Nature called for one poker player on Opening Day at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the most inopportune time.
PokerNews Editor Connor Richards shared an interesting hand on X that occurred at his table during Event #2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em on Tuesday.
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Action was caught on the river, where the board was 6♣A♥6♠5♣7♠.
The pot had bloated up to 160,000, when Yuzhou Yin, sitting in the cutoff, shoved all in for Lior Rusinek’s effective stack of 176,000. Rusinek had a tough decision, apologizing to the table for taking some time, and ultimately let go of his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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500,000
67,000
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67,000 |
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176,000
81,000
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81,000 |
Onur Unsal shoved 83,000 from the button and David Coleman reshoved from the small blind which put Unsal at risk.
Onur Unsal: A♦4♣ 
David Coleman: K♣Q♠
Unsal was in the lead but fell behind on the 4♦8♣Q♦ flop as Coleman paired his queen. A 6♦ on the turn did bring Unsal some extra outs as any diamond would complete his flush but the 3♠ river was a brick which sent him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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650,000
116,000
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116,000 |
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Busted | |
Daniel Negreanu raised to 16,000 in early position before Daniel Weinman three-bet to 40,000. "Uh oh," Weinman said as Negreanu picked up his camera.
"He knows this is binding. I have a read because he said uh oh," Negreanu said before moving all in for 168,000. Weinman quickly called.
Daniel Negreanu: J♣J♦
Daniel Weinman: A♦Q♠
"You think you can win a flip against Team Lucky?" Shaun Deeb said from the rail as the flop came 4♣8♦8♠. The K♦ turn was no help to Weinman, while the river was the 4♠ and Negreanu survived to double up.
"I have not lost an all in this year at the World Series of Poker. World champion, my ass. Ace-queen against me," Negreanu said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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330,000
162,000
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162,000 |
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140,000
129,000
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129,000 |
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Xiaohu Liu opened to 16,000 from the button and called off the 160,000-chip shove of Thomas Zanot who was in the small blind.
Thomas Zanot: K♦10♣
Xiaohu Liu: A♦Q♥
Liu had the second-biggest stack coming into the day but jumped to the top of the leaderboard after the runout of 5♥9♦2♦4♠8♠ kept him in the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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900,000
239,000
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239,000 |
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Busted |
Samuel Laskowitz opened the hijack with a min-raise to 16,000 and Toby Lewis defended from the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 9♣Q♥7♣ and after Lewis checked, Laskowitz fired 17,000. Lewis then shoved all in for around 75,000 more and Laskowitz snap-called.
Toby Lewis: Q♦10♦
Samuel Laskowitz: Q♣J♠
Lewis was outkicked and never improved on the A♦ turn nor the J♣ river which meant he was one of the first casualties of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000
102,000
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102,000 |
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Busted | |
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Jonathan Pastore raised to 16,000 in middle position before Max Kingstone three-bet to 32,000 in the hijack. Pastore then moved all in and Kingstone called for 145,000.
Max Kingstone: Q♦Q♠
Jonathan Pastore: A♣K♠
It was a classic flip, and Pastore took the lead on the A♠7♦5♦ flop with top pair. The rest of the board came 10♣3♠ and Pastore took the pot to send Kingstone to an early Day 2 exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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370,000
138,000
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138,000 |
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Busted | |
The remaining 99 players are in their seats and Day 2 is now underway.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
