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

07-04-2024 20:10 UTC-8

Seidel Pays Off Strebkov

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Picking up the action on the river, Denis Strebkov from under the gun was involved in a hand with Erik Seidel in the small blind.

With the board reading 7♥K♦5♠6♦K♠ Seidel bet out 6,600. Strebkov responded with a raise to 14,500, which sent Seidel into the tank. After a few moments, the ten time bracelet winner flicked in the call only to be shown 7♣7♦ by Strebkov for the full house to lose a decent portion of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Strebkov	105,000 65,000	65,000

Erik Seidel	53,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Denis Strebkov Erik Seidel

07-04-2024 19:51 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Tyler Boyer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Black	115,500 10,500	10,500
Dan Ham	112,400 3,200	3,200
David "Bakes" Baker	80,800 5,800	5,800

William Compton	70,200 700	700
Patrick Curran	70,100 10,400	10,400
Patrick Leonard	51,000 4,000	4,000

Eric Welch	40,200 28,300	28,300
Denis Strebkov	40,000 27,900	27,900

07-04-2024 19:39 UTC-8

Baker Back Above Starting

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

David "Bakes" Baker has been relatively short for much of the day but just won a large three-way pot to move back over starting stack.

Baker opened to 1,500 from middle position and was called by a player in middle position. Jane Hitchcock then three-bet to 3,300 out of the small blind, receiving calls from both of her opponents.

Hitchcock continued for 5,000 on the 7♣7♠8♦ flop but was unable to shake off either of her opponents as both Baker and the middle position player made the call.

The Q♦ turn saw Hitchcock bet again, this time pushing 5,100 into the middle. Again, both of her opponents called.

Hitchcock slowed down following the Q♠ river, checking to Baker who bet 15,000. The middle position player vacated the pot while Hitchcock snapped off the bet with AxAx. Baker had her beat, however, as he held 8♣8♥ for the turned boat to scoop a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	75,000 28,000	28,000

Jane Hitchcock	25,000

Tags: Jane Hitchcock David "Bakes" Baker

07-04-2024 19:15 UTC-8

Martirosian Building a Stack

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Tyler Boyer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with 3,100 in the pot and a board showing 7♣8♥8♣.

Artur Martirosian bet 2,000 from middle position and was called by Teddy Tuil on the button.

After the K♦ on the turn, Martirosian check-called a bet of 2,000 from Tuil.

The river was the 8♦ and Martirosian check-called again, this time Tuil bet 4,000.

Tuil tabled J♣10♣ for jack high, and Martirosian showed A♦7♦ to take the pot with eights full of sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	197,800 47,800	47,800

Teddy Tuil	33,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Teddy Tuil

07-04-2024 19:09 UTC-8

Post-Dinner Chip Update

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	150,000 10,000	10,000
Gabi Livshitz	120,000 10,000	10,000

Niklas Astedt	100,000 3,800	3,800

Greg Raymer	90,000 39,800	39,800
Teun Mulder	90,000 1,000	1,000
Marc Wolpert	85,000 7,000	7,000
Erdal Gulseven	65,000 5,000	5,000
Erick Lindgren	65,000 8,000	8,000

Kris Morrison	65,000 4,000	4,000
Bruno Lopes	60,000 13,000	13,000

Moshe Refaelowitz	56,000 6,000	6,000

Vivian Saliba	55,000 800	800

Romain Bailleul	50,000 5,000	5,000
Erik Seidel	49,000 7,100	7,100

Alexandre Reard	48,000 1,000	1,000

Chanracy Khun	45,000 7,500	7,500

Ran Koller	42,000 500	500

David Einhorn	35,000 6,000	6,000
Stefan Lehner	35,000 30,000	30,000

Griffin Benger	31,000 4,500	4,500
Juha Helppi	27,000 2,000	2,000

07-04-2024 17:43 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts Before Dinner Break

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Ribouchon	220,000 40,000	40,000
Aaron Speer	153,000 3,000	3,000
Christopher Grossi	128,000
Andre Akkari	124,500 33,600	33,600

Aaron Johnson (MN)	117,000 1,000	1,000
Xixiang Luo	106,000 4,000	4,000

Eliran Argelazi	106,000 4,000	4,000
Amit Ben Yacov	102,100 3,100	3,100
Niklas Astedt	96,200 11,500	11,500

Sho Katsura	95,300 24,700	24,700
Samuel Bifarella	90,000 21,100	21,100
Dylan Cechowski	90,000 22,000	22,000
Koray Aldemir	83,800 8,400	8,400

