Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $600 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$2,688,210
Total Entries
5,271
Level
40
Blinds
1,300,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
0
Entries
5,271
Players Left
283
Players Left 1 / 5,271
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Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Earlier this year on an ordinary Monday afternoon, a bespectacled man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Blvd. Tucked under his arm was an uninteresting box that only he knew contained something rather interesting – a pair of gold watches dating back more than 40 years.
These were not your run-of-the-mill wristwear, but rather evidence of a unique and often overlooked time of poker history, a year when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, now the game’s highest accolade, was replaced in favor of watches.
The man holding the box was David Sklansky, who in 1978 forever changed poker by advocating a mathematical approach to the game in his groundbreaking book The Theory of Poker. Nicknamed “The Mathematician,” he proved his prowess just four years later when he won two WSOP tournaments in five days.
First, he won the 1982 WSOP Event #7: $800 Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud, a tournament that paired one man with one woman, alongside Dani Kelly, and followed that up by taking down Event #12: $1,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High. A year later, the Binions reverted back to the beloved bracelets players know today, and Sklansky captured his third piece of WSOP hardware by winning Event #11: $1,000 Limit Omaha.
It was a remarkable accomplishment, and for more than four decades he’s kept safe the evidence of his victories, both of which still worked. So, why was Sklansky carrying his 1982 WSOP gold watches, two of only 15 ever awarded, into a pawn shop? Well, he was looking to sell them of course, but not to just any of the dozens of pawn shops spread across Las Vegas. Oh no, he was walking into arguably the most famous pawn shop in the world, the home to the wildly popular television show Pawn Stars, and he was there to do it with cameras rolling.
Read all about the 1982 WSOP watches here in our feature article!
Busted
Table 402Seat 1
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Players are on a 30-minute break to give proper time for coloring up the 100 denomination chips.
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Just before the break, Jean-Christophe Lapointe was all in from a middle position for 28,400 and got a single call from the hijack.
Jean-Christophe Lapointe: K♦J♦
Hijack: 10♠10♣
Lapointe was looking to hit the board and the K♥4♥4♦ flop went his way.
The 8♦ turn and J♠ river only made Lapointe stronger and he got the much needed double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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62,800
62,800
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62,800 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Action picked up on the turn in a hand between David Black in the big blind and the player on the button.
With about 50,000 in the pot and the board reading J♦2♣3♦Q♣, Black check-raised all in over the button's bet of 40,000, putting the button at risk.
The button went into the tank before eventually making the call.
Button: A♠A♣
David Black: Q♠Q♥
The river brought the 9♦ and Black's set of queens sent his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Lara Eisenberg was seen collecting her belongings, putting on her backpack, and preparing to leave the tournament area. Only problem was that she hadn't seen the result of her flip yet.
Lara Eisenberg: 9♣9♦
Opponent: J♥10♥
The flop was a sweat when it came K♦8♦Q♥ but the 2♦ and 6♥ didn't change anything and Eisenberg was left to strap her bag back on her chair and collect the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
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100,000
Table 216Seat 4
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Ryan Depaulo was all in preflop and at risk, against a short-stacked player at the table, and another opponent who had them both covered.
Opponent: A♠A♥
Ryan Depaulo: 9♥10♥
Opponent: K♥Q♥
Depaulo pulled ahead on the 9♦10♦4♦ flop improving to two pair, tens and nines. The K♠ turn and 5♥ river awarded him both the main and side pots, to more than double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | |
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Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
50bb effective, 1k/2.5kbb, 3b JJ 20k in late vs middle position LAG big stack open of 6.5k who was playing their stack and VPIPing 100% from middle position on. He calls. Flop 367shh. Check, c-bet 30k into 40kish pot. He jams for 100k and I call. He flips over QQ and board bricks out.