On a flop of 4♥3♦2♦ we saw Nino Natale, after a series of bets, commit his entire stack of around 32,000 chips into the pot, and the player in the cutoff made the call.
Nino Natale: 8♦7♦ 
Cutoff: A♦K♥
The J♥ turn didn't help Natale but the 5♦ river completed his flush and kept him alive in the opening event of the 2024 WSOP.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,000
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Action started with a raise to 400 from the hijack, the button called, then Dan Harrington three-bet to 2,000 in the small blind. Both the hijack and button called, and they were off to a flop three ways.
A rainbow flop of A♣10♠4♦ hit the felt and Harrington bet out 1,000. Both players wanted to see a turn card for that price and the 9♣ peeled off.
Harrington bet out again, this time for 5,000. The hijack called while the button mucked his cards. The river 3♦ was a perfect brick for Harrington to seek value. He wagered 15,000 and the button snap-called. Harrington tabled 10♣10♥ for a set of tens and it was good to claim the pot.
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Around 20,000 was in the middle as Han Feng and Uri Reichenstein got heads-up on the turn on a board of J♦10♦7♠Q♦. Reichenstein bet 10,000 from middle position and Feng called on the button.
The river was the 2♣ and Reichenstein bet 30,000, representing most of his remaining stack. Feng moved all in and Reichenstein called off his last chips.
Reichenstein showed K♦7♦ for a flush, but Feng showed 9♦8♦ for a straight flush to send Reichenstein to the rail.
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Huck Seed decided to make quite the opening statement to the 2024 WSOP. After action folded to him in middle position, the 1996 Main Event Champ open-shoved all in on the first hand of the first tournament of the series.
After four players left to act behind him all quickly folded, Seed and his tablemates jokingly commented on how scared and poorly everyone else played the hand, while Seed also got a quick congratulations from Daniel Negreanu sitting at the neighboring table for the well-played hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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A player from early position min-raised to 400 and Ben Lamb defended from the big blind.
On the 9♥9♦Q♦ flop, Lamb check-called a bet of 1,200 from the early position player.
A 4♥ turn saw Lamb go into check-call mode again, this time with a smaller size of 1,000.
The 5♣ river was checked through and Lamb flipped over Q♣8♣ for top pair, but he was behind the K♠K♥ of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pete Chen opened up from early position to 500 and was called by a player on the button and Alban Juen in the big blind.
All three players saw a flop of 2♥5♦7♦ and after Juen checked, Chen fired a bet of 600. The player on the button called and Juen raised to 3,000, which both Chen and the button player called.
A 2♣ hit the the turn which drew checks from Juen and Chen and a 4,000-chip bet from the button. Juen then check-raised to 10,500 which forced folds from both Chen and the button player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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62,000
62,000
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46,500
46,500
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A player on the button raised to 600 before Wojtek Barzantny three-bet to 2,100 in the small blind. The big blind called, but the button then four-bet to 10,500. Barzantny moved all in, the big blind folded, while the button called all in for nearly a starting stack.
All-In Player: K♠K♣
Wojtek Barzantny: A♥A♣
Barzantny showed down a pair of aces in an ultimate cooler, as his opponent found no help on the 10♦3♦6♦Q♦4♥ board and was sent to the rail early.
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
Twelve past WSOP Main Event champions are among the first players spotted in the field.
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Vegas Golden Knights star Jonathan Marchessault has given the command to shuffle up and deal, and the first event of the 2024 World Series of Poker is underway.
