Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-22-2024 15:12 UTC-8

Gleissner Benefits From Aces Over Kings

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Bernd Gleissner made it 125,000 from under the gun. Bogdan Munteanu three-bet it to 315,000 from the cutoff. Gleissner made it 710,000 when it was back on him. Munteanu then four-bet shoved and Gleissner called.

Bernd Gleissner: A♣A♥ All in
Bogdan Munteanu: K♥K♠

The flop came 6♠7♦4♥, the turn was the 5♥ and the river the Q♥ to keep it safe for the aces and give Gleissner the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernd Gleissner	3,580,000 1,850,000	1,850,000
Bogdan Munteanu	1,700,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Tags: Bernd Gleissner Bogdan Munteanu

06-22-2024 15:10 UTC-8

Blanco On the Right Side of a Cooler

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Matthew McEwan opened under the gun to 100,000 and Lucas Blanco three-bet to 250,000 from the cutoff. Yang Zhang was in he big blind and four-bet to 600,000, which got McEwan to fold. Blanco then shoved for 1,060,000 total, and Zhang called.

Lucas Blanco: A♦A♣ All in
Yang Zhang: A♥K♠

A great spot for Blanco who took full advantage as the runout of 5♣8♥8♦J♦3♣ earned him a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	5,200,000 600,000	600,000

Lucas Blanco	2,300,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Lucas Blanco Matthew McEwan Yang Zhang

06-22-2024 15:07 UTC-8

Nguyen On the Rise

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Tyler Boyer

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

When it folded to Turbo Nguyen in the hijack, he raised to 100,000. It folded to the big blind Mostafa Haidary who made the call.

The flop came 5♠3♥Q♣ and Haidary checked to Nguyen who bet out 100,000. Haidary then raised to 250,000 which Nguyen quickly called.

The turn brought the J♣ and Haidary checked to Nguyen who quickly bet out 500,000. Haidary wasted no time and threw his hand in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Turbo Nguyen	3,900,000 1,650,000	1,650,000

Mostafa Haidary	1,600,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Mostafa Haidary Turbo Nguyen

06-22-2024 15:05 UTC-8

Lightbourne Chooses a Small River Sizing

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Matthew McEwan opened to 100,000 from the hijack and Iaron Lightbourne called out of the big blind.

On the 6♠5♣A♥ flop, Lightbourne check-called a bet of 80,000 from McEwan.

Both checked the Q♣ turn to the 6♣ river. Lightbourne led out for 80,000, and McEwan folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew McEwan	3,350,000 250,000	250,000
Iaron Lightbourne	1,200,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Iaron Lightbourne Matthew McEwan

06-22-2024 14:48 UTC-8

Haidary Chips Up Versus Qi

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Tyler Boyer

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action folded to the cutoff Xuming Qi, who raised to 100,000, before being three-bet by Mostafa Haidary to 275,000. Qi made the call to see a flop.

The flop came out 5♣Q♠5♦ and Qi check-called the bet of 125,000 from Haidary.

After the turn was the 10♥ Qi checked to Haidary, who bet out 260,000. After about a minute in the tank, Qi folded his hand and gave the pot to Haidary.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mostafa Haidary	1,750,000 750,000	750,000

Xuming Qi	850,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Xuming Qi Mostafa Haidary

06-22-2024 14:42 UTC-8

Schwartz Fires Three Bets into Zhang

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Jake Schwartz min-raised to 100,000 under the gun and Yang Zhang called from the hijack, Matthew McEwan also called from the hijack.

On the 8♣J♣4♦ flop, Schwartz continued for 130,000, and only Zhang called.

Another bet of 375,000 was made by Schwartz on the 7♠ turn, and again Zhang called.

An A♣ completed the board and Schwartz fired a third bullet of 420,000, which Zhang called quickly.

Before Schwartz could show, Zhang had tabled A♠J♠ for two pair, and Schwartz mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	5,800,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Matthew McEwan	3,600,000 500,000	500,000
Jake Schwartz	1,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Jake Schwartz Matthew McEwan Yang Zhang

06-22-2024 14:39 UTC-8

Props, Family & Fortnite: For the Four Members of Team Lucky It's About Much More Than Poker

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Sandra Barbour

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With 14 bracelets and nearly $50 million in tournament earnings between the four of them, there's no denying that Shaun Deeb, Josh Arieh, Daniel Weinman and Matt Glantz are poker crushers. But with resumes that include a $1 million bounty pull, a body fat prop bet victory worth nearly the same amount and a win in the biggest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in history, it's clear the group of close friends also have luck on their sides.

