Event #24: $2,620 THE MARATHON No-Limit Hold'em Day 4 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-14-2018 15:27 UTC-7

Dahlberg Done In by Pietrafesa

MrCleverFox

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

All the money went in before the flop between Jonathan Dahlberg and Joseph Pietrafesa, Dahlberg was the player at risk with just under 200,000.

Joseph Pietrafesa:
Jonathan Dahlberg:

The board ran out and Pietrafesa's ace and king kickers both played to earn him the pot and the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Pietrafesa	1,750,000	150,000
Johnathan Dahlberg	Busted

Tags: Johnathan Dahlberg Joseph Pietrafesa

06-14-2018 15:24 UTC-7

Jaka Doubles Through Aljanedi

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Sanjay Dulabh raised to 37,000 from late position and Faraz Jaka shoved all in for 252,000 in total from the hijack. Sameer Aljanedi four-bet to 700,000 and Dulabh folded .

Faraz Jaka:
Sameer Aljanedi:

Aljanedi closed his eyes while the dealer spread out the board to ensure Jaka would double-up.

"He hit an ace? How much for?" Aljanedi asked while counting out some chips to pay Jaka.

Tags: Sanjay Dulabh Faraz Jaka Sameer Aljanedi

06-14-2018 15:22 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Azzaro	1,650,000	650,000
Anton Morgenstern	1,270,000	-780,000
Hiep Doan	985,000	-457,000
Joseph Pietrafesa	900,000	-13,000
Spencer Champlin	875,000	48,000
Cate Hall	371,000	-279,000
Johnathan Dahlberg	191,000	-86,000
Elia Ahmadian	175,000

Baxter Takes Fan Down

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Bryden Baxter raised to 39,000 from the under-the-gun position and Terry Fan shoved all in from the hijack for his remaining chips. Action folded back to Baxter who called.

Terry Fan:
Bryden Baxter:

The flop came to give Baxter a flush draw. The turn brought them the which still gave Fan a chance for a split pot but the on the river meant Fan was over and done with for today as Baxter hit his flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryden Baxter	1,343,000	122,000
Terry Fan	Busted

Tags: Bryden Baxter Terry Fan

06-14-2018 15:16 UTC-7

Updated Counts From Table 424

MrCleverFox

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Davidow	2,200,000	615,000
Mark Sleet	1,350,000	400,000
Michael Addamo	950,000	-250,000
Ying Chan	600,000	253,000
Artin Ouzenian	485,000	269,000
Jonathan Abdellatif	440,000	-100,000
Alexis Gavin	410,000	-90,000
Yew Kan	370,000	-226,000
Julien Sitbon	310,000	-558,000

06-14-2018 15:16 UTC-7

Soika Takes More of Jaka

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Faraz Jaka, Ihar Soika, and Sanjay Dulabh just got moved to the feature table as there were 45 players left.

Jaka completed his small blind and Soika raised to 53,000 from the big blind.

The flop came , Jaka check-called the 43,000 bet of Soika.

The turn brought them the on which they both checked to the on the river. Jaka checked. Soika bet 145,000 and Jaka called. Soika tabled for the rivered pair of aces to take the pot as Jaka mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihar Soika	1,700,000	350,000
Sanjay Dulabh	630,000	142,000
Faraz Jaka	258,000	-232,000

Tags: Ihar Soika Sanjay Dulabh

06-14-2018 15:09 UTC-7

Updated Counts From Table 433

MrCleverFox

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Paur	1,910,000	-710,000
Yin Wu	1,280,000	600,000
Jeremie Sarda	1,150,000	-50,000
Javier Fernandez	940,000	-510,000
David Dopson	700,000	-300,500
Zu Zhou	410,000	-205,000
Jason Darland	327,000	-158,000
Bart Lybaert	150,000	-820,000

06-14-2018 14:57 UTC-7

Jaka's Fake Shove Reaps Surprise Benefits

MrCleverFox

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

From the cutoff, Faraz Jaka opened to 35,000. Next to act was Ben Achraf and the raised to 100,000 on the button. Action folded back to Jaka he raised, making it 210,000 leaving himself just 20,000 behind. Achraf, thinking he had moved all in, call and turned over his hand, revealing . Jaka immediately informed the dealer of the mistake who called over the floor.

The floor ruled that Achraf's hand was still live and he would be able to play the hand going forward.

The flop came down and Jaka moved all in for the last 20,000. Achraf called, despite missing the flop. Jaka revealed his and Achraf was left drawing dead on the turn. The river was the and that earned Jaka a full double up to nearly 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	490,000	200,000
Ben Achraf	200,000	-110,000

Tags: Ben Achraf Faraz Jaka

06-14-2018 14:54 UTC-7

Nguyen No More Thanks to Aljanedi

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Terry Fan raised to 34,000 from the under-the-gun position and Scotty Nguyen, in mid-position, and Sameer Aljanedi, in the hijack, called.

The dealer spread the flop, both Fan and Nguyen checked. Aljanedi bet 50,000, Fan folded and Nguyen raised to 150,000. Aljanedi called without hesitating.

The turn brought them the , Nguyen shoved for about 400,000 and Aljanedi snap-called.

Scotty Nguyen:
Sameer Aljanedi:

Nguyen had flopped a set of sevens but Aljanedi had turned a straight. Nguyen needed the board to pair to survive this hand.

The river completed the board with the , no help for Nguyen as the five-time WSOP bracelet winner was eliminated in 46th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sameer Aljanedi	1,920,000	705,000
Scotty Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Scotty Nguyen Sameer Aljanedi Terry Fan

06-14-2018 14:42 UTC-7

Affleck Loses a Monster Flip to Soika

MrCleverFox

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Ihar Soika from an earlier event in the series.

Under the gun, Ben Achraf opened with a raise to 35,000 before Matt Affleck made it 115,000 from the next seat. Action folded to Ihar Soika in middle position and he moved all in for 640,000 total. Acraf let go of his hand quickly when folded to him. Affleck asked for an exact count, then called with his covering stack.

Matt Affleck:
Ihar Soika:

The board ran out which gave Affleck a couple of extra outs on the flop, but nothing came to fruition so Soika earned the double up to over 1 million while Affleck was left with right around 250,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihar Soika	1,350,000	935,000
Matt Affleck	250,000	-500,000

Tags: Ihar Soika Ben Achraf Matt Affleck