Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Players have re-taken their seats and cards are back in the air.
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$11,186,000
Entries
476
Level
34
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
262
Players Left
34
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Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 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 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The remaining 81 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.
Play will resume at approximately 8:30 p.m. local time.
Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
On a heads-up turn of 10♥6♥4♠7♥, Joao Vieira checked and then called a bet worth 185,000 by Viktor Blom. They checked the 3♦ on the river and Vieira announced a straight, exposing the 9♠8♣7♣6♠. That was good to win the pot as Blom mucked.
Jared Bleznick reraised pot to 144,000 preflop out of the big blind and was called by big stack Joni Jouhkimainen in the small blind. The latter checked the 8♦8♥2♣ flop and folded when Bleznick jammed, flashing the 9♣7♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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1,850,000
1,125,000
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1,125,000 |
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1,800,000
425,000
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425,000 |
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1,100,000
350,000
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350,000 |
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670,000
270,000
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270,000 |
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650,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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475,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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450,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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350,000
20,000
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20,000 |
|
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290,000
290,000
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290,000 |
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250,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
On a board of 10♦9♣7♥3♥, there were around 175,000 chips in the pot when Erick Lindgren checked, Eelis Parssinen bet 125,000, and Lindgren called.
A 5♦ completed the board and both players quickly checked it down. Lindgren tabled 9♠8♥6♠6♦ for a straight, and Parssinen mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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760,000
760,000
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760,000 |
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Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Tom Dwan opened to 56,000 first-to-act and was called by Jean-Noel Said in the cutoff.
Said called a 48,000 bet from Dwan on the 2♣2♥7♠ flop and then both players checked on the 4♠ turn.
The A♠ completed the board and Dwan put 59,000 into the middle. Said tossed in calling chips and Dwan turned over Q♥5♦4♥3♦ for a straight.
Said couldn't beat it and mucked — awarding the pot to Dwan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,060,000
440,000
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440,000 |
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650,000
245,000
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245,000 |
Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The action started with David Eldridge opening under the gun and Krasimir Yankov called from the cutoff. Eelis Parssinen then potted from the small blind, and Eldridge called. Yankov then back-raised for his stack of around 1,000,000, and Parssinen also committed his stack. Eldridge took his time but eventually decided to fold.
Krasimir Yankov: A♠K♠10♣7♣ 
Eelis Parssinen: A♦A♥10♥6♦
The pot was worth over 2,000,000 chips and it was Parssinen who maintained his lead on the Q♦2♦3♠ flop, which didn't offer much to Yankov.
A 6♣ fell on the turn which left Yankov drawing dead, as a meaningless 3♥ completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,400,000
1,100,000
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1,100,000 |
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1,450,000
525,000
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525,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Brian Rast raised to 45,000 from under the gun and was called by Mads Amot in the cutoff for a heads-up pot.
Rast check-called a 55,000 bet from Amot on the 4♥2♦8♠ flop, but check-folded facing a 160,000 barrel from Amot on the 4♠ turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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820,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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640,000
410,000
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410,000 |
Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,450,000
950,000
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950,000 |
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1,400,000
350,000
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350,000 |
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1,200,000
310,000
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310,000 |
|
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1,200,000
380,000
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380,000 |
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925,000
500,000
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500,000 |
|
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800,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
770,000
100,000
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100,000 |
|
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675,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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600,000 | |
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460,000
35,000
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35,000 |
|
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410,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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240,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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200,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 16
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The majority of Erik Seidel's chips were already in the middle on a board of K♦10♥6♥4♣.
Aaron Katz was in the small blind and bet enough to put Seidel all in for around 40,000 and Seidel called all in on the button.
Erik Seidel: A♠J♥7♥2♠
Aaron Katz: A♥A♦J♦2♥
Seidel was looking for a queen to chop, but the 8♥ river gave Katz a superior flush to eliminate Seidel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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670,000
330,000
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330,000 |
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Busted | |
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