Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-06-2024 15:16 UTC-8

Big Pot Energy

Chance Castro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Eddie Ochana opened from under the gun to 85,000 and action folded to Joshua Hopkins on the button who raised to 240,000. Only Ochana called.

The flop of 2♦7♦7♣ saw Ochana check-call a bet of 125,000 from Hopkins.

The turn brought the 4♥ and again Ochana check-called his opponent's bet of 220,000.

Both players checked the river J♠ and Ochana showed 5♦5♣ for two pair before Hopkins mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Ochana	2,700,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Joshua Hopkins	700,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Eddie Ochana Joshua Hopkins

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

06-06-2024 15:32 UTC-8

Rast Tanks on the River

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Brian Rast raised to 100,000 from under the gun and Sam Soverel defended his big blind.

The two checked it down to the river on the 8♦4♣7♠J♥2♦ board and Soverel led out for 250,000 chips, which was the size of the pot. Rast went into the tank for around two minutes and seemed as if he wanted to call, but eventually made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	1,500,000 300,000	300,000

Sam Soverel	750,000

Tags: Sam Soverel Brian Rast

06-06-2024 15:37 UTC-8

Saven Takes One Down

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Chance Castro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Adam Saven opened from late position to 100,000 and action folded to Andrew Ostapchenko in the big blind who called.

The flop arrived 7♥7♣10♦ and Ostapchenko checked. Saven bet 60,000 and Ostapchenko quickly raised to 180,000. Saven called.

Both players checked the turn Q♣.

The river A♠ saw Ostapchenko lead for 200,000 and Saven called. Ostapchenko showed Q♦8♠ for two pair. Saven rolled over A♥10♥ for a higher two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Saven	2,100,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	1,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tags: Adam Saven Andrew Ostapchenko

06-06-2024 15:42 UTC-8

Ved Eliminates Sun

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Jianfeng Sun shoved all in from the hijack for around 400,000 and Kartik Ved called from the button.

Jianfeng Sun: K♦J♠ All in
Kartik Ved: A♠K♥

Ved was in a commanding position to eliminate another player and did just that as the runout of 3♥4♦5♠Q♠9♥ didn't offer any help to Sun.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kartik Ved	2,200,000 700,000	700,000

Jianfeng Sun	Busted

Tags: Jianfeng Sun Kartik Ved

06-06-2024 15:47 UTC-8

Snowman On the River Sees Soverel's Tournament Melt Away

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Shant Marashlian opened to 100,000 in the hijack and Sam Soverel shoved all in from the button for almost 750,000. When the action got back to Marahlian, he decided to make the call which put Soverel at risk.

Sam Soverel: 6♥6♦ All in
Shant Marashlian: A♥10♠

This flip was crucial for Soverel and he stayed ahead on the K♦8♦K♠ flop, but Marashlian picked up a few more outs.

The 4♠ turn brought Soverel one step closer to a double-up but an 8♣ river saw his hopes of a bracelet melt away as his pocket sixes were now counterfeited.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shant Marashlian	3,400,000 600,000	600,000

Sam Soverel	Busted

Tags: Sam Soverel Shant Marashlian

06-06-2024 15:48 UTC-8

Seat Redraw

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With just 24 players remaining, there will now be a short break while a seat redraw takes place.

06-06-2024 15:50 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuya Kita	Busted
Ivan Deyra	Busted

06-06-2024 16:01 UTC-8

2024 WSOP $25K Fantasy Hands of the Week: Negreanu Flips Big and a Miracle Queen for Jaka

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Sandra Barbour

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The $25K Fantasy league is off to a hot start with seven of the 19 teams over 100 points as of June 4. Most of those were thanks to a handful of draftees hitting field bonuses in Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions, which attracted 18,409 entrants and became the sixth-largest poker tournament of all time.

PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates, and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.

As a result, we can capture some of the biggest, best, and most game-changing hands involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Here are five from the first week of action in the 2024 WSOP.

Catch the hands of the week here

06-06-2024 16:07 UTC-8

Seat Draw

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
629	1	Adi Abugazal	United States	175,000	4
629	2	Robert Burlacu	United Kingdom	905,000	18
629	3	Aaron Thomas	United States	745,000	15
629	4	Alexander Queen	United States	1,445,000	29
629	5	Joshua Hopkins	Canada	590,000	12
629	6	Kade Venkatesan	United States	1,400,000	28
629	7	Sebastien Grax	France	400,000	8
629	8	Daniyal Gheba	United States	2,735,000	55

630	1	Kartik Ved	India	2,250,000	45
630	2	Shant Marashlian	United States	3,400,000	68
630	3	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	1,900,000	38
630	4	Brent Hart	United States	2,400,000	48
630	5	Nate Silver	United States	1,035,000	21
630	6	Michael Perrone	United States	815,000	16
630	7	Anthony Cierco	France	1,450,000	29
630	8	Martin Carnero	United States	1,790,000	36

Feature	1	Erik Seidel	United States	1,050,000	21
Feature	2	Brian Rast	United States	1,270,000	25
Feature	3	Sami Bechahed	United States	2,065,000	41
Feature	4	Eddie Ochana	United States	2,380,000	48
Feature	5	Andrew Ostapchenko	United States	1,510,000	30
Feature	6	Mark Tarich	United States	2,595,000	52
Feature	7	Taylor Black	United States	4,445,000	89
Feature	8	Adam Saven	United States	2,125,000	43

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	4,445,000 755,000	755,000
Shant Marashlian	3,400,000

Daniyal Gheba	2,735,000 165,000	165,000
Mark Tarich	2,595,000 95,000	95,000
Brent Hart	2,400,000 300,000	300,000

Eddie Ochana	2,380,000 320,000	320,000

Kartik Ved	2,250,000 50,000	50,000

Adam Saven	2,125,000 25,000	25,000
Sami Bechahed	2,065,000 235,000	235,000
Krasimir Yankov	1,900,000 400,000	400,000
Martin Carnero	1,790,000 1,540,000	1,540,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	1,510,000 410,000	410,000

Anthony Cierco	1,450,000 510,000	510,000
Alexander Queen	1,445,000 535,000	535,000
Kade Venkatesan	1,400,000 450,000	450,000
Brian Rast	1,270,000 230,000	230,000

Erik Seidel	1,050,000 250,000	250,000

Nate Silver	1,035,000 475,000	475,000
Robert Burlacu	905,000 795,000	795,000
Michael Perrone	815,000 615,000	615,000

Aaron Thomas	745,000 95,000	95,000
Joshua Hopkins	590,000 110,000	110,000
Sebastien Grax	400,000 400,000	400,000
Adi Abugazal	175,000 525,000	525,000