Event #9: $1,700 Main Event Day 1c | 2024 WSOP-C Playground

Aug 31, 2024

Li Spikes Turn

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The flop read 7♠3♦8♠. From the big blind, Hantang Li bet 18,000 into a pot of 9,500. Jean Louis Arseneau made a big raise to 87,000 from under the gun, which was enough to put Li all in.

Li considered it for some time before calling.

Hantang Li: 10♦9♦ All in
Jean Louis Arseneau: 3x3x

It was a set against an open ender. The turn was the J♠ to hit Li and the river was the A♦ as Li hit the table in celebration as he collected the big double up to survive.

Tags: Jean Louis Arseneau Li Spikes Turn

Aug 31, 2024

Day 1c Numbers

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Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Registration is now closed on Day 1c. The day attracted 778 entries, which means the top 117 will get paid and play will stop with 79 players left.

With the three flights combined, Main Event total entry number ended up being 1,503.

Aug 31, 2024

Frank-Graham's Great Story

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Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Anderson Frank-Graham was in the midst of a hand with Medhat Ramzy as the board was nearly a royal flush 9♦Q♦K♦J♦A♦. Frank-Graham bet and Ranzy folded quickly.

Graham showed the 8♠8♥ and then started to talk about how he has already quickly spun up his max late reg stack with a few fortuitous hands.

"This is going to be an amazing story! You better write this" he said. "I was in the basement, swearing I would never play again but now I'm back".

Just at that moment he had the chance to add more chips to his stack as his opponent was at risk with AxKx against Frank-Graham's AxQx suited. He called for a flopped royal flush but the board instead ran out safely for ace-king to give his opponent a double.

"****! Don't write that part!" he said to some laughs at the table as he lost a few chips to stem his momentum just a bit.

Tags: Anderson Frank-Graham Medhat Ramzy

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Aug 31, 2024

Last Break of Registration

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Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The players are on a 15-minute break, meaning they have exactly 15 minutes to jump into the Main Event as registration will be closed once the break is over.

Aug 31, 2024

Set Over Set Dooms Popescu

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Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was on the turn. The board read K♣5♦6♦J♣. Sebastien Aube bet 65,000. Elvira Popescu thought for a bit before she shoved all in and was snap-called.

Elvira Popescu: 6x6x All in
Sebastien Aube: J♥J♠

It was a set over set cooler situation and the river was the 10♠ to confirm Popescu's bust while Aube moved over 400,000

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Aug 31, 2024

Shetty Shoves

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Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading Q♦5♦A♠4♠. The pot had around 32,000 in it. Bharat Shetty jammed from under the gun for 35,500.

Yacine Dissouli had plenty of chips to spare as he considered the jam. But ultimately he decided to fold to send Shetty the pot.

Tags: Bharat Shetty Yacine Dissouli

Aug 31, 2024