Onur Unsal bet from the big blind on the first draw before Brant Hale raised under the gun. Unsal reraised and Hale called.
Unsal stood pat while Hale drew one. Unsal then bet, Hale raised, and Unsal called.
Both players stood pat and Hale bet. Unsal called again, then mucked when Hale showed 7-6-5-3-2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | |
|
8,000 |
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.
Kris Lord was in the small blind and drew one, while two opponents each drew three. Lord then led out with a bet and both players called.
Lord stood pat, a player in early position took one, while Sung Wang in the cutoff took two. Lord then bet again and only the early-position player called.
Lord patted again, while his opponent drew one. Both players checked and Lord showed 8-7-5-4-3.
"Whoa, you checked that?" Wang said.
"Especially at this table. Everyone is showing wheels," Lord said as he took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dan Idema raised from middle position and David "Bakes" Baker re-raised from the cutoff. Idema made the call and the two players both drew one and checked.
On the next street both players again drew one card and again checked. On the final street Idema stood pat and Baker drew one. Idema bet and Baker folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,700
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
||
|
23,700 | |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
55,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
46,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
35,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
35,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
32,000
1,100
|
1,100 |
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
27,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
24,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
22,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
20,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
18,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
15,500
14,200
|
14,200 |
|
5,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Jon Turner raised, Gary Benson reraised, and Turner called.
"Three of your finest," Turner said to the dealer as he drew three. Benson took one and bet. Turner then raised, Benson reraised, and turner called.
Turner drew one and Benson stood pat. Benson then bet and Turner called, taking one more on the final draw.
Benson stood pat and both players checked. Benson turned over 8-7-6-4-2 and Turner flashed two sevens as he mucked.
Todd Brunson and Patrick Leonard are also at this table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Level: 6
Blinds: 300-600
Limits: 600-1,200
John Monnette raised in the cutoff and Ariel Mantel and Martin Matranca called in the blinds.
All three players drew two and Mantel led out with a bet. Both opponents called.
Mantel then stood pat, while Matranca and Monnette drew one. Mantel bet again and only Monnette called this time.
Mantel again patted and led out as Monnette took one. Monnette folded and Mantel took down the pot against the defending champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
23,000 | |
|
|
21,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
Peter Neff was both in the cutoff and the only player to call a late position raise. The late position player drew two and Neff drew one. Neff bet and was called by his opponent.
On the next street Neff stood pat and his opponent drew two and checked before folding to Neff's bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,800 |
Robert Campbell raised in the cutoff before the button reraised. Campbell called and both players drew two.
Campbell then bet and his opponent called. Campbell drew one and his opponent two, then Campbell bet again.
The button called and drew one on the final draw, while Campbell stood pat. Campbell checked and the button put out a bet.
Campbell called with an 8-7 and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
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