Event #11: $1,500 Badugi Day 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-03-2024 14:27 UTC-8

Bohlman's King is No Good

Liam Gannon

Level 18 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Scott Bohlman raised in the cutoff to put himself all-in and on the button, Justin Thurlow three-bet to isolate while all other players folded.

Bohlman drew one on the first two draws and stood pat on the final draw, while Justin Thurlow drew one all three times.

Scott Bohlman: K♣6♠5♥3♦ All in
Justin Thurlow: 8♠7♥A♦Xx

Thurlow peeled his last card as a 6♣ which was good for an eight-seven to best Bohlman's king-six and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Thurlow	165,000 126,500	126,500
Scott Bohlman	Busted

Tags: Justin Thurlow Scott Bohlman

06-03-2024 14:22 UTC-8

Casualties During the First Two Levels

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Brett Slezak

Level 18 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Leibovitz	Busted
Dennis Weiss	Busted

Tom Franklin	Busted

Robert Chow	Busted
Michael Johnson	Busted
Mark Dickstein	Busted
Sean Yu	Busted
Kristan Lord	Busted
Maxx Coleman	Busted

Nitesh Rawtani	Busted
Marlon Brown	Busted
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Busted
Rebecca Baugh	Busted
Vasu Amarapu	Busted
Peter DeBest	Busted
Frank Brannan	Busted

Gary Mccoy	Busted
Kazuhiro Tamura	Busted
Jeff Lennon	Busted
Paul Fehlig	Busted
Jason Daly	Busted

Heather Alcorn	Busted
Kenneth Po	Busted
Andy Jeh	Busted
John Torrez	Busted

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06-03-2024 13:27 UTC-8

Double KO for Boik

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Brett Slezak

Level 17 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Dennis Maschke opened the hijack and Michael Boik three-bet on the button. In the small blind, Sumir Mathur called all in and Maschke made it four bets which Boik called.

Mathur drew one, Maschke stood pat, and Boik drew one. Maschke bet the remainder of his chips and Boik called.

Mathur took one again while Maschke and Boik stood pat.

On the final draw, Mathur drew while while his opponents remained pat.

Boik revealed 7♣4♠2♥A♦ while the other hands were not shown. The seven-four badugi was good enough to eliminate both players as Boik raked in a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Boik	279,000 195,500	195,500
Dennis Maschke	Busted
Sumir Mathur	Busted

Tags: Dennis Maschke Michael Boik Sumir Mathur

06-03-2024 13:20 UTC-8

Tran Takes Out Kakani

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Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Action was picked up on the final draw between Hanh Tran on the button and Bhargav Kakani in the big blind who was all in.

Bhargav Kakani: Q♥5♠4♦2♣ All in
Hanh Tran: 8♣2♠A♦Xx

Tran was drawing one to see if he could improve against Kakani's queen badugi. He squeezed the card and then flipped over a 6♥ for an eight-six badugi which was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hanh Tran	265,000 61,500	61,500

Bhargav Kakani	Busted

Tags: Bhargav Kakani Hanh Tran

06-03-2024 12:56 UTC-8

Torrez Eliminates Sarle

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

John Torrez opened the hijack and then called when Dominick Sarle three-bet from the cutoff.

Torrez drew one while Sarle stood pat. Torrez check-called a bet from Sarle.

Torrez took one again and check-raised to put Sarle at risk of elimination.

Torrez decided to stay pat on the final draw, which put Sarle in a difficult position and he decided to break a badugi.

Torrez revealed 7♣6♦5♠4♥ and Sarle was already drawing dead as he showed 8♣3♦2♥. To add insult to injury, Sarle drew the 4♠ to make a worse badugi as he exited to tournament area.