Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 5 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-11-2024 20:48 UTC-8

Cantu Cracks Kings in Big Pot

Calum Grant

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The middle position player meant to make it 100,000, but failed to announce raise thus the action was ruled as a call. This prompted Kevin Killeen to raise to 250,000 from the hijack. Action folded to Brandon Cantu in the small blind and he made it 675,000. The middle position player folded. Killeen moved all in for around 2,400,000 and Cantu quickly called.

Kevin Killeen: KxKx
Brandon Cantu: JxJx

Cantu was in rough shape and remained behind after the Q♦2♦2♣ flop. However, the J♣ turn saw Cantu make a full house to take the lead ahead of the 3♣ river.

Cantu didn't even bother stacking his chips, and after pulling off the suckout, he went for a quick walk around the Horseshoe Events Centre.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	5,400,000 2,700,000	2,700,000

Kevin Killeen	Busted

07-11-2024 20:55 UTC-8

Shah's Set Gets Flushed by Nagami

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Heads-up on a board of 8♠2♣K♣J♠ with over a million in the pot arleady, Kyosuke Nagami check-called a 540,000 bet from Kavin Shah.

The 5♣ completed the board and Nagami shoved for approximately two million, which was enough to put Shah all in for slightly less.

"Set no good?" Shah inquired as he weighed his decision. Nagami remained silent.

Shah eventually put in a call and Nagami turned over A♣J♣ for the nut flush.

Shah showed he held 8♣8♥ for a set of eights — eliminating him late in the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyosuke Nagami	6,200,000 3,900,000	3,900,000
Kavin Shah	Busted
Adam Rude	Busted

Tags: Kavin Shah Kyosuke Nagami

07-11-2024 21:21 UTC-8

Astedt Dodges His Way to a Bustout

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

James Kohl raised to 150,000 in early position, Niklas Astedt three-bet to 400,000 in the cutoff, and Kohl called.

The flop came 8♦10♥3♦ and Astedt moved all in. "Okay, let's go," Kohl said as he called for 700,000.

James Kohl: A♦4♦ All in
Niklas Astedt: A♠K♠

Kohl had a flush draw against Astedt's superior ace, but he missed the 7♠ turn and 2♠ river as Astedt went past 9,000,000 with the bustout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	9,200,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

James Kohl	Busted

Tags: James Kohl Niklas Astedt

07-11-2024 21:42 UTC-8

Wilf Busts Full Over Full to Moroz

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The turn showed K♣Q♣Q♥7♥ and Saar Wilf bet 225,000 out of the big blind, which Yegor Moroz on the button called.

Wilf then led the 3♥ river for 200,000 and Moroz clicked it back to 600,000. After some consideration, Wilf made it 1,200,000 to go with around 450,000 behind. Only a few seconds later, Moroz pushed all-in and Wilf was stunned.

"Oh wow ... this is not happening. You got fuckin kings?" Wilf said as he leaned deep back into his chair. Around two minutes passed and Wilf then called all-in.

Moroz tabled the hand he had feared in K♥K♦ for kings full of queens and Wilf flashed the Q♠3♠ for queens full of treys to bust in the final level of the night.

At the same time one table over, Alexander Tkatschew knocked out Michael Jagroo when his A♦K♣ hit a four-card flush on the 7♣4♣2♦10♣2♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yegor Moroz	7,500,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Alexander Tkatschew	3,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Saar Wilf	Busted
Michael Jagroo	Busted

Tags: Alexander Tkatschew Michael Jagroo Saar Wilf Yegor Moroz

07-11-2024 21:52 UTC-8

Keating Forces Out Chen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

In a duel cutoff versus button, the flop showed K♣J♣4♣ and Chi Jen Chen called a bet of 400,000 by Alex Keating. He then checked the 10♠ on the turn and Keating increased his bet sizing to 1,000,000.

Chen went deep into the tank and the camera crew came closer to the table and filmed the duel between them. Ultimately, Chen slid his cards into the muck and Keating dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	4,800,000 -515,000	-515,000

Hossam Mohamed Ali	4,700,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Chijen Chen	4,000,000 -1,450,000	-1,450,000
Andrew Hanna	3,100,000 380,000	380,000
Gaston Martinez	2,900,000 -300,000	-300,000
Fabiano Kovalski	2,700,000 200,000	200,000
Manh Nguyen	630,000 -690,000	-690,000
Daniel Hachem	Busted

Tags: Alex Keating Chi Jen Chen

07-11-2024 22:08 UTC-8

Lonis Among the Late Night Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Coming off the stream table, Jesse Lonis had seen his stack decimated to around 1.6 million after he folded to a shove and further plummeted on the leaderboard. He then took on Giovanni Zanette and four-bet jammed when Zanette made it 315,000 to go.

