Event #39: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-14-2024 19:16 UTC-7

Wilson Takes a Small One

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Brock Wilson limped in the small blind and then called after Jonathan Jaffe raised to 23,000 in the big blind.

Both players checked through the 9♥9♠10♣ flop and 2♠ turn to the 10♠ river where Wilson led out for 14,000. Jaffe used all of his 30-second allotment before deciding to lay down his hand to send the small pot over to Wilson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Jaffe	425,000 275,000	275,000
Brock Wilson	185,000 185,000	185,000

Tags: Brock Wilson Jonathan Jaffe

06-14-2024 19:19 UTC-7

Chen Check-Raises the Turn

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Tyler Foran

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The 9♣4♣3♦4♦ turn was on the felt, with about 140,000 in the middle and James Chen was faced with a bet of 97,000 from Aleksejs Ponakovs.

Chen went in the tank for quite some time before putting in a check-raise to 300,000 and Ponakovs pushed his cards toward the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	975,000 203,000	203,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	412,000 281,000	281,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs James Chen

06-14-2024 19:21 UTC-7

Life Outside Poker: Princess Love Opens Up on Ray J Divorce, Getting Coached by Maria Ho

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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Tags: Connor Richards Maria Ho Princess Love Ray J

06-14-2024 19:24 UTC-7

Bleznick Pushed Out by Peters

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jared Bleznick opened the hijack to 17,000 and David Peters called from the big blind.

The flop came 2♣7♣8♥ and Peters checked, Bleznick bet 16,000, Peters raised to 58,000, and Bleznick folded.

"I haven't won a pot off of you today," said Bleznick to Peters.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	870,000 95,000	95,000

Jared Bleznick	520,000 245,000	245,000

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06-14-2024 19:27 UTC-7

Aido Folds the River

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

On a flop of 7♦8♠5♣, Ben Heath check-called a bet of 27,000 from Sergio Aido.

Both checked the 4♦ turn to see an A♦ hit the river. Heath led out for 37,000, and Aido folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	775,000 110,000	110,000

Sergio Aido	275,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Ben Heath Sergio Aido

06-14-2024 19:32 UTC-7

Aido Doesn't Pull the Trigger

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Tyler Foran

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Sergio Aido opened 16,000 in the hijack and Justin Bonomo in the small blind and Alex Foxen in the big blind both made the call.

The dealer fanned a flop of A♦K♥5♣ and the action checked to Aido as he continued for 15,000. Only Bonomo stuck around with a call.

The 7♠ fell on the turn, and Bonomo check-called another bet of 70,000 from Aido.

The board completed with the 9♥ on the river and Bonomo checked for a final time. Aido went into the tank, using a time chip before tapping the table.

Bonomo rolled over A♠2♠ for top pair and Aido mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	740,000 140,000	140,000

Sergio Aido	176,000 99,000	99,000

Alex Foxen	155,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Justin Bonomo Sergio Aido

06-14-2024 19:36 UTC-7

Meeks Fires Three Barrels

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Curtis Meeks raised to 18,000 from the cutoff and Masashi Oya defended his big blind.

On the monotone 2♣6♣3♣ flop, Oya check-called a bet of 25,000 from Meeks.

The turn was a 7♥ and Oya went into check-call mode again after Meeks bet 75,000.

A 2♦ completed the board and Oya checked for a third time, and faced a third bet from Meeks totaling 125,000. Oya thought for a while but elected to let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masashi Oya	1,500,000 1,025,000	1,025,000

Curtis Meeks	400,000 580,000	580,000

Tags: Masashi Oya Curtis Meeks

06-14-2024 19:37 UTC-7

Two Bets Good for Boivin

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Thomas Boivin opened to 16,000 on the button and Sergio Aido defended in the big blind.

Aido checked to the preflop aggressor following the J♣J♠10♦ flop before calling a 10,000 continuation from Boivin.

Boivin bet again after Aido checked to him on the K♥ turn, this time making it 50,000. Aido thought for a moment, then mucked his hand to put a small dent in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	395,000 20,000	20,000
Sergio Aido	160,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Sergio Aido Thomas Boivin

06-14-2024 19:45 UTC-7

Barbero Turns a Flush

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Tyler Foran

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Adrian Mateos raised 16,000 in the hijack and he received calls from Nacho Barbero in the cutoff, Philip Sternheimer on the button as well as Carlos Chadha in the big blind.

All four players checked to the 8♦4♥3♥7♥ turn where once checked to again, Barbero fired 27,000. Blom called and Chadha used a time card before check-raising to 81,000. Only Barbero made the call.

The 3♣ paired the board on the river and Chadha went into the tank once again. After using another time card, he tapped the table and Barbero checked back.

Chadha rolled A♥9♠ for a busted flush draw before Barbero tabled Q♥10♥, turning the queen-high flush.