Event #98: $1,500 The Closer | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-17-2024 13:26 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Roberts	Busted

Barry Shulman	Busted

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted
Dae Woong Song	Busted
Yiannis Liperis	Busted
Andrew Moreno	Busted
Qi Xu	Busted
Guangming Li	Busted
Joshua Zucchet	Busted
Javier Agorreta	Busted
Steven Stegner	Busted
Thomas Kysar	Busted
Ivan Ruban	Busted
Felipe Boianovsky	Busted
Mauro Avila	Busted
Dusti Smith	Busted
Nicholas Petitti	Busted
Waheed Feda	Busted
John Perry	Busted
David Coffman	Busted

Lipton Doubles Through Rezaei

Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Chad Lipton in the small blind found himself at risk for 960,000 against Daniel Rezaei on the button.

Chad Lipton: A♥5♠ All in
Daniel Rezaei: 9♦9♠

Lipton was on the edge of elimination after the K♦5♣10♥6♥ turn, but he was lucky enough to hit the A♣ river to double up.

Down to 190,000, Rezaei was eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Lipton	1,980,000 1,225,000	1,225,000
Daniel Rezaei	Busted

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07-17-2024 13:23 UTC-8

Nguyen Chips Up, Knocks Out Kim

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action started with a raise from the player in late position, which Tommy Nguyen three-bet from the hijack. Yoon Kim was in the cutoff and went all in. Late position folded and Nguyen called.

Yoon Kim: A♦Q♣ All in
Tommy Nguyen: Q♠Q♦

Kim commented he needed to get lucky and got some options on the J♥10♦9♣ board. Both players flopped an open-ender and Kim said he will happily take a chop.

The turn 2♥ and river 9♠ did not bring the desired straight for Kim, however, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Nguyen	2,700,000 2,270,000	2,270,000

Yoon Kim	Busted

Tags: Tommy Nguyen Yoon Kim

07-17-2024 13:22 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Colavita	2,000,000 350,000	350,000
Joey Weissman	1,990,000 110,000	110,000

Allyn Shulman	1,900,000 700,000	700,000

Santiago Plante	1,580,000 990,000	990,000
Harrison Gimbel	1,400,000 -600,000	-600,000

Felipe Ramos	1,250,000 -50,000	-50,000

Kenny Hallaert	1,250,000 200,000	200,000

Senovio Ramirez III	1,240,000 970,000	970,000
Damien Cluzel	680,000 -120,000	-120,000

Gazzola Busts Stival in Confusing Shove

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Cristian Stival moved almost all in from the cutoff for 495,000 and Ben Gazzola big blind announced, "Call" but put in 600,000 and Stival flipped over his cards. The big blind stated, "I just called."

Stival said, "Oh well, my cards are up."

The flop came out with 7♦Q♥5♥ and Stival pushed in his last 100,000 out of turn and Gazzola called.

Cristian Stival: K♦10♦ All in
Ben Gazzola: A♥10♣

The turn 8♦ and river Q♣ gave Gazzola the best hand with a pair of queens with his ace-kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Gazzola	2,500,000 900,000	900,000
Cristian Stival	Busted

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Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

07-17-2024 13:13 UTC-8

Stausholm Takes From Racener

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Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On a board of 8♠J♠4♥8♣ Martin Stausholm checked from middle position and John Racener bet 230,000 from the seat next to him. Stausholm called and they headed to the river.

The 5♠ on the river got checked through and Stausholm took down the pot with J♣9♣ for two pair, jacks and eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	2,800,000 850,000	850,000

Martin Stausholm	1,900,000 -200,000	-200,000

Tags: John Racener Martin Stausholm

07-17-2024 13:06 UTC-8

Kessler Reflects on a Difficult Summer

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

https://https://twitter.com/AllenKessler/status/1813678343667188109

07-17-2024 13:04 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	4,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Zong Chi He	3,800,000 2,915,000	2,915,000
Aaron Mermelstein	3,200,000 1,950,000	1,950,000
Martin Stausholm	2,100,000 300,000	300,000

Mike Matusow	1,450,000 70,000	70,000

Kyna England	1,400,000 360,000	360,000
Felipe Ramos	1,300,000 375,000	375,000

Kenny Hallaert	1,050,000 575,000	575,000

Daniel Rezaei	750,000 -1,080,000	-1,080,000

07-17-2024 13:02 UTC-8

Polop Eliminates Kelsall

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action started with a raise from the cutoff to 120,000. Andrew Kelsall went all in on the button for a bit over 400,000. David Cabrera Polop then reraised all in from the small blind. The big blind and the cutoff folded.

Andrew Kelsall: K♥7♣ All in
David Cabrera Polop: A♣Q♦

The flop was great for Polop; it was 6♣10♥A♥ giving him top pair.

The turn 6♥ gave Kelsall a flush draw, but it didn’t come in on the river. The river was the 10♠ and Kelsall was eliminated.