Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-12-2024 15:01 UTC-8

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	3,800,000	19
2	Evan Benton	United States	3,700,000	19
3	Mukul Pahuja	United States	10,200,000	51
4	Nicolas Vayssieres	France	2,200,000	11
5	Balakrishna Patur	United States	11,600,000	58
6	Nick Maimone	United States	3,300,000	17
7	Haiyang Yang	China	6,100,000	31
8	George Tomescu	Romania	3,750,000	19
9	Andres Gonzalez	Spain	6,000,000	30
10	Guofeng Wang	China	7,100,000	36

Player	Chips	Progress
Balakrishna Patur	11,600,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Mukul Pahuja	10,200,000 800,000	800,000
Guofeng Wang	7,100,000
Haiyang Yang	6,100,000 900,000	900,000
Andres Gonzalez	6,000,000 700,000	700,000

Fahredin Mustafov	3,800,000 600,000	600,000
George Tomescu	3,750,000 350,000	350,000
Evan Benton	3,700,000 50,000	50,000

Nick Maimone	3,300,000 200,000	200,000

Nicolas Vayssieres	2,200,000 200,000	200,000

Yang Moving Up the Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Balakrishna Patur raised the button to 400,000 and Haiyang Yang called from the big blind.

A flop of 2♥4♣Q♠ saw Yang check-call a bet of 300,000 from Patur.

The 4♥ turn went check-check to the J♦ river. Yang led out with a bet of 1,010,000, and Patur folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Balakrishna Patur	11,000,000 600,000	600,000
Haiyang Yang	7,400,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Tags: Balakrishna Patur Haiyang Yang

06-12-2024 15:11 UTC-8

Day 3 Update

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The floor have informed the players that after one elimination, the players will go on an early dinner break. When the final nine return from dinner, the stream will then begin.

06-12-2024 15:30 UTC-8

Vayssieres Dents Pahuja's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Action folded to Mukul Pahuja on the button who raised to 475,000, and Nicolas Vayssieres shoved all in for around 1,700,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, but Pahuja made the call.

Nicolas Vayssieres: A♦J♥ All in
Mukul Pahuja: A♠9♣

Vayssieres was in the lead and stayed there as the board ran out 3♣6♦4♥3♠8♥ which doubled up the Frenchman with ten players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mukul Pahuja	8,000,000 2,200,000	2,200,000
Nicolas Vayssieres	3,800,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Tags: Mukul Pahuja Nicolas Vayssieres

06-12-2024 15:31 UTC-8

Phil Ivey on Verge of Ending 10-Year WSOP Bracelet Drought?

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Jon Sofen

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

It's been 10 years since Phil Ivey last won a bracelet, a drought that could come to an end Wednesday.

The Poker Hall of Famer has reached the final table in Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship (6-Handed), and he's hoping to capture his 11th World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.

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Tags: Phil Ivey

06-12-2024 15:36 UTC-8

Yang Check-Raises on the Turn

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

George Tomescu opened from under the gun and he was only called by Haiyang Yang in the big blind.

Tomescu continued for 325,000 on a flop of 6♦3♥5♦, and Yang check-called. But after Tomescu fired a second barrel of 875,000 on the 8♠ turn, Yang check-raised to 5,300,000.

It didn't take long for Tomescu to fold. Yang only revealed the 7♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haiyang Yang	10,280,000 2,880,000	2,880,000
George Tomescu	2,680,000 1,070,000	1,070,000

Tags: George Tomescu Haiyang Yang

06-12-2024 15:38 UTC-8

15-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The 10 remaining players are on a 15-minute break.

06-12-2024 15:52 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Balakrishna Patur	11,600,000 600,000	600,000
Haiyang Yang	10,900,000 620,000	620,000
Mukul Pahuja	7,925,000 75,000	75,000
Guofeng Wang	6,750,000 350,000	350,000
Nick Maimone	4,375,000 1,075,000	1,075,000

Andres Gonzalez	4,300,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Nicolas Vayssieres	3,600,000 200,000	200,000
Fahredin Mustafov	3,375,000 425,000	425,000
Evan Benton	3,000,000 700,000	700,000

George Tomescu	2,150,000 530,000	530,000

Level: 32

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

06-12-2024 15:56 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: How Faraz Jaka Went from Bedridden to Bracelet Winner

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Connor Richards

Level 32 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 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.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Faraz Jaka by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Tags: Connor Richards Faraz Jaka