Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,762,800
Entries
817
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
709
Players Left
231
Players Left 1 / 817
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #52: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This four-day event gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, with late registration open for 11 levels. There will be 15-minute breaks every two levels of play, and a one-hour dinner break is scheduled after Level 6 (at approximately 6:30 p.m.). Only one reentry is permitted in this event.
The starting stack is 50,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play ten 60-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 12 p.m. Friday and ends after another ten levels of play.
Last year’s event saw a field of 1,015 entries, generating a prize pool of $426,300. The winner was Weiran Pu, who defeated Norbert Szecsi heads-up to win $938,244 and his first WSOP bracelet.
"I'm so thankful. I didn't start travelling to play poker until this year. I went to the PCA and other events like EPT's and the results were not what I expected." Wu told PokerNews. "This is a big moment. It's a big surprise because the first half of this year wasn't so smooth. Right now I'm a social media influencer for poker in China. I've made hundreds of vlogs, but this one may be my biggest."
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,199 | Weiran Pu | China | $938,244 |
| 2022 | 920 | Jonathan Pastore | France | $771,765 |
| 2021 | 604 | Scott Ball | United States | $562,667 |
| 2019 | 815 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | $758,011 |
| 2018 | 621 | Jean-Robert Bellande | United States | $616,302 |
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What Else is Happening at the WSOP?
- Viktor Blom leads the final six in Event #47: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em, where someone will win $2,838,389.
- Benny Glaser is the man to catch at the final table of Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship as he hunts his sixth bracelet.
- Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em will crown its champion today.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air for Event #52: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed).
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000 | |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Andrew Ostapchenko opened the button to 700, and the big blind called.
On the 3♦J♣7♦ flop, the big blind check-called a bet of 1,000 from Ostapchenko.
A J♥ fell on the turn and after the big blind checked, Ostapchenko made a bet by throwing a 5,000 chip into the pot, and the big blind folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,500
51,500
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51,500 |
|
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Alexandros Kolonias opened the action with a raise to 600 from the button. The small blind player three-bet to 3,000 and Kolonias made the call.
The small blind checked the 2♥7♠4♦ flop over to Kolonias who bet 3,000. His opponent called.
Action went check-check on the J♦ turn before the small blind fired 8,500 on the 2♦ river. Kolonias made the call. His opponent showed K♥Q♥ for a bluff while Kolonias scooped the pot with 9♥7♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,500
64,500
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64,500 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Playing three-handed, there was a raise to 500 on the button and a call from the small blind before Maria Konnikova three-bet to 2,500 out of the big blind. Only the small blind player called.
Konnikova fired a continuation-bet of 2,100 when checked to on the 3♥A♦3♣ flop and took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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53,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
On a board of K♠7♦J♥10♦, Wai Kiat Lee had fired 3,600 into the pot. The player in the cutoff put in 6,600 chips, which was then forced to be a min-raise of 7,200, which Lee called.
A 6♠ hit the river and both players checked. Lee tabled K♥J♠ for top two pair and the cutoff mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The cutoff opened the action with a raise to 600. Kiwamu Watabe three-bet to 2,100 from the button before his opponent four-bet to 10,000. Watabe five-bet jammed his stack for over 50,000 chips, covering his opponent who made the call.
Cutoff: K♣K♥ 
Kiwamu Watabe: A♦Q♣
The board ran out A♠5♦6♦10♦7♦ and Watabe found help from the deck to stack his opponent and win a massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000 |
