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

07-05-2024 22:26 UTC-8

Williams Doubles Thru Azizi

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Kirk Brown

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Short-stacked Taylor Williams moved all in preflop and was called by Bamshad Azizi to put him at risk.

Taylor Williams: A♣Q♥ All in
Bamshad Azizi: A♦5♣

"Agh... I need a five or diamond!" Azizi yelled at his rail when he realized he was in bad shape.

The flop of 9♦7♦K♦ gave him exactly what he wanted for a good sweat as he could now hit any diamond along with a five to score the knockout. Fortunately for Williams, who was holding his breath, the runout came 8♠J♥ to award hi the double, which he celebrated with a emphatic fist pump.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bamshad Azizi	38,000,000 23,000,000	23,000,000
Taylor Williams	27,000,000 7,800,000	7,800,000

Tags: Bamshad Azizi Taylor Williams

07-05-2024 22:28 UTC-8

Lee's Continuation-Bet Takes it Down

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Nick Becker

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Action folded around to Donnie Barnard in the small blind who limped. Brent Lee raised to 6,300,000 in the big blind and Barnard made the call.

The flop came 5♥Q♠K♦ and Barnard check-folded to a bet of 4,500,000 from Lee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Lee	47,000,000 4,800,000	4,800,000
Donnie Barnard	29,000,000 13,400,000	13,400,000

Tags: Brent Lee Donnie Barnard

07-05-2024 22:32 UTC-8

Tom Cohen Eliminated in 6th Place ($105,960)

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Bamshad Azizi moved all in from the hijack for 39,000,000. Tom Cohen called all in from the cutoff for 35,100,000 and the button and blinds mucked.

Tom Cohen: K♥K♣ All in
Bamshad Azizi: 6♣6♦

The board ran out A♥J♠8♣5♣6♠ and Azizi found his two-outer on the river to send Cohen to the rail and drag in a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bamshad Azizi	79,400,000 41,400,000	41,400,000
Tom Cohen	Busted

Tags: Bamshad Azizi Tom Cohen

07-05-2024 22:33 UTC-8

Players on Break

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Nick Becker

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

The remaining 5 players are on a 15-minute break. Play will resume with blinds at 2,000,000/4,000,000 with a 4,000,000 big blind ante.

Level: 43

Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000

Ante: 4,000,000

07-05-2024 23:04 UTC-8

Williams Doubles Again Thru Azizi

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Kirk Brown

Level 43 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Bamshad Azizi moved all in from the small blind and after some serious thought, Taylor Williams decided to call it off from the big blind to put himself at risk.

Taylor Williams: J♥9♠ All in
Bamshad Azizi: K♦4♣

Williams needed some help to survive against the superior holding of Azizi, but the flop of 2♥6♣9♥ gave him the lead with top pair.

"King!" someone on the rail yelled, but the runout of 10♥7♥ only improved Williams to a flush to scoop the pot.

"No king here!" Williams yelled back as he began to stack his new chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Williams	44,000,000 17,000,000	17,000,000
Bamshad Azizi	38,000,000 41,400,000	41,400,000

07-05-2024 23:10 UTC-8

Bamshad Azizi Eliminated in 5th Place ($138,490)

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 43 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Bamshad Azizi open-jammed his 31,000,000 chip stack from under the gun. Action folded around to Brent Lee in the small blind who made the call, covering Azizi.

Bamshad Azizi: 9♠9♥ All in
Brent Lee: J♠J♥

Azizi was looking for a nine but could not find one as the board ran out A♦4♣10♥4♥4♦ and he was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Lee	105,000,000 58,000,000	58,000,000
Bamshad Azizi	Busted

Tags: Bamshad Azizi Brent Lee

07-05-2024 23:17 UTC-8

Donnie Barnard Eliminated in 4th Place ($182,350)

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Nick Becker

Level 43 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Donnie Barnard moved all in from the cutoff for 42,000,000 and Brent Lee reshoved on the button to isolate.

Donnie Barnard: Q♦9♦ All in
Brent Lee: Q♠Q♣

The flop came 10♣J♦2♠, with Barnard picking up an up-and-down straight draw. The A♠ turn and J♣ river offered no help to Barnard, and his tournament run came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Lee	153,500,000 48,500,000	48,500,000
Donnie Barnard	Busted

Tags: Brent Lee Donnie Barnard

07-05-2024 23:19 UTC-8

Taylor Williams Eliminated in 3rd Place ($241,850)

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 43 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Taylor Williams moved all in from the small blind for 33,500,000. Brent Lee was in the big blind and made the call and was in great shape to score another knockout.

Taylor Williams: A♥5♦ All in
Brent Lee: 5♥5♣

"Just one of those pointy cards." said Williams before the dealer put out Q♦3♠Q♠8♠J♣ and Williams was sent to the payout desk, bringing an end to his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Lee	191,000,000 37,500,000	37,500,000
Taylor Williams	Busted

Tags: Brent Lee Taylor Williams

Level: 44

Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000

Ante: 5,000,000