French poker pro Leo Soma, who won his first WSOP bracelet playing this very event in 2022, has had a good start. He has almost tripled up his starting stack to 140 big blinds at the current level.
In a recent hand before the blinds went up, he eliminated German player Giuseppe Pantaleo.
Pantaleo opened under the gun five-handed to 900, Soma three bet from the small blind to 3,800. Pantaleo called.
The flop came 6♦3♣9♦, Soma bet out 4,500. Pantaleo announced all in and Soma quickly called.
Giuseppe Pantaleo: K♥9♥
Leo Soma: Q♣Q♥
The turn and river were the 5♣ and the 6♣, respectively, and Pantaleo was out.
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71,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Robert Holly from Arkansas raised from the button to 1,200 and the player in the big blind raised all in for the rest of Holly's stack of 8,600. Holly made the call.
Robert Holly A♠4♠
Big blind: K♥K♦
The board was favorable to Holly with 6♥3♣5♠9♦A♣ and the ace on the river gave him top pair and the much needed double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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17,800
17,800
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17,800 |
Aces vs riverd set. TT vs JJ on 8 high flop.
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Shoved open ended flop. Called by ace high with gutter. Fin.