2024 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship (7-Handed)
Day: 1
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Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aqj7
Prize
$1,178,703
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$4,249,750
Total Entries
89
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
75
Players Left
58
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Gottlieb Makes the Super Nuts?

Level 1

2-7 Triple Draw

Seth Gottlieb raised in the small blind and Scott Seiver defended in the big blind.

Gottlieb took one to Seiver's two on the first draw before betting. Seiver called to send action to the second draw.

On the second draw Gottlieb stood pat while Seiver again drew one. The same betting pattern was then repeated.

Gottlieb declined to take a card on the final draw. Seiver opted to swap out one of his cards but then folded after Gottlieb bet. "I have the super nuts...almost" Gottlieb remarked as he showed the table 7x6x4x3x2x.

Tags: Scott SeiverSeth Gottlieb

Two New Entries and a Seat Open

Level 1

Iraj Parvizi was unable to run up his short stack on table 122 and has become the first casualty of the tournament. In the meanwhile, the same table now features Eric Wasserson while Alex Livingston has also entered the competition.

According to the tournament info screens, there are 24 players out of 25 entries remaining.

Tags: Eric WassersonAlex LivingstonIraj Parvizi

Seiver Gets Paid

Level 1
Scott Seiver
Scott Seiver

2-7 Triple Draw

Scott Seiver raised on the button and Felipe Ramos defended his big blind.

Ramos drew two and Seiver drew one on the first draw. Ramos then check-called a bet from Seiver.

On the second draw, Ramos drew two again and Seiver stood pat. Ramos again check-called a bet.

Ramos took one off on the third draw and Seiver remained pat. Ramos checked, Seiver bet, and Ramos looked him up.

Seiver spread out 8x5x4x3x2x and Ramos sent his hand into the muck.

Tags: Felipe RamosScott Seiver

WSOP History: David Sklansky Looks to Sell Rare 1982 WSOP Gold Watches to Pawn Stars

Level 1
David Sklansky

Earlier this year on an ordinary Monday afternoon, a bespectacled man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Blvd. Tucked under his arm was an uninteresting box that only he knew contained something rather interesting – a pair of gold watches dating back more than 40 years.

These were not your run-of-the-mill wristwear, but rather evidence of a unique and often overlooked time of poker history, a year when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, now the game’s highest accolade, was replaced in favor of watches.

1982 WSOP watches
1982 WSOP watches

The man holding the box was David Sklansky, who in 1978 forever changed poker by advocating a mathematical approach to the game in his groundbreaking book The Theory of Poker. Nicknamed “The Mathematician,” he proved his prowess just four years later when he won two WSOP tournaments in five days.

First, he won the 1982 WSOP Event #7: $800 Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud, a tournament that paired one man with one woman, alongside Dani Kelly, and followed that up by taking down Event #12: $1,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High. A year later, the Binions reverted back to the beloved bracelets players know today, and Sklansky captured his third piece of WSOP hardware by winning Event #11: $1,000 Limit Omaha.

It was a remarkable accomplishment, and for more than four decades he’s kept safe the evidence of his victories, both of which still worked. So, why was Sklansky carrying his 1982 WSOP gold watches, two of only 15 ever awarded, into a pawn shop? Well, he was looking to sell them of course, but not to just any of the dozens of pawn shops spread across Las Vegas. Oh no, he was walking into arguably the most famous pawn shop in the world, the home to the wildly popular television show Pawn Stars, and he was there to do it with cameras rolling.

Read all about the 1982 WSOP watches here in our feature article!

Vitch Enters and Loses Small Pot to Korn

Level 1

Stud Hi-Lo

Andres Korn: XxXx / J6J
Chris Vitch: XxXx / 6109 folded on fifth street

Andres Korn completed with a jack and Chris Vitch completed for Korn to call. Korn then bet fourth street to see Vitch call before betting fifth and forcing a fold.

In the next hand, Vitch took the low and chopped with Eli Elezra.

Tags: Andres KornChris VitchEli Elezra

Bad Runout for Guagenti

Level 1

Razz

Iraj Parvizi: XxXx/Q1046
Nick Guagenti: XxXx/22JK folded sixth street

Nick Guagenti completed and Iraj Parvizi called.

Parvizi bet on fourth street, then called a raise from Guagenti.

Fifth street saw Parvizi, undeterred by his opponent's earlier call, bet again. Guagenti was not going anywhere just yet and flatted.

Parvizi bet again on sixth street. This time Guagenti's poor runout would not allow him to continue in the hand as he mucked his holding to take a small hit to his stack.

Tags: Iraj ParviziNick Guagenti

Kihara Continues to Slide

Level 1

Stud Hi-Lo

Naoya Kihara: XxXx/346K/Xx - folded on seventh street
John David Rogers: XxXx/82710/Xx

Catching up on fourth street, Naoya Kihara called a bet from Rogers and then Rogers called bets from Kihara on fifth and sixth.

Kihara checked to Rogers on seventh and Rogers bet. Kihara thought better of it and let his hand go — conceding the pot to Rogers.

Tags: John David RogersNaoya Kihara

Parvizi Takes Another Hit

Level 1
Iraj Parvizi
Iraj Parvizi

Seven-Card Stud

Scott Seiver: A63 / A86A
Iraj Parvizi: XxXx / 85JJ / Xx

On the rail end of a heads-up pot between Scott Seiver and Iraj Parvizi, the former bet fifth and sixth street with Iraj Parvizi calling. Seiver then bet seventh, Parvizi raised and Seiver made it three bets to get a call from the Brit.

Seiver announced aces full and won the pot, while Parvizi could all but smile and briefly showed his cards to Erick Lindgren before sending them into the muck.

Tags: Erick LindgrenIraj ParviziScott Seiver

Rogers Gets a Fold

Level 1

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

John David Rogers opened to 4,000 from middle position and David Benyamine called in the small blind.

Both players took one card after which Benyamine checked to Rogers. He thought for a moment before counting out a bet of 4,000. That was enough to convince Benyamine to get out of the way as he sent a small pot over to Rogers.

Tags: David BenyamineJohn David Rogers

The Two-Time Champion Enters

Level 1

Dressed in a plain black dress and without any costume, two-time Poker Player's Championship winner Dan Cates has entered the field. He is joined by John David Rogers, Roman Yitzhaki and Nacho Barbero who all sat down recently as well.

Tags: Dan CatesJohn David RogersNacho BarberoRoman Yitzhaki