Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-04-2024 15:28 UTC-8

Slate Adds to His Stack

Chance Castro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The under the gun player opened to 800 and action folded around to Michael Slate who raised to 1,800. The big blind folded and his opponent called.

The flop brought 4♦7♣2♦ and both players checked.

Slate checked-called a bet of 1,100 on the turn 10♠

The river K♠ saw Slate lead for 2,200 and his opponent called.

Slate rolled over A♣K♦ for a rivered top pair and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Slate	65,000 65,000	65,000

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06-04-2024 15:28 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Alban Juen	98,000

Kornuth Shows Aggression in Small Blind

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Herbie Teope

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A player on the cutoff raised to 900, which a player on the button called.

Action fell on three-time WSOP bracelet winner Chance Kornuth, who apparently had other ideas instead of flatting in the small blind.

Kornuth reached down into his chip stack and three-bet to 3,500, which prompted the player in the big blind and original raiser to fold. The player on the button, though, elected to make the call.

The dealer fanned 2♠10♥K♦ on the flop, and Kornuth continued with aggression by leading out with a 3,600 bet. His opponent looked at the board, and then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	44,600 5,400	5,400

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06-04-2024 15:39 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: Princess Love Opens Up on Ray J Divorce, Getting Coached by Maria Ho

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Life Outside Poker w/ Connor Richards is a new podcast for PokerNews that focuses on poker players with successful careers and lives outside of poker.

For the second episode, Connor Richards spoke with reality TV actress Princess Love, who opened up for the first time about her high-profile divorce from R&B star Ray J. Love also spoke about poker filling a void in her life, her Celebrity Poker Tour victory earlier this year and her experience on the WPT Voyage.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Princess Love by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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06-04-2024 15:42 UTC-8

Level 3 Chip Count Update

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Jeff McMillan

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	130,000 130,000	130,000
Kristen Foxen	124,000 57,000	57,000

Chuanshu Chen	112,000 10,000	10,000
Krasimir Yankov	105,000 105,000	105,000
Thomas Boivin	95,000 38,000	38,000
Stephen Song	90,000 90,000	90,000

Fikret Kovac	90,000 90,000	90,000
Jeff Platt	75,000 75,000	75,000
Julien Sitbon	72,000 22,000	22,000

Brad Albrinck	70,000 20,000	20,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	70,000 70,000	70,000

Darren Elias	65,000 65,000	65,000

David Pham	65,000 15,000	15,000

Chris Brewer	65,000 15,000	15,000

Jessica Teusl	63,000 63,000	63,000

David Cabrera	62,000 12,000	12,000
Matt Hunt	60,000 60,000	60,000
Andrew Moreno	58,000 8,000	8,000
John Juanda	55,000 55,000	55,000

Espen Jorstad	53,000 3,000	3,000

Stephen Chidwick	45,000 45,000	45,000

Nick Palma	45,000 45,000	45,000
Alex Livingston	40,000 40,000	40,000

Matthew Wantman	39,000 39,000	39,000

Pavel Plesuv	35,000 35,000	35,000

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06-04-2024 15:45 UTC-8

Teusl Joins Field

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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06-04-2024 15:49 UTC-8

Pham Breathes Fire in Battle of Blinds

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Herbie Teope

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action folded to the blinds, and a player in the small blind raised to 1,500 before meeting resistance from David Pham, who was in the big blind and elected to defend.

The dealer fanned 2♠7♥9♣ on the flop, which the player in the small blind checked. Pham, also known as "The Dragon," bet 1,700, which his opponent quickly called.

The 9♠ appeared on the turn, pairing the board. After a check from the small blind, Pham bet 2,000, which his opponent called.

The dealer then placed 8♥ on the river, which once again saw the player in the small blind check.

Pham sized up and put out a 7,200 bet, which forced his opponent to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	65,000

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06-04-2024 15:59 UTC-8

Shylko Cool Under Pressure

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Chance Castro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Aliaksandr Shylko opened to 900 from late position before an opponent on the button raised to 3,500 and Shylko called.

The flop 6♥3♦J♥ saw Shylko check and his opponent continued for 3,600. Shylko called again.

The turn Q♣ brought more pressure as Shylko checked and the button fired for 12,500. After a significant tank, Shylko called a third time.

Both players checked the river 5♦ and Shylko showed A♣J♣ for one pair before his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksandr Shylko	85,000

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06-04-2024 16:02 UTC-8

Kuo Gets Value

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Jeff McMillan

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action happened quickly on the river with the board reading 7♥3♠9♠3♣8♥. Kitty Kuo bet 12,000, Andrew Moreno called and Kuo tabled the 8♦3♦ for the full house.

Moreno mucked and Kuo raked in a decent pot to move her close to 100,000.