Yuebin Guo raised under the gun, Patrick Moulder three-bet as next to act, and the two exchanged raises until Guo's stack of 450,000 was in the middle.
Guo then drew two cards while Moulder took one. On the second draw, they each took one card before Guo stood pat on the final draw. Moulder still took one as the players showed down.
Yuebin Guo: 9x8x5x4x2x
Patrick Moulder: 7x6x3x2x
Moulder paired up with another 3x, securing Guo his double-up.
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In the eighth episode, Connor speaks with legendary UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer in an exclusive in-depth interview after Buffer's deep run in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 High Roller. Buffer, a longtime poker player, finished in eighth place for a career-best $212,423 after kicking off Day 3 with his trademark "it's time" introduction.
Buffer talked about finding his long-lost half-brother, Michael Buffer, and becoming his manager, the early days of the UFC, the similarities between poker and martial arts, his relationships with Joe Rogan and Dana White, playing poker with Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio and the time he injured himself in a poker tournament before announcing the biggest UFC fight in history.
The 2024 $25K Fantasy league attracted 19 entrants, which means a $475,000 prize pool is up for grabs. The top four teams will get paid with $225,000 going to the winner. The runner-up team will receive a $125,000 consolation prize, while the third and fourth-place teams will earn $75,000 and $50,000 respectively.
Midway through the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the Joao Peres of Team Sternheimer has been the top performer amassing 224 points thanks in no small part to hitting two field bonuses in massive no-limit hold’em tournaments. From there, Jeremy Ausmus’s strong year has earned Team Noori 199 points, while Benny Glaser has earned 187 points for the aforementioned Team Sternheimer.
Other strong performers thus far include John Racener (181 points for Team The Dinkers), Scott Seiver (180 points for Team AJ’s Eagles), Calvin Anderson (179 points for Team Sepiol), Chance Kornuth (170 points for Team Livingston), and Adam Hendrix (164 points for Team Wilson).
Philip Sternheimer's team is out on top.
Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) had a long reign atop the leaderboard until this weekend when Team Sternheimer (Philip Sternheimer) took the lead thanks to big scores from Benny Glaser (5th in Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship for 61 points), Joao Peres (88 points for finishing 22nd in Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack), and Chris Vitch (72 points for winning Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for his third career gold bracelet).
Team Sternheimer
Player
Price
Score
Budget %
Score %
Joao Simao Peres
$8.00
224
4%
30.03%
Benny Glaser
$76.00
187
38%
25.07%
Christopher Vitch
$41.00
176
20.5%
23.59%
Marco Johnson
$37.00
89
18.5%
11.93%
Renan Bruschi
$7.00
60
3.5%
8.04%
Espen Jorstad
$11.00
8
5.5%
1.07%
Cary Katz
$11.00
2
5.5%
0.27%
Danny Tang
$9.00
0
4.5%
0%
Josh Kay & the Florida crew have a strong team.
Even so, Team The Dinkers have continued to keep pace thanks to John Racener finishing sixth in Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship for 51 points, and Robert Mizrachi placing fifth in Event #42: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship for 61 points. Additionally, David Coleman has continued his strong year earning 47 points for finishing fourth in Event #31: $3,000 NLH 6-Handed.
Matthew Smith raised in the cutoff and Chad Eveslage called in the small blind. Each player drew two cards before Eveslage led out.
Smith called and drew one card as Eveslage stood pat. The same sequence occurred on the final draw, after which Smith folded to a final bet from his opponent.
A few hands later, Smith was automatically all in from the big blind with his 60,000 remaining chips. Ian Chan then raised under the gun and Patrick Moulder called in the small blind.
Moulder drew two cards, Smith three, and Chan one. The side pot was checked through, after which Moulder drew one, Smith two, and Chan one.
Two more checks followed, and on the final draw, Moulder stood pat as Smith and Chan each took one.
Moulder then bet into the dry side pot, forcing a fold from Chan. Moulder tabled 6x4x3x2xAx for the second nuts, and chopped the pot with Smith as he also tabled 6x4x3x2xAx for the same hand.
Chad Eveslage opened from under the gun and Patrick Moulder called off from the small blind for his last 90,000.
Smith drew four, then two, then one. Eveslage drew two, then one, then stood pat.
Matthew Smith: 6x5x3x2x
Chad Eveslage: 9x7x3x2xAx
Eveslage had stood pat with a nine-seven but Smith caught a 9x himself to make a nine-six and score a full double up.
Badugi
Two hands later, Patrick Moulder opened from under the gun and Smith three-bet from the hijack, leaving just 30,000 behind. Moulder made the call and drew two while Smith stood pat.
Moulder bet again after the first draw and Smith called off for the rest of his chips, standing pat again while Moulder took another two.
For the final draw Moulder took two more while Smith once again stood pat.
Matthew Smith: 6♠5♥3♦A♣
Patrick Moulder: 4♥3♣
Smith had a monster with his six-badugi and Moulder would need to catch a near-perfect runout to score the knockout. Moulder first drew a 2♠ meaning he was live to win the pot should he catch a diamond ace, five or six. He caught a 9♦ for his last card making an inferior nine-badugi as Smith scored another full double up.
Chad Eveslage raised in the cutoff and Yuebin Guo three-bet on the button. Eveslage called and drew one, as did Guo. Both players then checked, after which Eveslage stood pat and Guo drew one card.
Eveslage bet, Guo raised all in for 390,000 and Eveslage called. Eveslage broke his hand on the final draw as he drew one, with Guo standing pat.
Yuebin Guo: 6♠5♥4♣3♦
Chad Eveslage: 5♠2♥A♣
Eveslage failed to improve and the pot was sent Guo's way thanks to his six-badugi.
Ian Chan raised his button and Chad Eveslage made it three bets to go in the small blind. Chan called and drew two cards after Eveslage had drawn one.
Chan then called Eveslage's bet and drew two again, while Eveslage patted.
Another bet and call followed before Eveslage stood pat on the final draw, with Chan drawing one card.
The players checked it down and Eveslage won the pot with his 8x7x6x4x3x, practically doubling up as he had left himself with crumbs after his last bet.
