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

07-08-2024 16:29 UTC-8

Welco Sends McCullough to Rail

Herbie Teope

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Long-time Major League Baseball national sports reporter Robert "Andy" McCullough found himself short stacked with a sub-eight big blind stack at the start of Level 8 and moved all in from under the gun.

Craig Welco, who had McCullough covered, called from late position and the hands were tabled after the players in the blinds folded.

Robert McCullough: K♦5♥ All in
Craig Welco: K♥K♣

McCullough needed a lot of help, but he didn’t receive any when the dealer fanned 10♦8♣A♥ on the flop.

Welco’s dominating hand remained in control when 4♥ showed up on the turn, and A♣ on the river officially sent McCullough to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Welco	138,000 138,000	138,000
Robert Mccullough	Busted

Tags: Craig Welco Robert McCullough

07-08-2024 16:33 UTC-8

Bershinsky Picks Up Aces, Punjarojanakul Folds the Winner

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Victor Bershinsky raised to 2,500 under the gun before Tanupat Punjarojanakul three-bet to 7,000 in early position. A player in the hijack moved all in for 10,000 and Bershinsky reshoved for around 50,000.

"I have to hope you both have ace-king," Punjarojanakul said as he tanked for a minute before folding two jacks.

All-In Player: 6♥6♦ All in
Victor Bershinsky: A♣A♥

Punjarojanakul found out he made a good fold as Bershinsky showed down a pair of aces. The board read K♥3♦Q♣5♠ by the turn, but the river J♣ would've given Punjarojanakul a set and a double knockout.

"I'm happy with the fold regardless," he said as Bershinsky took the pot to send the hijack to the rail.

"I only waited four hours for something like that," Bershinsky added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanupat Punjarojanakul	110,000 59,000	59,000
Victor Bershinsky	70,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Tanupat Punjarojanakul Victor Bershinsky

07-08-2024 16:44 UTC-8

Antimony Flops Bottom Set and Gets Paid

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was picked up on a 4♥K♣3♥ flop with 10,000 in the middle.

Anna Antimony had fired out 5,000 from early position and Maury Barrett called on the button. Manuel Ruivo three-bet to 11,500 from the big blind and Antimony moved all in for 54,000. Barrett folded and Ruivo called all in for less.

Manuel Ruivo: K♦Q♠ All in
Anna Antimony: 3♠3♣

The turn 8♣ and river 7♥ sealed the deal as Antimony dragged in a pile of chips and Ruivo was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anna Antimony	118,400 14,100	14,100
Maury Barrett	96,000 30,900	30,900
Manuel Ruivo	Busted

Tags: Anna Antimony Manuel Ruivo Maury Barrett

07-08-2024 16:46 UTC-8

Assorted Counts Horseshoe Ballroom

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The seat of Irene Carey was open and Alen Bakovic confirmed she had been eliminated. According to him and Christopher Annouza, Carey raised and then called all-in for around 24,000 with pocket queens. Annouza only had pocket sevens but spiked a seven right away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Barlow	375,000 135,200	135,200
Steven Warburton	175,000 18,000	18,000
Steven Jones	175,000 5,000	5,000

Joseph Dagostino	150,000 111,100	111,100
Yannick Schumacher	150,000 44,700	44,700
Christopher Annouza	140,000 70,500	70,500
Chris Tryba	130,000 5,000	5,000

Alen Bakovic	125,000 20,000	20,000

Behzad Ahadpour Khanghah	120,000 110,000	110,000
Nick Pupillo	115,000 24,000	24,000

Hon Cheong Lee	50,000 15,000	15,000
Lucia Navarro	40,000 22,600	22,600

Irene Carey	Busted

Tags: Alen Bakovic Christopher Annouza Irene Carey

07-08-2024 16:49 UTC-8

Hart Spikes the Turn to Bust Kortas

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Brent Hart was in middle position and three-bet to 7,500. Ghattas Kortas then four-bet to 22,000 under the gun and Hart called.

The flop came 5♥6♦8♦ and Kortas bet 12,000. Hart called to the J♠ turn, where Kortas bet 35,000 leaving himself just one chip behind. Hart moved all in and Kortas put in his last chip.

Hart turned over J♣J♦ for a turned set and Kortas slammed down A♠A♦. The river was the Q♦ and Hart secured the pot to send Kortas to the rail.

