Chino Rheem raised the button to 400,000. Dylan Weisman next to act three-bet to 1,300,000 and Rheem made the call.
The flop came down 2♣5♠5♦ and Weisman continued for 640,000. Rheem made the fold and Weisman chipped up.
Steve Zolotow limped and called the 480,000 raise from Chino Rheem in the big blind.
Both players checked the 10♠7♠7♣ flop and Zolotow check-called a bet of 300,000 on the A♥ turn.
When the J♠ hit the river, both players tapped the table.
Zolotow rolled 10♣8♣6♠5♦ before Rheem showed Q♣J♣9♥2♦.
"He is beatable!" Joked Rheem as he pulled in the pot.
Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
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Dylan Weisman limped in from the small blind and Steve Zolotow checked his option in the big blind.
5♦J♦6♠ rolled off and Zolotow fired 400,000. Weisman made the call.
The 9♥ turn allowed Zolotow to continue betting, this time wagering 1,100,000. Weisman called.
The 7♣ river resulted in action going check-check and Weisman tabled Q♦Q♣8♦5♥ for the winner.
Steve Zolotow raised 600,000 in the small blind and Chino Rheem defended the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of K♣J♦4♠, and Zolotow continued for 700,000. Rheem called.
When the Q♦ hit the turn, Zolotow paused for a moment before checking to Rheem who jammed for 2,240,000. Zolotow thought about it for about 30 seconds before surrendering the pot.
Dylan Weisman limped the button, Steve Zolotow called in the small blind and Chino Rheem raised to 800,000 from the big blind. Both Weisman and Zolotow called.
When the 9♠8♣4♣ flop hit the felt, Rheem checked to Weisman who fired 1,300,000. Both Zolotow and Rheem mucked their hands.
Chino Rheem limped in from the small blind and Dylan Weisman checked his option.
The flop came down A♠K♠7♥ and Rheem checked over to Weisman who fired 200,000. Rheem raised to 1,200,000 and Weisman released his hand.
Rheem remains the shortest stack at the table but is still picking his spots, awaiting a double up.
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.
Steve Zolotow limped the small blind before Chino Rheem raised 600,000 in the big blind. Zolotow called.
Both players checked to the A♥J♥2♥8♦ turn where Zolotow bet 400,000 and Rheem called.
The 3♦ completed the board and Zolotow continued for 1,200,000. Rheem went deep into the tank. After about a minute, it looked like Rheem was going to fold and Zolotow pretended to take his chips back.
"You're so happy I'm going to fold. I know you have the king of hearts, but do you have three black cards with it?" Asked Rheem.
He continued, "I wish I had more than one pair to call off all of these chips. That's what I have, I swear to god."
After another 30 seconds or so, he mucked his hand and asked Zolotow to show three black cards.
Zolotow flashed K♥Q♠ while saying, "The rest of my cards are hearts, I can't show."
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