Event #83: $1,500 Eight Game Mixed (6-Handed)
Day 3 Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #83: $1,500 Eight Game Mixed (6-Handed)
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$659,490
Entries
494
Level
32
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
7
Players Left
1
Level 32
One of the last mixed game events of the 2024 World Series of Poker saw Event #83: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed attract 494 entrants. That field generated a prize pool of $659,490, as some of the game’s greats battled it out for $131,061 and the WSOP bracelet. The final table of seven players returned today with a combined 14 bracelets, soon to be 15.
After nearly a 20-year gap from his last live tournament cash, Garth Yettick defeated Josh Arieh heads-up to win his first WSOP bracelet. “I definitely feel like I was super lucky. I was very short stacked through the majority of yesterday. Whenever the chips did go in, I just won the races. It feels great, winning the bracelet and winning the money too. I’m just always happy to be playing poker.”
This is only his second recorded cash ever on The Hendon Mob, with one other worth $20,370. Though not playing too many tournaments, Yettick is very familiar with all of the games after playing in cash games for many years. “My favorite game is deuce, I love it in the cash games.”
Coming into the day, Yettick was the third-shortest at the final table and one of only two players without a WSOP bracelet to their name. “I did look into everyone’s Hendon Mob record prior to the day, it was definitely the toughest table of opponents that I had sat down with. I thought that everyone played great at this final table, I just got the better cards.”
During the heads-up match with Arieh, Yettick had to overcome what was a five-to-one deficit and was all in for his tournament life a couple of times. “All you need is a chip and a chair, and thankfully, today, I was never in that situation. I’ve seen a lot of tournaments on tv and I am very familiar with tournament strategies. I got lucky with the cards I was dealt and ended up winning.”
Yettick will be firing the first-ever iteration of the $10,000 8-Game starting on Wednesday.
$1,500 8-Game Mix Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garth Yettick | United States | $131,061 |
| 2 | Josh Arieh | United States | $85,667 |
| 3 | "Miami" John Cernuto | United States | $57,249 |
| 4 | John Racener | United States | $39,135 |
| 5 | Maxx Coleman | United States | $27,379 |
| 6 | Marco Johnson | United States | $19,614 |
| 7 | Xiaochuan Zhang | China | $14,397 |
Final Table Action
It took a very short amount of time for the final table to lose a player as the short stacks of Yettick and Xiaochuan Zhang collided in a hand of PLO, when Zhang’s kings ran into Yettick's pair of queens and a flush draw. The completion of that flush saw Yettick begin his upward climb while Zhang collected $14,397 for his seventh-place finish.
After that, Marco Johnson would be next to fall as he lost a sizeable 2-7 Triple Draw hand to Yettick who made an eight-six in a big three-bet pot. That left Johnson short, and shortly after that, he got in his final chips with an eight-seven, and Yettick held a seven-six to take a near-chip lead while Johnson collected $19,614 for his sixth-place finish.
Maxx Coleman was left short after a few pots did not go his way; one of the bigger ones saw Arieh look him up in No-Limit Hold’em with a pair of fives. He got in his final chips in a PLO hand with ace-high and queens against Yettick’s ace-king high. This all went up in smoke as the board ran out king-high to leave Yettick’s top pair superior, and Coleman exited in fifth place for $27,379.
Not much went the way of the start of day chip leader John Racener, as his clashes with Yettick and “Miami” John Cernuto saw him getting shorter and shorter. His second to last hand saw him double up Cernuto when his ace-six could not hold up against Cernuto’s ten-nine in No-Limit Hold’em. After that, Cernuto moved all in with pocket sevens and Racener moved all in with ace-king. Yettick called with queens to put them both at risk. The board ran out to give Cernuto a straight to triple up while Yettick scooped the side, and Racener collected $39,135 for his fourth-place finish.
Despite that triple-up, the legendary three-time bracelet winner Cernuto found himself getting shorter after a few confrontations didn’t go his way. He eventually got in his final chips with king-four in No-Limit Hold’em against Arieh, who held with pocket nines. A very supportive rail of friends clapped for Cernuto on the way out, chanting “Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame,” before he collected $57,249 for his third-place finish.
Arieh came into heads up with the lead as it quickly grew to a five-to-one lead over Yettick. Eventually, all of the chips got in during the PLO round, where Yettick held the top two against Arieh's open-ended straight draw. No help was brought to Arieh, and Yettick survived the all in to fight on in the heads-up match. The next all-in confrontation came in No-Limit Hold'em, where Yettick got in his ace-queen against Arieh's nines and the ace on the flop gave Yettick the chip lead.
After that, Yettick applied pressure until the five-to-one lead was in his favor. Arieh found a double up in 2-7 Triple Draw with an eight-six, but in the following No-Limit Hold'em round, Arieh got all of his chips into the middle holding ace-queen and Yettick held ace-king. The board held for Yettick, as Arieh collected $85,667 for his runner-up finish.
