Event #26: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-09-2024 14:47 UTC-8

Wilson Bluffs Into Kolev

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The board had been completed, reading 10♥9♥7♥J♥5♠. The short-stacked Yuliyan Kolev checked to Andy Wilson. With around 40,000 chips in the pot, Wilson put Kolev all in for a pot-sized bet.

Kolev threw in a call, after which Wilson sheepishly turned over K♣6♦ for a bluff. Kolev played the same hand with K♥6♣, but his king of hearts had made a flush and doubled him up.

During the hand, Maria Ho sat down with a fresh stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Wilson	260,000 260,000	260,000
Maria Ho	150,000 150,000	150,000
Yuliyan Kolev	127,000 127,000	127,000

Tags: Andy Wilson Maria Ho Yuliyan Kolev

06-09-2024 14:56 UTC-8

Conniff Folds to Sitbon

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Shirley Ang

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Asher Conniff raised to 5,000 from the cutoff, and Julien Sitbon three-bet to 22,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Conniff took some time before making the call in the end.

The flop came down with the 3♥3♠K♣, Sitbon continued with a bet of 5,500 for Conniff to contemplate it for a bit before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan Dimov	700,000 485,000	485,000

Julien Sitbon	396,000 96,000	96,000

Philip Sternheimer	380,000 6,000	6,000

Alex Kulev	295,000 105,500	105,500

Ben Heath	198,000 48,000	48,000

Stephen Song	145,000 145,000	145,000

Niall Farrell	140,000 32,500	32,500

David Stamm	105,000 105,000	105,000
Asher Conniff	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Asher Conniff Julien Sitbon

06-09-2024 15:02 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Woods	178,000 15,000	15,000
Joe McKeehen	121,000

Kenny Hallaert	68,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan Dimov	780,000 80,000	80,000

Justin Saliba	610,000 610,000	610,000

Sergio Aido	421,000 421,000	421,000

Jason Koon	408,000 73,000	73,000

Rainer Kempe	319,000 319,000	319,000

James Chen	319,000 44,000	44,000

Michael Jozoff	314,000 314,000	314,000
Alexandre Reard	312,000 169,000	169,000

Joao Vieira	281,000 91,000	91,000

John Riordan	275,000 275,000	275,000

Chino Rheem	241,000 152,000	152,000
Galen Hall	241,000 241,000	241,000

Andy Wilson	221,000 39,000	39,000
Phil Ivey	221,000 11,000	11,000

Ioannis Angelou Konstas	219,000 219,000	219,000
Ian Matakis	214,000 64,000	64,000

Andrew Ostapchenko	213,000 32,000	32,000

Jesse Lonis	210,000 6,000	6,000

Brek Schutten	210,000 93,000	93,000

Aaron Johnson	198,000 17,000	17,000
Brian Yoon	191,000 191,000	191,000

Johan Guilbert	185,000 35,000	35,000

Stephen Chidwick	181,000 85,000	85,000

Chad Eveslage	181,000 181,000	181,000

Dan Smith	181,000 181,000	181,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Rania Nasreddine	268,000 118,000	118,000
Maria Ho	172,000 22,000	22,000
Nadya Magnus	141,000
Maria Konnikova	121,000 41,000	41,000

Victoria Livschitz	112,000 5,000	5,000
Kristen Foxen	68,000 5,000	5,000

Koon Eliminates One

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Shirley Ang

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jason Koon was seen collecting a big pot while the A♥A♣ was showing in front of him.

The board read 9♣8♠2♣7♥7♠, his opponent had already rushed out of the tournament area and Daniel Reijmer was kind enough to relay that Koon's opponent had pocket kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	543,000 135,000	135,000

Krasimir Yankov	385,000
Galen Hall	296,000 55,000	55,000

Ben Heath	260,000 99,000	99,000

Seth Davies	44,000 24,000	24,000

Paul Newey	36,000 99,000	99,000

Tags: Daniel Reijmer Jason Koon

06-09-2024 15:15 UTC-8

Mamut Wins Gigantic Pot Against Jorstad

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

When the hand was caught, the action was already at the river, where big blind Nikolai Mamut's big stack of roughly 250,000 chips was in the middle on a board of 6♥9♣A♥2♥J♠.

He was looked up by Espen Jorstad in the small blind, and the cards were tabled.

Jorstad had rivered a set of jacks with his J♣J♦, but Mamut had the better hand with 8♥7♥ for a turned flush. The massive pile of chips were shipped to Mamut, leaving Jorstad with around 15 big blinds.