Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-15-2024 12:00 UTC-8

Black Takes Back from Brehme

Jeff McMillan

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Taylor Black opened to 600,000 under the gun. David Brehme three-bet to 1,950,000 from the big blind and Black came along.

The flop came 5♥8♠10♠. Both players checked to the turn which was the 8♣. Brehme bet 1,050,000, Black called.

The river came the 2♠. It went check, check again.

Brehme tabled Kx5x for a pair of fives which Black had bested with the 9♦9♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	15,200,000

David Brehme	7,400,000 -3,600,000	-3,600,000

Tags: David Brehme Taylor Black

07-15-2024 12:00 UTC-8

Kuzmanovic Check-Raises the Turn

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Tyler Foran

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

David Brehme opened 600,000 on the button and Boris Kuzmanovic defended the big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of A♦10♦9♦, and Kuzmanovic check-called a bet of 400,000.

When the K♦ fell on the turn, Kuzmanovic checked and Brehme fired 800,000. Kuzmanovic tanked for about a minute before putting in a check-raise to 2,500,000. Brehme let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	15,200,000

Andrey Pateychuk	11,500,000 1,925,000	1,925,000
Boris Kuzmanovic	11,150,000 2,050,000	2,050,000
David Uvaydov	10,150,000 1,650,000	1,650,000
David Brehme	6,850,000 -550,000	-550,000

Tags: Boris Kuzmanovic David Brehme

07-15-2024 12:01 UTC-8

Break Time

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Tyler Foran

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

The players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. The unofficial final table of ten redraw will happen straightaway after the break.

Level: 33

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

07-15-2024 12:22 UTC-8

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blind
1	1	Dong Chen	China	11,000,000	28
1	2	Adam Owen	United Kingdom	27,000,000	68
1	3	Taylor Black	United States	15,200,000	38
1	4	David Uvaydov	United States	10,150,000	25
1	5	David Brehme	United Kingdom	6,850,000	17
1	6	Clement Richez	France	18,325,000	46
1	7	Alec Torelli	United States	14,500,000	36
1	8	Boris Kuzmanovic	Croatia	11,150,000	28
1	9	Stefan Dimitrov	Bulgaria	3,550,000	9
1	10	Andrey Pateychuk	Russia	11,500,000	29

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	27,000,000
Clement Richez	18,325,000 -675,000	-675,000

Taylor Black	15,200,000

Alec Torelli	14,500,000

Andrey Pateychuk	11,500,000
Boris Kuzmanovic	11,150,000
Dong Chen	11,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

David Uvaydov	10,150,000
David Brehme	6,850,000
Stefan Dimitrov	3,550,000 -2,350,000	-2,350,000

Stefan Dimitrov Eliminated in 10th Place ($82,081)

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Jeff McMillan

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Stefan Dimitrov raised almost all his chips, leaving just 600,000 behind from middle position. Taylor Black called in the cutoff.

The flop came down K♦2♥K♠. Dimitrov checked, Black bet 600,000 to force Dimitrov all in, who called.

Stefan Dimitrov: A♦10♦ All in
Taylor Black: A♥Q♥

Dimitrov found a diamond on the turn as the 5♦ came off to give him more outs but the river came the 8♠ blank to end his run in tenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	18,450,000 3,250,000	3,250,000

Stefan Dimitrov	Busted

Tags: Stefan Dimitrov Taylor Black

07-15-2024 12:32 UTC-8

Kuzmanovic Continues on the Flop

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Tyler Foran

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Boris Kuzmanovic opened 800,000 under the gun and Alec Torelli defended the big blind.

When the Q♦10♥8♠ flop hit the felt, Torelli checked and Kuzmanovic continued for 1,200,000. Torelli tank-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alec Torelli	12,950,000 -1,550,000	-1,550,000

Boris Kuzmanovic	12,600,000 1,450,000	1,450,000

Tags: Alec Torelli Boris Kuzmanovic

07-15-2024 12:34 UTC-8

Torelli Three-Bets Preflop

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Tyler Foran

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Dong Chen opened 800,000 under the gun and Alec Torelli three-bet 2,400,000 on the button.

Chen thought about it for about 45 seconds, and pitched his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alec Torelli	14,750,000 1,800,000	1,800,000

Dong Chen	9,900,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000

Tags: Alec Torelli Dong Chen

07-15-2024 12:43 UTC-8

David Brehme Eliminated in 9th Place ($104,248)

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Laura Fryer

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

David Brehme raised from a middle position to 3,000,000 and got a call from Adam Owen in the big blind.

The players saw a 3♥3♣9♣ flop and Owen checked. Brehme moved all in and Owen snap called.

David Brehme: A♣Q♣ All in
Adam Owen: 9♦9♠

Brehme had a flush draw on the flop, but Owen had flopped the boat.

Brehme was looking to hit running aces to save him from elimination, but the 8♥ turn sealed his fate and he stood from the table as the dealer placed the 10♥ river, completing the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	33,500,000 6,500,000	6,500,000
David Brehme	Busted

Tags: Adam Owen David Brehme

07-15-2024 12:54 UTC-8

Owen Blasts Flop

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Jeff McMillan

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

The pot had 2,400,000 in it on the flop as it came 8♠5♣K♣. From the cutoff, Adam Owen bet over three times the pot as he put out 8,000,000. Clement Richez was in the big blind and went into the tank as the bet was for about half of his stack.

Richez thought for a long time, at least three to four minutes while he sat studying the situation. Eventually he folded.

"You thought those were blues?" both David Uvaydov and Alec Torelli asked Owen after the hand (referencing the blue 100,000 chips vs the 500,000 pink ones that Owen had bet with).

Owen did not reply to the question definitively as he gathered the pot to add to his big chip lead.