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

07-03-2024 21:50 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Red

Nick Becker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulina Loeliger	140,000 60,000	60,000
Natalie Hof Ramos	123,000 123,000	123,000
Noel Rodriguez	111,500 -4,500	-4,500
Gaelle Baumann	104,000 10,500	10,500

Felipe Ramos	88,000 -7,500	-7,500

Jonathan Little	87,500 4,500	4,500
Phil Galfond	84,000 4,000	4,000

John Riordan	57,000 -12,500	-12,500

Chad Holloway	43,000 9,000	9,000

Andy Tsai	28,000 6,000	6,000

07-03-2024 21:50 UTC-8

Mizrachi Doubles With Aces

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Junpei Shimada opened to 1,400 from middle position and was three-bet to 3,300 by the player in the cutoff. Michael Mizrachi made it 7,300 to go on the button, which got a fold from Shimada, but a call from the cutoff.

It was checked to Mizrachi on the 2♥4♦5♠ flop and Mizrachi bet 5,000. His opponent check-raised enough to put Mizrachi all in for 15,700 total and Mizrachi quickly called.

Michael Mizrachi: A♣A♦ All in
Cutoff: Q♥Q♣

Mizrachi held a commanding lead with his aces and the J♥A♥ runout needlessly improved him to a set for the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Junpei Shimada	125,000 -2,500	-2,500
Michael Mizrachi	48,000 -9,500	-9,500

Tags: Junpei Shimada Michael Mizrachi

07-03-2024 21:52 UTC-8

Max Pressure from Schiff

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of K♣7♣4♠2♠ and about 12,500 in the middle, Jolene Le checked from the small blind and Emile Schiff bet 9,500 from early position. Le put in a check-raise to 26,000 and Schiff moved all in, covering Le who had a bit under 50,000 behind. Le thought for about a minute before folding and Schiff took the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emile Schiff	107,000 11,000	11,000
Jolene Le	45,500 -15,500	-15,500

Tags: Emile Schiff Jolene Le

07-03-2024 21:54 UTC-8

Lijo Picks Off Bechtel in Ultimate Cooler

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A player in early position limped in before Lander Lijo raised to 2,600 in the hijack. Jim Bechtel called in the cutoff, while the early-position player folded.

Lijo bet 3,200 on the 6♥3♥10♣ flop and Bechtel called. Both players then checked the 9♠ turn.

Lijo bet another 4,000 on the 8♣ river and Bechtel this time came back with a raise to 15,000. Lijo tanked for several minutes before calling.

Bechtel showed K♥K♠, but Lijo had A♦A♥ as he won the pot off the 1993 Main Event champion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lander Lijo	110,000 35,000	35,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	70,000

Jim Bechtel	21,000 -19,000	-19,000

Tags: Jim Bechtel Lander Lijo

07-03-2024 21:56 UTC-8

Siman Tov Finds a Double

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Ollie Garland

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Roei Siman Tov moved all in for his last 9,400 from middle position and was looked up by Jonathan Wong, in the small blind.

Roei Siman Tov: 7♦7♥ All in
Jonathan Wong: A♠Q♣

The board ran out K♠2♥6♦4♣4♦; Siman Tov's sevens held, ensuring him the full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Wong (NY)	180,000 89,600	89,600
Roei Siman Tov	20,800

Tags: Roei Siman Tov Jonathan Wong

07-03-2024 22:02 UTC-8

Chip Counts

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Assaf Zeharia	245,000 -20,000	-20,000
Jonathan Wong (NY)	175,400 -4,600	-4,600
Mike Haberman	171,500 61,100	61,100
Ben Fisher	168,200 30,000	30,000
Robbie Schiffbauer	150,000 5,000	5,000
Bryan Dickens	147,100 29,100	29,100
Jimmy Rizzo	146,800 146,800	146,800
Saar Wilf	135,000 -4,000	-4,000
Dallas Wilson	133,600 -43,100	-43,100
Jon Pardy	130,000 20,000	20,000

Michael Brown	120,000 -91,000	-91,000
Simon Lofberg	104,200 -6,300	-6,300
Bryce Yockey	95,000 30,000	30,000

Vincent Dong	91,400 -7,600	-7,600
Joseph Casale	90,600 59,200	59,200
Maximilian Silz	90,000 25,000	25,000
Jonathan Jaffe	80,000 38,000	38,000
Byron Kaverman	80,000 33,000	33,000

Jeff Platt	80,000
Jamie Robbins	73,400 -3,800	-3,800
Max Kingstone	72,400 22,800	22,800
AJ Nimer	65,000 -25,000	-25,000
Jae Yong Song	50,000 -50,000	-50,000
Rainer Sollfrank	40,300 -23,200	-23,200
Thai Yong Wong	33,600 -17,900	-17,900

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07-03-2024 22:08 UTC-8

Dirty River Busts Fidchuk

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Jeff McMillan

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was on the turn with the board showing 2♦5♦6♥2♣ with a pot of about 13,000. From the small blind, Timothy Geary pushed forward a stack of chips that were enough to force Evgenii Fidchuk all in.

Fidchuk who was in the big blind, considered it for a while before he called.

Evgenii Fidchuk: Q♣5♠ All in
Timothy Geary: K♠4♠

Fidchuk had the lead and needed to fade a king but sure enough the K♣ came off on the river to send Fidchuk away to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Geary	143,000 143,000	143,000
Evgenii Fidchuk	Busted

Tags: Evgenii Fidchuk Timothy Geary

07-03-2024 22:09 UTC-8

Gonzalez Rivers Weng

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Bin Weng opened to 1,400 from early position and was three-bet to 4,200 by Fernando Gonzalez in the cutoff. Action folded back to Weng, who called.

Weng checked-called Gonzalez's 4,800 bet on the 2♥Q♥5♠ flop and then led out for 8,500 on the 4♥ turn. Gonzalez called.

The 5♥ brought a four-liner to a flush on board, and both players checked.

Weng showed 10♥7♥ for a turned flush, but it was no good against Gonzalez's K♥K♠ for a rivered king-high flush to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	83,000 -12,000	-12,000
Fernando Gonzalez	66,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Bin Weng Fernando Gonzalez

07-03-2024 22:10 UTC-8

Some Updated Counts from Horseshoe Silver

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Ollie Garland

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Velthuis	155,000 20,000	20,000
Jon Pardy	128,000 -2,000	-2,000

Robbie Schiffbauer	121,000 -29,000	-29,000
Bryan Dickens	115,300 -31,800	-31,800
Byron Kaverman	113,000 33,000	33,000

David Cabrera	105,500 7,500	7,500
Andy Su (CA)	96,500 11,500	11,500
Qi Chi	92,000 22,000	22,000
Jonathan Jaffe	82,000 2,000	2,000
Steven Flores	80,500 -66,500	-66,500
Jeffrey Stellwagon	70,000 -5,400	-5,400
Todd DiMartino	40,400 -4,600	-4,600
Charles Hook	28,000 -22,500	-22,500
Eric Panayiotou	Busted