Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 2abc | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-07-2024 19:33 UTC-8

A Few Counts in Horseshoe Orange

Tyler Foran

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Elias	295,000 174,000	174,000
Michael Rocco	143,000 11,000	11,000

Quan Zhou	119,000 23,500	23,500
Michael Perrone	111,500

Francisco Benitez	71,500 41,500	41,500

07-07-2024 19:30 UTC-8

Mendez is Hart-Broken

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Tyler Foran

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Three players saw the 8♠5♥4♥ flop and Ismir Dupljak checked to Drew Hart who dropped a bet of 5,500 across the line. Matthew Mendez was on the button and jammed for 32,500, Dupljak called and Hart jammed all-in, putting Dupljak at risk. After a few moments, Dupljak mucked his hand.

Matthew Mendez: J♥9♥ All in
Drew Hart: 5♠5♦

Hart flopped a set of fives but Mendez still had outs as he flopped a flush draw, although the 3♦ turn and 2♦ river were no help as he left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Drew Hart	397,000 397,000	397,000
Ismir Dupljak	81,000 13,800	13,800
Matthew Mendez	Busted

Tags: Drew Hart Ismir Dupljak Matthew Mendez

07-07-2024 19:30 UTC-8

Gilmore Doubles With Nuts

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Arriving on a completed board of 5♦8♣J♦2♦3♠, Ibrahim Naim had made a bet of 14,000 into a pot of 35,000 chips from the big blind.

Jeffrey Gilmore then jammed all in for 38,000, sending Naim into the tank. Eventually, he decided he could not fold and put in a call.

Gilmore tabled A♦10♦ for the nut flush, beating the J♥8♦ of Gilmore, who played two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youngmin Seo	160,000 1,000	1,000
Till Kollender	135,000 25,500	25,500
Eric Baldwin	115,000 30,000	30,000

Jeffrey Gilmore	111,000 72,600	72,600
Ibrahim Naim	50,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Ibrahim Naim Jeffrey Gilmore

07-07-2024 19:27 UTC-8

Selbst Pays Off Steinwachs

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Benjamin Steinwachs opened to 3,000 in the cutoff and Vanessa Selbst defended in the big blind.

Action checked through the K♥5♠3♠ flop to the A♥ turn at which point both players checked once more.

The river came 8♦ and Selbst checked one more time. Steinwachs, unwilling to go to a cheap showdown, fired off 10,000. Selbst took quite a bit of time before calling, seemingly with some reluctance. Steinwachs tabled A♣7♦ for top pair, which was good enough to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Steinwachs	73,000 26,000	26,000
Vanessa Selbst	68,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Benjamin Steinwachs Vanessa Selbst

07-07-2024 19:25 UTC-8

Pantaleo Eliminated by Mankin

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Erle Mankin was one of more than 200 late entrants on Day 2abc and he just turned some small profit after sending Giuseppe Pantaleo to the rail. The latter had jammed for 9,500 and the hijack clicked it back to 16,500. Mankin then pushed all-in for 49,000 to force out everyone else.

Giuseppe Pantaleo: Q♠J♠ All in
Erle Mankin: Q♣Q♥

The board ran out 9♠5♥3♠9♣4♦ and Pantaleo was felted. He jokingly made a fuss about it in jest and then joked "it will sound to them as if it was a 200k pot". Mankin replied "it was to us" as he had been nursing a shorter stack thus far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erle Mankin	78,000
Ruy Couto	Busted
Giuseppe Pantaleo	Busted

Tags: Erle Mankin Giuseppe Pantaleo

07-07-2024 19:24 UTC-8

Kennedy Rivers a Straight to Double Up

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Maria Ho raised to 3,000 from early position. She was called by a player in middle position and Darren Kennedy out of the big blind.

The three players checked the 9♦7♣9♣ flop to see the 6♠ come on the turn. Kennedy led out for 3,500 and Ho called. The middle position player then raised to 9,000 which only got called by Kennedy.

Kennedy checked the 5♦ river and his opponent bet 40,000, which was enough to put Kennedy all-in. Kennedy agonized over the decision for roughly a minute but eventually put in the call.

His opponent showed 7♥6♣ for two pair, nines and sevens. Kennedy flipped over 8♣7♠ for a straight to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Ablott	200,000 169,200	169,200
Boris Angelov	125,000 72,500	72,500
Raymond Mcdonough	115,000 30,800	30,800
Ben Gazzola	110,000 7,100	7,100
Lyudmil Ivanov	110,000 44,000	44,000
Maria Ho	48,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Darren Kennedy Maria Ho

07-07-2024 19:24 UTC-8

Lehner Befuddles Manikos

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Jeff McMillan

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was joined at the river with the board reading 9♣10♥A♣Q♥Q♣. From the button, David Manikos bet 30,500 into a pot of about 47,000.

Johannes Lehner was in the cutoff and moved all in to put Manikos to the test for his remaining chips.

He thought for several moments and after multiple minutes, the clock was called. The floor came over and gave the countdown to zero where the hand was declared dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Lehner	149,000 68,000	68,000

David Manikos	25,500 49,100	49,100

Tags: David Manikos Johannes Lehner

07-07-2024 19:21 UTC-8

Knoll Hits Runner-Runner

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ryan Knoll was all in for 12,000 chips and was up against Day 1b chipleader George Dolofan.

Ryan Knoll: Q♣10♥ All in
George Dolofan: A♣5♠

Dolofan flopped an ace on A♠3♥4♦ to take a massive lead, but the J♠ turn brought Knoll a gutshot. His straight draw came in on the K♥ river and he doubled up to stay alive in the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Dolofan	420,000 20,000	20,000

Ryan Knoll	28,000 52,000	52,000
Kenneth Jaffe	Busted

Tags: George Dolofan Ryan Knoll

07-07-2024 19:21 UTC-8

Tokoo Gets Value With His Set

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads-up on a board of 3♣10♣9♥J♦, Shunsuke Tokoo bet 8,000 from early position and Sergio Castelluccio called in middle position.

The river was the 7♠ and Tokoo led out for around 7,000. Castelluccio quickly called.

Tokoo then turned over 10♦10♠ for a set and Castelluccio mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shunsuke Tokoo	165,000 61,500	61,500
Sergio Castelluccio	130,000 47,400	47,400

Tags: Sergio Castelluccio Shunsuke Tokoo

07-07-2024 19:20 UTC-8

Ochs Flops Two Pair to Eliminate a Player

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Tyler Boyer

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with the board showing 3♦J♣K♠5♣ and roughly 20,000 in the pot.

Richard Ochs was in the small blind facing a bet from his opponent on the button of 16,000. Ochs then raised to put his opponent all in for 119,000. After spending several minutes in the tank, Ochs opponent made the call to put his tournament life at risk.

Button: A♦K♦ All in
Richard Ochs: J♥3♥

Ochs flopped the best of it with his two pair, and after the 4♥ on the river, Ochs nearly doubled up and eliminated his opponent.