Brian Kim	76,700 3,700	3,700

Jean-Robert Bellande	71,000 71,000	71,000

Lexy Gavin-Mather	69,000 2,000	2,000
Harry Lodge	68,000 9,000	9,000

Shahar Levi	65,200
Nhat Duc Nguyen	64,500 2,500	2,500
Moshe Refaelowitz	62,000 4,000	4,000

Thierry van den Berg	61,000 5,500	5,500
Ron West	58,000 7,000	7,000
Michael Dwyer	57,700 700	700

Joao Valli	54,500 11,900	11,900
Carloz Gomez	54,200 2,200	2,200

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07-04-2024 17:34 UTC-8

Texas Mike Hits the Rail

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Tyler Boyer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Michael Moncek raised to 900 from middle position, and Aristide Carozza in the cutoff made the call. Then the small blind Chris Dandrea three-bet to 3,300. After it folded back to Moncek, he four-bet all in for 19,100. Carozza folded, and after confirming the count Dandrea made the call.

Michael Moncek: A♦7♦ All in
Chris Dandrea: A♠K♥

Moncek was dominated by the ace-king of Dandrea, and the 9♣Q♠3♦ flop was no help to Moncek. The 10♦ on the turn did bring Moncek more outs with a flush draw. But when the 9♠ hit the river, Dandrea's ace-king high was still best, and Moncek was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aristide Carozza	55,300 55,300	55,300
Chris Dandrea	53,500 53,500	53,500
Michael Moncek	Busted

Tags: Aristide Carozza Chris Dandrea Michael Moncek

07-04-2024 17:31 UTC-8

Assorted Counts In Silver

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Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Broens	168,000 21,000	21,000
Irvin Garcia Ramirez	159,000 10,000	10,000
Eric Bunch	149,000 28,000	28,000
Victoria Livschitz	131,000 18,000	18,000
Eric Jolly	83,000 83,000	83,000
Dan Shak	81,000 6,500	6,500
Victor Paredes	78,000 20,000	20,000

Marc Wolpert	78,000 4,500	4,500
Erick Lindgren	73,000 17,000	17,000

Bruno Lopes	73,000 17,000	17,000

Anthony Zinno	71,000 16,000	16,000

Ori Hasson	65,000 2,000	2,000

Maximilian Bracht	65,000
Ben Yu	61,000 1,000	1,000

Yi Klassen	60,500 5,500	5,500
Timothy Little	57,000 1,000	1,000
Hector Berry	52,000 12,000	12,000

Koveh Waysei	46,000 9,800	9,800
Alexandre Reard	45,500 2,600	2,600

Gabriel Schroeder	45,000 11,000	11,000

David Einhorn	41,000 3,500	3,500
Matt Salsberg	39,000 1,000	1,000
Michael Marder	33,000 25,000	25,000
Juha Helppi	29,000 9,000	9,000

Jason Sills	Busted

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07-04-2024 17:08 UTC-8

Benyacov's Value Bet Gets Called By Lockhart

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Amit Benyacov raised from early position to 1,000 and was only called by Jason Lockhart in the seat to his left.

Benyacov bet 1,500 on the 4♣9♥6♠ flop. Lockhart called and they headed to the turn.

The A♦ on the turn got checked through for the K♣ to appear on the river. Benyacov bet 3,500 and Lockhart quickly called. Benyacov turned over A♥10♠ and took down the pot with a pair of aces.

On a nearby table, Josh Arieh was seen leaving the tournament area and has busted the WSOP Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amit Ben Yacov	99,000 65,800	65,800
Thierry van den Berg	66,500 5,600	5,600
Nhat Duc Nguyen	62,000 18,000	18,000
Mauro Scala	49,000 49,000	49,000
Jason Lockhart	44,600 22,600	22,600
Josh Arieh	Busted

Tags: Amit Benyacov Jason Lockhart Josh Arieh

07-04-2024 17:02 UTC-8

Arieh Getting Short

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Tyler Boyer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Laszlo Nagy limped in from early position, as did Robert Cameron in the cutoff, and Josh Arieh on the button. The big blind Weiran Pu chose to check his option and see a flop.

The flop came 7♣2♥A♦ and the players check to Arieh, who bet out 2,000. Pu made the call while Nagy and Cameron folded.

After the 7♦ on the turn, both players checked to the river.

The river was the 4♦ and Pu bet out 1,600. Arieh chose to lay his hand down and give Pu the pot.