Event #2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

05-28-2024 15:39 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Espejo	139,000 104,000	104,000
Brandon Crows Breast	51,000 51,000	51,000
Daniel Williams	40,000 1,800	1,800

Chance Castro	40,000 5,000	5,000
Tyler Boyer	36,000 10,200	10,200
Michael Reisman	23,500 1,500	1,500

Connor Richards	21,500 13,500	13,500
Tyler Foran	20,000 7,000	7,000
Omar Sader	20,000 5,000	5,000
Patrick Mauldrin	17,000 13,000	13,000
Ben Santoli	13,700 24,300	24,300
Sean Balfour	5,500 23,500	23,500

Pana Building a Stack

Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The action folded to the middle position, who raised to 800. Muzzaffar Pana called from the hijack, shortly followed by a call from the big blind.

The big blind checked on the K♣9♠5♥ flop, but middle position made a pot-size continuation bet which was only called by Pana.

The turn brought 4♦ and the opponent bet big, with Pana making the call.

With a brick river, Pana won the hand with top pair, showing K♦J♣ and added the chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Muzzaffar Pana	61,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Muzzaffar Pana

05-28-2024 15:37 UTC-8

Martin Fades the River

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

In one of the first hands after the break, PokerNews caught this hand on the turn with the board showing Q♥9♠Q♣8♠ and the player on the button having bet 5,200. This was met by a check-raise all in by Bruce Martin out of the big blind. The raise was for the rest of the buttons' remaining 16,000 chips. After some thought, the button put in the call.

Button: K♠10♠ All in
Bruce Martin: A♦Q♦

The river came the 4♣ and Martin had eliminated the button from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Martin	41,500 41,500	41,500

Tags: Bruce Martin

05-28-2024 15:25 UTC-8

Faces in the Field: $500 Casino Employees Event

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Hayley Hochstetler

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

05-28-2024 15:03 UTC-8

Players Are on a 15-minute Break

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Kaitlyn Jeffers

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Players have been sent on a 15-minute break. The tournament clock shows there are 859 entries currently.

05-28-2024 15:00 UTC-8

Franklin Squeaks out a Win

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Roxanne Johnson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Raymond Franklin raised from the cutoff position to 1,300 and Kyna England on the button put in the reraise to 3,200. Franklin made the call and the flop came out with K♥8♠Q♦. Franklin check-called England's continuation-bet of 2,500.

The turn arrived with 5♣ and Franklin checked again, instigating another bet of 7,800 from England, which received a quick call.

On the river 10♦ both players checked and Franklin turned over the A♦J♥ and England mucked giving Franklin the pot with his Broadway straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond Franklin	48,500 48,500	48,500
Kyna England	29,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Kyna England Raymond Franklin

05-28-2024 14:57 UTC-8

Balfour Wins with King-high

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

After the action had folded to Sean Balfour on the button he raised to 900. The big blind player then three-bet to 3,000. Belfour made the call to see a flop.

The monotone flop of J♥6♥9♥ was checked through, and both players checked again on the board-pairing 8♣ turn.

Once the J♣ came on the river and both players checked, the big blind flipped over K♥4♠ for just king-high. Much to his surprise, Balfour took down the pot with K♣10♣ for king-high with a higher kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Balfour	29,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Sean Balfour

05-28-2024 14:50 UTC-8

Top Pair Takes the Pot

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With a raise of 900 from the button, Juan Carlos Latuff called from the small blind.

The flop came 5♦8♠3♣, prompting the opponent and Latuff to both check.

The turn brought the K♠ and saw both players check again.

With a 4♥ completing the board, Latuff checked and his opponent made a half-pot sized bet. Latuff called and showed 9♥8♣, and the button mucked their hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Carlos Latuff	17,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Juan Carlos Latuff

05-28-2024 14:50 UTC-8

Get Ready for the 4 p.m. $400 Daily DeepStack

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Kevin Taylor

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The second Daily DeepStack of the WSOP gets underway at 4 p.m. and is a single-day event. It comes with a $400 buy-in, which buys entrants a 30,000 starting stack.

Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 (approx. 7:35 p.m.) and unlimited reentries are permitted. Levels are 20 minutes long, with 15 and 20 minute breaks sprinkled throughout the day.

Blinds began at 100/100, and a big blind ante is active from the beginning.

Level	BB Ante	Blinds	Breaks & Notes
1	100	100-100
2	200	100-200
3	300	200-300
4	400	200-400
5	600	300-600
6	800	400-800	Remove 100 Chips (20 Minute Break)
7	1,000	500-1,000
8	1,500	1,000-1,500
9	2,000	1,000-2,000	Remove 500 Chips (15 Minute Break) (Reg. ends)
10	3,000	2,000-3,000
11	4,000	2,000-4,000
12	6,000	3,000-6,000
13	8,000	4,000-8,000
14	10,000	5,000-10,000
15	16,000	8,000-16,000
16	20,000	10,000-20,000	Remove 1,000 Chips (15 Minute Break)
17	30,000	15,000-30,000
18	40,000	20,000-40,000
19	60,000	30,000-60,000
20	80,000	40,000-80,000
21	100,000	50,000-100,000
22	150,000	100,000-150,000	Break (15 Minute Break)
23	200,000	100,000-200,000
24	300,000	150,000-300,000
25	400,000	200,000-400,000
26	600,000	300,000-600,000
27	800,000	400,000-800,000
28	1,000,000	500,000-1,000,000	Break (15 Minute Break)
29	1,500,000	1,000,000-1,500,000
30	2,000,000	1,000,000-2,000,000
31	3,000,000	1,500,000-3,000,000
32	5,000,000	2,000,000-5,000,000