Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$7,473,000
Entries
318
Level
26
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
274
Players Left
99
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
A player from under the gun raised to 2,500 which saw Pavel Plesuv call in the hijack, Brek Schutten call on the button, and Victoria Livschitz call in the big blind.
The flop rolled out 2♣2♦8♣ and action checked around to Plesuv who bet 3,500 which saw only Schutten call.
Plesuv checked the 3♥ turn over to Brek Schutten who bet 12,000 and Plesuv called.
On the river 6♥, Plesuv checked once more over to Schutten who bet 8,500. Plesuv raised to 42,000 which had Schutten re-check his cards before folding.
"Show me a card that isn't a two," requested Schutten and Plesuv obliged by turning over the 5♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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219,000 | |
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117,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Julien Sitbon opened to 2,500 from under the gun only to see Chris Hunichen three-bet to 8,000 one seat over. Action folded back around to Sitbon, who called to see a flop.
Sitbon checked following the 4♣10♦9♠ flop and Hunichen continued for 7,000. After some consideration, Sitbon responded with a raise to 22,000, which Hunichen flatted.
The 6♣ turn saw Sitbon slow down, checking to Hunichen, who, undeterred by the previous check-raise, fired off 35,000. Sitbon just called.
Both players checked to showdown on the Q♣ river and Sitbon turned over Q♥Q♦ for the rivered set, eliciting a cry of frustration from Hunichen as he appeared to muck aces face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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205,000 | |
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110,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The action was caught on a turn of 6♥Q♠5♥8♣, where Huabao Chen in the hijack made a bet of 32,000 into a pot of roughly 50,000 chips. His opponent was Yulian Bogdanov in the cutoff, who slid forward a call.
The J♥ river then completed the board and Chen went all in for 78,500. Bogdanov threw in all of his time extensions and mulled things over for quite a while.
Eventually, he threw in a calling chip, after which Chen tabled Q♦Q♣ for a set of queens. Bogdanov's A♥A♣ was no good and he was left with just a few big blinds.
Meanwhile, Aliaksandr Shylko had sat back down after using his only allowed reentry.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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271,000 | |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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14,000
14,000
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14,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
For the sixth episode, Connor spoke with longtime poker pro and coach Faraz Jaka, who was fresh off a runner-up finish in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Jaka talked about running up a six-figure bankroll in college, going broke and moving down stakes, battling back from a debilitating back injury to win his first bracelet in 2023 and running deep in this year's $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.
Jaka also talked about his site Jaka Coaching, discussed what makes a good poker coach and offered advice for players looking to grind the WSOP this summer.
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Arriving on a flop of J♠7♦10♠, a respectable number of 70,000 chips had been gathered in the pot. Alexander Queen in the small big blind checked before Nacho Barbero fired 30,000 chips under the gun.
Queen did not give it much thought before folding his cards, seeing Barbero chip up early. Meanwhile, Quan Zhou also took his seat at this table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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188,000
38,000
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38,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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125,000 | |
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Mike Lang raised to 2,500 in the cutoff and Seth Davies called in the small blind.
The flop rolled out 4♣4♠J♥ and Davies checked over to Lang who bet 2,000 which Davies responded too by raising to 7,000 and Lang called.
Action checked down on the 9♥K♠ runout and Davies showed 8♠6♣ for eight-high which was no good against Mike Lang's A♥7♥ for ace-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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161,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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143,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Aliaksandr Shylko raised to 2,500 on the button and faced a three-bet to 14,000 from small blind Andrew Ostapchenko. Shylko put in the required chips for a call and the 5♦8♣A♥ flop was dealt.
Ostapchenko slowed down and checked, after which Shylko made a bet of 8,000. Ostapchenko let out a little sigh but stuck in a call anyway.
On the 9♦ turn Ostapchenko check-called again when Shylko sized up to 35,000 chips, after which he checked again on the 10♣ river.
Shylko decided to wager all his chips but a single T-1,000 chip. Ostapchenko made the call within his allocated 30 seconds and Shylko tabled 7♦7♣.
Ostapchenko had made the right call with his A♦6♦ for a pair of aces and doubled up during the first few minutes of play. Shylko, meanwhile, lost his final chip the next hand and quickly vacated the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000
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150,000 |
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150,000 | |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