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Level 32
No-Limit Hold'em
Josh Arieh opened to 300,000 from the button, Garth Yettick three-bet to 1,000,000 from the big blind, Arieh shoved for around 3,600,000 and Yettick called with a coveirng stack to put him at risk.
Josh Arieh: A♣Q♣ 
Garth Yettick: A♠K♦
Arieh was dominated preflop and was forced to settle for runner up after failing to improve on the Q♦6♦K♠4♦9♣ runout while Yettick took down the final pot of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,350,000
1,600,000
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1,600,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 32
2-7 Triple Draw
"And now we gamble" Josh Arieh commented after an uneventful six hands of Stud Hi-Lo before the game was switched to Triple Draw.
Arieh opened from the button, Garth Yettick three-bet from the small blind and Arieh soon got his stack of 795,000 in the middle. Yettick called to put him at risk.
Arieh and Yettick each drew one for the first draw. For the second draw Arieh stood pat and his rail erupted in cheers. Yettick took one.
Arieh stood pat again on the final draw and Yettick drew one again. Arieh tabled an eight with 8x6x5x3x2x and asked his opponent if he was live. Yettick replied that he was drawing dead revealing 8x7x5x2x for an eight-seven draw and ultimately catching a ten before Arieh took down a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
10,750,000
-850,000
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-850,000 |
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1,600,000
850,000
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850,000 |
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Level 32
Limit Hold'em
Garth Yettick raised in the small blind and in the big blind Josh Arieh called.
The flop rolled out 7♥4♥8♠ and Arieh checked over to Yettick who bet and Arieh raised which Yettick called.
Arieh bet on the turn 8♥ and Yettick called with both players checking the A♠ river.
Yettick tabled K♦7♦ for eights and sevens which was good for the pot as Yettick's lead grew over Arieh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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11,600,000
2,500,000
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2,500,000 |
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||
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750,000
-2,500,000
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-2,500,000 |
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Level 32
Razz
Garth Yettick: XxXx/8x10x3x - folded on fifth street
Josh Arieh: XxXx/6x10xAx
Garth Yettick completed with an eight and Josh Arieh called with a six.
Both players checked fourth street. On fifth street Arieh bet and Yettick folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,100,000
-805,000
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-805,000 |
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3,250,000
805,000
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805,000 |
|
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Level: 32
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Level 31
Limit Flop/Draw: 75,000/150,000, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 150,000 Bring-In, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Pot-Limit and No-Limit: 80,000/120,000 Ante, 40,000/80,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 150,000 Bring-In, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Pot-Limit and No-Limit: 80,000/120,000 Ante, 40,000/80,000 Blinds
The final two players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
Level 31
Limit Flop/Draw: 75,000/150,000, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 150,000 Bring-In, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Pot-Limit and No-Limit: 80,000/120,000 Ante, 40,000/80,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 150,000 Bring-In, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Pot-Limit and No-Limit: 80,000/120,000 Ante, 40,000/80,000 Blinds
Omaha Hi-Lo
Josh Arieh raised on the button and Garth Yettick called in the big blind.
The flop rolled out Q♣9♣A♥ and Yettick checked over to Arieh who bet and Yettick raised which Arieh called.
Yettick bet on the 2♦ turn and the 7♥ river with Arieh calling both times and Yettick tabled A♠Q♠J♣5♠ for aces and queens , which was good for the pot.
A couple of hands later action was picked up on the flop between Arieh and Yettick.
The board ran out 10♦9♦9♥ and Yettick bet from the big blind which Arieh called.
Yettick continued betting on the A♠2♦ runout and Arieh called both times and mucked after seeing A♦4♠6♦8♣ for the nut-flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,905,000
2,055,000
|
2,055,000 |
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|
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2,445,000
-2,055,000
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-2,055,000 |
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Level 31
Limit Flop/Draw: 75,000/150,000, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 150,000 Bring-In, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Pot-Limit and No-Limit: 80,000/120,000 Ante, 40,000/80,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 150,000 Bring-In, 150,000-300,000 Limits
Pot-Limit and No-Limit: 80,000/120,000 Ante, 40,000/80,000 Blinds
Seven Card Stud
Josh Arieh: XxXxXx/A♥5♥10♥3♦
Garth Yettick: K♥J♠8♦/J♥10♣9♠6♥
Josh Arieh completed with an ace, Garth Yettick raised with a jack and Arieh called.
Arieh check-called bets from Yettick on fourth through sixth street. Both players then checked seventh.
Yettick had a pair of jacks which was enough to take down a sizable pot from Arieh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,850,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
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4,500,000
-1,100,000
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-1,100,000 |
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