Event #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

05-28-2024 21:54 UTC-8

Yokosawa Heads to the Exit

Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Masato Yokosawa opened from early position to 10,000 and was shoved on by Tony Ruberto for 67,000 from the cutoff. When the action got back to Yokosawa, he made the call which put Ruberto at risk.

Tony Ruberto: Q♣Q♦ All in
Masato Yokosawa: 8♣8♥

No dice for Japan's Yokosawa, as the runout of 10♠4♣2♥10♥7♠ meant he was left with just 5,000 chips.

Shortly after, those last chips were sent across the table after Yokosawa was forced all in from the big blind and never managed to connect with the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Ruberto	145,000 145,000	145,000
Masato Yokosawa	Busted

Tags: Masato Yokosawa Tony Ruberto

05-28-2024 21:50 UTC-8

Miner Survives a Flip Against Fuhs

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Benjamin Miner moved all in for 97,000 from the button and Daniel Fuhs called in early position.

Benjamin Miner: A♠J♣ All in
Daniel Fuhs: 10♠10♦

Miner took the lead on the 9♦8♠J♦ flop with a pair of jacks, while Fuhs picked up a straight draw. The 3♠ turn was no help to Fuhs, while the J♥ river improved Miner to trips and earned him a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Miner	200,000
Daniel Fuhs	50,000

Tags: Benjamin Miner Daniel Fuhs

05-28-2024 21:46 UTC-8

Lehr Busts Tedeschi

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Paul Tedeschi was all in for around 60,000 from under the gun as Keith Lehr put him at risk from the big blind.

Paul Tedeschi: 5♠5♦ All in
Keith Lehr: 9♦9♠

Tedeschi was dominated by Lehr's pocket nines and found no help on the 2♣J♠2♦A♠6♣ board as he was sent to the rail.

Included among Lehr's nearly 300,000 chips is the Main Event bounty of Espen Jorstad.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	290,000 290,000	290,000

Paul Tedeschi	Busted
Espen Jorstad	Busted

Tags: Espen Jorstad Keith Lehr Paul Tedeschi

05-28-2024 21:43 UTC-8

Mandavia Eliminates Another

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Middle position opened the action to 10,000 and it folded around to Ankush Mandavia in the big blind who three-bet to 25,000. Middle position four-bet all in for her remaining 78,000 chips. Mandavia quickly called, and they each saw five cards.

Middle position: 10♥10♦ All in
Ankush Mandavia: A♠A♣

The board ran out 9♠7♥2♣5♠9♥, and Mandavia added a nice pile of chips to his table-leading stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankush Mandavia	210,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Ankush Mandavia

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

05-28-2024 21:37 UTC-8

Prize Pool Confirmed

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With late registration closed, tournament officials have confirmed the prize pool for this event.

There were a total of 493 entries, generating a prize pool of $2,047,800. The top 74 players will finish in the money, with the champion earning $408,468. There were also 22 Main Event bounties.

Place	Prize
1	$408,468
2	$272,305
3	$188,342
4	$132,545
5	$94,936
6	$69,231
7	$51,416
8	$38,903
9	$29,999
10-11	$23,584
12-15	$18,910
16-23	$15,471
24-31	$12,919
32-39	$11,017
40-47	$9,598
48-74	$9,141

05-28-2024 21:36 UTC-8

Negreanu Doubles Up

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu and Jonathan Marchessault

Daniel Negreanu found himself in a good situation all-in preflop with 9♣9♦ against opponent‘s 3♥3♣. Negreanu started the fairly standard blind versus blind confrontation with a stack of less than 15 big blinds.

The board was 10♣4♥K♣7♥A♦ and Negreanu’s better pair held up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	116,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

05-28-2024 21:35 UTC-8

Bellande Eliminated in Biggest Pot of the Tournament So Far

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Yuzhou Yin opened the action with a raise from early position, which was called by Jean-Robert Bellande and two other players.

The flop was 4♦2♣9♥ and action checked around. The dealer dealt out a 7♣. Yin checked again, this time Bellande bet out for 40,000. Yin was the only player that called the bet. The river was the J♦.

Yin checked once again and Bellande bet 50,000 into a pot of around 120,000. This was when Yin decided to make his big move, raising Bellande all-in for his remaining stack of over 200,000. Bellande thought for a minute and finally made the call.

Jean-Robert Bellande: J♣10♣ All in
Yuzhou Yin: 9♦9♣

The biggest pot of the night made Yin the overwhelming tournament chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuzhou Yin	630,000 630,000	630,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	Busted

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Yuzhou Yin

05-28-2024 21:29 UTC-8

Molenaar Fills Up to Take Three-Way All in, Claim Blumstein's Bounty

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A player limped in from early position, and Michel Molenaar came along before another opponent in middle position raised to 25,000. Scott Blumstein stuck in his last 14,000 from the button, Jamie Gold called in the small blind, while the early-position player then moved all in. Molenaar called for 152,000.

"This is such sick odds," the middle-position player said.

"Let me run it in the 5K bounty sim. There's probably some sick motherf**ker in here who's already done it," tablemate Taylor Wilson said. The middle-position player eventually folds ace-jack.

Scott Blumstein: 10♦10♠ All in
Michel Molenaar: A♠4♥ All in
Opponent: J♠J♦

Molenaar spiked two pair on the A♣9♣4♠ flop to take the lead, while the turn was the 6♦. The river came the A♥ and Molenaar improved to a full house to win the pot to both double up and knock out Blumstein.

https://twitter.com/the_mmolenaar/status/1795690115907633355?s=61&t=_IwbFvKZYD6VOMzbVB_p2Q

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Molenaar	320,000 320,000	320,000
Jamie Gold	300,000 78,000	78,000

Scott Blumstein	Busted

Tags: Jamie Gold Michel Molenaar Scott Blumstein

05-28-2024 21:22 UTC-8

Samual Collects Another Scalp

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Darius Samual opened to 8,000 from middle position and was shoved on by the button with 65,000 chips. When the action got back to Samual, he made the call.

Button: A♠2♣ All in
Darius Samual: A♣Q♣

Samual's hand held up as his kicker played on the 8♥6♣9♠3♦8♦ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darius Samual	280,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Darius Samual