Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$2,606,100
Entries
5,110
Level
40
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Entries
5,110
Players Left
767
Players Left 1 / 5,110
Filter
(1)
67,300
Table 161Seat 6
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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46,300
16,300
Table 146Seat 1
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of 4♥3♣2♣ and about 17,000 in the middle, Joshua Thibodaux bet 5,500 from the big blind and was called by Christian Aven who was in middle position.
Both players then checked the 8♦ turn and A♦ river.
Thibodaux could only show K♦10♦ for a bluff while Aven had J♠J♣ for a pair of jacks to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
45,700
45,700
|
45,700 |
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
A player from under the gun limped in for 1,000 before the hijack player moved all in for 15,200. Cliff Nicholas called the shove from the button before the under-the-gun player limp-shoved for 49,600. Action was back on Nicholas who made the call, covering both opponents.
Hijack: 5♥5♠ 
Under-the-Gun Player: A♦J♦
Cliff Nicholas: 7♦7♣
The board ran out 10♠K♥8♣10♥6♥ and Nicholas faded all the cards to eliminate both opponents and take the chip lead at his table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
168,400
168,400
|
168,400 |
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
A player from under the gun opened to 3,000, Jacob Mendelsohn three-bet to 8,000 and his opponent called.
Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of 3♠A♠Q♣6♥A♣. The under-the-gun player checked, Mendelsohn bet 7,000 and his opponent made the call.
Mendelsohn tabled K♣K♠ for two pair and his opponent's hand hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,500
52,500
|
52,500 |
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The player in the late position raised to 2,300, and the player in the small blind moved all in, covering both Mike Souza in the big blind and late position. Souza called and late position got out of the way.
Mike Souza: 9♠9♦
Small blind: 5♦5♥
The board ran out 10♥8♦7♠6♥4♠ and Souza's higher straight earned him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,500 |
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Daniyal Gheba opened the action with a raise to 2,500 from under the gun. A player on the button moved all in for 17,200 and Gheba made the call.
Button: 9♥9♠
Daniyal Gheba: A♦7♦
The dealer put out 2♥A♣J♥2♦4♦ and Gheba got there to stack his opponent and add to his table leading stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The early position player opened the action with a raise to 2,500 before Derrick Stoebe three-bet to 7,000 from middle position. The early position player moved all in for his last 24,000 and Stoebe made the call.
Early Position Player: A♣Q♣
Derrick Stoebe: K♥K♠
The board ran out 7♦10♣K♦A♥K♣ and Stoebe sent his opponent home while dragging in a nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
Just knocked a player out when they moved all in UTG+1 for 17k
She showed QQ and my AK hit an Ace on the flop to send the player to the rail