Event #34: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-13-2024 11:44 UTC-8

Kanchi Doubles Up With A Full House

Joseph Berg

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

Action was picked up on the river with a board reading 8♠9♣9♥4♣6♥. Ranganath Kanchi was all in and at risk for roughly 300,000 from the small blind. After some deliberation Maxime Chilaud made the call from middle position.

Ranganath Kanchi :8♥8♣ All in
Maxime Chilaud :JxJx

Kanchi's full house provided a much needed boost to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ranganath Kanchi	900,000 555,000	555,000
Maxime Chilaud	100,000 291,000	291,000

Tags: Maxime Chilaud Ranganath Kanchi

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-13-2024 11:40 UTC-8

Eliminations

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Kaitlyn Jeffers

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

Day 2 started with a bang and the eliminations were fast and furious! Below are the players we unfortunately lost along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilya Soyfer	Busted
Chin Wei Lim	Busted

Valentyn Shabelnyk	Busted
Kevin Javier	Busted
Nan Hong	Busted
Ilija Savevski	Busted

George Scopelianos	Busted
Chih Fan	Busted
Stephen Song	Busted

Alexandre Raymond	Busted
Robert Schulz	Busted

Tero Laurila	Busted
Yita Choong	Busted
Jason Hickey	Busted
Koray Aldemir	Busted

Tobias Schwecht	Busted
Jorg Bussmann	Busted
Jacques Dermegreditchian	Busted
Maulik Shukla	Busted
Zhao Xin	Busted
Andrew Miller	Busted
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	Busted
Manish Madan	Busted
Mathew Frankland	Busted
Brian Battistone	Busted

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06-13-2024 11:39 UTC-8

Newhouse Finds a Double

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Herbie Teope

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

Action picked up after Mark Newhouse moved all in and was called by WSOP bracelet winner Christian Pham, who covered Newhouse.

Mark Newhouse: A♣J♣ All in
Christian Pham: A♠Q♥

Newhouse was behind and remained that way when the dealer fanned 6♠K♣K♠ on the turn. Newhouse’s fortunes changed, however, when the J♦ appeared on the turn.

Newhouse went on the survive with a double up after the 9♦ showed up on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Pham	590,000 115,000	115,000

Mark Newhouse	230,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Christian Pham Mark Newhouse

06-13-2024 11:33 UTC-8

Apter Eliminates Wheeler

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Joseph Berg

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

Action folded around to in Jason Wheeler in the small blind, he shoved his last 20,000 wagering chips and was at risk. Brett Apter called out of the big blind.

Jason Wheeler: Q♥8♠ All in
Brett Apter: A♣4♦

The board ran out 4♣7♦K♥4♥Q♠ eliminating Wheeler from Event #34

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Apter	115,000 15,000	15,000

Jason Wheeler	Busted

Tags: Brett Apter Jason Wheeler

06-13-2024 11:25 UTC-8

One Short Stack Survives and One Doesn't in a Three-Way All-In

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Monika Kostanjevec

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

The frenzy of eliminations has continued, with the dealers yelling out: "Payout!'" seemingly every few seconds.

Table 613 saw a three-way all-in between Michael Phillips, Andrew Hanna and [Removed:471], who was covering the former two.

Phillips was first to act and pushed all in for 52,000. Hanna was sitting two to his left and also went all in for a bit under 50,000. When action folded around to the big blind, [Removed:526] took a look at the count and called as well.

Michael Phillips: K♣10♣ All in
Andrew Hanna: K♠J♦ All in
[Removed:471]: K♥Q♦

The flop was 9♠8♠8♣, having king-queen high looking good, the turn was the 6♣, giving Phillips the flush draw. However, it was river 10♠ that turned the worst hand into the best one and Phillips managed to triple up, while Hanna hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:471]	275,000 86,000	86,000
Michael Phillips	160,000 102,000	102,000
Andrew Hanna	Busted

Tags: Andrew Hanna Michael Phillips

06-13-2024 11:21 UTC-8

Diamonds Are Newhouse's Best Friend

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Joseph Berg

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

Pete Chen raised from the cutoff to 20,000. Mark Newhouse went all in and was at risk from the button. Chen made the call.

Mark Newhouse :K♦J♦ All in
Pete Chen :A♣10♦

The board ran out 8♦4♦9♦8♥10♥, giving Newhouse a flush and a much needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Newhouse	195,000 80,000	80,000
Pete Chen	165,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Mark Newhouse Pete Chen

06-13-2024 11:19 UTC-8

Scopelianos Sent Packing with Big Ace

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Herbie Teope

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

Early bust outs are happening at high frequency, especially for players who started Day 2 with less than three big blinds.

George Scopelianos was one of them after sitting down with 24,000.

Scopelianos found a spot to get his chips in the middle, but found himself at risk when Antonios Poziadis called.

George Scopelianos: A♥J♣ All in
Antonios Poziadis: J♥10♣

The dealer fanned 9♠Q♣2♣ on the board, giving Poziadis an open-ended straight draw. The straight arrived when 8♥ appeared on the turn and it only got better when K♣ hit the river.