Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Day 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-13-2024 14:52 UTC-7

Consecutive Pocket Queens Cracked

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Laura Fryer

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

John Pierce was all in from the cutoff and up against the button's entire stack.

Button: Q♣Q♥ All in
John Pierce: A♣K♥

The 5x7xAx2x4x runout gave Pierce top pair and he took down the pot and knocked out a player.

A couple of tables away, Senovio Ramirez was all in and at risk from under the gun and had been called by a middle position player who covered him.

Senovio Ramirez: A♠K♠ All in
Under the Gun: Q♠Q♦

Just as before, the 4♠5♦A♦6♦7♠ runout gave Ramirez the pair of aces to get the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Pierce	415,000 361,000	361,000
Senovio Ramirez III	180,000 57,500	57,500

Tags: John Pierce Senovio Ramirez

07-13-2024 14:52 UTC-7

Niste Pulls out the Sneaky Straight

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Alec Torelli raised in the cutoff to 10,000 and Mihai Niste made the call from the big blind. The flop came out with 6♥10♥4♦ and both players checked.

The turn K♣ was also checked through.

On the river 8♠ Niste bet out for 12,000 and Torelli contemplated, made the call and mucked when Niste turned over 9♦7♦ for the straight and was so confident he was the winner he pulled back his bet before Torelli mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Niste	360,000 77,000	77,000
Alec Torelli	235,000 89,000	89,000

Tags: Alec Torelli Mihai Niste

07-13-2024 14:54 UTC-7

Red Section Counts; Dirmantas Crushing

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Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gediminas Dirmantas	1,065,000 823,500	823,500
Chance Kornuth	610,000 75,000	75,000

Pavels Spirins	515,000 194,500	194,500
Jonathan Newman	490,000 -83,500	-83,500

Blake Bohn	415,000 353,500	353,500
Faraz Jaka	402,000 290,000	290,000

Florian Duta	370,000 -19,000	-19,000
Mo Nuwwarah	335,000 -5,500	-5,500

Julien Sitbon	290,000 165,500	165,500

David Jackson	275,000 218,000	218,000

Farid Jattin	260,000 260,000	260,000
Tony Miles	245,000 90,500	90,500
Jeffrey Farnes	210,000 31,500	31,500
Scott Blumstein	186,000 143,000	143,000

Adam Hendrix	135,000 -31,500	-31,500
Darren Rabinowitz	87,000 -13,500	-13,500

Kristopher Burchfield	85,000 -162,000	-162,000

07-13-2024 14:58 UTC-7

Torelli Gets the Muck

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Alec Torelli raised in the hijack to 10,000 and the player in the cutoff called. The flop came out with 5♦10♠A♦ and Torelli led out for 12,000 and received the call.

On the turn 7♦ both players checked.

The river 8♣ brought a bet from Torelli of 21,000 and he got paid. Torelli rolled over A♥9♣ for top pair and the cutoff mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alec Torelli	235,000

Tags: Alec Torelli

07-13-2024 15:06 UTC-7

A Few Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	290,000 -72,500	-72,500

Khang Pham	205,000 49,500	49,500

Tristan Wade	195,000 25,000	25,000

Dara O'Kearney	140,000 140,000	140,000

Johnny Steven	75,000 -145,000	-145,000

07-13-2024 15:18 UTC-7

Reilly Takes With Flush

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Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was on the turn of an all club 7♣9♣K♣4♣ board. Tim Reilly was in the hijack and called the button bet from Eric Afriat to grow the pot to around 80,000.

The river was the 5♦. Both players checked it. Reilly tabled the Q♣J♠ for the second nut flush and gathered the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Reilly	234,000 -21,000	-21,000
Eric Afriat	120,000 -150,000	-150,000

Tags: Tim Reilly Eric Afruat

07-13-2024 15:19 UTC-7

Prize Pool Confirmed

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Laura Fryer

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A total prize pool of $8,482,590 was generated from the 3,177 total entrants across Day 1a, 1b and Day 2. First place prize will take home $1,041,989 as well as a WSOP Bracelet. 477 players will make the money and take home a minimum $6,006.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1st	$1,041,989	36th-44th	$28,113
2nd	$694,714	45th-53rd	$23,270
3rd	$517,525	54th-62nd	$19,428
4th	$388,519	63rd-71st	$16,362
5th	$293,950	72nd-80th	$13,900
6th	$224,152	81st-89th	$11,913
7th	$172,285	90th-98th	$10,302
8th	$133,479	99th-103rd	$8,989
9th	$104,248	104th-152nd	$8,989
10th-11th	$82,081	153rd-206th	$7,914
12th-13th	$65,157	207th-260rd	$7,032
14th-17th	$52,150	261st-314th	$6,306
18th-26th	$42,088	315th-477th	$6,006
27th-35th	$34,253

07-13-2024 15:20 UTC-7

Pucci Doubles his Stack

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Michele Pucci raised all in from the button to 86,000 and the big blind slammed in the call after a ponder.

Michele Pucci: A♥10♦ All in
Big blind: K♥9♥

The board ran out in favor of Pucci with 9♠5♣4♣A♠3♦ and he received a nice double to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Pucci	175,000 -27,500	-27,500

Tags: Michele Pucci

07-13-2024 15:22 UTC-7

Grafeo Finds the Straight Flush

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Alek Gillies

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mike Grafeo raised to 11,000 from under the gun and three players made the call.

The flop came J♦9♦10♦ and all four players checked around.

While the J♠ peeled off on the turn, the big blind and under the gun both checked. Middle position fired for 16,000 and only Grafeo made the call.

The Q♦ completed the board and Grafeo moved all in for 119,000. His opponent went into the tank and eventually found the call. They revealed J♣Q♠ and were bested by Grafeo's 8♦8♠.