2024 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 2abc
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
83
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$94,041,600
Entries
10,112
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Info - Day 2abc
Entries
3,349
Players Left
1,549

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

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Faraz Jaka
Faraz Jaka

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.

Faraz Jaka's Main Event Tips! #2: Identify the Weak Players

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jaka Coaching
Jaka Coaching

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 #2: Mindset

"Another bit of advice for the WSOP Main Event is on mindset. People get really excited during the Main Event. There are camera, media coverage and your friends are texting you — there's just so much excitement!

"It's hard not to get sucked into that. So when you have a big stack you're getting all hyped up and then you get a bad beat and lose two thirds your stack you feel like crap."

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Staying grounded mentally and not letting your mindset wander away from the present is super important, says Jaka.

"You really have to try not to get too excited and stay even keel. I always remind myself, that in every tournament I have ever won, at some point I was a short stack with ten big blinds. So when I get short, I'm like, 'Alright, this is part of the journey to win a tournament.'"

79,000 26,100
Table 630Seat 1
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116,000 500
Table 401Seat 3

We won chips on dinner woohoo

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Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Chip Counts From Horseshoe Red

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Assaf Zeharia il
Assaf Zeharia
350,000
-50,000
-50,000
Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
320,000
20,000
20,000
Frank Funaro us
Frank Funaro
290,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jon Pardy ca
Jon Pardy
280,000
118,300
118,300
StakeKings
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
245,000
15,000
15,000
Winamax
Selahaddin Bedir tr
Selahaddin Bedir
220,000
40,000
40,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
200,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
110,000
-9,700
-9,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Platt us
Jeff Platt
110,000
Diego Ventura pe
Diego Ventura
110,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
100,000
65,000
65,000
Nick Marchington gb
Nick Marchington
90,000
-30,000
-30,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
75,000
-18,000
-18,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
70,000
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
70,000
-10,000
-10,000
$25K Fantasy
Brendon Kaufman us
Brendon Kaufman
50,000
-38,100
-38,100
Steven Buckner us
Steven Buckner
50,000
-35,000
-35,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
35,000
-17,000
-17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
30,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
20,000
-80,000
-80,000

Tajiou's Trip Aces Get Paid

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Mounir Tajiou opened 3,500 in early position and Michael Perrone three-bet 10,000 next to act. The action folded back around to Tajiou and he made the call.

When the A53 flop hit the felt, Tajiou check-called a bet of 5,000 from Perrone.

The 10 turn received checks from both players and the A fell on the river. Tajiou led for 17,000, and Perrone tank-called to see the A6 of Tajiou before mucking his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Mounir Tajiou se
Mounir Tajiou
303,000
26,000
26,000
Michael Perrone us
Michael Perrone
111,500
-28,000
-28,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Livschitz Runs Into Surinach's Aces

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Victoria Livschitz
Victoria Livschitz

Soon after returning from dinner break, Victoria Livschitz got her last 70,000 in from middle position as Jeremy Surinach put her at risk in the cutoff.

Victoria Livschitz: AK All in
Jeremy Surinach: AA

Surinach had woken up with aces to leave Livschitz at serious risk of elimination. The board ran out 5831010 and Livschitz found no help as she was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Surinach fr
Jeremy Surinach
170,000
118,800
118,800
Victoria Livschitz us
Victoria Livschitz
Busted

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More Bustouts in Horseshoe Red

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Robert Berton us
Robert Berton
Busted
Dylan Cechowski fr
Dylan Cechowski
Busted
Benjamin Ane fr
Benjamin Ane
Busted
Felipe Boianovsky br
Felipe Boianovsky
Busted
Richard Herbert us
Richard Herbert
Busted
Nathan Proctor us
Nathan Proctor
Busted
Christopher Woodard us
Christopher Woodard
Busted
Brandon Taff us
Brandon Taff
Busted
Tomas Teran ve
Tomas Teran
Busted
John Duci us
John Duci
Busted
Shane Hicks nz
Shane Hicks
Busted
Marty Williams us
Marty Williams
Busted
Nan Zhang cn
Nan Zhang
Busted
Sven Stiel de
Sven Stiel
Busted
Nicholas Civitarese ca
Nicholas Civitarese
Busted