The pot stood at 9,500 with three players looking at a full board of 6♣10♦5♦K♣K♥.
The player under the gun checked the action to Qui Nguyen, in early position. Nguyen bet out 3,400, the button called and the under-the-gun player made a quick call.
Nguyen tabled J♠J♥, which was good enough to lay claim to this pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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71,300
11,300
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11,300 |
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The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was officially underway at a few minutes after noon PT on Wednesday. And for two players, the dream to become world champion ended a few minutes later.
Over 1,300 players were registered at the start of Day 1a, a group that included some big name players such as Michael Mizrachi and Freddy Deeb. Defending champion Daniel Weinman got the party started by announcing "shuffle up and deal" following an introduction from Jack Effel. And then the fireworks began one day before the Fourth of July.
Action was three-way on the turn as it read Q♠3♠A♣A♠. Yildiray Cam bet 2,200 from the hijack. Shane Douglas called in the cutoff and Brent Braitwaite raised on the button which folded out Cam. Douglas called.
The river came the 2♦. Douglas checked, Braithwaite bet 12,000. Douglas took about a minute before he called.
Braithwaite tabled the A♥Q♦ for the boat, besting the AxKx of Douglas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000 | |
|
51,000 | |
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33,000 |
Action picked up on the flop in a hand between Jerry Ciullo on the button, the player in the small blind and the player in the cutoff.
With 2,200 in the pot, the flop came 3♣5♥J♣ and it checked around to Ciullo who bet 1,400. The small blind called and the cutoff raised to 6,100. Ciullo then made it 25,000 to go, and got folds from both of his opponents.
Ciullo tabled 3♦3♠ for a set of treys to chip up early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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69,700
69,700
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69,700 |
More than 20,000 was already in the middle as William Anderson and Mirfarhang Fazeli went heads-up to the river on a board of A♠5♣6♦8♠3♥.
Fazeli, in the small blind, then bet 15,000 as Anderson went into the tank from early position. Anderson thought about the decision for several minutes until he called.
"Two pair," Fazeli said, showing A♥6♠. Anderson, though, had A♣A♦ for top set as he took down the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | |
|
35,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 |
Bin Weng recently sat down and has been active in many pots since the get-go.
In a recent pot, Weng was heads-up on the button against a lone opponent in the big blind with over 8,000 already in the middle on a flop of 4♥9♠3♠.
Weng and his opponent checked down on the K♦6♠ runout and the big blind tabled A♠Q♥. Weng tabled 5♦5♣ for a pair and added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000
64,000
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64,000 |
Robert Beaster limped in from middle position, Markus Gonsalves raised to 700 from the button and Billy Baxter cold called from the small blind. Todd Dimartino called in the big blind, as did Beaster.
The action checked to Gonsalves, who continued for 1,000 on the 2♥6♦8♣ flop. Baxter folded and Dimartino raised to 3,000. Beaster folded and Gonsalves called.
The 6♠ turn saw Dimartino size up to 5,000. "Take it!" said Gonsalves as he quickly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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57,500
-6,000
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-6,000 |
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54,500
54,500
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54,500 |
Three players saw the turn on a board of 10♥2♠4♠6♦ with around 4,500 in the pot when Yunsheng Sun bet 3,500 from middle position.
Bin Weng gave it some thought before folding in the cutoff, but a player on the button then raised to 7,000. Sun quickly called.
The river was the 3♣ and Sun checked. The button paused for a moment before checking back as Sun showed K♣10♣ for top pair to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
|
|
62,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
Eracles Panayiotou opened the action with a raise to 600 from the cutoff. Jimmy Rizo three-bet to 2,100 from the small blind and Panayiotou made the call.
Rizo continued for 2,200 on 5♣4♠2♠ and Panayiotou made the call.
The J♦ turn rolled off and Rizo checked over to Panayiotou who fired 3,500. Rizo called.
Rizo checked the K♠ river over to Panayiotou who wagered 6,000. After a short tank, Rizo called and was delighted to hear Panayiotou say, "Ace-high." Rizo scooped the pot in with 7♥7♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
76,100 | |
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51,400 |
