Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
A player was all in and at risk from early position. He was called by a player in middle position and Michael Lo in the big blind.
Action checked through on a 3♦7♦K♥ flop.
The turn card was the 4♣, Lo went all in and the middle position player folded. The two remaining players in the hand tabled their cards.
Early Position Player: A♠9♥
Michael Lo: 5♠6♠
The 10♦ river was of no consequence and the early position player was sent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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700,000
301,000
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301,000 |
The player on the button went all in for 450,000 and was quickly called by Andrew Popp in the big blind who said, "I'm not supposed to have these in the big blind..."
Button: K♠10♣
Andrew Popp: A♠A♦
Popp's aced held easily; The board was no sweat for the player on the button and he was dead by the turn, left sucking his teeth, wishing his opponent hadn't woken up with it.
The Very Next Hand:
Heads up to a flop of K♦10♣Q♦, Andrew Popp checked and was soon face by an all in of 340,000 from Ron Schindelheim in the big blind. After Popp folded, Schindelheim flashed the J♣.
It wasn't so long ago that Schindelheim was one card away from a bracelet, with his recent runner up in Event #14: $1,000 Super Bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,450,000
974,000
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974,000 |
|
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580,000
710,000
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710,000 |
Caleb Powell opened 100,000 under the gun and Todd Mclane three-bet to 225,000 from a couple of spots to his left. The action folded back around to Powell as he announced a four-bet to 575,000. Mclane called.
The dealer spread a flop of J♣4♠4♥ and Powell snap-jammed, putting maximum pressure on Mclane. After a few moments, Mclane mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,200,000
300,000
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300,000 |
|
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700,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
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.
Alan Nosonchuk limped in early position and Keshu Peng raised to 175,000. The action folded back around to Nosonchuk and he made the call.
When the 9♥7♣3♦ flop hit the felt, Nosonchuk check-called a continuation bet of 120,000 from Peng.
Both players checked the 8♣ turn and when the 8♥ landed on the river Nosonchuk instantly grabbed his chips, firing 150,000 across the line. Peng surrendered the pot as his cards hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,700,000
2,233,000
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2,233,000 |
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1,080,000
570,000
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570,000 |
Action was picked up preflop with a player all in and at risk from early position. Gustavo Coccobarbero made the call and the players tabled their hands.
Early Position Player: A♠Q♠
Gustavo Coccobarbero: 9♣8♣
The 2♣6♣Q♦5♥ runout had Coccobarbero rooting for a club on the river. He was happy to see the 4♣ giving him a flush and sending his opponent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Federico Roberto jammed for roughly 900,000 on the button and Christian Wolfe made the call from the big blind.
Federico Roberto: Q♠10♣
Christian Wolfe: A♦K♦
Both players made a pair on the K♠Q♥8♠ flop but Roberto couldn't improve to two pair to stay alive as the board completed with the 3♣ turn and the 6♣ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,645,000
885,000
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885,000 |
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Busted |
4 bet shoved QQ vs another big stack. He said he folded AK...?