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

06-09-2024 16:01 UTC-8

Tang Shoves on Koon

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	475,000 68,000	68,000

Chino Rheem	220,000 21,000	21,000
Barry Woods	195,000 17,000	17,000
Artur Martirosian	181,000 181,000	181,000

Danny Tang	111,500 27,500	27,500

Tags: Danny Tang Jason Koon

06-09-2024 15:59 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Bradley	189,000 189,000	189,000

2024 WSOP $25K Fantasy Hands of the Week: Three-Way All-In Ousts Ivey from $25,000 High Roller

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Chad Holloway

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

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!

06-09-2024 15:48 UTC-8

Hawkins Eliminates Zinno

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

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♦ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	87,500 6,500	6,500
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Tags: Anthony Zinno Maurice Hawkins

06-09-2024 15:44 UTC-8

Smith Turns The Nuts

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	241,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Dan Smith

06-09-2024 15:38 UTC-8

Pupillo Taken Down by Jorstad

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Shirley Ang

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nick Pupillo was all-in from the hijack and up against Espen Jorstad in the big blind.

Nick Pupillo: A♣7♣ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	138,000 94,000	94,000

Nick Pupillo	Busted

Tags: Espen Jorstad Nick Pupillo

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-09-2024 15:17 UTC-8

Break

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Liam Gannon

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

The players have gone on their second 15-minute break of the day.

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolai Mamut	600,000 404,000	404,000
Espen Jorstad	44,000 164,000	164,000

Tags: Espen Jorstad Nikolai Mamut

06-09-2024 15:14 UTC-8

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