2024 World Series of Poker
James Carroll raised from early position to 25,000, and when action folded to the big blind Jeremy Becker, he elected to make the call.
The flop came 5♠4♠3♥ and Becker led out for a bet of 25,000. Carroll made the call to see a turn.
The turn was the 6♦ and Becker once again bet out, this time 55,000, which Carroll called to see a river.
On the river was the J♠ and after giving it some thought, Becker went all in for 210,000. Carrol snap called and tabled A♠8♠ for the nut flush. Becker showed down 7x6x for a flopped straight, but the rivered flush for Carroll sent Becker to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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635,000
455,000
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455,000 |
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On a board of K♣2♥2♠2♣. Ivan Ruban raised the bet from Ionnis Oikonomidis from the one 25,000 chip to 50,000 which got a swift fold as Ruban added some more chips to his stack.
Ruban now has over 2,200,000 which is a massive stack that is worth 183 big blinds in Level 18.
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2,210,000
734,000
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165,000
203,000
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203,000 |
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According to the players, action started with Jin Kim opening from the cutoff. Marco Johnson had a stack of around 180,000 and went all in on the button. Joseph Carden was in the small blind and re-shoved. Kim folded.
Marco Johnson: K♠Q♣
Joseph Carden: J♥J♠
The flop Q♥8♦J♦ gave Johnson a queen, but Carden a set and had Johnson drawing very thin.
The turn and river were 9♣ and Q♦ respectively, Johnson made trip queens but was still sent to the rail.
This continues an excellent start of Day 2 for Carden, who started the day with just 157,000 chips or around 15 big blinds, but has won three all-in pots, including a three-way all in shortly before this hand. He has now climbed up to over 900,000 or 75 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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915,000
595,000
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595,000 |
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350,000
245,000
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245,000 |
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When action folded to Zdenek Zizka in the hijack he raised to 25,000 and was called by Artur Martirosian in the big blind.
The flop came 4♠9♦10♠ and Martirosian checked to Zizka, who bet out 15,000. Martirosian then raised all in for 110,000, and Zizka quickly made the call.
Artur Martirosian: 9♠5♠
Zdenek Zizka: K♦K♣
Martirosian flopped a pair and a flush draw but was behind the kings of Zizka. The 4♦ turn was no help as it eliminated Martirosian's two pair outs. The river brought one of those outs in the form of the 5♦ but Zizka's two pair of kings and fours was best and eliminated Martirosian from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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416,000
106,000
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106,000 |
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According to the players at the table, Silvio Costa opened preflop from middle position and Konstantin Held defended big blind.
The flop came 7♦9♣Q♦. Held checked. Costa continuation bet and Held moved all in for around 70,000 chips. Costa called.
Konstantin Held: Q♠5♦
Silvio Costa: K♥K♦
Held had flopped top pair, but Costa’s kings were ahead. The turn 2♦ and river J♠ were of no help to Held.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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280,000
79,000
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79,000 |
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Peter Cross raised to 25,000 from middle position. Jackod Datashvili jammed all in for about 190,000 on the button. Anthony Alway re-jammed for more, about 416,000 from the small blind. Cross had them both covered and went deep into the tank as he checked his holding a few times before reluctantly releasing it.
Jackob Datashvili: A♠9♣
Anthony Alway: 8♣8♦
The flop came 4♦Q♥5♠. The turn was the K♦ and the river was the A♦ to dramatically save Datashvili as Alway shook his head in frustration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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920,000
584,000
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584,000 |
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405,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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242,000
98,000
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98,000 |
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Busted |
Action was picked up with the cards on their back, and Vladislav Donchev all in and at risk for 115,00 against Ankit Ahuja.
Vladislav Donchev: A♣3♣
Ankit Ahuja: A♦10♦
Donchev was dominated by Ahuja and when the board ran out 4♦Q♥Q♦7♦8♦ Ahuja improved to the ace high flush, having Donchev drawing dead on the turn and sending him to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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495,000
197,000
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197,000 |
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Busted |
Shoved 10 bb with aces, got called by AQo and AJo. River flush for the big stack. Fin.