Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors - No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-27-2024 12:51 UTC-8

Fearn's Full House

Jeff McMillan

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action came in on the river as it read 8♠4♦8♥9♠A♦. There was a pot of about 40,000 in it.

John Fearn made a bet of 25,000 which was for almost all of his opponent's chips, who thought about it for quite some time before flicking in the call.

Fearn tabled the 9♣8♣ for the full boat and his opponent angrily mucked as he was left with just a few chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Fearn	125,000 125,000	125,000

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Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-27-2024 12:54 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Bode	95,700 800	800

Greg Brewer	86,000 86,000	86,000
Kathy Liebert	50,000 50,000	50,000

Herbie Teope	49,700 1,100	1,100
Chad Caldwell	30,000 26,500	26,500
Andy Black	25,800 24,200	24,200

Gene Bellar's Poker Story

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Kasey Taormino

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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06-27-2024 12:57 UTC-8

Lundahl Holds On With Pocket Sixes

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Monika Kostanjevec

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
Carlos Serafim	67,500 12,500	12,500
Margo Lundahl	32,000 32,000	32,000

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06-27-2024 13:01 UTC-8

Bellar Battles; Full House Cracks Aces

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Claudio Elizalde

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
Perry Smith	75,100 75,100	75,100
Gene Bellar	61,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Gene Bellar Perry Smith

06-27-2024 13:15 UTC-8

Mom Will Be Proud of Tran's Straight

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Roxanne Johnson

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
Do Chung Tran	44,500 44,500	44,500

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06-27-2024 13:21 UTC-8

Edwards Shows Quads

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Jeff McMillan

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
Marion Edwards	78,000

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06-27-2024 13:24 UTC-8

Massive Set Over Set Cooler Ends with a One-Outer to Quads

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Monika Kostanjevec

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♣ All in
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
Matt Gross	157,000 118,500	118,500
Tamara Hanna	53,000 53,000	53,000
Teri Schwimmer	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Matt Gross Tamara Hanna Teri Schwimmer

06-27-2024 13:27 UTC-8

Huang Turns Straight and Wins Modest Pot

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Joseph Berg

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.