65,400
33,600
Table 192Seat 1
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors - No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
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
4,517
Players Left
678
Players Left 1 / 4,517
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Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Players have gone on another 20-minute break. The field continues to swell, as late registration is still open.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
The player under the gun raised to 5,000 and Federico Balbi three-bet to 11,200 and received a call from the original raiser. The flop arrived with Q♣2♣K♥ and the player under the gun bet out 7,500. Balbi went all in for 29,000 effective and was called.
Under the gun: J♠10♠ 
Federico Balbi: A♦K♣
The player under the gun was on a straight draw and Balbi had top pair and the turn 6♣ and the river 9♣ sealed the deal for Balbi with a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000
110,000
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110,000 |
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
A player on the button raised to 2500. The small blind called as did Gerald Huang in the big blind.
Action checked through on a J♥6♣A♠ flop.
The turn was the K♣, both blinds checked to the button who bet 4,000. The small blind called before Huang raised to 12,000, both players folded. After the hand the button showed the A♦ to which Huang showed Q♥10♦ for a turned straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,500
87,500
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87,500 |
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
According to the players, Tamara Hanna opened the action with a raise from cutoff. Matt Gross called in the small blind. Teri Schwimmer then three-bet from the big blind. Hanna folded, Gross called.
Flop came 10♦K♦6♣. Gross led out with a bet, and Schwimmer put him all in. Gross called.
Matt Gross: 10♠10♣
Teri Schwimmer: K♠K♦
Both players flopped a set and Gross was all but out, drawing to a one-outer. The turn was the 4♠, but it was on the river that the table erupted as the 10♥ showed up, saving Gross and giving Schwimmer a bad beat for the majority of her stack.
Hanna, who folded to the preflop three-bet, said she also would have flopped a set with pocket sixes. What made the hand even more dramatic is that Schwimmer had previously won a big pot with quad tens herself, against a full house, jacks full of tens. Schwimmer took the beat well and still has some chips to play, while Gross is now on a very decent stack of about 200 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
157,000
118,500
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118,500 |
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53,000
53,000
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53,000 |
|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Action was picked up on the turn as the board read 7♠7♦3♣J♦. Marion Edwards bet 3,500 and was called by his opponent.
The river came the 6♣. Edwards bet 9,000. His opponent thought for a long time before folding.
Edwards flashed a big smile. "Great fold brother!" he said as he showed the 7♣7♥ for flopped quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,000 |
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Last year Do Chung Tran played a hand in which he did not want reported due to his choice of cards and he joked about his mom not approving.
This hand should be mom approved:
The player on the button raised to 1,500 and Tran called from the small blind. The flop came out with 5♥6♦6♠ and Tran checked to the raiser who put out a bet of 1,100 and Tran called.
On the turn 4♦ both players checked.
The river 3♥ is where Tran took the lead and bet out 2,000 and the button quickly called and mucked as Tran held the K♥7♥ for the straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,500
44,500
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44,500 |
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Decorated veteran and 99-year old Gene Bellar still has what it takes to crack aces, per the information relayed to PokerNews by his tablemates.
Bellar check-called three streets with pocket kings on a board reading KxQx8xQxJx and cracked the aces of Perry Smith with his full house.
Bellar started the tournament today as a featured competitor and the announcer of the 'Shuffle Up and Deal', as he was honored for his service and accomplishments here in Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,100
75,100
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75,100 |
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61,000
61,000
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61,000 |
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Action was caught on the turn with the board reading 2♣4♦K♥K♠. Carlos Serafin made a bet of 2,800 from the big blind and Margo Lundahl on the button called.
The river came the A♦. Serafim reached for betting chips, but thought better of it and switched his decision to a check. Lundahl also checked and flipped over 6♠6♣.
Serafim cheerfully said that sixes are good, and Lundahl was happy to take down the pot. Serafim later added he had a pair of fours.
The mood a the table was very cheerful and chatty, and the excited Lundahl explained that the dealer at the table had dealt her a lot of really good hands at a different tournament. She also showed PokerNews her screensaver, which is a picture she took with the legend Doyle Brunson, when she, as she explained, got to meet him and had him sign her football just a few weeks before passing away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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67,500
12,500
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12,500 |
|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Lost last hand just before the break wAJhh, but a much better two hours.