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

07-05-2024 15:15 UTC-8

Sabishchenko Eliminates Marquez

Nick Becker

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Mark Seif raised to 650,000 in early position, Francisco Marquez three-bet shoved from early position for 1,875,000, putting himself at risk, and Rostyslav Sabishchenko reshoved for 2,900,000. Action folded back around to Seif, who got out of the way.

Francisco Marquez: A♦K♥ All in
Rostyslav Sabishchenko: A♠J♠

Sabishchenko pulled ahead on the 3♦10♥J♣ flop, pairing his jack. The 2♠ turn and 2♦ river offered no help to Marquez, and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rostyslav Sabishchenko	6,175,000 4,575,000	4,575,000
Mark Seif	6,000,000 450,000	450,000

Francisco Marquez	Busted

Tags: Rostyslav Sabishchenko Mark Seif Francisco Marquez

07-05-2024 15:16 UTC-8

Zazay Gets Busted by Boussetta

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Hedi Boussetta raised to 500,000 from the hijack and Omar Zazay moved all in for 2,250,000 and Boussetta made the call.

Omar Zazay: Q♣9♦ All in
Hedi Boussetta: A♠10♠

The board ran in favor of Boussetta with 7♠K♥5♥8♣2♠ and ace-high would win and achieve the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hedi Boussetta	9,500,000 3,900,000	3,900,000
Omar Zazay	Busted

Tags: Hedi Boussetta Omar Zazay

07-05-2024 15:16 UTC-8

Smith Hits the Jack to Crack Lansford's Kings

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Kirk Brown

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

After a preflop betting war, Michael Smith (SK) and Gary Lansford got all their chips into the middle, with Smith at risk of elimination.

Michael Smith (SK): J♥J♠ All in
Gary Lansford: K♦K♠

Smith was in rough shape with his inferior pair of jacks, but that didn't matter as the flop came out 10♠8♣J♦ to give him top set and a big lead. The runout of 10♣2♥ only improved him to the top full house and he was shipped the pot for a double while Lansford was left short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Smith (SK)	6,900,000 4,900,000	4,900,000
Gary Lansford	1,300,000 1,095,000	1,095,000

Tags: Gary Lansford Michael Smith

07-05-2024 15:17 UTC-8

Sevilha Holds to Eliminate Anderson

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Regina Vega Sevilha open-ripped her 2,300,000-chip stack into the middle from middle position. Justin Anderson called all in from the hijack and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Justin Anderson: K♠J♠ All in
Regina Vega Sevilha: A♣10♠

The board ran out A♠K♦10♣4♣4♥ and Sevilha hung on to stack Anderson and chip up to nearly 5,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Regina Vega Sevilha	4,800,000 2,450,000	2,450,000
Justin Anderson	Busted

Tags: Justin Anderson Regina Vega Sevilha

07-05-2024 15:30 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	10,600,000 10,600,000	10,600,000

Tom Cohen	10,400,000 10,400,000	10,400,000
Quan Quach	6,800,000 5,520,000	5,520,000
Ronnie Akrawi	5,500,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Ruixin Yang	4,400,000 2,340,000	2,340,000
Steven Ogilvie	3,700,000 900,000	900,000
Changle Lin	2,100,000 4,400,000	4,400,000
Alexander Deutsch	1,600,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

07-05-2024 15:30 UTC-8

Engel Gives a Lesson on How to Play Aces

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Timothy Vavuris raised on the button to 600,000 and Xinliang Xu three-bet shoved for 4,500,000. Ari Engel called the shove with 2,950,000 and Vavuris folded.

Ari Engel: A♦A♥ All in
Xinliang Xu: A♠10♦

The board ran out with Q♣7♠8♦Q♥10♥ and the chips moved in Engel's direction with his two pair.

The other players teased Engel, "Nice hand, you played that perfectly".

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	6,400,000 5,050,000	5,050,000

Timothy Vavuris	4,400,000 700,000	700,000
Xinliang Xu	2,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tags: Ari Engel Timothy Vavuris Xinliang Xu

07-05-2024 15:30 UTC-8

Ropstad's Shove Gets Through; Ector Accumulating

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Nick Becker

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Vegard Ropstad moved all in from early position for 2,625,000. Everyone folded and Ropstad picked up the blinds and antes.

At a nearby table, Hedi Boussetta was all in preflop and at risk against Benjamin Ector, who had him covered.

Hedi Boussetta: 9♥10♥ All in
Benjamin Ector: A♦K♦

The board ran out 3♥6♠J♦2♦Q♣, and Boussetta was sent to the rail. Ector now has one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Ector	14,800,000 4,900,000	4,900,000

Vegard Ropstad	3,375,000
Hedi Boussetta	Busted

Tags: Vegard Ropstad Hedi Boussetta Benjamin Ector

Level: 33

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

07-05-2024 15:44 UTC-8

Kasinath Wins the Flip

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Kirk Brown

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Premnath Kasinath moved all in under the gun for 4,125,000 and then Yuchung Chang shoved over the top for 9,000,000, which produced folds from the rest of the table to leave them heads-up.

Premnath Kasinath: Q♠Q♥ All in
Yuchung Chang: A♦K♦

An ace appeared right in the window to give Chang what looked like the lead, but a queen came right behind it on the A♣Q♣8♦ board to give Kasinath a huge lead.

The turn 2♥ locked up the hand for Kasinath and the river 5♣ awarded him the pot for the double.