2024 World Series of Poker

Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
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Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦q♣
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$1,504,000
Entries
64
Level Info
Level
63
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
16
Players Left
4
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Martirosian Jumps out to an Early Lead

Dan O'Hair
Dan O'Hair
Level 37 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Artur Martirosian
Artur Martirosian

Artur Martirosian opened to 15,000 on the button and was three-bet to 60,000 by Patrick Kennedy. Martirosian called.

Both players checked on the J♦10♣J♠ flop and Kennedy checked again on the 3♠ turn. Martirosian bet 90,000 and Kennedy called.

The 6♦ completed the board and Kennedy checked a final time — prompting a hefty 200,000 bet from Martirosian.

This time Kennedy let his hand go and Martirosian collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian 		1,350,000
150,000
 150,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Patrick Kennedy gb
Patrick Kennedy 		1,050,000
150,000
 150,000

Tags: Artur MartirosianPatrick Kennedy

Messere Gains a Slight Lead

Nick Becker
Nick Becker
Level 37 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Owen Messere raised to 15,000 on the button and Faraz Jaka called. On the 2♦J♣5♥ flop, Jaka check-called for 15,000 and the 8♣ turn went check-check.

The river brought the 9♣ and Jaka led out for 40,000. Messere called and mucked his hand when Jaka tabled Q♥9♦ for a pair of nines.

A couple hands later, on a flop of 4♦7♠K♠ and 32,000 in the pot, Messere check-raised to 59,000 over Jaka's bet of 9,000. Jaka called and the turn brought the 4♠.

Messere fired out 100,000 and Jaka called. The river brought the 3♠, which slowed down the action with four spades now being on the board. Both players checked and Messere turned over 5♥6♠ for a flush to earn a small lead early on.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Owen Messere gb
Owen Messere 		1,320,000
120,000
 120,000
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka 		1,080,000
120,000
 120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Faraz JakaOwen Messere

Level: 37

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

Quarterfinals Set

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 36 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Now that all the Round 3 matches have finished, the remaining eight players will return at 5 p.m. local time to compete in the quarterfinals.

Winners of the quarterfinals will come back on Saturday for the semifinals.

Player 1vs.Player 2
Artur Martirosianvs.Patrick Kennedy
Darius Samualvs.John Smith
Nikolai Mamutvs.Marko Grujic
Faraz Jakavs.Owen Messere

Round 3 Results Recap

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 36 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
WinnerLoser
Artur MartirosianCary Katz
Patrick KennedyMichael Steele
Darius SamualMatthew Wantman
John SmithWeston Mizumoto
Nikolai MamutJames Gorham
Marko GrujicJoseph Miller
Faraz JakaSam Soverel
Owen MessereKane Kalas

Mizumoto's Bust Out End Round 3

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 36 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Weston Mizumoto
Weston Mizumoto

After paying off John Smith's flush, Weston Mizumoto was reduced to around 275,000.

The following hand, Mizumoto jammed from the big blind over Smith's raise to 80,000. After some brief thinking time, Smith called.

Weston Mizumoto: A♥6♥All in
John Smith: K♠3♠

A huge exhale escaped Mizumoto as Smith trips on the K♦K♣9♥ flop to become the huge favorite. The 9♠ turn gave Smith the checkmark ahead of the 4♦ river.

With that, Mizumoto effectively bubbled the Heads-Up Championship, with the final eight players locking up the $86,000 min-cash.

John Smith
John Smith
Player Chips Progress
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John Smith 		1,200,000
340,000
 340,000
Profile photo of Weston Mizumoto us
Weston Mizumoto 		Busted

Tags: John SmithWeston Mizumoto

Level: 36

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 0

Smith and Mizumoto Continue to Battle

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 35 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

The final heads-up match-up of Round 3 is between Weston Mizumoto and John Smith, with neither player looking to be the last player to leave empty-handed.

Following Smith's double-up, he's added a few more chips to his stack.

Smith took down two limped pots before Mizumoto got two jams through preflop.

Each player then gave their opponent a walk.

In another limped pot, Smith check-called for 30,000 from the big blind on the K♠J♦2♣ flop before the 7♣ turn and 9♦ river checked through to showdown.

Smith tabled K♦5♣ for top pair and Mizumoto mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Smith us
John Smith 		860,000
90,000
 90,000
Profile photo of Weston Mizumoto us
Weston Mizumoto 		340,000
90,000
 90,000

Tags: John SmithWeston Mizumoto

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