"What can I do? Some people are just luckier than others," Kortas said.

"If you shove the flop I fold," Hart, who won his first WSOP bracelet earlier this summer, replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Hart	350,000 235,400	235,400

Ghattas Kortas	Busted

Tags: Brent Hart Ghattas Kortas

07-08-2024 16:51 UTC-8

Mandel Flops the Nuts

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Lloyd Mandel opened the action with a raise to 3,000 from the cutoff. Kurt Fitzgerald three-bet to 8,500 on the button and Mandel called.

Fitzgerald continued for 8,200 on 9♣8♣10♦ before Mandel raised to 21,700. Fitzgerald moved all in for 56,000 and Mandel called.

Kurt Fitzgerald: K♠K♥ All in
Lloyd Mandel: Q♠J♦

The turn 8♠ and river 7♥ ended Fitzgerald's main event run and Mandel stacked up a mountain of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lloyd Mandel	245,200 89,100	89,100
Kurt Fitzgerald	Busted

Tags: Kurt Fitzgerald Lloyd Mandel

07-08-2024 16:51 UTC-8

Winsor Eliminated by Boyd

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In four-way action to the J♠4♦2♦ flop, it checked to Karen Boyd and she pushed all-in for around 35,000. Silvio Costa in the hijack folded while Benjamin Winsor in the cutoff reluctantly called for around 25,000, Michael Turello also folded out of the blinds as well.

Benjamin Winsor: A♥J♥ All in
Karen Boyd: A♦A♠

The 4♣ turn and 2♣ river brought no miracle escape for Winsor and the Brit was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Silvio Costa	105,000 66,700	66,700
Michael Turello	95,000 33,100	33,100
Karen Boyd	75,000 31,200	31,200

Benjamin Winsor	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Winsor Karen Boyd Michael Turello Silvio Costa

07-08-2024 17:12 UTC-8

Auckland Flops the Nuts and Gets Maximum Value

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Daniel Auckland opened the action with a raise to 2,500 from the cutoff. Jia Jun called on the button before Robert Belke three-bet to 10,000. Auckland and Jun made the call.

Belke moved all in for 37,100 on a 4♣Q♣7♣ flop and Auckland made the call. Jun reraised all in for 94,500, covering Auckland who made the call.

Robert Belke: A♥Q♠ All in
Daniel Auckland: A♣K♣ All in
Jia Jun: 7♥7♦

The turn 2♠ and river K♠ meant Auckland held on to nearly triple up while eliminating Belke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Auckland	188,200 107,900	107,900
Jia Jun	24,900 68,600	68,600
Robert Belke	Busted

07-08-2024 17:35 UTC-8

Bal Busts Lynn

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Peter Lynn raised to 2,500 in the cutoff and was three-bet to 7,500 by Manpreet Bal in the small blind. Lynn called.

Bal continued for 13,300 on the J♦3♠10♠ flop and Lynn announced he was all in for a bit over 40,000. Bal asked for a count and called to put Lynn at risk.

Peter Lynn: K♠Q♣ All in
Manpreet Bal: Q♠Q♥

Lynn had plenty of outs with his king and open-ended straight draw, but the 8♥6♥ runout kept Bal best to send Lynn to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manpreet Bal	125,000 59,500	59,500
Peter Lynn	Busted

Tags: Manpreet Bal Peter Lynn

07-08-2024 17:47 UTC-8

McEwen Popped

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Jeff McMillan

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was on the river in a three-way pot that had 30,000 in it. It read J♥8♣4♥J♣5♦. From the hijack, big stack Catalin Pop dialed up the pressure cooker on his two shorter stacked opponents as he bet 75,000 which covered both players.

The first decision was on Ignacio Costa in the small blind who had about 55,000 behind, he went long into the tank and put his head in his hands multiple times while sighing. Eventually after 3 minutes he folded.

Then it was Preston McEwen's turn to stew from early position. He had about 35,500 behind and took around two minutes himself before he spiked in the call.

Pop turned over the J♠10♠ for trip jacks. McEwen got up in a hurry in visible frustration as his 9x9x hand was turned over and he fled out of the room with his main event over.

Meanwhile, Cuesta reacted in relief when he saw Pop's hand, indicating he had made the correct fold to preserve his tournament life.