Event #65: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-27-2024 13:38 UTC-8

Bosman Stacks Aldridge

Michael Giacobbe

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Brenda Aldridge moved all in for her last 80,000 from middle position. Hans Bosman reraised all in for 116,000 from the button and players went off to a runout with Aldridge at risk.

Brenda Aldridge: 9♦9♠ All in
Hans Bosman: A♠Q♠

The board ran out Q♣8♠7♣5♦3♦ and Bosman won the flip to eliminate his opponent and nearly double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hans Bosman	238,500 112,500	112,500
Brenda Aldridge	Busted

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06-27-2024 13:32 UTC-8

Graupner Is the Stone Bubble, Fisher Saves the Room from Hand-for-Hand Play

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Ollie Garland

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The pot stood at approximately 90,000 with two players looking at a board of 2♦9♦9♣3♠.

Mark Fisher, in the big blind, checked the action to Thomas Graupner, in early position. Graupner bet out 30,000. In response, Fisher applied maximum pressure, moving all in for Graupner's effective stack of approximately 100,000. As the stone bubble loomed, Graupner went deep into the tank, thinking for several minutes.

"It's just money," Graupner said as he flicked in one yellow chip for the call.

Thomas Graupner: J♦J♥ All in
Mark Fisher: A♠9♠

Graupner was behind Fisher's flopped trips and the 2♣ river couldn't save him, bursting the stone bubble. The remaining 102 players were now all in the money, without having to navigate the slow process of hand-for-hand play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Fisher	310,000 36,000	36,000
Thomas Graupner	Busted

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06-27-2024 13:26 UTC-8

Leone's Kicker Plays

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Michael Nye moved all in for his last 26,000 from the hijack. Michael Bickel called in the small blind and Raymond Leone completed from the big blind.

Leone and Nickel checked the 6♠9♣9♥J♦4♣ board all the way down and Leone scooped the pot with K♦Q♣. Bickel showed 8♣7♣ and Nye showed K♣10♦ before exiting, falling just short of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Bickel	852,000 236,000	236,000
Raymond Leone	665,000 284,000	284,000
Michael Nye	Busted

Tags: Michael Bickel Michael Nye Ray Leone

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-27-2024 12:59 UTC-8

First Break

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players are headed to their first 15-minute break of the day. Action will resume at Level 18 with blinds of 6,000-12,000.

06-27-2024 12:57 UTC-8

Lehr Makes a Good Check-Back

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Ollie Garland

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action was caught as two players were looking at a board of 6♠J♥A♠10♣.

Daniel Fuhs, in the big blind, check-called a bet of 80,000 from Keith Lehr, on the button.

The 10♠ river prompted Fuhs to play in flow. Lehr thought for some time before checking back. Fuhs was first to table, rolling over K♠5♠ for a rivered flush; more than good enough to take down this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Fuhs	890,000 202,000	202,000

Keith Lehr	655,000 182,000	182,000

Tags: Daniel Fuhs Keith Lehr

06-27-2024 12:55 UTC-8

Pirrone Flops the Wheel

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action folded around to Paul Pirrone who moved all in from the hijack for his last 83,000. Arie Kliper called in the big blind and was in good shape to score an elimination.

Paul Pirrone: A♠5♠ All in
Arie Kliper: J♠J♦

The dealer put out 2♦4♣3♣8♦7♦ and Pirrone caught a little luck from the deck to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arie Kliper	415,000 24,000	24,000
Paul Pirrone	196,000 113,000	113,000

Tags: Paul Pirrone Arie Kliper

06-27-2024 12:48 UTC-8

Eliminations Before First Break

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
William Holmes	Busted
Homan Mohammadi	Busted
Hector Gimenez	Busted
Alex Dovzhenko	Busted
Paul Bianchi	Busted
Matthew Rolfe	Busted
John Juanda	Busted
John Holley	Busted
Fernando Romano	Busted
Roman Pereyaslavsky	Busted
Hirokazu Kobayashi	Busted

06-27-2024 12:43 UTC-8

Once Prominent Poker Star Justin "BoostedJ" Smith Returns to WSOP After Nine-Year Absence

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Jon Sofen

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Justin "BoostedJ" Smith was a young hotshot in the poker world back in the late 2000s, both online and live. At age 21, he was an up-and-coming star in the game with a bright future in poker.

Smith's stay among the game's elite was short-lived, and he'd been gone from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for nine years. But on Wednesday, the now 36-year-old returned to the summer series to compete in Event #66: $10:000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed), where he told PokerNews what he's been up to in recent years.

Catch our Exclusive Interview with BoostedJ Here

Tags: Justin Smith

06-27-2024 12:43 UTC-8