2024 World Series of Poker

Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed)
Day: 1
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Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♣5♦4♠3♥
Prize
$1,320,945
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$7,542,300
Total Entries
811
Places Paid
122
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
726
Players Left
245
Players Left 1 / 811
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Suvarna is "Back"

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Action was heads up between Santhosh Suvarna and Eelis Parssinen to the 5♦3♠10♣ flop, with all of Suvarna's chips in the middle.

The board ran out 8♣K♠, leaving Suvarna's A♦J♠J♦4♥ holding as the best hand to double through Parssinen.

"You're back," said another player at the table as Suvarna collected his chips.

Tags: Eelis ParssinenSanthosh Suvarna

Mizrachi Joins the Biggest Stacks

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

On a flop of Q♣8♣6♥, Michael Mizrachi bet 10,000 when checked to and then did so again on the 4♠ turn for 22,000. His opponent bet the Q♥ river for 47,000 and Mizrachi instantly called.

"Eights," the other player declared and Mizrachi instantly replied "no good" as he exposed the K♣K♠Q♠4♦ for queens full of fours.

In the meanwhile, Viktor Blom is no longer on the same table and has been eliminated.

Tags: Michael Mizrachi

Updated Counts From Level 8

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Young Folds to Ponakovs

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Justin Young limped in early position and Aleksejs Ponakovs checked his big blind option.

Both players checked through the Q♠4♦6♣ flop and the dealer revealed the 3♦ turn.

Ponakovs began to count out a bet and that was enough to produce an instant fold from Young.

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsJustin Young

Kalas Doubles Through Yotsushika

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Kane Kalas
Kane Kalas

Three ways to the J♦6♣5♣Q♦ turn, the action checked to a player in middle position and he bet 9,500. Kazuhiko Yotsushika called on the button for Kane Kalas to then check-raise the pot for 41,400 total. The third player in the hand tank-folded and Yotsushika then jammed to see Kalas quickly call all-in.

Kane Kalas: J♠J♣7♦4♣ All in
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: A♠K♥10♦2♦

Kalas was ahead with the top set, flush draw and open-ender while Yotsushika had a wrap and diamond draw. The river was the 4♠ and Kalas doubled for 55,900.

Tags: Kane KalasKazuhiko Yotsushika

Barriocanal Forces Out O'Hara

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Ian O'Hara checked the A♥9♦2♣7♦ turn and then called a bet worth 11,000 by Daniel Barriocanal. He checked the 8♠ river once more and Barriocanal pulled the trigger with a pot-sized bet of 38,000. O'Hara was covered by that and reluctantly folded.

Tags: Daniel BarriocanalIan O'Hara

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Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

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

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Read the Full Interview Here
Read the Full Interview Here

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.

Read the Full Interview Here

Tags: Justin Smith

Diaz Gets Some River Value

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up pot to the 7♣5♦2♥9♥J♠ river, David Diaz bet 5,000 when checked to. His sole remaining opponent called and Diaz showed A♦J♣2♣2♦ for a set of deuces to win the pot.

Tags: David Diaz

Gryko Bombs the River

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Richard Gryko
Richard Gryko

Heads-up to the A♦Q♣5♣10♥ turn, Richard Gryko faced a bet of 5,500 and made it 25,500 to go in the hijack. His sole opponent called and then checked the K♣ on the river. Gryko splurged in a stack of T-5,000 chips for an effective bet of around 65,000 and that forced a reluctant fold.

Tags: Richard Gryko