Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-19-2024 14:53 UTC-8

Nikitin Adds to Big Stack

Tyler Boyer

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Anatoly Nikitin raised under the gun to 1,600, and when it folded to the big blind he went all in for 7,400. Nikitin made the call to put the player at risk.

Big Blind: 9♦8♦ All in
Anatoly Nikitin: A♣Q♦

The big blind would need to improve against the ace high of Nikitin, and the 10♥10♦K♣ flop was no help. However, the turn brought the 9♠ to put him in the lead. But the lead was short lived when the river came the Q♣ to give Nikitin the pot with his pair of queens and eliminated his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Nikitin	144,500 144,500	144,500

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06-19-2024 14:54 UTC-8

Farrell Gets Shove Through

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Jeff McMillan

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Niall Farrell bet 5,000 on a flop of 10♠6♥8♣ and he was called by his opponent to grow the pot to about 16,500.

The turn was the 9♠. Farrell moved all in for his remaining stack of 18,400. His opponent considered it for some time before he eventually folded it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	38,000

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06-19-2024 14:59 UTC-8

More Chip Counts Before Break

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Jeff McMillan

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Asher Conniff	123,000 83,000	83,000

Thomas Boivin	80,000 80,000	80,000
Daniela Rodriguez	77,000 77,000	77,000
Christina Gollins	74,000 34,000	34,000
Eric Sutton	72,000 72,000	72,000
Jeremy Wien	65,000 65,000	65,000

Nick Pupillo	58,000 58,000	58,000

Niklas Astedt	54,000 54,000	54,000
Jake Schwartz	53,000 53,000	53,000
Jessica Teusl	37,000 2,500	2,500

Jake Bazeley	28,000 28,000	28,000
David Diaz	27,000 27,000	27,000

Bin Weng	2,500 2,500	2,500

06-19-2024 15:00 UTC-8

Doucette Gets Paid

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The hijack opened the action with a raise to 1,800. The button and Mike Doucette in the big blind came along to see a flop.

The hijack continued for 2,300 on a 2♥7♥9♠ flop. Both the button and Doucette called.

The 9♥ turn peeled off and action checked around before the J♠ river hit the felt. Doucette led out for 12,000 and the button player called.

Doucette tabled 10♠8♥ and dragged in a nice pot, adding to his table leading stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Doucette	122,000 4,400	4,400

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06-19-2024 15:11 UTC-8

Almeida Applying Maximum Pressure

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Daniel Almeida opened the action with a raise to 1,600 from under the gun. A player in middle position called before the cutoff three-bet to 6,800. Only Almeida made the call.

The cutoff continued for 9,200 on 8♥6♠4♠ before Almeida moved all in for 42,000. His opponent immediately folded, and Almeida chipped up without having to see a turn or river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Almeida	62,800

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06-19-2024 15:12 UTC-8

Lijo Doubles Up with Aces

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was caught on the river with the board A♦K♠9♦Q♣9♥.

The player in the big blind bet 17,000 into a pot of around 55,000 chips. Lander Lijo in middle position raised all-in for 26,800. His opponent thought for a while and then put in the rest of the chips in the pot.

Lijo showed down A♣A♥, while player in the big blind had K♦2♦ for the flopped pair and flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lander Lijo	110,000 110,000	110,000

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06-19-2024 15:15 UTC-8

Keeline Gets Value With Aces

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Tyler Boyer

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up on the river with two players, and 40,000 in the pot on a board showing 5♠J♠3♣K♠3♥.

Keeline bet out 20,000 from the under the gun position. A player on the button was in the tank for over a minute, when they eventually made the call.

Keeline showed A♦A♣ as the player on the button tossed their cards in the muck to give Keeline the pot with his pocket aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Keeline	83,000

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06-19-2024 15:16 UTC-8

Second Break

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players are headed to their second break of the day. Action will resume at Level 7 with blinds of 500-1,000.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-19-2024 15:37 UTC-8

2024 WSOP $25K Fantasy Hands of the Week: Aces No Good for Ivey & Wasserson, Royal Flush For Winter

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The $25K Fantasy league rolls on, and as of June 19, Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) is still on top with 662 points, which is a good bit ahead of both Team Sternheimer (523 points) and Team Sepiol (461 points). Of the 19 teams, Team Chingas is on the bottom with 83 points while all other teams have at least 207 points. Check out 25Kfantasy.com to see the current standings.

PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.

As a result, we can capture some of the biggest, best, and most game-changing hands involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Here are five from the last week of action in the 2024 WSOP including ones played by Phil Ivey, Eric Wasserson, and Sean Winter.

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