Event #21: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-06-2024 19:12 UTC-8

Ponakovs Jams on Matakis

Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Brek Schutten opened to 15,000 from the cutoff before Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. WSOP Player of the Year Ian Matakis was in the big blind and reraised to 84,000. Schutten got out of the way and then Ponakovs called.

Ponakovs check-jammed for around 190,000 over a bet of 20,000 on the 8♠6♣3♠ flop. Matakis wasted little time in folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	405,000 235,000	235,000

Brek Schutten	370,000 160,000	160,000

Ian Matakis	290,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Brek Schutten Ian Matakis

06-06-2024 19:14 UTC-8

Jozoff Drops One to Plausinaitis; Still Flying High

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Michael Jozoff has had a much better time on his second bullet, turning the 150,000 starting stack into 1,200,000 by the final level of Day 1.

He was in the mix again, opening to 12,000 from the cutoff. The button folded before Paulius Plausinaitis three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Jozoff called.

Plausinaitis made a continuation bet on the J♥6♥2♣ flop and Jozoff quickly open-folded his A♦8♦. Plausinaitis flashed an A♥ and took in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Jozoff	1,175,000 1,175,000	1,175,000
Paulius Plausinaitis	290,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Michael Jozoff Paulius Plausinaitis

06-06-2024 19:19 UTC-8

Updated Counts as the Night Winds Down

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	750,000 355,000	355,000

Michael Rocco	700,000 260,000	260,000

Justin Bonomo	700,000 300,000	300,000

Masato Yokosawa	670,000 179,000	179,000
Alex Foxen	650,000 50,000	50,000

Dylan Destefano	650,000 370,000	370,000
Frank Funaro	600,000 450,000	450,000
Sergio Aido	515,000 15,000	15,000

Chris Brewer	500,000 267,000	267,000

Justin Saliba	450,000 40,000	40,000

Joseph Cheong	400,000 70,000	70,000

Ian Matakis	360,000 70,000	70,000

Dylan Linde	325,000 138,000	138,000

Nick Petrangelo	310,000 30,000	30,000

Sam Soverel	300,000 150,000	150,000

Ben Heath	270,000 137,000	137,000

Dan Smith	250,000 30,000	30,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	170,000 50,000	50,000

Ethan Yau	155,000 59,000	59,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	155,000 250,000	250,000

Francisco Benitez	140,000 40,000	40,000
Phil Ivey	100,000 30,000	30,000

Kevin Rabichow	90,000 460,000	460,000

Daniel Negreanu	90,000 20,000	20,000

Nate Silver	75,000 75,000	75,000

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06-06-2024 19:24 UTC-8

Schutten Shoves Over Cohen's Bet

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Johan Schultz-Pedersen opened under the gun to 15,000. Jonathan Cohen called him from the button and Brek Schutten defended out of the big blind.

Schutten and Schultz-Pedersen checked the 9♥8♣5♠ flop to Cohen, who bet 21,000. Only Schutten called.

The turn J♦ saw Schutten check again. Cohen continued the aggression and put out a bet of 35,000 with about 95,000 chips behind. Schutten then check-raised all-in for Cohen's remaining chips. After doing a little inventory, Cohen tossed his hand into the muck

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Schultz-Pedersen	580,000 370,000	370,000
Brek Schutten	365,000 5,000	5,000

Jonathan Cohen	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Brek Schutten Johan Schultz-Pedersen Jonathan Cohen

06-06-2024 19:36 UTC-8

Final Four Hands

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The tournament clock has reached the final ten minutes.

Tournament floor has announced that the players will play another four hands before bagging tonight.

06-06-2024 19:37 UTC-8

Hunichen Puts Lin to the Test in 25K Fantasy Battle

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ren Lin opened to 13,000 from under the gun and called when Chris Hunichen made it 44,000 from the big blind. Lin called.

Hunichen continued for 27,000 on the A♥8♦3♠ flop and was called. Hunichen then check-called for 65,000 on the K♠ turn.

The J♠ river completed the board, and Hunichen jammed as the bigger stack. Lin, with 140,000 behind, fell unusually quiet, mulling over his options. He decided to lay his hand down and award Hunichen the pot.

"Professional bluff," commented Lin as he tried to implore Hunichen to show his hand. The latter denied his request as he added the chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	675,000 125,000	125,000
Ren Lin	140,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Ren Lin

06-06-2024 19:42 UTC-8

Martirosian Takes Out Paur

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

David Coleman opened the button to 12,000. Artur Martirosian three-bet out of the small blind to 55,000 before Taylor Paur moved all-in out of the big blind for around 70,000. Coleman folded, but Martirosian put in the call.

Taylor Paur: K♥10♦ All in
Artur Martirosian 6♠5♠

The board ran out favorably for Martirosian as it came 6♥Q♥2♦7♥6♦. Paur was sent to the rail as Martirosian moved over the on-million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	1,050,000 435,000	435,000

David Coleman	420,000 380,000	380,000

Taylor Paur	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian David Coleman Taylor Paur

06-06-2024 19:47 UTC-8

Kincaid Can't Believe Jozoff's Fold

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On the last hand of the night on Table 125, Michael Jozoff raised to 12,000 from under the gun before Paulius Plausinaitis three-bet to 36,000 from the cutoff. John Kincaid was on the button, and used two time banks before ripping in his stack of 222,000. The blinds got out of the way to put the action on Jozoff. He stared intently at the tournament board, and laid his hand down. Plausinaitis did the same.

Jozoff then began talking to Kincaid, saying he'd show his hand if Kincaid did. They ended up coming to an agreement and Kincaid tabled his J♦J♠ first. Kincaid was then stunned as Jozoff flashed A♠K♠.

"You FOLDED ace-king?" said Kincaid as the players began to bag.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Jozoff	1,160,000 15,000	15,000
John Kincaid	280,000 93,000	93,000

Tags: John Kincaid Michael Jozoff Paulius Plausinaitis

06-06-2024 19:53 UTC-8

Ivey Doubles on Penultimate Hand

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Phil Ivey just scooped in a massive pot, with the dealer recapping the preflop action to PokerNews.

Ivey opened from under the gun and picked up called from Joao Vieira and Martin Stausholm. The big blind then jammed for over 215,000 and Ivey snap-called off his stack of 178,000 before the remaining players folded.

Phil Ivey: J♣J♦ All in
Big Blind: 10x10x

Ivey's superior pair remained best and he banked a late Day 1 double up after the 8♣4♥6♠8♥3♠ runout.