Event #80: $800 Independence Day Celebration No-Limit Hold'em | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-05-2024 12:54 UTC-8

Soto Knocked out by Fresnais

Roxanne Johnson

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Roberto Soto was in early position with a short stack and moved all in for 375,000 and Herve Fresnais made the call from the small blind.

Roberto Soto:A♠10♥ All in
Herve Fresnais: 4♣4♥

The board gave Fresnais the full house with Q♦4♠3♣Q♥2♠ and Fresnais successfully knocked out Soto.

Player	Chips	Progress
Herve Fresnais	1,190,000 610,000	610,000
Roberto Soto	Busted

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07-05-2024 12:51 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Watson	Busted

Ray Fishman	Busted
Christian Conrad	Busted
Dominic Ferrauilo	Busted
Jussi Vanhanen	Busted
Brian Paulus	Busted
Jacob Oregel	Busted
Christopher Zenonos	Busted
Yoshiya Agata	Busted

Level: 28

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

07-05-2024 12:46 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	Busted
Ange Besnainou	Busted
Tam Ho	Busted
Joel Deutsch	Busted
Marc Bangser	Busted
Guillaume Victor-Pujebet	Busted
Wing Ro Lin	Busted
Adam Kagin	Busted
Bolivar Palacios	Busted

Keiko Lim	Busted

Ramage Puts Nguyen to the Test

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Nick Becker

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Grayson Ramage raised in the cutoff and Men Nguyen three-bet to 550,000 from the small blind. Ramage then four-bet all in for 2,255,000, putting himself at risk.

Nguyen asked the dealer for a count and went into the tank. After some thought, Nguyen eventually tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grayson Ramage	3,005,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Men Nguyen	2,900,000 2,197,000	2,197,000

Tags: Grayson Ramage Men Nguyen

07-05-2024 12:41 UTC-8

Muratovic Gets There on the River to Stack Watson

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Action folded around to Asko Muratovic in the cutoff who moved all in for 1,400,000. Next to act was David Watson who called all in from the button for 410,000. The blinds got out of the way and Watson was in great shape to double up.

David Watson: A♥Q♥ All in
Asko Muratovic: Q♠J♠

Both players flopped top pair on a 5♣2♣Q♣ flop before the turn 9♥ rolled off. The dealer put out the J♦ river and Muratovic hit his three-outer to send Watson to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asko Muratovic	2,180,000 1,075,000	1,075,000
David Watson	Busted

Tags: David Watson Asko Muratovic

07-05-2024 12:36 UTC-8

Blackmon Doubles Through Soto

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Steve Blackmon open-jammed his final 520,000 chips into the middle from under the gun and action folded around to the blinds. Roberto Soto called the shove from the small blind and the big blind got out of the way.

Steve Blackmon: 8♦6♠ All in
Roberto Soto: A♣3♣

The dealer put out 4♦8♠7♣9♥2♣ and Blackmon held on with his pair of eights to double up and extend his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Soto	1,600,000 1,493,000	1,493,000
Steve Blackmon	1,320,000 380,000	380,000

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07-05-2024 12:34 UTC-8

Valdez Doubles Up

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Nick Becker

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Brandon Sheils raised on the button and Fausto Valdez three-bet shoved all in from the big blind, putting himself at risk. Sheils made the call.

Fausto Valdez: A♥5♣ All in
Brandon Sheils: K♠8♠

The board ran out 10♥6♣9♥2♦Q♠ and Valdez secured the double up with ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fausto Valdez	1,540,000 740,000	740,000

Brandon Sheils	1,460,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: Brandon Sheils Fausto Valdez

07-05-2024 12:22 UTC-8

Valdez in the Danger Zone

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fausto Valdez	800,000 40,000	40,000

07-05-2024 12:20 UTC-8

Akrawi Gets a Double

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Ronnie Akrawi was under the gun and raised to 220,000 and Dennis Ng moved all in from middle position for 905,000 effective and everyone else got out of the way.

Ronnie Akrawi:A♦Q♦ All in
Dennis Ng: 10♥10♣

The board ran out with A♠3♣8♥J♠2♦ and Akrawi out-flopped Ng, making a pair of aces.