Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

05-30-2024 16:08 UTC-7

Round 1 Results Recap

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

It took 11 Levels of play to determine the first round winners of the $25K Heads-Up Championship. Here are the results:

Cary Katz def. William Stanford
Thomas Boivin def. Bari Sklar
Stephen Chidwick def. Jeremy Ausmus
Artur Martirosian def. Nicholas Marchington
Masato Yokosawa def. Eric Wasserson
Patrick Kennedy def. Chris Brewer
Anthony Zinno def. Allen Patatanyan
Michael Steele def. Nick Schulman
Ian Matakis def. Scott Seiver
Darius Samual def. James Chen
Linglin Zeng def. Matthew Wantman
Eshaan Bhalla def. Blake Bohn
Ben Tollerene def. Ren Lin
Weston Mizumoto def. Joshua Heinzl
Young Ko def. Espen Jorstad
John Smith def. Dario Sammartino
Mike Shi def. Adam Walton
Nikolai Mamut def. Henri Puustinen
Matthew Higgins def. Julien Martini
James Gorham def. Shaun Deeb
David Farber def. Euan McNicholas
Marko Grujic def. Alex Foxen
Joseph Miller def. Keir Sullivan
Chance Kornuth def. Chanracy Khun
Faraz Jaka def. Rob Hollink
Ignacio Moron def. Darren Elias
Sam Soverel def. Aram Oganyan
Alex Keating def. Koray Aldemir
Owen Messere def. Roberto Perez
Joao Vieira def. Nik Ariball
Kevin Rabichow def. Patrick Leonard
Kane Kalas def. Brandon Brown

05-30-2024 16:07 UTC-7

Chidwick Finishes Off Ausmus

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Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Stephen Chidwick open-jammed on the button for Jeremy Ausmus' remaining 70,000 chips. Ausmus then made the call to put his tournament life at risk.

Jeremy Ausmus: 10♦8♦ All in
Stephen Chidwick: J♦3♦

The flop ran out 5♣Q♦Q♠, and although the turn 2♦ gave Ausmus a flush draw, his outs were no good, as Chidwick had the diamonds dominated. So, with just six outs once, the 7♠ sealed Ausmus' fate, and he was eliminated from the tournament, as Chidwick's jack-high was good.

Chidwick will go on to play Artur Martiosian in Round 2 later today.

05-30-2024 16:00 UTC-7

Zeng Falls to Wantman

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Matthew Wantman shoved on the button and Linglin Zeng mulled over her decision before eventually committing her last 100,000 into the middle.

Linglin Zeng: K♠10♣ All in
Matthew Wantman: A♥5♥

Wantman held the lead, and the A♣5♠4♥ flop improved him to two pair and left Zeng drawing to runner-runner.

The 9♥ turn sealed the deal and an irrelevant Q♦ completed the board — eliminating Zeng from contention.

05-30-2024 15:56 UTC-7

Mizumoto Secures the Comeback to Advance

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Nick Becker

Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Weston Mizumoto was seen scooping another large pot, securing a double up to take the lead over his opponent, Joshua Heinzl.

Mizumoto's Q♠Q♦ bested Heinzl's 6♦7♠ on a run out of 3♥5♦7♥J♥J♠.

A short while later, Mizumoto went on to finish off Heinzl and book the win to advance.

Tags: Joshua Heinzl Weston Mizumoto

05-30-2024 15:52 UTC-7

Elias Can't Overcome Moron

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Ignacio Moron wrapped up his heads-up match with Darren Elias when the chips went in preflop. Moron quickly recapped the hand to PokerNews.

Elias limped in from the button and called off his stack of around 140,000 when Moron moved all in for 160,000 from the big blind.

Darren Elias: Ax6x All in
Ignacio Moron: A♠7♠

Elias was dominated and had one out removed after Moron picked up a flush draw on the Kx8♠2♠ flop. Moron found the 7♥ on the turn to leave Elias drawing dead before the river bricked off.

Tags: Darren Elias Ignacio Moron

05-30-2024 15:42 UTC-7

Wantman and Zeng Back to Even

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Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

With 75,400 chips, Matthew Wantman open jammed all in on the button. After some debate, Linglin Zeng made the call, and put Wantman at risk.

Matthew Wantman A♠7♣ All in
Linglin Zeng Q♠10♥

While already ahead, the 2♣3♥A♣ flop put Wantman in dominate position, and the 9♠ on the turn had Zeng drawing dead when the 9♦ rolled off on the river, giving Wantman two pair with Aces and Nines.

05-30-2024 15:40 UTC-7

Rabichow Advances Over Leonard

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Patrick Leonard raised to 42,000 on the button, leaving himself just 5,000 behind. Kevin Rabichow raised and Leonard called all in to put himself at risk.

Patrick Leonard: A♦J♣ All in
Kevin Rabichow: J♠8♠

"Let it be known that I do not like it," Leonard said before the flop was dealt.

The flop came 7♦10♥9♣ — giving Rabichow a straight and leaving Leonard drawing very slim.

"Let it be known," Leonard reiterated.

The K♠ turn and 10♣ river changed nothing and Leonard was elimianted.

Tags: Kevin Rabichow Patrick Leonard

05-30-2024 15:39 UTC-7

Kalas Bests Brown

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Brandon Brown limped on the button and Kane Kalas checked his option.

Kalas checked to Brown on the J♠4♣9♦ flop and he bet 6,000. Kalas then check-raised to 14,700 and Brown called.

Kalas continued for 20,800 on the 3♠ turn and Brown again called.

The K♦ completed the board and Kalas shoved. Brown called all in for approximately 60,000 and Kalas tabled J♥4♠ for a flopped two pair. It was best against Brown's Q♥9♠ for a pair of nines and Kalas advanced into Round 2.