Danny Tang and Jason Koon were heads up on a completed board of 6♣10♥K♠8♦A♠. Tang checked to Koon, who made a bet of 20,000 chips into a pot of roughly 35,000.
Tang then jammed all in for 55,500, sending Koon into the tank. Eventually, he released his hand and forfeited the pot to his opponent.
Ian Bradley was all-in from the hijack for 91,000 and called by the initial raiser in the under-the-gun position with the bigger stack.
Ian Bradley: 10♠10♦ 
Under-the-Gun Player: A♥A♣
The board ran out 10♥8♥6♥7♣2♣ for Bradley to flop a set to double up with.
The $25K Fantasy league is starting to see some separation as Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) has opened up a nice lead of 478 points, which is a good bit ahead of both Team Sternheimer (330 points) and Team Oz (251 points). Of the 19 teams, six have failed to cross the 100-point mark, while Team Chingas (19 points) and Team Lucky (17 point) at the bottom of the pack.
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 last week of action in the 2024 WSOP.
Click here to read the biggest $25K Fantasy hands of the week!
Anthony Zinno was down to his final few blinds, which he tossed in preflop. He was looked up by Maurice Hawkins, who had the covering stack.
Anthony Zinno: A♣4♦
Maurice Hawkins: A♥A♦
The flop brought the last ace in the deck with A♠9♠10♦, meaning that the 7♣ and 3♦ river did not matter anymore.
"Nice hand, Maurice," Zinno commented as he took his leave.
Action was picked up on the turn in a hand between Dan Smith in the big blind and another player in the cutoff.
The board read 3♦7♥5♣4♠ and Smith bet 14,000 from the big blind which his opponent in the cutoff called.
On the river 3♥, Smith sized up to 60,000 and his opponent beat him into the pot.
Smith turned over 8♦6♠ for an eight-high straight, which had his opponent flash 6♣6♥ for an inferior seven-high straight as Smith raked in the pot.
Nick Pupillo was all-in from the hijack and up against Espen Jorstad in the big blind.
Nick Pupillo: A♣7♣
Espen Jorstad: Q♣Q♥
By the time all the cards were dealt, the board read 9♦6♠K♠3♣K♦, which was enough for Jorstad to hold with his pocket queens to eliminate Pupillo.
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The players have gone on their second 15-minute break of the day.
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.
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.
button in Safari
