Event #8: $1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 WSOP International Circuit Playground

04-21-2024 16:49 UTC-5

Life Outside Poker: Princess Love Opens Up on Ray J Divorce, Getting Coached by Maria Ho

Jeremy Geist

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

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04-21-2024 17:00 UTC-5

Dinner TIme

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Jeremy Geist

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Players in the Main Event are now on their scheduled 45-minute dinner break and will return at about 6:35 p.m. Local time.

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

04-21-2024 18:05 UTC-5

Gauthier has the Goods

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Jeremy Geist

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

The action folded to Seong Guan Teoh in early position who moved all in for his last 820,000. It folded to Jean-Pascal Gauthier on the button who only took a minute before also going all in for about 625,000. The small blind gave it a long think but folded what he said was nines. The big blind folded too and they were off to a full board with the cards on their backs.

Jean-Pascal Gauthier: A♠A♣ All in
Seong Guan Teoh: A♥Q♠

The full board ran out 2♦Q♥J♥3♣K♣ and the aces held for Gauthier who left Teoh with only a few big blinds. He would get it all in the next hand but couldn't double and hit the rail in about 50th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Pascal Gauthier	1,350,000 1,056,000	1,056,000
Seong Guan Teoh	Busted

Tags: Jean-Pascal Gauthier Seong Guan Teoh

04-21-2024 18:19 UTC-5

Wong Wants it All

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Jeremy Geist

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

The action was opened when a player in middle position moved all in for their last 600,000. It then folded all the way to Robert Wong on the button who took a look at his cards and quickly moved all in over the top. The remining players folded and the cards hit their backs.

Middle Position: A♣J♥ All in
Robert Wong: K♥K♠

Wong's opponent needed to get lucky but the cards would not come on the 8♦8♣6♣3♦10♥ flop. Wong dragged the pot and now sits in a great spot going into the late levels of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Wong	2,000,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Robert Wong Wong Wants

04-21-2024 18:35 UTC-5

Brutal Spot for Blouin-Verroeulst

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Jeremy Geist

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

The action folded to the button where Sebastien Soares opened to 100,000. The small blind folded and then the action was on Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst who opted to three-bet to the tune of 270,000. It was back on Soares who only took a moment before ripping it all in for 1,200,000 effective.

Blouin-Verroeulst seemed to be in a brutal spot. Its late and the jam represented about 90% of his stack. After a few minutes he flicked in a call and the cards hit their backs.

Sebastien Soares: K♥J♠ All in
Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst: Q♣Q♦

The situation was not as brutal as he thought and was in good shape to get the knockout. The full board ran out 10♣2♠4♣6♦9♠ and Soares hit the rail after the jam couldn't get through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst	3,100,000 2,864,000	2,864,000
Sebastien Soares	Busted

Tags: Sebastien Soares Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

04-21-2024 18:54 UTC-5

Chamoun and Baoukian Flip for it

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Jeremy Geist

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

Fadi Chamoun opened the action when he moved all in from under the gun. The action then folded all the way around to Christopher Baoukian in the big blind who snap called and the cards hit their backs.

Fadi Chamoun: K♣J♣ All in
Christopher Baoukian: 5♥5♣

The full board ran out 8♠K♥9♣8♣Q♣ and with a pair of kings Chamoun got the pure double. Baoukian still sits with a workable stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fadi Chamoun	1,000,000 910,000	910,000
Christopher Baoukian	850,000 554,000	554,000

Tags: Christopher Baoukian Fadi Chamoun

04-21-2024 19:15 UTC-5

Emerging Stacks in the Field

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Jeremy Geist

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Cohen	3,900,000 3,643,000	3,643,000
Hugo Morrissette	3,600,000 3,325,000	3,325,000
Mohammad Feizi	3,500,000 2,840,000	2,840,000
Tony Wong	3,200,000 200,000	200,000
Robert Wong	3,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Matthew Paplyk	3,000,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

04-21-2024 19:37 UTC-5

Lo Giudice Double Barrells

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Jeremy Geist

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

The action was opened to 125,000 by the button before the small blind folded and Pietro Lo Giudice called from the big blind.

The 4♦8♠Q♠ flop landed and Lo Giudice quickly led out for 175,000. The button called.

The J♣ rolled off on the turn and Lo Giudice sat in the tank for a moment before putting out a chunky bet of 350,000. The button thought it over for a bit but eventually surrendered his cards backs to the dealer. Lo Giudice scooped.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pietro Lo Giudice	1,200,000 670,000	670,000

Tags: Lo Giudice Pietro Lo Giudice