Action folded to Jeremy Chen who raised to 1,600,000 with A♦J♥ from middle position. Only Agharazi Babayev called as he defended his big blind with A♥6♥.
The flop came 9♥6♦2♥ and both players checked their option.
While the turn came the 9♣, Babayev led out for 1,500,000. He was called by Chen.
The river was the 2♣ and Babayev targeted high cards with a 1,900,000 bet. Chen took some time before he made the call and was shown the bad news.
Today, the continuation of the 2024 World Series of Poker will see the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas play host to the conclusion of Event #36: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack. Yesterday, of the 4,278 entries, 259 returned to the felt to battle it down to the first-place prize of $342,551 and the converted gold WSOP bracelet. However, in an unexpected twist, the final nine players bagged and tagged last night and will be returning today, for an unscheduled Day 3, to determine the winner.
Heading into the final table in pole position is Timur Margolin who managed to amass an impressive sum of 44,350,000. Margolin is one of the most experienced players at the final table, having already claimed two career WSOP bracelets, but will be looking to add a third by the end of proceedings today.
Not far behind Margolin is Michael Allen who will have an arsenal of 31,400,000 chips that he will be using to try and claim his career-first WSOP bracelet. Both Allen and Margolin have nearly twice the number of chips as their third-closest competitor Vaughan Machado.
Michael Allen
With just nine big blinds separating Machado and the table short stack, Cole Uvila, action is expected to come thick and fast right from the first level of the day.
Final Table Seating and Chips
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Timur Margolin
Israel
44,350,000
55
2
Michael Allen
United States
31,400,000
39
3
Vaughan Machado
United States
16,225,000
20
4
Jeremy Chen
China
14,900,000
18
5
Francisco Riosvallejo
Mexico
14,650,000
18
6
Adam Hendrix
United States
14,200,000
18
7
Agharazi Babayev
Azerbaijan
13,500,000
17
8
Joseph Couden
United States
12,850,000
16
9
Cole Uvila
Unites States
8,500,000
11
Cole Uvila
All nine remaining contenders have locked up at least $32,288, but the attention is firmly set on the $342,551 on offer, alongside the gold WSOP bracelet.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$342,551
2
$228,321
3
$168,276
4
$125,074
5
$93,758
6
$70,890
7
$54,066
8
$41,597
9
$32,288
The unexpected Day 3 will begin today, June 15, at 1 p.m. local time as they play through the remaining 15 minutes of Level 37 with blinds at 400,000/800,000 with a big blind ante. All the action will be streamed on PokerGO with a one-hour delay and reporting here will be in sync with the stream so as to avoid spoilers.
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