2024 World Series of Poker
Michael Machugh opened to 25,000 on the button and Adam Friedman defended in the big blind.
Friedman led out for 30,000 on the flop of 9♦5♥J♣ and Machugh called. Friedman then sized up to 75,000 on the 6♦ turn and his opponent laid it down.
Jeffrey King opened to 35,000 from the cutoff and Joseph Weinberger fired a pot-sized raise to 120,000 from the button. King, who had a little more, moved all in and Weinberger called with a slightly covering stack to put King at risk.
Jeffrey King: A♣6♥2♠3♥
Joseph Weinberger: A♠4♣3♦2♣
The board ran out J♣Q♠J♠J♦2♦. King's ace-six kicker to the trips on the board played against Weinberger's ace-four kicker and he took the pot while Weinberger was left with less than one big blind.
Eric Cloutier limped in from the small blind and Daniel Lowery checked from the big blind.
Both players checked the 2♥3♦J♣ flop leading to the 10♦ turn. Cloutier checked, Lowery bet 30,000 and Cloutier moved all in for 98,000. Lowery made the call with a covering stack to put Cloutier at risk.
Eric Cloutier: A♥2♠10♥9♦
Daniel Lowery: K♠Q♥7♣3♣
Cloutier was ahead with two pair but Lowery made a bigger two pair on the K♥ river to send Cloutier to the rail and continue accumulating chips.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Maria Ho limped in from early position for 10,000 and Jason Daly followed suit on the button to see a flop four ways.
Action checked to Daly on the flop of K♦7♠K♠ and he bet 20,000 as only Ho called. Ho checked on the 6♦ turn and Daly checked back.
Ho checked again on the 2♦ river and Daly announced "pot." Ho laid it down.
Lowery was also in the hand and has built his stack up to around 1,550,000
Robert Cowen opened to 25,000 from the hijack and David "ODB" Baker moved all in for the small blind for about 55,000. Cowen made the call with a covering stack to put Baker at risk.
David "ODB" Baker: Q♣Q♠5♦3♦
Robert Cowen: A♥10♥4♥3♠
The board ran out A♣3♣7♦A♠10♦. Neither player had a low and Cowen made aces full of threes to take the pot while Baker made his exit from the tournament area after wishing his former tablemates good luck.
Jason Stockfish opened to 30,000 from middle position and received a call from Mike Holtz in the small blind before Jonathan Dimmig raised to 120,000 from the big blind. Both opponents made the call.
All three players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of Q♣4♣2♣K♥7♥. Holtz made a pot-sized bet of 372,000, Dimmig called and Stockfish folded.
Holtz tabled A♣Q♠J♥3♣ for the nut-flush and nut-low and his opponent's hand hit the muck.
"Nice flop" one of Holtz' tablemates commented.
"It was an above-average flop" Holtz agreed as he dragged in a gargantuan pot.