Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-11-2024 10:54 UTC-8

Brutal River Sends Biles Packing

Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Oliver Biles shoved all in from the hijack for 102,000, and Mukul Pahuja also shoved for close to 300,000 from the small blind.

Oliver Biles: A♣Q♥ All in
Mukul Pahuja: A♦J♥

Biles was the favorite to win the pot and land himself a double-up but fell at the last hurdle as the 8♣6♠A♠K♠J♠ runout improved Pahuja to two pair on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mukul Pahuja	420,000 232,000	232,000
Oliver Biles	Busted

Tags: Mukul Pahuja Oliver Biles

06-11-2024 10:55 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Maimone	1,100,000 100,000	100,000

Jordan Grant	900,000 674,000	674,000
Pavlin Karakikov	800,000 666,000	666,000
Guoliang Wei	500,000 58,000	58,000

Ebony Kenney	300,000 34,000	34,000
Phil Hellmuth	180,000 35,000	35,000

Watts Eliminated in Two Hands

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Cards went on their backs on Table 613 with Brett Apter in the big blind at risk for 219,000 on a flop of J♥J♣9♦ against Brian Watts in the hijack.

Brett Apter: K♦J♠ All in
Brian Watts: Q♦Q♣

Apter flopped trips to crack Watt's queens and doubled up after the 2♥A♦ runout.

On the next hand, Balakrishna Patur opened to 20,000 from under the gun, then Watts shoved for 132,000. All the other players folded to Patur, who called.

Brian Watts: A♥Q♣ All in
Balakrishna Patur: A♠A♣

This time, Watts ran into aces and couldn't do much on 8♦Q♠8♥10♦10♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Apter	493,000 191,000	191,000

Balakrishna Patur	370,000 305,000	305,000
Brian Watts	Busted

Tags: Balakrishna Patur Brett Apter Brian Watts

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-11-2024 11:09 UTC-8

Choi Wins Back to Back Pots

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Yun Choi and John Parke were involved in back to back hands with each other, with Choi coming out on top.

In the first hand, Choi got it all in preflop with Q♥Q♦ versus Parke's A♦K♥. Choi got the double up when the board ran out QxJx8x6x8x.

The next hand, Choi min-raised from middle position and Parke moved all in for his last 60,000 from the small blind. Choi made the call.

John Parke: A♦9♣ All in
Yun Choi: K♣J♣

Choi improved to trips on the K♦K♥9♥ flop. The 3♣ turn and 10♦ river sent Parke to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yun Choi	580,000 265,000	265,000
John Parke	Busted

Tags: John Parke Yun Choi

06-11-2024 11:16 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Christophe Lapointe	Busted
John Gillis	Busted
Jesse Lott	Busted
Thomas Murphy	Busted

Quang Ngo	Busted
Ronnie Bardah	Busted

Jason Sagle	Busted
Kostadin Kostadinov	Busted
Christian Calcano	Busted
Jason Vanstrom	Busted
Rosmel Munoz Cedeno	Busted
Jason James	Busted

Jon Gisler	Busted
Daniel Robles	Busted
Damien Pilkington Lewis	Busted
Ryuta Ogawa	Busted
Haozheng Zhang	Busted
Tristan Wade	Busted

Mike Linster	Busted
Nadya Magnus	Busted
Thomas Svensen	Busted
Ruth Graham	Busted
John Szczypka	Busted
Vitaliy Kryza	Busted

Kurtz Climbs the Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Back-to-back hands have seen Jeffrey Kurtz shoot up the counts with a stack of around 850,000.

In the first hand, a board of J♣4♦8♥3♣Q♦ had around 300,000 chips in it and Kurtz had shoved the river into Nicolas Vayssieres. After around two minutes, Kurtz called the clock on his opponent and during the 30-second countdown, Vayssieres folded.

The next hand that was dealt, John Szczypka raised to 31,000 from early position and Kurtz three-bet the button to 70,000, Szczypka called.

A flop of K♥K♣4♥ was fanned and Szczypka check-shoved all in for around 200,000 over Kurtz's bet, which Kurtz quickly called.

John Szczypka: A♣Q♠ All in
Jeffrey Kurtz: K♦9♦

Szczypka was drawing dead by the turn as the 7♦2♥ runout confirmed his elimination and Kurtz was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Kurtz	850,000 492,000	492,000
Nicolas Vayssieres	300,000 350,000	350,000
John Szczypka	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Kurtz John Szczypka Nicolas Vayssieres

06-11-2024 11:28 UTC-8

Lee Doubles Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth opened to 26,000 from middle position, then Stan Yuk Lee in the hijack three-bet all in for 133,000. Christopher Maguire on the button shoved for 518,000 and the big blind went into the tank. He eventually folded, as did Hellmuth.

Stan Yuk Lee: A♦Q♣ All in
Christopher Maguire: A♣K♥

Lee was lucky enough to hit two pair on Q♠5♥5♣J♣2♣ to secure a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stan Yuk Lee	474,000 211,000	211,000
Christopher Maguire	385,000 117,000	117,000
Phil Hellmuth	270,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Christopher Maguire Phil Hellmuth Stan Yuk Lee

06-11-2024 11:29 UTC-8

Reis Finds an Ace to Double

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nick Maimone raised in the hijack and Rafael Reis three-bet shoved from the big blind, putting himself at risk. Maimone made the call.

Rafael Reis: A♦7♥ All in
Nick Maimone: 7♦7♣

Reis found an ace on the QxAxQx flop to pull ahead in the hand. The 2x turn and 6x river secured him the pot and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Maimone	797,000 303,000	303,000

Rafael Reis	624,000 273,000	273,000

Tags: Nick Maimone Rafael Reis

06-11-2024 11:29 UTC-8

Select Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fausto Valdez	1,400,000 583,000	583,000

David Jackson	825,000 383,000	383,000

Ryan Belz	750,000 4,000	4,000
Guoliang Wei	700,000 200,000	200,000

George Tomescu	700,000 220,000	220,000
Rafael Reis	660,000 36,000	36,000
Nicholas Verderamo	650,000 304,000	304,000
Hon Cheong Lee	650,000 533,000	533,000
Jin Kim	500,000 204,000	204,000
Yun Choi	500,000 80,000	80,000
Zong Chi He	450,000 84,000	84,000
David Vedral	Busted
Rene Hochmuth	Busted
Ramin Kaikhah	Busted
Zachary Fischer	Busted
Mario Mentrop	Busted
Jordan Grant	Busted