Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1a | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-03-2024 17:05 UTC-8

Chip Counts in Horseshoe Silver

David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Eveslage	105,000 55,000	55,000

Jae Yong Song	100,000 20,000	20,000
Barny Boatman	95,000 20,000	20,000

Farah Galfond	75,000 10,000	10,000
Jeff Platt	72,000 1,500	1,500
William Anderson	60,000 23,000	23,000
Sammy Hakim	55,000 5,000	5,000
Greg Merson	43,000 2,000	2,000

Ronald Minnis	40,000 45,000	45,000
Bob Whalen	40,000
Qui Nguyen	25,000 18,000	18,000

Mirfarhang Fazeli	15,000 20,000	20,000
Kahle Burns	10,000 10,000	10,000

07-03-2024 17:07 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddy Deeb	20,000 500	500

Tsai Slides Further Down

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With three players seeing a board of J♦Q♣2♠A♥ and about 3,500 in the middle, Roy Bitton checked from the big blind, Andy Tsai bet 1,100 from middle position, Jae Lim called in the cutoff and Bitton folded.

On the K♦ river Tsai checked. Lim bet 3,800 and took the pot after Tsai opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jae Lim	75,000
Roy Bitton	59,500 12,500	12,500
Andy Tsai	32,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Andy Tsai Jae Lin Roy Bitton

07-03-2024 17:11 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dallas Wilson	176,700 47,900	47,900
Ben Fisher	138,200 16,400	16,400
Bryan Dickens	121,600 15,600	15,600
Jimmy Rizo	111,200 35,100	35,100
Mike Haberman	110,400 4,000	4,000
Simon Lofberg	94,500 23,700	23,700
Jonathan Wong (NY)	90,400 30,600	30,600
Jamie Robbins	77,200 21,100	21,100
Ryan Appleberry	64,500 26,300	26,300
Rainer Sollfrank	63,500 12,500	12,500
Thai Yong Wong	51,500 6,700	6,700
Max Kingstone	49,600 1,600	1,600
Vincent Dong	49,200 41,300	41,300
Eracles Panayiotou	40,600 10,800	10,800
Robert Georato	32,400 11,100	11,100
Joseph Casale	31,400 39,800	39,800
Deejay Rasmussen	28,400 33,100	33,100
Montgomery Cole	8,500 6,700	6,700
Marcos Dos Santos	Busted
Brock Squire	Busted

07-03-2024 17:13 UTC-8

Bar Lev Stacking Up

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Jeff McMillan

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three players saw a flop of 8♠4♦2♥. Roy Bar Lev bet 2,000 from early position. Maxx Coleman called on his direct left. Veerab Zakarian raised it to 8,700 in the big blind. Bar Lev called while Coleman folded.

The turn came the Q♠. Bar Lev bet 17,000 which got Zakarian to fold as Bar Lev added some more chips to his increasing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roy Bar Lev	151,000
Veerab Zakarian	63,000
Maxx Coleman	44,000 12,500	12,500

Tags: Bar Lev Maxx Coleman Roy Bar Lev Veerab Zakarian

07-03-2024 17:18 UTC-8

Sul Takes It at Showdown

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The hijack raised to 800, the cutoff called and John Sul three-bet to 5,000, from the button. Only the original raiser called.

The 10♥J♣5♣ flop saw the hijack check-call a bet of 5,500 from Sul.

The 6♣ turn and the 3♠ river checked to a showdown. The hijack tabled Q♠10♠, while Sul claimed this pot with A♠A♠ for an over pair to the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Sul	112,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: John Sul

07-03-2024 17:18 UTC-8

Burns Picks Off Sabishchenko's Bluff to Double

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Kahle Burns and Rostyslav Sabishchenko were heads-up on the turn with the board showing 9♦A♦3♦2♥ when Sabishchenko bet 2,200 from early position.

Burns called in the hijack as the 2♠ fell on the river. Sabishchenko then bet 10,000, enough to put Burns all in.

Burns got up and kneeled on his chair as he went deep into the tank. He eventually emerged with a call for his last 8,500 after several minutes and Sabishchenko showed Q♥10♠ for a bluff. Burns turned over A♥10♥ for two pair as he doubled up.

At the same table, Assaf Zeharia has already climbed past 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Assaf Zeharia	220,000 65,500	65,500
Kahle Burns	30,000 20,000	20,000

Rostyslav Sabishchenko	5,000

Tags: Kahle Burns Rostyslav Sabishchenko Assaf Zeharia

07-03-2024 17:23 UTC-8

Amamou's Five-Bet Gets Through

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Nick Becker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The player in early position raised to 1,000, Rachid Amamou three-bet to 3,500 in late position, and the player in the small blind cold four-bet to 11,500.

Early position got out of the way, and Amamou five-bet shoved all in, putting the small blind at risk, who had 27,500 behind. The small blind folded and Amamou showed Q♠Q♦.

After the hand, Amamou mentioned that today is his birthday. What better way to spend it than playing in the WSOP Main Event!

Player	Chips	Progress
Rachid Amamou	117,000 117,000	117,000

Tags: Rachid Amamou

07-03-2024 17:24 UTC-8

Baumann Shows Moraes Queens

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up between two players on a flop of 8♣7♠5♣ with about 10,000 in the middle. Rafael Moraes had checked and Gaelle Baumann had fired a small bet in position. Moraes check-raised to 9,700 and Baumann called.

Both players then checked the 8♠ turn leading to the 8♥ river. Moraes checked and Baumann bet 7,500. Moraes took about a minute to decide before making the call.

Baumann tabled a full house with Q♦Q♥ and Moraes mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	108,000 1,000	1,000

Rafael Moraes	82,500 82,500	82,500

Tags: Gaelle Baumann Rafael Moraes

07-03-2024 17:26 UTC-8

Recent Counts From Horseshoe Gold

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Junpei Shimada	130,000 1,700	1,700
Kevin Gerhart	120,000 20,000	20,000

Bin Weng	115,000 29,000	29,000
Denys Chufarin	98,000 31,000	31,000

Thomas Jay Scholberg	90,000 18,000	18,000
Parker Talbot	82,000 27,000	27,000

Matt Affleck	81,000 1,500	1,500
David Bach	75,000 5,000	5,000

Brian Altman	65,000 4,500	4,500
Ian Simpson	62,000 14,500	14,500

Julien Martini	60,000

Fernando Gonzalez	59,000 37,000	37,000

Paul Newey	56,000 8,000	8,000
Nevan Chang	53,000 4,000	4,000

Maxx Coleman	49,000 5,000	5,000

Xavier Kyablue	43,000

Kenneth Opsal	11,000 700	700
Esther Taylor	6,500 45,500	45,500

Armond Nazarian	Busted