Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-07-2024 16:45 UTC-8

Gheba Doubles Through Hart

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Herbie Teope

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Daniyal Gheba raised 400,000 with K♥9♥. Action folded to Brent Hart in the big blind, and he defended with Q♣9♣.

Then, the situation became rather spicy.

The dealer fanned K♣6♣9♦ on the flop, giving Hart middle pair and four to the flush. Gheba had flopped top two pair.

Hart checked, Gheba bet 550,000, and Hart called.

The turn produced Q♦, giving Hart two pair, which was inferior to Gheba’s hand. Hart once again checked, and Gheba fired out a 700,000 bet. Hart almost beat Gheba into the pot by announcing an all-in bet, which covered Gheba’s stack.

Gheba went in the tank, contemplating his next move. After moments elapsed, Gheba put his tournament life on the life with a call.

Hart needed any queen or a club to show up, but the 2♦ on the river sent the massive 8,850,000 pot to Gheba and placed a large dent in Hart’s chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniyal Gheba	8,850,000 5,230,000	5,230,000
Brent Hart	3,150,000 5,195,000	5,195,000

Tags: Brent Hart Daniyal Gheba

06-07-2024 16:46 UTC-8

Marashlian Doubles Through Gheba

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Chance Castro

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Shant Marashlian opened to 400,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Daniyal Gheba in the big blind. Gheba shoved all-in, covering his opponent's remaining stack and Marashlian eventually called for his tournament life.

Shant Marashlian: A♦J♣ All in
Daniyal Gheba: 8♥8♣

The board ran out 9♠A♥2♥7♥K♦ allowing Marashlian's pair of aces to beat Gheba's pair of eights for a double up just moments after Gheba had doubled in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniyal Gheba	7,500,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Shant Marashlian	5,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tags: Daniyal Gheba Shant Marashlian

06-07-2024 17:03 UTC-8

Ved Picks Bad Time to Fire at Pot

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Herbie Teope

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Kartik Ved and Eddie Ochana were involved in a battle of the blinds.

Ved held 6♣4♣ and limped in from the small blind, while Ochana checked his big-blind option with J♥6♥.

The dealer fanned K♥Q♣10♠ on the flop, which drew checks from both players. The 8♣ arrived on the turn, resulting in Ved leading out for 300,000 with his flush draw. Ochana, who had an open-ended straight draw on the flop, elected to call.

The A♦ hit the river, which completed Ochana’s nut straight. Ved, though, bet 600,000 with air into Ochana.

Ochana glanced at his opponent to his right, and then counted out chips before announcing a 2,000,000 raise. Ved immediately mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Ochana	15,800,000 2,065,000	2,065,000

Kartik Ved	3,550,000 940,000	940,000

Tags: Eddie Ochana Kartik Ved

06-07-2024 17:21 UTC-8

Queen Rivers King

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Chance Castro

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Shant Marashlian opened from the cutoff to 400,000 holding A♦10♣ and got called by Alexander Queen on the button with K♣Q♠ and Daniyal Gheba in the big blind holding Q♣5♣

The flop J♠2♣J♦ checked to Marashlian who continued for 350,000. Queen called and Gheba folded.

Both players checked the turn 7♥.

The river K♥ improved Queen to a pair, and he bet 1,500,000 after being checked to. Marashlian folded his ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Queen	9,150,000 1,005,000	1,005,000
Shant Marashlian	5,950,000 850,000	850,000

Daniyal Gheba	3,050,000 4,450,000	4,450,000

Tags: Alexander Queen Daniyal Gheba Shant Marashlian

Level: 31

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

06-07-2024 17:23 UTC-8

This Poker Jinx on the $5K Bubble Will Leave You Speechless!

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Sandra Barbour

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Is there ever such a thing as a jinx in poker?

Martin Stausholm would be forgiven for thinking so after bubbling the debuting Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at the 2024 World Series of Poker.

Stausholm, a poker player from Denmark, was one of the 823 entries to make up the field. From Day 1, 239 out of 660 made it over the first hurdle, and they were joined by 163 more players who took advantage of the Day 2 registration.

With that, 402 players were in contention for the $660,284 first-place prize, but only 124 of them could make the money and take a share of the $3,785,800 prize pool.

At 125 remaining, Stausholm had a run-in with Alex Keating, which featured a premature announcement.

Read the full story here!

06-07-2024 17:34 UTC-8

Hart Powers Up With Check-Raise

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Herbie Teope

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Daniyal Gheba raised under the gun with A♣5♠ to 400,000.

Eddie Ochana peeked down at 7♠7♦ in late position and elected to flat. Brent Hart called out of the big blind with A♥4♣.

Hart drilled the flop when the dealer fanned Q♣4♥4♦, and he checked. Gheba continued with aggression with a 400,000 bet, prompting Ochana to call.

Hart then powered up with a check-raise all in with his trip fours, resulting in immediate folds from Gheba and Ochana.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Ochana	16,650,000 850,000	850,000

Brent Hart	5,175,000 2,025,000	2,025,000

Daniyal Gheba	2,050,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Brent Hart Daniyal Gheba Eddie Ochana

06-07-2024 17:51 UTC-8

Gheba Rivers Pair to Survive

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Chance Castro

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Eddie Ochana opened from middle position to 500,000 and action folded to Daniyal Gheba in the small blind who raised all-in for 675,000 total. The big blind folded, Ochana called, and cards were revealed.

Daniyal Gheba: A♦7♦ All in
Eddie Ochana: A♥10♥

The board ran out 2♦4♥3♠2♣7♥ giving Gheba a pair of sevens to defeat Ochana's ace-high for a necessary double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Ochana	16,250,000 400,000	400,000

Daniyal Gheba	1,050,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Daniyal Gheba Eddie Ochana

06-07-2024 18:00 UTC-8

Ochana Continues to Add Chips

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Herbie Teope

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Eddie Ochana raised to 650,000 on the button with 7♣6♣ and Alexander Queen defended out of the big blind with A♣9♣.

Queen’s ace was ahead before the flop, but the situation went to Ochana’s favor when the dealer fanned J♥6♥7♠ to give Ochana bottom two pair.

Queen checked, and Ochana responded by firing a 500,000 bet. Queen elected to call, making the pot 2,675,000.

The dealer placed 3♥ on the turn, which Queen checked. Ochana took the opportunity to bet 800,000, which forced Queen to fold. The dealer pushed the 3,475,000 pot to Ochana, who continues to add to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Ochana	18,900,000 2,650,000	2,650,000

Alexander Queen	5,000,000 4,150,000	4,150,000

Tags: Alexander Queen Eddie Ochana

06-07-2024 18:14 UTC-8

Hart Rivers Broadway

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Chance Castro

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Eddie Ochana opened from the cutoff to 500,000. Next to act, Shant Marashlian shoved all-in for 5,200,000. The small blind folded before Brent Hart opted to call off the rest of his 3,950,000 stack. Ochana folded and the cards were revealed.

Brent Hart: A♠Q♦ All in
Shant Marashlian: A♦K♦

The board ran out 8♣J♠K♣2♠10♠ to give Hart the broadway straight, allowing him to survive.