Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-25-2024 21:16 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Belforti	1,100,000 25,000	25,000
Vanessa Kade	800,000 600,000	600,000
Yan Li	750,000 230,000	230,000
Axel Hallay	720,000 80,000	80,000
Cedric Schwaederle	680,000 621,500	621,500
Jonathan Pastore	675,000 205,000	205,000

Guofeng Wang	565,000 45,000	45,000
Simon Wiciak	470,000 115,000	115,000
Tobias Peters	350,000 90,000	90,000

Benjamin Spragg	315,000 35,000	35,000

Kyriakos Papadopoulos	280,000 150,000	150,000

Niall Farrell	260,000 135,000	135,000

Koray Aldemir	170,000 20,000	20,000

Kristen Foxen	160,000 40,000	40,000

Myles Mullaly	Busted
Richard Rohr	Busted
Roman Hrabec	Busted

Ognyan Dimov	Busted

Yuya Kita	Busted
Carl Shaw	Busted

Louis Murray	Busted
Zhan Peng Ma	Busted
Han Ming Feng	Busted
Larry Cruickshank	Busted
James Carroll	Busted

15-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The 162 remaining players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-25-2024 21:34 UTC-8

Final Two Levels

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

After two more 60-minute levels, the survivors will bag up their chips and come back for Day 3 tomorrow.

06-25-2024 21:46 UTC-8

Papadopoulos Hits the River to Double Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Kyriakos Papadopoulos opened from middle position, then after the small blind three-bet to 75,000, Papadopoulos shoved for 237,000. The small blind went into the tank and called.

Kyriakos Papadopoulos: 6♠6♣ All in
Small blind: K♦J♦

The small blind hit top pair on 9♦8♥K♥5♠. But the 6♦ river landed on the felt to give a set to Papadopoulos, who doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	498,000 218,000	218,000

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06-25-2024 21:47 UTC-8

Higgins Flops a Jack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Andre Akkari raised from the hijack to 25,000 and got a call from the cutoff. Simon Higgins was on the button and three-bet to 95,000, which only Akkari called.

On the 7♥5♠J♦ flop, Akkari check-called a bet of 65,000 from Higgins.

The action was then checked to showdown on the 5♥ turn and 3♣ river. Akkari flipped A♦K♦ for ace-high, but Higgins had flopped a pair of jacks with Q♦J♥ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Higgins	900,000 686,500	686,500
Andre Akkari	650,000 125,000	125,000

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06-25-2024 21:55 UTC-8

Spragg Wins a Flip

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Benjamin Spragg just won a flip after getting his stack into the middle preflop from the small blind against the button.

Benjamin Spragg: A♣10♠ All in
Button: 8♦8♥

Spragg flopped a ten and rivered the nut flush on the 2♣10♣6♦9♣K♣ runout which earned him a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Spragg	550,000 235,000	235,000

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06-25-2024 22:01 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: UFC's Bruce Buffer Dishes on Poker Games w/ Leonardo DiCaprio

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Connor Richards

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

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 Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Bruce Buffer by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

Tags: Bruce Buffer Connor Richards

06-25-2024 22:04 UTC-8

Ropert Folds Turn

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

After an open by a player in early position called by the small blind, Corentin Ropert defended from the big blind.

The early-position player continued for 21,000 on a flop 7♦K♣4♣. The small blind folded, but Ropert check-called.

The 9♦ came on the turn and after Ropert checked, the early-position player fired a second barrel of 72,000. Ropert snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corentin Ropert	262,000 220,000	220,000

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06-25-2024 22:06 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	1,250,000 250,000	250,000

Julian Milliard-Feral	1,150,000 10,000	10,000
Kyle Julius	800,000 50,000	50,000

Jonathan Pastore	725,000 50,000	50,000

Brian Barker	550,000 350,000	350,000
Michael Acevedo	500,000 230,000	230,000

Abhinav Iyer	500,000 150,000	150,000

Kunal Patni	460,000 40,000	40,000
Jeff Lennon	450,000 300,000	300,000
Wing Po Liu	400,000 155,000	155,000

John Perry	350,000 200,000	200,000
Jun Obara	330,000 30,000	30,000
Huihan Wu	300,000 90,000	90,000
Kristen Foxen	260,000 100,000	100,000

Jessica Teusl	250,000 85,000	85,000

Eshaan Bhalla	230,000 270,000	270,000
[Removed:548]	200,000 95,000	95,000
Ruiko Mamiya	160,000 65,000	65,000
Gregory Janin	130,000 140,000	140,000