2024 World Series of Poker
Getting to the table, the board showed 6♥2♣K♣10♦ Andre Akkari checked out of the small blind and the player in the cutoff bet 20,000. Akkari then check-raised all in for around 85,000. The cutoff made the call.
Andre Akkari: A♣3♣
Cutoff: K♠Q♥
Akkari couldn't find the club or ace he needed to stay alive as the J♥ came on the river.
A player in the hijack opened to 10,000. When it folded around to Michael Rocco in the big blind, he jammed all in for roughly 50,000 chips and got snap-called by his opponent.
Michael Rocco: KxQx
Hijack: A♣K♦
The dealer put out a board of 4♣7♦10♥K♣4♦ and Rocco had been eliminated from the tournament.
Action picked up with a player all in with the shortest effective stack on the button, Jared Bleznick was also all in and had both of his opponents covered in the small blind. The third player with all her chips in the middle was Courtney Webb from the big blind.
Button: K♥Q♣
Courtney Webb :A♦A♥
Jared Bleznick :K♠10♣
The board ran out 7♥10♥5♣8♠J♥, giving Webb a much needed boost to her stack.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Charles Alex-Barton raised from the button and was called by a player in the big blind.
The flop came A♥10♥J♣, the big blind checked, Alex-Barton bet and the big blind called.
The turn was the 4♦, the big blind checked again, this time Alex-Barton bet 20,000 and was called again by the big blind.
Action checked through on the 6♣ river and the players tabled their hands.
Charles Alex-Barton :A♣8♠
Big Blind: J♠7♣
Alex-Barton's pair of aces was the winner.
The under the gun player committed all of his 45,000 chips into the middle preflop and Calvin Anderson called from the button to put him at risk.
Under the gun: A♦Q♥
Calvin Anderson: A♥K♥
A clean runout of 10♠2♦8♣10♦9♣ meant Anderson's ace-king high was enough to send is opponent to the rail.
Warwick Mirzikinian raised in the hijack to 7,000 and the big blind moved all in for 220,000. Mirzikinian made the call with his monster stack.
Hijack: 5♦5♠
Warwick Mirzikinian: 9♣8♠
The board came out 9♥A♠Q♣J♠10♥ and Mirzikinian won with a straight.