The latter instantly called with the K♠K♥ and the ace-queen of Lonis found no help on the 6♠4♠3♣9♠9♣ runout.

At almost the same time, Ian O'Hara also departed after he could not beat the Q♦7♣ of Kenneth Kim in the big blind with the latter rivering two pair on a Q♠8♠3♦9♣7♥ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Zanette	7,800,000 5,180,000	5,180,000
Kenneth Kim	5,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Jesse Lonis	Busted

Ian O'Hara	Busted

Tags: Giovanni Zanette Ian O'Hara Jesse Lonis Kenneth Kim

07-11-2024 22:12 UTC-8

Wu Felts Sopotnytskyi with Kings

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ren Lin opened to 120,000 from under the gun and was called by Cameron Mixson in middle position. Yake Wu then three-bet to 480,000 one seat over only to see Taras Sopotnytskyi cold four-bet jam for around 1,400,000. Lin and Mixson got out of the way but Wu made the call with the covering stack to put Sopotnytskyi at risk.

Taras Sopotnytskyi: Q♣Q♠ All in
Yake Wu: K♣K♦

Wu had found kings at an opportune moment to put himself in excellent position to score the knockout. The board ran out 2♣2♦6♠A♠9♥ to keep the cowboys best, bringing Sopotnyskyi's tournament to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	7,000,000 -200,000	-200,000

Cameron Mixson	4,300,000 -500,000	-500,000
Yake Wu	4,200,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Taras Sopotnytskyi	Busted

Tags: Cameron Mixson Ren Lin Taras Sopotnytskyi Yake Wu

07-11-2024 22:18 UTC-8

Oberhauser Gets his Revenge

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Maxime Taldir

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Valentin Oberhauser in the hijack and Merijn van Rooij in the big blind raised each other and ended up moving all-in, with Oberhauser at risk for 3,060,000.

Valentin Oberhauser: Q♣Q♦ All in
Merijn van Rooij: A♥K♦

After he lost massive pots during the last level against van Rooij, Oberhauser won this one on 6♥J♦9♥10♣9♣ and secured a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Oberhauser	6,330,000 3,430,000	3,430,000
Merijn van Rooij	350,000 -3,050,000	-3,050,000

Tags: Merijn van Rooij Valentin Oberhauser

07-11-2024 22:37 UTC-8

Chivukula Busts Jacobson

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Janelle Jacobson moved all in for around 650,000 from the cutoff and Kalyan Chivukula called in middle position.

Janelle Jacobson: A♣5♦ All in
Kalyan Chivukula: A♥Q♠

Chivukula had Jacobson dominated heading to the flop, which came 3♣9♠7♠. Neither player connected with the K♠ turn or 8♦ river and Chivukula took the pot with his queen-kicker to send Jacobson to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalyan Chivukula	3,600,000 350,000	350,000
Janelle Jacobson	Busted

Tags: Janelle Jacobson Kalyan Chivukula

07-11-2024 22:39 UTC-8

Van Rooij Wins the Main, Pak the Side in Massive Confrontation

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Picking up the action partway through the hand, Merijn van Rooij in middle position had committed his short stack to the pot and was at risk against Edward Pak on the button and Valentin Oberhauser in the big blind. Oberhauser had both of his opponents covered with over 7,000,000 chips in the pot preflop.

Merijn van Rooij: K♦J♦ All in
Edward Pak: A♠A♣ All in
Valentin Oberhauser: 10♣10♥

Pak was in a great spot to more than double but was forced to settle for the side pot after the board ran out 8♦A♦6♦5♥4♠ to give van Rooij a flush. Still, Pak profited significantly from the hand while Oberhauser ended up losing more than half of his stack. van Rooij, meanwhile, seemed elated, having found an unlikely triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Pak	6,400,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Valentin Oberhauser	2,850,000 -3,480,000	-3,480,000
Merijn van Rooij	1,050,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Edward Pak Merijn van Rooij Valentin Oberhauser