| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 2,000,000 |
| 2 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 425,000 |
| 3 | Ray Henson | United States | 265,000 |
| 4 | Adam Friedman | United States | 1,150,000 |
| 5 | Joseph Couden | United States | 100,000 |
| 6 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 1,800,000 |
| 7 | Illia Krupin | Russia | 495,000 |
| 1 | Bradley Jansen | United States | 1,350,000 |
| 2 | Nicholas Julia | United States | 790,000 |
| 3 | Tomasz Gluszko | Poland | 1,200,000 |
| 4 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 1,250,000 |
| 5 | Phil Hui | United States | 730,000 |
| 6 | John Esposito | United States | 610,000 |
| 7 | Ben Yu | United States | 540,000 |
| 1 | Joshua Rhodes | United States | 200,000 |
| 2 | Richard Ashby | United Kingdom | 565,000 |
| 3 | Scott Blackman | United States | 100,000 |
| 4 | Warwick Mirzikinian | Australia | 710,000 |
| 5 | Raymond Bentley | United States | 120,000 |
| 6 | Masafumi Iijima | Japan | 315,000 |
| 7 | John Kabbaj | United Kingdom | 380,000 |
2024 World Series of Poker
Stud Hi-Lo
Action was picked up on fifth street with Fu "Grasshopper" Wong and Patrick Moulder all-in and at risk against Ashish Gupta
Fu "Grasshopper" Wong: 5♥3♥ / 7♣10♦K♣8♣ / 3♦
Patrick Moulder: 8♥5♠ / 2♥K♦J♥9♣ / 6♣
Ashish Gupta: 3♣A♦ / 4♦4♥10♥A♣ / 7♥
Aces and fours were good enough for the high and no players had a low as Gupta scooped to eliminate both players.
Nível: 22
Limit Flop/Draw: 15,000-30,000, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 10,000 Bring-In, 30,000 Completion 30,000-60,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 16,000/24,000 Ante, 8,000-16,000 Blinds
Pot-Limit Omaha
Picking up the action on the turn, Warwick Mirzikinian in the cutoff was involved in a hand with Yuri Dzivielevski in the big blind.
With the board reading A♦10♥6♣7♣ and a sizable pot already in the middle, Dzivielevksi bet enough to force his opponent all in. Mirzikinian did not hesitate to call off his 190,000 stack.
Warwick Mirzikinian: J♣9♦7♥7♦
Yuri Dzivielevski: 10♦6♠6♥5♥
Mirzikinian was ahead with his superior set and held on the 2♠ river to get the full double.
Action was picked up on the K♦Q♦K♠ flop where Masafumi Iijima check-called a bet of 50,000 from the big blind against Philip Sternheimer on the button.
The turn brought the 8♣. Iijima checked, Sternheimer bet 60,000, and Iijima called again.
On the 3♥ river, Iijima thought for a while and decided to lead for 100,000 and Sternheimer snap-called.
Iijima showed A♣K♣9♦8♠ for kings full of eights while Sternheimer showed QxQx for queens full of kings.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Venkata Tayi moved all in for 16,000 from the cutoff before Ray Henson three-bet to 64,000 on the button. Warwick Mirzikinian called in the big blind to put Tayi at risk.
Mirzikinian checked following the 5♦9♦2♥ flop and then called after Henson moved all in for 158,000.
Venkata Tayi: A♦10♦3♦2♠
Ray Henson: Q♦J♠9♠8♠
Warwick Mirzikinian: A♥J♣10♥5♣
The turn and river improved Tayi to a flush to hand him more than a triple up while keeping Henson best for the sidepot.
No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
After being down to under 50,000 chips a couple levels ago, Adam Friedman has emerged as the chip leader with four tables remaining.
Joseph Couden opened the button to 30,000, and then called when Adam Friedman three-bet to 135,000 from the small blind.
Friedman stood pat while Couden drew one. Friedman jammed for 220,000 effective and Couden quickly folded.
No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Joseph Couden opened to 33,000 from middle position and then called with the covering stack after Koray Aldemir moved all in from the cutoff for his last 91,000.
Both Couden and Aldemir took one card after which Couden tabled 10x9x4x3x2x. Aldemir, meanwhile, held 8x7x4x2x and was very much drawing live. The former main event champion did manage to double and survive after peeling the 10♥, though his technique in revealing the last card was criticized by other players at the table.
Nível: 21
Limit Flop/Draw: 13,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds
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