Felipe Ramos raised to 150,000 from under the gun and Jonathan Bowers in the small blind three-bet to 500,000. Ramos called and they got it in following a Q♦7♠3♦ flop.
Felipe Ramos: K♦K♥8♣8♦
Jonathan Bowers: A♣A♦10♦5♣
Ramos was in rough shape as the diamonds were covered by Bowers. He found no escape with the 2♣ turn and Q♣ river to bow out in 25th place.
"You can write in the blog that this was redemption for the other hand," Bowers mentioned.
With two players seeing a board of Q♣2♥7♣9♣10♣ and around 1,500,000 already in the middle, Niklas Astedt had bet 1,100,000 from the cutoff only for Joshua Adkins to move all in for around 3,500,000 from the big blind. Astedt, who had about 1,200,000 behind, went deep into the tank.
After a few minutes to consider his options Astedt opted to fold and Adkins took down a massive pot without showdown.
The action started with a cutoff raise to 150,000 by David Benyamine and Mandy Calara called on the button. James Carroll then potted to 625,000 in the big blind and Benyamine reraised the pot to 2,125,000. Calara eventually called all-in for 1,110,000 and Carroll gave it some thought before he called all-in for another 950,000 behind to be the second-biggest stack in the showdown.
Mandy Calara: Q♥J♣9♥8♦
James Carroll: A♦K♠Q♠Q♣
David Benyamine: A♥A♠10♥3♥
The biggest stack remained ahead on the 10♣6♣3♦ flop while Calara had a gutshot. Nothing changed with the 5♠ turn but the 7♠ river completed an unlikely straight for Calara, as he tripled up.
For Carroll, the worst-case scenario unfolded as he lost the side pot as well and was eliminated on the pay jump for $42,851.
The $25K Fantasy league rolls on, and as of June 19, Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) is still on top with 899 points, which is a good bit ahead of both Team Sternheimer (765 points) and Team Baker (673 points). Of the 19 teams, Team Chingas is on the bottom with 213 points. Check out 25Kfantasy.com to see the current standings.
PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.
As a result, we can capture some of the biggest, best, and most game-changing hands involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Here are five from the last week of action in the 2024 WSOP.
David Benyamine limped in from under the gun and so did Richard Gryko from two seats over. [Removed:508] then raised to 275,000 on the button and received two calls.
Benyamine potted the Q♠7♣6♣ flop and Gryko called all-in. Crivello had around 390,000 behind and tank-called as well.
[Removed:508]: K♥K♣J♠9♠
Richard Gryko: Q♦Q♥8♥4♣
David Benyamine: J♣10♥9♥3♣
The 6♦ turn instantly improved Gryko to a full house and the 8♠ river sent Crivello out in 23rd place. Gryko doubled through Benyamine for 1,040,000 to surpass the Frenchman on the leaderboard.
Niklas Astedt raised to 250,000 preflop over a limper and Manh Nguyen three-bet to 750,000. The limper got out of the way while Astedt made the call.
The flop came K♣Q♥3♠. Astedt checked, Nguyen shoved and Astedt, who had around 600,000 behind, called off and was at risk.
Niklas Astedt: A♣K♠8♠2♣
Manh Nguyen: A♦K♦Q♠J♦
Astedt's top pair was in rough shape against Nguyen who had top two pair with a draw to the nut-straight. The rest of the board ran out K♥6♥ giving Nguyen kings full of queens to take the pot and send the online legend to the rail in 22nd place.
In the 841st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by bracelet winner and philanthropist Gershon Distenfeld at Level 9 in Las Vegas to talk about latest from the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) including which old-school poker legend, who hadn't played a serious hand of poker in nine long years, made a surprise appearance in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) event. You'll have to either listen or watch to learn who it was!
Distenfeld then talks about what it was like to win a WSOP gold bracelet and donate the $204K prize to charity, his professional life in the financial world, and what motivates him in life and poker. You'll also hear about Dario Sammartino, who finished runner-up in the 2019 WSOP Main Event, finally getting his first bracelet.
Plus, get your $25K Fantasy Update and learn about winners from other Vegas properties including Golden Nugget, Wynn, and Venetian. They include Lindsey Kludt, Brock Wilson, Florian Duta, and Ori Hasson, among others.
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