The four American poker players have branded themselves as "Team Lucky" — a name that Deeb may have come up with, though they aren't certain — as a way of consciously embracing and owning their good fortunes while fighting back against the jaded cynicism all to common in the poker world.

But Team Lucky is about more than once-in-a-lifetime bounty binks and turned two-outers leading to $12 million scores. As PokerNews learned during brunch with its four members, is more about friendship, camaraderie, and shared values than a good run of cards.

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06-22-2024 14:35 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw (full)

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Alek Gillies

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Three Table Redraw

ROOM / TABLE / SEAT	PLAYER	CHIP COUNT	BIG BLINDS	CITY / STATE / COUNTRY
Horseshoe / 626 / 1	Nenad Dukic	3,450,000	69	Kragutevae, RS
Horseshoe / 626 / 2	Turbo Nguyen	2,250,000	45	Tustin, CA, US
Horseshoe / 626 / 3	Richard Dixon	1,600,000	32	Cheyenne, WY, US
Horseshoe / 626 / 4	Brandon Schwartz	4,300,000	86	North Bay Village, FL, US
Horseshoe / 626/ 5	Xuming Qi	1,150,000	23	CN
Horseshoe / 626/ 6	Mostafa Haidary	1,000,000	20	Guildford, , AU

Horseshoe / 634 / 1	Bogdan Munteanu	3,300,000	66	RO
Horseshoe / 634 / 2	Sonny Franco	1,270,000	25	Montagnac, , FR
Horseshoe / 634 / 3	Max Kruse	2,600,000	52	Hamburg, , DE
Horseshoe / 634 / 4	Pedro Madeira	725,000	15	Belo Horizonte, , BR
Horseshoe / 634 / 5	Bernd Gleissner	1,730,000	35	Represa, , DE
Horseshoe / 634 / 6	Ihar Soika	3,460,000	69	Minsk, , BY

Horseshoe / 642 / 1	Matthew McEwan	3,200,000	64	SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US
Horseshoe / 642 / 2	Krasimir Yankov	1,700,000	34	Blagoevgrad, , BG
Horseshoe / 642 / 3	Lucas Blanco	1,650,000	33	GB
Horseshoe / 642 / 4	Iaron Lightbourne	1,500,000	30	LONDON, GB
Horseshoe / 642 / 5	Jake Schwartz	2,700,000	54	New York, NY, US
Horseshoe / 642 / 6	Yang Zhang	4,700,000	94	DALIAN, CN

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	4,700,000

Brandon Schwartz	4,300,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Ihar Soika	3,460,000 160,000	160,000
Nenad Dukic	3,450,000 450,000	450,000
Bogdan Munteanu	3,300,000 300,000	300,000
Matthew McEwan	3,200,000 100,000	100,000
Jake Schwartz	2,700,000 200,000	200,000
Max Kruse	2,600,000 400,000	400,000

Turbo Nguyen	2,250,000 1,550,000	1,550,000

Bernd Gleissner	1,730,000 170,000	170,000
Krasimir Yankov	1,700,000 600,000	600,000
Lucas Blanco	1,650,000 200,000	200,000
Richard Dixon	1,600,000 640,000	640,000
Iaron Lightbourne	1,500,000 450,000	450,000
Sonny Franco	1,270,000 160,000	160,000
Xuming Qi	1,150,000 200,000	200,000
Mostafa Haidary	1,000,000

Pedro Madeira	725,000 75,000	75,000

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06-22-2024 14:26 UTC-8

Seat Redraw

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

There will now be a short pause in play while the final 18 players undertake a seat redraw.

06-22-2024 14:24 UTC-8

Sotiropoulos Outdrawn and Eliminated in 19th

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Yang Zhang shoved all in from the small blind, and Georgios Sotiropoulos called off his stack of 330,000 from the big blind.

Georgios Sotiropoulos: Q♦7♠ All in
Yang Zhang: Q♣2♣

Zhang improved to a flush draw on the 3♠A♣K♣ flop and paired his deuce on the 2♦ turn. Sotiropoulos needed to find an offsuit seven on the river but the 8♥ wasn't what he was looking for.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	4,700,000 600,000	600,000

Georgios Sotiropoulos	Busted

Tags: Georgios Sotiropoulos Yang Zhang