$1,000 Main Event Day 1c | 2024 RGPS RunGood Resort Cleveland

11-09-2024 15:41 UTC-4

Player Banned and Stripped of WSOP Gold Bracelet | PokerNews Podcast #864

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

In the 864th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by Connor Richards at Level 9 Studio to talk about a player who was stripped of their World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet and subsequently banned. Find out who and what happened here.

They then talk about happenings thus far from the 2024 Pokerstars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) at Resorts World including Stephen Song winning the $25,500 Super High Roller, Will "The Thrill" Failla winning a tournament he didn't even mean to enter, and Kyna's experience in the NAPT Women's Event (plus her upcoming trip to London).

Other topics discussed include Jason Koon becoming a PokerStars Ambassador, Chad's trip to Montreal where Michael Wang won the WPT Playground Championship, and the recent trend of shirtless winner photos, which was actually started back in 2010 by Pascal Lefrancois. PokerNews PA Ambassador Keith Becker then chats with NAPT Gold Pass winner Luis Rivera, Ethan “Rampage” Yau won a CSOP event, and Chad shares highlights from the Jeremy Renner Charity Poker Event at Venetian.

Finally, learn about the new PokerNews Podcast contest to win a seat into the $5M Freeroll at WPT World Championship simply by watching and commenting on the trailer for the new poker documentary The Ultimate Stack!

A new PokerNews Podcast will drop weekly every Friday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode!

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11-09-2024 15:40 UTC-4

Top Stacks after Break

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Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dionta James	120,500 29,500	29,500
Matthew Archer	86,500 86,500	86,500
Brett Stevens	85,000 55,000	55,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

11-09-2024 15:16 UTC-4

Break Time!

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Kirk Brown

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day and will return to action shortly.

11-09-2024 15:15 UTC-4

Archer Happy to Chop with Milko

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Kirk Brown

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Dennis Milko opened to 1,600 and was then three-bet to 6,500 by Matt Archer, to which he responded by moving all in to cover.

"Aghhh..." Archer was not happy in his position, but made the call anyway to put himself at risk.

Matt Archer: J♣J♦ All in
Dennis Milko: A♦K♥

"Arlight, keep it low!" he shouted, but the flop came out A♠4♠3♠ to immediately give Milko the lead with his ace.

"Wow, right in the window..." Archer sighed as the dealer set out the 5♦ on the turn.

"Deuce!" tablemate Chad Stone yelled, and sure enough, the 2♥ fell on the river to put a straight on the board to chop the pot between both players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Milko	58,000 28,000	28,000
Matt Archer	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Chad Stone Dennis Milko Matt Archer

11-09-2024 14:46 UTC-4

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Kirk Brown

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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11-09-2024 14:45 UTC-4

Handy Flops a Set to Crack Aces

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Kirk Brown

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On a heads-up flop of 9♠8♦J♦, Stephen Handy had made it 8,500 to go when his opponent moved all in for close to 30,000. Handy put himself in the blender for a few moments but ultimately decided he could not fold his hand and made the call to put his opponent at risk.

Opponent: A♠A♦ All in
Stephen Handy: 8♣8♥

Handy was well in the lead with his set of eights, but the turn 10♦ did give his foe flush and straight chop-outs.

Unfortunately for the at-risk player, the river was the brick 2♣ and the pot was pushed to Handy while the other player headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Handy	74,000

Tags: Stephen Handy

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

11-09-2024 14:39 UTC-4

Brown Makes Flush to Double

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Kirk Brown

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Daniel Hughes opened to 1,100 preflop and was called by one player before Jerry Brown moved all in for 6,900 from the cutoff.

The action was then on the button, Matthew Ferguson, who thought for a few seconds before he clicked it to 14,000. This resulted in folds from the rest of the table and the two players tabled their hands.

Jerry Brown: A♥Q♦ All in
Matthew Ferguson: 8♥8♣

Brown would need to improve to stay alive, and improve he did as the runout of 7♥2♥9♥3♦4♥ gave him the nut flush on the river to score the pot for the double.