,000
Kyna England	16,000 -2,000	-2,000