Hector Berry opened to 2,800,000 and Luke Varrasso three-bet to 6,800,000. Berry called.
The flop came Q♥7♥4♠ and Varrasso bet 4,500,000. Berry folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000,000
21,000,000
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21,000,000 |
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63,000,000
21,000,000
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21,000,000 |
Level: 40
Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000
Ante: 1,600,000
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Hector Berry raised to 3,200,000 from the button and Luke Varrasso defended.
The flop came 8♥K♣9♦, Varrasso check-called the 1,800,000 bet of Berry.
They both checked through the A♦ on the turn to the 3♠ on the river. Varrasso fired a bet of 4,600,000 out for Berry to fold to.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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88,000,000
2,000,000
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2,000,000 |
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65,000,000
2,000,000
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2,000,000 |
Hector Berry opened to 3,200,000 and Luke Varrasso three-bet to 7,300,000.
Berry then four-bet to 14,000,000 and Varrasso folded. Berry showed K♦6♦ much to the delight of his rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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98,000,000
10,000,000
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10,000,000 |
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55,000,000
10,000,000
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10,000,000 |
Hector Berry opened to 3,500,000 and Luke Varrasso called.
Varrasso check-called 4,200,000 on the 9♦6♣5♥ flop and the turn was the J♠. Varrasso checked but this time folded to a bet of 10,500,000 from Berry.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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103,000,000
5,000,000
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5,000,000 |
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50,000,000
5,000,000
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5,000,000 |
Hector Berry opened to 3,500,000 and Luke Varrasso called.
Varrasso check-called 1,600,000 on the 7♥7♦2♠ flop and the pair checked the 4♣Q♦ runout. Varrasso tabled 10♠2♦ for two pair and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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93,000,000
10,000,000
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10,000,000 |
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60,000,000
10,000,000
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10,000,000 |
The $25K Fantasy league rolls on, and as of June 19, Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) is still on top with 899 points, which is a good bit ahead of both Team Sternheimer (765 points) and Team Baker (673 points). Of the 19 teams, Team Chingas is on the bottom with 213 points. Check out 25Kfantasy.com to see the current standings.
PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.
As a result, we can capture some of the biggest, best, and most game-changing hands involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Here are five from the last week of action in the 2024 WSOP.
Luke Varrasso raised from the button for Hector Berry to defend.
The flop came 9♣4♦6♦, Berry check-called the continuation-bet of Varrasso to see the 2♥ on the turn.
They both checked to the 7♥ on the river. Berry bet 3,100,000 for Varrasso to raise it up 8,500,000. Berry considered it for a bit and then called. Varrasso saw Berry held the 7♦4♣ for two pair and mucked his hand to award the pot to Berry.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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106,000,000
13,000,000
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13,000,000 |
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47,000,000
13,000,000
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13,000,000 |
Luke Varrasso opened to 3,800,000 and Hector Berry called.
Berry check-called 2,800,000 on the 2♥2♠7♠ flop and the turn was the 4♣. Both players checked and Berry checked the 6♥ river to Varrasso.
He bet 7,000,000 and Berry called. Varrasso tabled Q♠9♠ for a missed flush draw, while Berry took down the pot with A♠8♣ for ace-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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115,500,000
9,500,000
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9,500,000 |
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37,500,000
9,500,000
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9,500,000 |
