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

07-17-2024 12:24 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Souza	Busted
Peter Cross	Busted
Jie Fu	Busted
Alexandre Besse	Busted
Shawn Buchanan	Busted

Stephen Sakai	Busted
Colton Blomberg	Busted
Kenneth Nicoletti	Busted
Blair Morscheck	Busted
Johannes Deusing	Busted
Michael Kane	Busted
Denis Strebkov	Busted

Silma Macalou	Busted
Levi Berger	Busted

Giuseppe Pantaleo	Busted

Nan Hong	Busted
Brian Hastings	Busted

Ramos Eliminates Kim With Kings

Roxanne Johnson

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Felipe Ramos raised from the cutoff to 60,000 and Brian Kim moved all in for 260,000 in the small blind. Ramos made a quick call.

Brian Kim: A♠J♣ All in
Felipe Ramos: K♠K♦

Kim would need to hit to beat Ramos but the board came out with 10♦7♦10♠8♥5♥ and Ramos raked in a nice pot with his two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ramos	925,000 425,000	425,000

Brian Kim	Busted

Tags: Brian Kim Felipe Ramos

07-17-2024 12:11 UTC-7

Matti's Aces Help Him Chip Up

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

There was a three-way all-in between Armand Matti, Scott Findlay, and Alexander Avila. Findlay had the biggest stack, so had the chance to eliminate two players.

Alexander Avila: 10♠3♦ All in
Armand Matti : A♣A♠ All in
Scott Findlay: A♥J♥

Matti's aces held up on the Q♠8♠7♣Q♥2♠ runout, and he virtually tripled up. Avila was eliminated, and Findlay was left with crumbs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mauricio Ramirez	1,400,000 160,000	160,000
Ashish Gupta	1,200,000 645,000	645,000
Armand Matti	900,000 770,000	770,000
Dejuante Alexander	775,000 325,000	325,000

Dusti Smith	400,000 205,000	205,000
Kane Kalas	190,000 15,000	15,000
Scott Findlay	105,000 -390,000	-390,000
Alexander Avila	Busted

Tags: Alexander Avila Armand Matti Scott Findlay

07-17-2024 12:03 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Stepan Mikhno	Busted
Marcel Luske	Busted
Charles Alex-Barton	Busted
Alexane Najchaus	Busted

Rajan Baheti	Busted
Anton Beno	Busted
Eric Blair	Busted
Scott Hardie	Busted
Andrew Hulme	Busted
Pierre Shum	Busted

Hui Wang	Busted
Fernando Brito	Busted
Bryan Chen	Busted
Robert Mastrosimone	Busted
Tauan Naves	Busted
Ryan Andrade	Busted
Jordan Spurlin	Busted
Wooyang Lin	Busted
Henrieto Acain	Busted

John Bagosy	Busted
Gerry Fordham	Busted
Richard Lanes	Busted
Ricco Tong	Busted
Hiroki Yamasaki	Busted
Eider Cruz	Busted

Yamaguchi Battling it out in The Closer

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Translated from Japanese by Google:

WSOP Closer
Over 1.7 million in the first two levels.
So this is it. But I'm not letting my guard down and will go anyway.

https://twitter.com/irechi0708/status/1813649540387652007

Player	Chips	Progress
Rei Yamaguchi	1,700,000 965,000	965,000

Tags: Rei Yamaguchi

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

07-17-2024 12:00 UTC-7

Shulman Defends Big Blind

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mario Colavita raised from the button to 50,000 and this cascaded into a major action pot where Jason Mitchell three-bet all in for 260,000 and two-time bracelet winner Barry Shulman four-bet all in for 390,000.

Colavita was put to a decision and he struggled with it, but made the fold and stated that he had ace-ten, which was the same hand as Mitchell.

Jason Mitchell: A♦10♣ All in
Barry Shulman: A♣Q♣

The board ran out with 7♣5♦2♠A♥6♥ and Shulman's kicker played for the win with the pair of aces.

Colavita was relieved he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Colavita	1,650,000 125,000	125,000
Barry Shulman	750,000 265,000	265,000

Jason Mitchell	Busted

Tags: Barry Shulman Jason Mitchell Mario Colavita

07-17-2024 11:55 UTC-7

Couden Gets Paid by Matusow

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action was caught on the river with the board showing 10♣A♥J♦10♥6♣. There were over 300,000 chips in the pot and Joseph Couden bet 160,000 from the big blind. Mike Matusow took quite a while to think in the cutoff, before deciding to call.

Couden turned over Kx10x for trips and Matusow mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Couden	1,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Mike Matusow	375,000 -245,000	-245,000

Tags: Joseph Couden Mike Matusow

07-17-2024 11:50 UTC-7

Pocket Eights Beat Pocket Aces

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Oshri Azran was on a short stack and open-shoved from the cutoff. David Docherty in the big blind called.

Oshri Azran: 8♥8♣ All in
David Docherty: A♦A♣

The flop was J♣Q♦2♦.

When the dealer dealt out the 8♠ on the turn, Azran let out an excited: “Yea!”

The river was the 3♣ and Doherty’s aces were officially cracked.

The two players discussed the hand and while Docherty commented that Azran got it in with the worst hand, Azran responded Docherty had "no business having aces in the big blind."

“Yes, that was very rude of me,” agreed Docherty, and they moved on to the next hand, both with stacks that still have some work to do.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	500,000 -70,000	-70,000
Oshri Azran	460,000 215,000	215,000

Tags: David Docherty Oshri Azran

07-17-2024 11:48 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	1,400,000 -140,000	-140,000

Jaspal Brar	920,000 100,000	100,000

Rania Nasreddine	750,000 35,000	35,000
Yuval Bronshtein	525,000 -195,000	-195,000

Felipe Ramos	500,000 85,000	85,000

John Perry	500,000 225,000	225,000
Kenny Hallaert	475,000 -55,000	-55,000

Kyna England	470,000 125,000	125,000
Martin Kabrhel	420,000 25,000	25,000

Andrew Moreno	350,000 -190,000	-190,000
Brock Wilson	160,000 -145,000	-145,000