Event #27: $1,500 Big O Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-09-2024 15:27 UTC-8

Raymond Chiu's Back-to-Back PokerNews Daily Deepstack Wins Yields a $30K Windfall

Kevin Taylor

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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.

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06-09-2024 15:37 UTC-8

Kessler Calls For Three Quarters

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Heads-up action on the 8♥10♥3♣2♦6♠ board saw Allen Kessler lead out for 5,000 from under the gun. Kessler was then facing an all in raise to 11,900, taking some time before making the call.

Kessler tabled A♠7♦5♣4♠3♦ for a straight and the nut low, taking three-quarters of the pot when after being shown A♥9♣8♦4♥4♦ for a split of the low pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	38,000 13,000	13,000

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06-09-2024 15:39 UTC-8

Laplante Gets Early Triple Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

https://twitter.com/Protentialmn/status/1799949082859049167

06-09-2024 15:44 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Qinghai Pan	25,000 25,000	25,000

Nathan Gamble	25,000 25,000	25,000

Bryce Yockey	25,000 25,000	25,000

Noah Bronstein	25,000 25,000	25,000

John Racener	25,000 25,000	25,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	25,000 25,000	25,000

Bob Mather	25,000 25,000	25,000
Alex Foxen	25,000 25,000	25,000

Renan Bruschi	25,000 25,000	25,000

Jordan Siegel	25,000 25,000	25,000
John Monnette	25,000 25,000	25,000

Kevin Gerhart	25,000 25,000	25,000

Farha Adding to his Stack

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Tyler Boyer

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A player under the gun limp-called, as did a player on the cutoff. Sammy Farha on the button then raised to 2,200 which was called by both players.

Action checked around on the J♠8♥Q♠ board.

On the turn came the K♠ and after the under the gun player checked the player in the cutoff bet 3,500. The under the gun player folded, and Farha called.

The river was the 10♠ and the cutoff checked to Farha, who bet 6,000. The cutoff found a fold, to give Farha another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sammy Farha	170,000 55,000	55,000

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06-09-2024 15:53 UTC-8

Po Snags Early Double

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

https://twitter.com/UnknownName3/status/1799952062433902787

06-09-2024 15:53 UTC-8

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 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 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!

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

06-09-2024 16:04 UTC-8

Matusow Knocked Out

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Tyler Boyer

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

A player under the gun raised to 800 and was called by the hijack and the button. Mike Matusow, down to just 400 chips, called to be all-in from the small blind. The big blind made the call as well.

The flop came 6♠Q♥5♥ and all the players checked to see a turn.

The turn was the 6♥ and the big blind made a bet for 1300 and was called by the under the gun player.

After the 7♥ river, both players checked, and the big blind reveled a king high flush for the high, and the under the gun player showed down ace-three to chop the pot. Matusow mucked his hand and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	Busted

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06-09-2024 16:17 UTC-8

Zinno Gets a Fold on River

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Tyler Boyer

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Anthony Zinno limped under the gun before Alex Foxen raised in middle position. He was called by the cutoff, the small blind, and Zinno under the gun.

The flop came Q♥6♥Q♦ and when it checked to Foxen he bet 2,500. The player in the cutoff then raised to 7,000, the small blind folded Zinno called, and Foxen folded.

Now heads up on the turn was the 9♥ and Zinno lead out for a bet of 3,000 and was called by the cut off.

After the 4♠ on the river, Zinno bet once more, this time for 6,000. The player in the cutoff elected to lay his hand down, giving the pot to Zinno.