Event #44: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-17-2024 18:43 UTC-8

Sasaki Scores Near Triple Up

Michael Giacobbe

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player in middle position open-jammed his 28,000-chip stack into the middle. Nobuaki Sasaki raised all in for 37,000 from the hijack before the cutoff moved all in for over 80,000. The button and blinds got out of the way and players went to a runout with two all in and at risk.

Middle Position Player: K♥Q♥ All in
Nobuaki Sasaki: Q♠Q♦ All in
Cutoff: J♣J♦

The board ran out 6♠A♣9♥6♣3♣ and Sasaki's queens held on to eliminate the middle position player and chip up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nobuaki Sasaki	135,000 135,000	135,000

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06-17-2024 18:43 UTC-8

Chang Makes a Huge Call for his Tournament Life

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Kai Cocklin

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A full board of K♥9♦4♠10♦6♥ was showing and with around 45,000 chips in the pot, Daniel Smiljkovic bet enough on the river to put Kyle Chang all in. After some time in the tank, Chang elected to put himself at risk.

Smiljkovic tabled 8♠3♠ for just eight-high, and Chang showed 7♦6♦ for a rivered pair of sixes to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Chang	95,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	60,000 10,000	10,000

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06-17-2024 18:40 UTC-8

Andrews Doubles Through Klein

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Bill Klein opened the action with a raise to 5,000 from the button. Cherish Andrews three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind before Bill Klein moved all in for 100,000. Andrews called all in for 80,000 and they went heads up to a full board.

Cherish Andrews: J♠J♣ All in
Bill Klein: 8♠8♦

The board ran out 7♠4♠4♣A♣A♥ and Andrews held on to rake in the pot while Klein was left as the table short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cherish Andrews	170,000
Bill Klein	19,500 62,500	62,500

Tags: Bill Klein Cherish Andrews

06-17-2024 18:38 UTC-8

Two Barrells Does the Job for Maguire

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Ollie Garland

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Chris Maguire limped in from the small blind and the big blind checked their option.

Maguire was first to show aggression in this hand, betting for 3,500 on the 2♦A♣Q♣ flop. The big blind called.

The 8♥ turn didn't slow down Maguire, as he sized up to 10,000. The big blind didn't think for long before folding Q♥ face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Maguire	115,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Chris Maguire

06-17-2024 18:29 UTC-8

Stout Forces a Fold from Lagodich

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Ollie Garland

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The player in middle position raised to 4,000, Matthew Stout called in the cutoff, as did Frank Lagodich, on the button.

The action checked to Lagodich who took the lead for 8,000 on the 7♣K♣3♠ flop. The original raiser called and Stout quickly raised to 30,000. Lagodich called and the player in middle position folded.

The A♦ fell on the turn and Stout bet enough to put Lagodich all in for his effective stack of approximately 50,000.

"I had the best hand on the flop," Lagodich laughed as he mulled over his decision. Lagodich eventually chose to fold and Stout took down this pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Stout	215,000 215,000	215,000
Frank Lagodich	50,000 50,000	50,000

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06-17-2024 18:29 UTC-8

Select Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	240,000 20,000	20,000

Dan Sepiol	140,000 25,000	25,000

Kenny Hallaert	135,000 31,000	31,000

Michael Mizrachi	100,000 65,000	65,000

Tobias Schwecht	90,000 55,000	55,000
John Perry	80,000 42,000	42,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	70,000 40,000	40,000

Aliaksandr Shylko	70,000 15,000	15,000
Espen Jorstad	55,000 5,000	5,000

Yita Choong	50,000 20,000	20,000
Edward Yam	45,000 9,000	9,000
Nick Palma	43,000 16,600	16,600
Hon Cheong Lee	18,000 22,000	22,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-17-2024 18:18 UTC-8

Bennoun Dodges the Ace

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jeremie Bennoun was in the small blind and a late position player raised to 4,000, the player in the hijack moved all in for 160,000. Bennoun also moved all-in with the dominant stack and the late position player made the fold, leaving two players to battle.

Hijack: A♣6♣ All in
Jeremie Bennoun: 9♦9♣

The board ran out with 6♠4♣J♠J♦Q♥ and the nines held for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremie Bennoun	124,000 124,000	124,000

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06-17-2024 18:18 UTC-8

Jaffee Left Short by Martino

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Ollie Garland

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The action was caught as Jared Jaffee, who was on the button, had his opponent Fiodor Martino, in the small blind, all in and at risk with the full board having been dealt 4♦Q♣K♥A♥2♠.

Jaffee only marginally covered Martino by 7,000 chips as the cards were tabled.

Fiodor Martino: A♣Q♦ All in
Jared Jaffee: K♣4♣

It was a two-pair versus two-pair collision that saw the pot shipped to Martino, leaving Jaffee short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fiodor Martino	54,000 54,000	54,000
Jared Jaffee	7,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Fiodor Martino Jared Jaffee

06-17-2024 18:18 UTC-8

Full House for Leblanc

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The early position player raised to 5,000 and the button called and Edward Leblanc moved all in for 44,000 from the big blind. The early position player called and the button folded.

Edward Leblanc: A♥9♦ All in
Early position: A♣Q♦

The board came out heavily in favor of Leblanc with A♠9♣6♠9♠J♦ and he managed to pull out a full house.