Level: 42
Blinds: 1,200,000/2,500,000
Ante: 2,500,000
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors - No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$1,851,970
Entries
4,517
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
17
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 4,517
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Level 42
: 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Heads up to a flop of 8♥4♣5♦ and Stavros Petychakis check-called a bet of 2,000,000 from Tolga Gesli.
The turn snapped off the 7♥ and Petychakis took the initiative with a bet of 2,800,000. Gesli called.
The river completed with the A♦ and Petychakis checked. After seeing how much he had behind, Gesli bet 11,000,000.
After some time, Petychakis folded and Gesli said, "I had the eight..."
Petychakis responded by saying, "I was more curious if you had the six..."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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82,900,000
12,100,000
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12,100,000 |
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73,000,000
17,000,000
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17,000,000 |
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49,000,000
3,200,000
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3,200,000 |
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♠ 
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 |
|---|---|---|
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154,000,000
71,100,000
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71,100,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 42
: Blinds 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Stavros Petychakis bet 3,500,000 on a flop of 7♦8♥A♣ and was faced by a raise to 15,000,000 from Ben Collins. Petychakis called.
The turn peeled the 2♣ and Collins bet 18,000,000 and was called again.
When the 9♣ came off the deck, Collins went all in and was beat in the pot by Petychakis.
Stavros Petychakis: A♦9♠
Ben Collins: 8♠7♠
Petychakis had a higher two pair and he raked in the pot and took over the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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134,000,000
85,000,000
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85,000,000 |
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91,000,000
63,000,000
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63,000,000 |
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Level 42
: Blinds 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Ben Collins raised to 5,000,000 from the button and was called by Stavros Petychakis in the big blind.
Action checked through on a 4♦6♥5♥ flop.
The turn was the K♦, Petychakis checked, Collins bet 8,000,000 and Petychakis called.
The river was the 2♣, Petychakis checked once again. Collins decided to wager 24,000,000, after some deliberation Petychakis made the call. Collins tabled K♣6♦ and Petychakis quickly mucked his hand
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000,000
39,000,000
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39,000,000 |
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95,000,000
39,000,000
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39,000,000 |
Level 42
: Blinds 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Only two remain in the hunt for the gold bracelet and they've gone on a quick 15-minute break.
Level: 43
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Level 43
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 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!
Level 43
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Ben Collins raised to 6,000,000 from the button. Stavros Petychakis then three-bet to 18,000,000 from this big blind and Collins made the call.
Petychakis led out for 10,000,000 on a A♠10♠4♦ flop. Collins made the fold after some deliberation. Petychakis has been trying his best to get this heads up match on an equal playing field but he will need to acquire some more chips from Collins to do so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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146,000,000
21,000,000
|
21,000,000 |
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79,000,000
21,000,000
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21,000,000 |
Level 43
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Stavros Petychakis three bet to 18,000,000 and called off the covering all in from Ben Collins.
Stavros Petychakis: 9♣9♦
Ben Collins: A♥7♦
It was a crucial hold for Petychakis when the board ran out J♠6♦2♠6♠3♠, as his nines held.
Collins stood up and pushed many stacks towards Petychakis, perhaps thinking of the last time he had ace-seven.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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136,000,000
57,000,000
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57,000,000 |
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89,000,000
57,000,000
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57,000,000 |
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