The 24 players remaining are now on a one-hour dinner break and will return at approximately 8:45 p.m. local time.
The yellow 1,000 chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.
The 24 players remaining are now on a one-hour dinner break and will return at approximately 8:45 p.m. local time.
The yellow 1,000 chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.
Scott Seiver won his fifth World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and in doing so may have secured his place in the Poker Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible next year.
Seiver, a longtime pro from New York who poker fans may remember from his appearance on the Big Game in the early 2010s, took down Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed) for $426,744 after an intense and grueling final table battle that eventually saw him denying Jonathan Cohen a second bracelet.
Seiver turns 40 next April and thus will be eligible for the Poker Hall of Fame, a club home to other five-plus bracelet winners like Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Erik Seidel and Phil Hellmuth.
Not only is the Hall of Fame already on Seiver's mind, it's the 39-year-old's primary motivator.
Raymond Chiu, a 42-year-old IT consultant, has taken the first week of the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge by storm. His impressive performance has secured him a place among the top ten weekly players, who each receive a $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship ticket at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
Chiu's remarkable run started on Friday, May 31, when he won the $400 Daily Deepstack. This event drew 177 entries and a prize pool of $58,410, with Chiu taking home $13,709. The very next day, on June 1, he triumphed again in the same event, which attracted 229 participants and generated a prize pool of $75,570. This victory earned him $16,489, marking his largest payout to date.
These consecutive wins have boosted Chiu's total earnings from these events to $30,198—not bad for an $800 investment.
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000
Daniel Idema opened under the gun and Michael Reed three-bet next to act. The action quickly folded back around to Idema and he made the call.
When the A♠10♠9♦ flop hit the felt, Idema checked and snap-folded to a bet from Reed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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905,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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870,000
150,000
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150,000 |
|
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515,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
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415,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
400,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
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275,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
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Two players saw the K♦10♠3♠ flop and Daniel Maczuga check-called a bet from Lucas Wagner.
The 10♣ paired the board on the turn, and Maczuga checked once again. Wagner fired a bet and snap-folded to a check-raise from Maczuga.
"What'd you have for dinner?" Daniel Budovsky joked about Maczuga's upswing since the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,160,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
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305,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
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290,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Daniel Vampan bet out on the K♦4♠3♥J♥ turn, and Yi Klassen wasted no time making the call.
When the 9♥ hit the river, both players tapped the table. Vampan rolled 10♦4♣ for a pair of fours before Klassen took down the pot with a pair of jacks, showing Q♥J♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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560,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
500,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
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370,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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||
|
|
262,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
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200,000
125,000
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125,000 |
After some back-and-forth betting, Jorge Ufano capped preflop and Nick Caltabiano called to see a flop of 7♦2♦8♣.
Ufano bet, Caltabiano raised, and Ufano called to see the Q♣ peel on the turn. Noth players then checked and went to the river 2♥. Ufano bet and Caltabiano quickly called, but was then shown A♥A♣ by ufano and he quickly mucked to award him the sizeable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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765,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
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575,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
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520,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
235,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
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||
|
|
130,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
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55,000
68,000
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68,000 |