2024 World Series of Poker

Event #99: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$201,355
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,358,720
Entries
1,544
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,544
Players Left
1

Kinney Doubles Through Wu

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The under the gun player moved all in for 125,000 before Yake Wu reraised all in for 980,000 from the button. Alex Kinney called all in from the small blind for 350,000 and players went off to see five community cards.

Under The Gun: QJ All in
Alex Kinney: AK All in
Yake Wu: JJ

The board ran out 5104K5 and Kinney turned a King to increase his stack drastically as Level 25 comes to a close.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Kinney us
Alexander Kinney
980,000
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
665,000
-335,000
-335,000

Tags: Alex KinneyYake Wu

Holley Holds And Bust Opponent

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
John Holley
John Holley

Action was followed from the 8J7 flop with two players in the hand. An opponent was in the hijack and up against John Holley in the small blind.

Opponent: KQAll in
John Holley: AQ

The 9 and 4 runout secured Holley the pot and the opponent left the tournament with around 40 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
John Holley us
John Holley
1,550,000
830,000
830,000

Tags: John Holley

Stroke Doubles

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Shawn Stroke open-jammed his 245,000-chip stack into the middle from under the gun. Players folded one by one but the big blind gave Stroke some action and flicked in a call.

Shawn Stroke: A2 All in
Big Blind:108

The board came down J3A89 and Stroke held on with his pair of Aces to extend his tournament life.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Stroke us
Shawn Stroke
630,000

Tags: Shawn Stroke

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Yanovsky Stacks Thibodaux, Nears 2 Million Chips

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Joshua Thibodaux
Joshua Thibodaux

Eric Yanovsky opened the action with a raise to 90,000 from early position. Joshua Thibodaux moved all in for 710,000 from middle position and Yanovsky made the call.

Joshua Thibodaux: AK All in
Eric Yanovsky: QQ

An enormous flip for over 1,500,000, the dealer put out Q96106 and Yanovsky sent Thibodaux packing, while taking the overwhelming table chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Yanovsky us
Eric Yanovsky
1,900,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Joshua Thibodaux us
Joshua Thibodaux
Busted

Tags: Eric YanovskyJoshua Thibodaux

Wu Hits a Million

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Yake Wu
Yake Wu

Early position min-raised to 80,000 and Yake Wu shoved all in for over 500,000. Once it got back to early position, he called for around 450,000.

Early Position: AK All in
Yake Wu: 1010

Wu's pocket tens managed to hold up on the 8QQ7J runout which saw his stack climb to around a million chips, and his opponent hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
1,000,000
420,000
420,000

Kothari Doubles Through Wu

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Yake Wu opened from under the gun and action folded around to Harsheel Kothari in the big blind who moved all in. Wu took some time before making the call and the players flipped their hands.

Harsheel Kothari: 89All in
Yake Wu: A10

Wu was looking to hold and the 5610 flop kept Wu ahead but Kothari had picked up the gutshot straight and backdoor flush draw.

The 4 turn didn't change much, but Kothari hit the straight on the 7 river, securing him the double.

Player Chips Progress
Harsheel Kothari us
Harsheel Kothari
1,100,000
670,000
670,000
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
580,000
355,000
355,000

Tags: Harsheel KothariYake Wu

Gonzales Gets it in Good and Holds

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

A player in early position raised to 200,000, leaving himself 10,000 chips behind. Danny Gonzales moved all in for 305,000 from the hijack and the initial raiser made the call.

Early Position: A3 All in
Danny Gonzales: AJ

The dealer put out A62K9 and Gonzales took the pot and his opponent's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Gonzales us
Danny Gonzales
570,000

Tags: Danny Gonzales

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000