Said Taharm limped in from the small blind. Theo Milioni raised to 10,500 from the big blind and Taharm called.
Taharm check-called a bet of 5,500 from Milioni on the 6♣3♣3♦ flop.
The 4♥ turn saw Taharm check then fold to a bet of 13,000 from Milioni. Milioni's aggression won this pot without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000 | |
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160,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,500
Ante: 3,500
The pot stood at 21,000 with two players looking at a flop of K♠10♣7♣.
The small and big blind checked the action to Victor Fryda, on the button, who bet out 7,000. The small blind check-raised to 17,000, the big blind folded and Fryda called.
The 9♠ turn slowed down the small blind. Fryda retook the lead for 31,000 and the small blind was forced to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Winamax Team Pro Davidi Kitai opened to 7,000 from under the gun and he was called by both Xavier James in the cutoff and Matthieu Lamagnere in the big blind.
On a flop of Q♥10♥4♣, Kitai bet 11,000 but only James called. The Q♠ turn was check by both players, and the 2♣ brought no more action.
First player to reveal his cards, James flipped over A♦J♣ and won the pot, as Kitai threw his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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510,000
481,000
|
481,000 |
|
335,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
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Johan Looyens moved all in from the cutoff for his last 13,000. Nolan Madene, on the button, three-bet to 22,500 in an effort to isolate, and the hand went to a showdown.
Johan Looyens: A♥J♦ 
Nolan Madene: K♦7♦
The board ran out 8♠9♣3♣8♥2♠; Looyens holding held to double him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
The 245 remaining players of Day 1b are on a 60-minute dinner break.
In the 831st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by PokerStars, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by Nikki Limo, who is filling in for Mike Holtz, at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about her time as the Loose Cannon on the PokerStars Big Game. The first two episodes recently dropped featuring Limo squaring off against Phil Hellmuth, Alex Keating, Arden Cho, Lex Veldhuis, and Jennifer Tilly.
Limo discusses how she got cast for the show, what happened when she played "Two Truths and a Bluff," and then Kyna & Chad surprise her by offering up some bluffs of their own. Limo also delves into a big hand that she played against the "Poker Brat" that went poker viral.
The crew then talked about the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) being less than a week away, and take a look at some of the "Best Without a Bracelet" including Maria Ho, Seth Davies, and Bin Weng, just to name a few. Plus, will Phil Ivey be at the 2024 WSOP? Find out what the hosts think in this episode.
From there, they take a look at Jessica Vierling winning the WSOP Commerce $1,700 Main Event for $328,273, plus all the big winners from the Triton Montenegro including Mike Watson, Igor Yaroshevskyy, Adrian Mateos, and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who all won seven-figure scores!
Finally, Kyna and Nikki play a game of #PokerThrift in which they have to guess whether or not Chad bought some random poker items he found in secondhand stores in Las Vegas. Oh, and there's a preview of Raminder Singh's appearance on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker show hosted by Connor Richards.
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Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Cards went on their backs on Table 11 with Farid Azarkan in the small blind at risk for 35,000 against Hicham Giri in the big blind.
Farid Azarkan: A♥8♦
Hicham Giri: 8♥8♣
Azarkan could only count on an ace, but he didn't find any help on Q♥Q♠5♠J♦3♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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500,000 | |
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Busted |
Thomas Cuaz limped in on the button, the small blind completed and the big blind checked their option.
The action checked to Cuaz who bet out 3,000 on the Q♣J♣K♥ flop. Only the small blind called.
The 3♠ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Cuaz sized up to 10,000.
The 6♣ river checked to a showdown. The small blind showed Q♠10♥ for second pair, while Cuaz raked in this pot with K♠3♦ for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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170,000
170,000
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170,000 |
