Moments before the Day 3 dinner break in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, controversy struck at one table inside the Horseshoe Event Center.
As the field was heading to break, a possible angle-shoot occurred, and another player who wasn't even in the hand had to be escorted out of the room and was penalized.
Picking up the action on the river, Victor Caballero in middle position was involved in a hand with an opponent on the button.
With the board reading 10♣Q♣J♦6♦2♥ and around 100,000 in the pot, Caballero bet 33,000. The button player responded by moving all in with the covering stack. That sent Caballero deep into the tank as he considered calling off for his remaining 140,000. After several minutes, he did let his hand go to preserve his stack as the money bubble begins to loom on the horizon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
-157,500
|
-157,500 |
Nicholas Howard was heads-up on the button against the player in the cutoff on a board of 5♦5♥6♥8♥ with a large pot already brewing.
The cutoff checked to Howard, who bet 42,000. His opponent called.
The A♦ filled the river and it was again checked to Howard, who cut out a bet of 147,000 and placed it into the middle — sending his opponent deep into the tank.
The cutoff eventually opted to lay his hand down and Howard showed A♠5♠ for a full house before dragging the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
790,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
665,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
600,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
438,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
390,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
267,000
-123,000
|
-123,000 |
|
153,000
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
||
|
135,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
715,000
569,500
|
569,500 |
|
|
||
|
705,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
480,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
365,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
|
325,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
|
133,000
-74,000
|
-74,000 |
|
|
||
Michael Gagliano open-jammed his 42,000-chip stack into the pot from middle position. Bryan Connole called on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Michael Gagliano: K♦J♦ 
Bryan Connole: A♠9♦
A fair fight headed to a full board, the dealer put out Q♦7♦6♥K♠4♥ and Gagliano flopped a flush draw but improved to top pair to extend his tournament run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
178,600
-10,400
|
-10,400 |
|
97,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
William Looper was all in and at risk preflop.
William Looper: A♦K♣
Emanuel Failla: A♥A♣
Looper was in bad shape but the flop came Q♦J♥Q♣ to give Looper hope. The turn was the 10♥ to give him broadway. Failla asked the board to pair but the river was the 8♥ to give Looper an unlikely double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
624,000
396,000
|
396,000 |
|
285,000
232,500
|
232,500 |
Taras Sopotnytskyi opened from middle position to 10,000 and Mike Vanier three-bet the button to 32,000. Once the blinds folded, Sopotnytskyi made the call.
The action was checked all the way to the river on the A♣5♥Q♠A♠6♠ board where Sopotnytskyi checked, and Vanier fired a bet of 43,000. It didn't take long for Sopotnytskyi to make a decision, and he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
450,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
350,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
340,000
94,500
|
94,500 |
Donovan Dean was spotted with a significantly reduced stack at table 485 in red. At the same table, Yudai Futai and John Betancourt have greatly increased their stacks to large ones.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,120,000
958,000
|
958,000 |
|
980,000
894,500
|
894,500 |
|
740,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
215,000
-419,500
|
-419,500 |
