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

06-14-2024 13:13 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	650,000 650,000	650,000
Pieter Aerts	425,000 117,000	117,000
Isaac Haxton	403,000 103,000	103,000

Masashi Oya	378,000 48,000	48,000

James Chen	367,000 367,000	367,000

Seth Davies	356,000 356,000	356,000

Phil Ivey	334,000 14,000	14,000

Joey Weissman	322,000 322,000	322,000

Nacho Barbero	316,500 6,500	6,500

Nick Petrangelo	311,000 311,000	311,000

Bill Klein	288,500 36,500	36,500
Espen Jorstad	278,000 278,000	278,000

Chance Kornuth	251,000 27,000	27,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	244,500 99,500	99,500

Leon Sturm	230,000 230,000	230,000

Adrian Mateos	208,000 78,000	78,000

Schwecht Collects Some of Barbero's Chips

Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A full board of 6♠2♣9♠2♥K♥ was showing and with 40,000 chips in the pot, Nacho Barbero bet 21,000. Tobias Schwecht was in the next seat who called, and the big blind folded.

Barbero tabled 3♠3♣ but Schwecht had the winner with a pair of nines holding 9♥7♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Schwecht	320,000 30,000	30,000
Nacho Barbero	260,000 56,500	56,500

Tags: Tobias Schwecht Nacho Barbero

06-14-2024 13:24 UTC-7

Klein Makes Benitez Fold

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Francisco Benitez opened to 6,000 from the button and he was called by Morten Klein who defended from the big blind.

On a flop of A♠3♠8♣, Benitez continued for 5,000, but Klein didn't back down and called.

After they both checked the 7♦ turn, Klein bet 11,500 on the 6♠ river, prompting Benitez to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morten Klein	310,000
Francisco Benitez	255,000 255,000	255,000

Tags: Francisco Benitez Morten Klein

06-14-2024 13:24 UTC-7

Kornuth Chops One Up

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Picking up the action on the river, Chance Kornuth in middle position was involved in a hand with an opponent from under the gun.

With the board reading J♠2♦9♣10♣9♠ and around 90,000 already in the pot, the under the gun player led out for 66,500. Kornuth burned through a time extension before announcing all in, covering his opponent, who had roughly 140,000 behind. The under the gun player went deep into the tank, also using a time extension before eventually making the call holding K♥Q♥.

Kornuth turned over K♦Q♠ and the two players chopped up the pot with the identical straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	280,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth

06-14-2024 13:28 UTC-7

Brandon on Brandon Violence Leaves Steven Empty Handed

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Brandon Steven only had a few chips left in his stack and ended up committing them to the pot preflop from the small blind against Brandon Wilson in middle position.

Brandon Steven: Q♣4♣ All in
Brandon Wilson: A♠7♥

Steven was behind and did not improve on the K♣8♥3♠5♠7♣ runout to hit the rail early on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Wilson	450,000 450,000	450,000
Brandon Steven	Busted

Tags: Brandon Steven Brandon Wilson

06-14-2024 13:35 UTC-7

Kulev Forces the Fold on the Turn

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Tyler Foran

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Joey Weissman opened 5,500 under the gun and only Alex Kulev called from a couple of spots to his left.

The dealer spread a flop of 9♦3♥3♣ and Weissman check-called a bet of 5,500 from Kulev.

When the 7♦ hit the turn, Weissman checked once again before Kulev flung 35,500 across the line. This time Weissman surrendered the pot as his cards hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	354,000

Joey Weissman	310,500 11,500	11,500

Tags: Alex Kulev Joey Weissman

06-14-2024 13:37 UTC-7

Klein Snap-Folds River to Negreanu's Bet

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Bill Klein raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 15,000 on the button. The blinds folded but Klein called.

A flop of 10♥8♦8♣ saw Klein check-call a bet of 10,000 from Negreanu.

The turn brought a 3♥ and again Klein went into check-call mode after Negreanu fired 28,000.

A third check-call wasn't on the agenda as Klein check-folded the A♥ river when Negreanu bet 75,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	310,000 5,000	5,000

Bill Klein	200,000 88,500	88,500

Tags: Bill Klein Daniel Negreanu

06-14-2024 13:46 UTC-7

Jorstad Three-Bets on the River

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Three players checked all the way through a board of J♥10♣J♦6♥ to find the 9♥ river.

The big blind checked and Espen Jorstad under the gun bet 6,000. James Chen to his left raised to 20,000 and made the big blind fold, but Jorstad three-bet to 140,000.

Chen went into the tank, and eventually sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	290,000 12,000	12,000

James Chen	280,000 87,000	87,000

Tags: Espen Jorstad James Chen

06-14-2024 13:50 UTC-7

Kulev Four-Bets

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alex Kulev opened the cutoff to 6,000 and was three-bet by the big blind to 25,000. Kulev then asked for a count of the big blind's stack and upon realizing the number, he four-bet to 55,000. The big blind snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	400,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Alex Kulev

06-14-2024 13:51 UTC-7

Danchev Leaves Peters Short

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Picking up the action on the turn, David Peters in early position was involved in a hand with Dimitar Danchev on the button.

With the board reading 8♠7♣K♣2♠ Peters bet out 30,000. Danchev called to send action to the river.

The 9♣ river completed the board. Peters did not slow down, instead pushing 75,000 across the felt. Danchev responded by raising to 250,000, leaving himself just 13,000 behind. It did not take long for Peters to call, but he mucked after Danchev flipped over A♣2♣ to send a huge pot the Bulgarian pro's way while leaving Peters short.