Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (8-Handed) Day 3 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-19-2024 18:10 UTC-7

Final Table of Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
FT	1	Mike Leah	Canada	400,000	7
FT	2	Patrick Moulder	United States	600,000	10
FT	3	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	1,450,000	24
FT	4	Robert Wells	United Kingdom	900,000	15
FT	5	Maria Ho	United States	2,050,000	34
FT	6	Maksim Pisarenko	Russia	1,000,000	17
FT	7	Lawrence Brandt	United States	1,400,000	23
FT	8	Greg Mascio	United States	185,000	3
FT	9	Steve Zolotow	United States	2,850,000	48

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Zolotow	2,850,000 60,000	60,000

Maria Ho	2,050,000 460,000	460,000
Benny Glaser	1,450,000 50,000	50,000

Lawrence Brandt	1,400,000 100,000	100,000

Maksim Pisarenko	1,000,000 185,000	185,000

Robert Wells	900,000 320,000	320,000

Patrick Moulder	600,000 75,000	75,000

Mike Leah	400,000 25,000	25,000

Greg Mascio	185,000 305,000	305,000

06-19-2024 17:59 UTC-7

Christopher Chung Eliminated in 10th Place ($27,694)

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Liam Gannon

Level 20

Omaha Hi-Lo

Christopher Chung raised on the button and Steve Zolotow called in the big blind.

The flop rolled 2♠9♦8♥ and Zolotow check-called a bet from Chung.

On the 7♦ turn, Zolotow bet and Chung called to put himself at risk.

Christopher Chung: A♣K♥J♦9♣ All in
Steve Zolotow: K♦7♣6♦5♦

The turn had left Chung drawing dead before the A♠ river as Zolotow had made a straight and a low and the start of day chip leader exited the tournament one shy of the final table.

Stay tuned for the final table redraw and full chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Zolotow	2,910,000 710,000	710,000

Christopher Chung	Busted

Tags: Christopher Chung Steve Zolotow

06-19-2024 17:41 UTC-7

Leah Doubles Through Glaser Twice

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Limit Hold’em

Mike Leah has been grinding the short stack for quite some time now.

In a recent hand, Benny Glaser raised first-to-act and Mike Leah three-bet all in for his last 80,000. Action folded back around to Glaser, who called to put Leah at risk.

Mike Leah: A♣10♦ All in
Benny Glaser: Q♦10♣

Leah got it in good, and the A♠3♠5♦9♥Q♠ runout awarded Leah the double up.

Shortly afterwards, Leah got his stack in against Glaser again with aces and held up against Glaser’s king-ten after Glaser flopped a ten.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	1,400,000 300,000	300,000

Mike Leah	425,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Mike Leah

06-19-2024 17:37 UTC-7

Brandt Takes From Wells

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Liam Gannon

Level 20

Limit Hold'em

Lawrence Brandt raised from under the gun and in the big blind, Robert Wells defended.

The board ran out 3♥2♦9♠A♣10♠ and Wells check-called all the way down against Brandt, then mucked when Brandt showed A♠9♦ for aces and nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Brandt	1,500,000 400,000	400,000

Robert Wells	1,220,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Lawrence Brandt Robert Wells

06-19-2024 17:24 UTC-7

Zolotow Into The Lead

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Liam Gannon

Level 20

Stud Hi-Lo

Lawrence Brandt completed with a Q♥ up which saw Christopher Chung call with a 10♦ up and Steve Zolotow called with a 6♣ up.

Steve Zolotow: XxXx/6♣4♠2♦3♥/Xx
Christopher Chung: XxXx/10♦6♦9♥10♣/Xx
Lawrence Brandt: XxXx/Q♥7♠7♣ (Folded on fifth)

Action checked to Zolotow on fourth street and he bet which saw both players call.

On fifth street Brandt paired up and both players checked over to Zolotow who bet and only Chung called.

Chung checked on sixth street over to Zolotow who bet and Cung called.

Seventh street saw Chung check once more and he folded to Zolotow who flashed A♣5♥4♦ for a straight and a six-four low which was good for both halves.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Zolotow	2,200,000 750,000	750,000

Lawrence Brandt	1,100,000 400,000	400,000

Christopher Chung	105,000 555,000	555,000

Tags: Christopher Chung Lawrence Brandt Steve Zolotow

06-19-2024 17:17 UTC-7

Ho Pads Her Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Seven Card Stud

Maria Ho: Q♦Q♥Q♠/K♦9♠4♥8♠
Patrick Moulder: XxXx/10♣J♥4♠A♣/Xx

Maria Ho completed and was called by Patrick Moulder.

Moulder called bets from Ho on fourth and fifth street and then Ho called a bet from Ho on sixth.

Ho went back to betting on seventh and Moulder looked her up.

Ho tabled three queens in the hole and Moulder mucked — awarding the large pot to Ho.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	1,590,000 40,000	40,000
Patrick Moulder	525,000 635,000	635,000

Tags: Maria Ho Patrick Moulder

06-19-2024 17:05 UTC-7

Dave Stann Eliminated in 11th Place ($27,694)

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Liam Gannon

Level 20

Razz

Dave Stann brought in with a Kx and Greg Mascio completed with a 6x, while Lawrence Brandt called with a 2x and Stann called as well.

Dave Stann: Ax2x/Kx9x5x8x/3x All in
Lawrence Brandt: 9x3x/2x8xAx6x/5x
Greg Mascio: XxXx/6x7xQx (folded on fifth)

Action checked to Mascio who bet on fourth and both Brandt and Stann called. On fifth street, Brandt bet and Stann called to put himself all in and Mascio folded.

Brandt ended up making a six-five and Stann ended with an eight-five which was no good and he exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Brandt	1,500,000 350,000	350,000

Greg Mascio	490,000 360,000	360,000
Dave Stann	Busted

Tags: Dave Stann Greg Mascio Lawrence Brandt

06-19-2024 16:49 UTC-7

Was This a Slowroll Deep in the WSOP Monster Stack Playing for $1 Million?

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Slowrolling — it's a divisive topic in the poker world. Some players take great joy in taking part in the act, while for others, it's their biggest pet peeve when at the table.

There have been plenty of examples that have made headlines over the years, with Nik Airball's slowroll on Ethan 'Rampage' Yau on Hustler Casino Live being a recent case study.

And now, at the 2024 World Series of Poker, we may have seen the biggest slowroll of the summer so far.

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06-19-2024 16:44 UTC-7

Zolotow Scoops Brandt

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Liam Gannon

Level 20

Omaha Hi-Lo

Lawrence Brandt raised from the hijack and Steve Zolotow called in the big blind.

The flop rolled out 9♠6♣8♠ and Zolotow check-called a bet from Brandt.

On the turn, 2♥ Zolotow checked a second time over to Brandt who bet and Zolotow called with both players checking the river5♠.

Zolotow turned over K♥K♣4♦3♠ for a straight and a six-five low and it was good for both halves of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Zolotow	1,450,000 290,000	290,000

Lawrence Brandt	1,150,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Lawrence Brandt Steve Zolotow

06-19-2024 16:41 UTC-7

Leah Doubles Through Glaser

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Omaha Hi-Lo

Mike Leah raised from under the gun and was three-bet by Benny Glaser in the small blind. Leah called all in and a showdown was held.

Mike Leah: A♠A♥5♠2♣ All in
Benny Glaser: A♦8♣7♥3♥

The A♣Q♥10♠4♠9♥ runout kept Leah best with a set of aces and he was awarded a much-needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	1,700,000 125,000	125,000

Mike Leah	225,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Mike Leah