Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-25-2024 17:12 UTC-8

Maldonado Dodges Straight Draw

Nick Becker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was caught on the flop of 8♦A♠9♣, in a hand between Jesus Maldonado in the small blind and the player in the cutoff.

Maldonado check-raised to 13,000 over the cutoff's bet of 5,5000. The cutoff then came over the top and shoved all in for 39,500 total. Maldonado made the call.

Cutoff: 6♠7♦ All in
Jesus Maldonado: A♦J♠

The J♣ turn and 2♦ river offered no help to the cutoff, and Maldonado's two pair, aces and jacks, took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Maldonado	235,000

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06-25-2024 17:14 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddy Hsu	49,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Calum Grant	Busted

Feingold Finds Gold on the Turn

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Nick Becker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action picked up on the turn in a hand between Howard Feingold in the small blind and the player in the big blind.

With the board reading 6♥5♦J♦5♥, Feingold check-raised all in for 19,000 over the big blind's bet of 4,000. The big blind made the call.

Howard Feingold: 4♥5♠ All in
Big Blind: 6♦7♣

The river peeled the 3♠, awarding Feingold the pot and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Howard Feingold	51,000

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06-25-2024 17:20 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Lapham	190,000 25,000	25,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	91,000 91,000	91,000

Omar Sader	67,000
Jamie Kerstetter	61,000 4,000	4,000

Allen Kessler	50,500 50,500	50,500
Tim Duckworth	50,000 8,500	8,500
Lara Eisenberg	40,000 40,000	40,000

Jackson Spencer	36,000 53,400	53,400
Michael Moncek	15,000 15,000	15,000

Oldham Doubles

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Cullen Oldham open-jammed his 14,500-chip stack from the cutoff before the small blind reraised all in for 54,000. The big blind folded and the two players went to a runout.

Cullen Oldham: 7♦7♣ All in
Small Blind: A♠J♥

The dealer put out 8♠6♥2♦3♥5♥ and Oldham's pair of sevens held on to extend his tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cullen Oldham	34,000 1,000	1,000

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06-25-2024 17:23 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts from Paris Yellow

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Fino	275,000
Gautam Lillaney	233,500
Shahabaldin Shirazi	202,000
Jordan Pailha	173,000
Raymond Taylor	155,000
Xixiang Luo	33,000

06-25-2024 17:30 UTC-8

Nguyen Sends Opponent Packing

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A player from under the gun open-jammed his 21,500-chip stack into the middle. Action folded around to Phuong Nguyen in the small blind who reraised all in for 93,000. The big blind mucked and players went off to a full board.

Under-the-Gun Player: A♦9♣ All in
Phuong Nguyen: A♠K♦

The dealer put out A♥10♦6♥5♠2♣ and Nguyen scooped the pot to add to her table-leading stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phuong Nguyen	128,700 128,700	128,700

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06-25-2024 17:33 UTC-8

Aces With Action

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kindah Sakkal, the big blind, and a player in middle position were all in preflop with cards on their backs.

Kindah Sakkal: A♥A♦ All in
Middle Postion: K♦K♣ All in
Big Blind: A♠Q♦

The board left all hands unimproved as it rolled out 6♣9♣5♥7♣J♦, awarding Sakkal the main pot and the middle position player was pushed a small side pot.