Ryan Stiner checked to Adam Hendrix, who bet out 42,000. Stiner, a back-to-back Arizona State Poker Championship winner, called.
Stiner checked the 4♠ on the river and Hendrix moved all in for his opponent's effective stack of approximately 92,000. Stiner ended up making the calll.
Ryan Stiner: Q♦10♣
Adam Hendrix: 5♣5♥
Stiner's top pair was no good against the flopped set of Hendrix and Stiner will stay at two cashes for the 2024 series for now.
Maria Konnikova in the hijack opened to 10,000, but the cutoff three-bet to 28,000. The button and the blinds folded, then Konnikova shoved for 150,500. The cutoff snap-called.
Maria Konnikova: A♥A♦
Cutoff: K♠K♥
The dealer fanned a board of 6♥7♥2♠Q♠7♠ and Konnikova secured a double up.
Brock Wilson raised to 8,000 from middle position. Ryan Riess moved all in for 41,500, from the hijack, and the action was back on Wilson.
Wilson was ready to muck his cards thinking he had stolen the blinds with his raise. Upon realising Riess was still in the pot, Wilson went into the tank.
"No shame in folding" Riess reassured Wilson. It didn't take too much convincing because Wilson eventually chose to do exactly that.
"No shame", reminded Riess as he took down this pot without a showdown.
The player under the gun limped in, as did the cutoff and the button. Adam Croffut squeezed to 20,000 from the big blind, the original limper folded, the cutoff moved all in for 24,400 and both the button and Croffut called.
The 6♠6♥5♠ flop saw Croffut bet out for 15,000. The button moved all in for Croffut's effective stack of 50,200 and Croffut called.
Cutoff: K♦Q♠
Adam Croffut: A♠7♠
Button: K♣J♦
Croffut was surprised enough to see he was already ahead with his ace-high holding, but the flush draw provided some insurance. The buttons chants for a king came to fruition on the 5♦K♠ runout, prompting them to erupt in cheer. However, the table reminded the button that Croffut had in fact made a flush, to triple him up.
The player in middle position limped in, the hijack raised to 3,000 and Kenny Hallaert squeezed to 8,000, from the button. Both players elected to see three.
The action checked to Hallaert, who continued for 7,000 on the A♦8♦K♠. Only the hijack called.
The hijack played in flow on the 4♥ turn. Hallaert moved all in for 38,800, sending his opponent into the tank. The hijack settled on a fold and Hallaert won this pot without a showdown.
Timothy Rutherford opened from under the gun and he was called by the player to his left and by the cutoff. However Rosalie Petit on the button decided to raise all-in for 10,100. Rutherford then four-bet to 22,500 and made the two other players fold.
Rosalie Petit: A♦7♦
Timothy Rutherford: K♣7♣
There was no sweat for Petit who found a flush on 4♠Q♦6♦10♦2♣ to double up.
On the next hand, Petit raised to 2,500, Rutherford raised all-in and Petit called for her last 28,200.
Rosalie Petit: A♠K♥
Timothy Rutherford: A♥8♦
Once again, Petit kept the lead all the way through a board of 3♥10♥K♦9♦3♦ and doubled up.
The action was caught by PokerNews with around 6,000 in the middle and a board reading 3♥5♥9♦6♣.
Tiffany Michelle, in the small blind, had a wager of 2,500 laid out in front of her. The big blind had called the bet and Roland Wakim, in middle position, had moved all in for his last 13,000. This prompted the player on the button to fold. Michelle took her time before electing to call, as did the big blind.
The A♥ river checked to a showdown.
Roland Wakim: 5♣5♦
Big Blind: 10♦4♠
Tiffany Michelle: 6♥4♦
Wakim set's faded the straight-outs of both his opponents and he tripled up.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the kick-off for Event #36: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack 8-Handed at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The event will start at 10 a.m. with late registration running until the end of Level 12. Players start with 40,000 chips and one re-entry is available to each player.
Blind levels are 30 minutes long with a 20-minute break every four levels. The dinner break will be after Level 15 (estimated time of 5 p.m.) and players will have 75 minutes to eat.
Day 1 will run for 22 levels. After play closes, it will restart on on June 14 at 11 a.m. for Day 2. Play will then continue until a winner is crowned.
The 2023 bracelet for the $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack 8-Handed went to Qiang Xu who had to beat Jason Johnson heads up to take home the first place prize of $339,033. Last year's event attracted 566 players creating a prize pool of $2,659,712, both numbers the WSOP is hoping to beat this year.
"It's a dream come true," Xu said of his win. "My goal coming from China was to win a bracelet. And now, I've got it!"
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2023
3,773
Qiang Xu
China
$339,033
2022
2,812
Richard Alsup
United States
$272,065
2021
2,778
Ran Koller
Israel
$269,478
2020
-
Not Held
-
-
2019
3,759
Santiago Soriano
Spain
$371,203
2018
-
Not Held
-
-
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The $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship spilled into an unscheduled Day 4, which kicks off at 4 p.m. local time. Phil Ivey is in the mix for his 11th bracelet, but he has to get through Danny Wong and Jason Mercier first.
Evan Benton proved the poker dream is still alive by capturing his first WSOP bracelet while competing at his first-ever WSOP. Read more here.
