Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors - No-Limit Hold'em | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-29-2024 17:21 UTC-8

Stavros Petychakis Eliminated in 2nd Place ($138,423)

Joseph Berg

Level 44 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Ben Collins was on the button and wagered 88,500,000 enough to put Stavros Petychakis all in. Stavros Petychakis made the call from the big blind.

Stavros Petychakis: A♠2♥ All in
Ben Collins: A♥8♥

The board ran out 9♣8♣3♦6♥J♠ sending Stavros Petychakis to the payout desk in second place, bringing Event #67 to a close.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Collins	225,000,000 89,000,000	89,000,000

Stavros Petychakis	Busted

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06-29-2024 15:45 UTC-8

Tolga Gesli Eliminated in 3rd Place ($102,360)

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Joseph Berg

Level 42 : 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Ben Collins raised to 4,500,000 from the button. Tolga Gesli then three-bet from the small blind to 12,000,000. Collins decided to go all in. Gesli quickly called and was at risk.

Tolga Gesli: K♣K♠ All in
Ben Collins: 7♠7♥

Gesli had a lock on the hand as the dealer fanned a A♦9♠J♠ flop. An icey cold 7♣ on the turn quickly changed things as Gesli couldn't believe what he just saw. The 5♠ river card ended an impressive run for Gesli in Event #67. We can only hope he will use some of his new found wealth to celebrate his birthday in style.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Collins	154,000,000 71,100,000	71,100,000

Tolga Gesli	Busted

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06-29-2024 15:07 UTC-8

Paul Serrate Eliminated in 4th Place ($76,338)

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Joseph Berg

Level 41 : Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Stavros Petychakis wagered enough out of the small blind to put Paul Serrate all in and at risk from the big blind. Serrate made the call and the players tabled their hands.

Paul Serrate: A♥2♦ All in
Stavros Petychakis: 9♠8♥

The board ran out 10♣2♥3♠J♥8♠ sending the Day 2 chip leader to the payout desk in fourth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stavros Petychakis	45,800,000 18,000,000	18,000,000
Paul Serrate	Busted

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06-29-2024 14:52 UTC-8

Rami Hammoud Eliminated in 5th Place ($57,420)

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Joseph Berg

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds Ben Collins wagered enough to put Rami Hammoud all in, after some though Hammoud made the call and was at risk.

Rami Hammoud: K♣9♥ All in
Ben Collins: A♦2♠

The dealer ran out a board of 10♥8♦5♦4♣10♣ providing no help for Hammoud and sending him to the payout desk. Collins stack has surpassed the 80,000,000 mark as he hopes to keep the positive momentum going.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Collins	84,000,000 30,300,000	30,300,000

Rami Hammoud	Busted

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06-29-2024 14:40 UTC-8

Dane Harnett Eliminated in 6th Place ($43,564)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Dane Harnett went all in for 11,500,000 and after thinking briefly, Paul Serrate from the big blind made the call.

Dane Harnett: Q♦J♥ All in
Paul Serrate: A♣4♠

Serrate was relieved to be ahead and when the board ran out K♠6♣3♠7♠4♣, his pair of fours were enough to send Harnett to the rail.

Harnett let PokerNews know that he somehow managed to spin 23,000 in chips at the 10,000/20,000 level into his final table run. Quite the feat, indeed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Serrate	31,400,000 11,500,000	11,500,000

Dane Harnett	Busted

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06-29-2024 14:28 UTC-8

Ben Snodgrass Eliminated in 7th Place ($33,341)

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Joseph Berg

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Ben Snodgrass open jammed from middle position for 5,500,000. Tolga Gesli called on the button.

Ben Snodgrass: Q♦9♠ All in
Tolga Gesli: K♣10♣

The board ran out 4♦K♦5♠3♥9♣, Gesli won the battle of the birthday boys sending Snodgrass to the payout desk in seventh place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tolga Gesli	52,000,000 6,100,000	6,100,000
Ben Snodgrass	Busted

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06-29-2024 13:54 UTC-8

Siavash Bahri Eliminated in 8th Place ($25,742)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Siavash Bahri raised on the button to 2,500,000 and was met by an all in from the much bigger stack of Ben Collins. Bahri made the call.

Siavash Bahri: A♠A♥ All in
Ben Collins: A♦7♠

This was the second time Bahri had aces this final table and the flop was no sweat when it came down K♣9♥10♥ and it appeared Bahri had just about secured victory when the 8♥ peeled off, giving him the nut flush draw to go with his aces.

The table let out at collective moan when the 6♦ rolled off the deck, giving a lively and lucky Ben Collins a straight on the river.

Bahri took the beat on the chin and every single one of his tablemates took a moment to shake his hand and share empathy at such a tremendously bad beat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Collins	52,600,000 25,100,000	25,100,000

Siavash Bahri	Busted

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06-29-2024 13:14 UTC-8

Gerald Schnierer Eliminated in 9th Place ($20,052)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Gerald Schnierer got his last 6,000,000 all in preflop but was sad to see he was behind when Tolga Gesli put him at risk.

Gerald Schnierer: A♠Q♣ All in
Tolga Gesli: Q♥Q♠

Schnierer did his best to summon an ace every street but it wasn't his day, as the board ran out 3♣2♥8♠6♠10♠.

Schnierer exchanged information with his tablemates before parting ways, so everyone has made a friend on top of whatever prize they received.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tolga Gesli	47,100,000 21,600,000	21,600,000
Gerald Schnierer	Busted

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06-29-2024 13:12 UTC-8

Richard Juliano Eliminated in 10th Place ($15,759)

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Joseph Berg

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Richard Juliano went all in for his last 900,000 from the button and was called by Stavros Petychakis in the small blind and Paul Serrate in the big blind.

Serrate and Petychakis checked through the turn with a board reading J♦10♦5♥8♠. Serrate bet 1,500,000 on the 9♥ river card, Petychakis folded and the hands were tabled.

Richard Juliano: J♣10♠ All in
Paul Serrate: K♥Q♥

Serrates' rivered straight bested Juliano's two pair, sending Juliano to the payout desk in tenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stavros Petychakis	52,000,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Paul Serrate	40,000,000 900,000	900,000

Richard Juliano	Busted

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06-29-2024 12:50 UTC-8

Rafael Takeda Eliminated in 11th Place ($15,759)

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Joseph Berg

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Stavros Petychakis limped in from the small blind before Rafael Takeda moved all in from the big blind. Petychakis quickly called with the best starting hand in hold'em.

Rafael Takeda: J♣10♥ All in
Stavros Petychakis: A♦A♣

The board ran out 7♦J♠A♠8♣K♥ sending Takeda to the payout desk in 11th place.