Frank Yakubson opened, Alex Keating three-bet, and Yakubson called to see a flop of K♦10♦Q♦.
Keating bet and Yakubson called to see the turn fall the 4♠. Keating fired again, Yakubson raised, Keating moved all in, and Yakubson called to put him at risk.
Alex Keating: A♠K♠
Frank Yakubson: A♦A♥
Keating was in rough shape against Yakubson's monster holding, and the river 10♠ sent him to the rail in 11th place.
"Wowww.... very sneaky, Frank," the table all murmured in agreement as Yakubson raked in the pot.
Day 2 of Event #25: $3,000 Limit Hold’em (6-Handed) at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas has officially concluded. After ten action-packed levels, only ten players remain from the 76 hopefuls who had advanced to Day 2.
Daniel Vampan ended the night with a massive chip lead over the rest of his competitors, finishing with 2,470,000 chips worth 31 big bets going into the final day. Vampan has WSOP career earnings of $445,367, cashing the 2022 $10,000 Main Event in 291st for $40,900 and the 2023 Main Event for $345,000 with an incredible 24th-place finish. His nearest rival is Frank Yakubson (1,650,000), followed by Daniel Maczuga (1,500,000) to round the top three.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Bets
1
Daniel Vampan
United States
2,470,000
31
2
Frank Yakubson
United States
1,650,000
21
3
Daniel Maczuga
United States
1,500,000
19
4
Lucas Wagner
United States
940,000
12
5
Roland Israelashvili
United States
875,000
11
6
Robert Wells
United Kingdom
675,000
8
7
Daniel Budovsky
United States
590,000
7
8
Nick Caltabiano
United States
565,000
7
9
Yi Klassen
United States
545,000
7
10
Daniel Idema
Canada
130,000
2
Bubble Action
Jason Papastavrou
It didn’t take long for the 76 players to fall to just 39 players, where the hand-for-hand play began. Jason Papastavrou was short-stacked and folded for a few hands before getting his last 28,000 in the middle with pocket fives, but couldn’t crack the aces of the eventual Day 2 chip leader Vampan as he was eliminated on the stone bubble.
Jason Daly
The 2023 reigning champion Jason Daly was unable to score the back-to-back victories but did manage to cash for the second year in a row as he bowed out in 34th place ($6,024).
Others to make the money but not quite advance to the final day include, David “Bakes” Baker (37th-$6,024), Matt Glantz (33rd -$6,024 ), Yueqi Zhu (30th-$6,024), David “ODB” Baker (29th-$6,175), and Phil Hellmuth.
However, not all that started the day were so fortunate to make it into the money, including Main Event champions Erik Seidel, Koray Aldemir, and Joe McKeehen, as well as bracelet winners Robert Mizrachi, Maxx Coleman, and Josh Arieh.
Day 3 will resume in the Horseshoe Event Center at 1 p.m. local time on June 10, with the final ten players having $11,157 locked up, but all eyes will be on the $148,635 first-place prize, along with the WSOP gold bracelet.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$148,635
2
$99,578
3
$67,919
4
$47,179
5
$33,387
6
$24,078
7
$17,704
8,9
$13,276
10
$11,157
Play will begin at Level 22, with blinds of 15,000/30,000 and limits of 30,000/60,000. Play will continue until a champion has been crowned.
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