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Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$94,041,600
Total Entries
10,112
Level
44
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Entries
3,617
Players Left
1,529
Players Left 1 / 10,112
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Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 11th episode, Connor speaks with Dan "Jungleman" Cates about accountability in poker, his notorious heads-up challenge with Tom Dwan, Game of Gold, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, mindfulness in poker and his new podcast Winning the Game of Life.
Cates also talked about his iconic Poker Players Championship outfits and a six-figure downswing he experienced at Bellagio during the summer.
This interview was filmed at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Picking up the action partway through the hand, Adam Cook in the small blind was all in and at risk against Nazar Buhaiov in the cutoff.
Adam Cook: KxKx 
Nazar Buhaiov: A♣A♦
Cook had run right into pocket rockets to leave himself drawing thin. The J♣7♦6♣ flop kept the aces best with nothing changing on either the 10♠ turn or J♥ river to send Cook out in cruel fashion while handing a boost to Buhaiov's stack.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action folded around to James Tsou in the small blind who moved all in for 65,000 effective. Phil Laak called the all in with his tournament life on the line.
Phil Laak: 3♥3♦
James Tsou: A♣2♣
Needing to fade an Ace, Laak did after the dealer put out 2♥4♣3♠7♠J♦ earning him the pot and newfound chips.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Josip Vidovic looked up Adam Arslan, who was all in for 120,000, with the covering stack.
Adam Arslan: K♠Q♦[allin[
Josip Vidovic: A♠A♣
The 7♠6♣7♦3♥5♦ board brought no surprises, sending Arslan home.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The board read 9♦K♦J♥4♥10♠ on the river. Benjamin Pollak was facing a bet of 20,000 from his opponent. After about two minutes he decided to make the call.
His opponent tabled 7♠3♠ for zilch and Pollah showed the winning ace-high with the A♣8♥.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Alexander Tkatschew raised to 8,000 from the hijack, Elia Ahmadian three-bet to 28,000 from the button and Tkatschew called.
The K♥6♣A♣ flop saw Tkatschew check-call a bet of 15,000 from Ahmadian.
The J♠ turn saw Tkatschew play in flow. Ahmadian sized up to approximately 40,000; more than enough to earn a snap-fold from Tkatschew.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On the PokerGO feature table, Koray Aldemir, the 2021 WSOP Main Event winner, raised on the button to 8,000 with 5♥4♥ before Dan Grolemund three-bet to 26,000 in the small blind with A♠Q♠.
After the world champ made the call, the flop came out 4♦Q♣5♠, a bit of a cooler. Grolemund led for 33,000 and received a call. When the 2♦ appeared on the turn, Grolemund this time opted for a check with top pair.
Aldemir, holding two pair, bet 62,000, about half the size of the pot. Grolemund then went for a check-raise all in for 222,000 total. That put Aldemir into a brief tank before calling the bet. Grolemund had picked up a gutshot straight draw on the turn as an extra four outs, but the 6♣ on the river sent the past champion a monster pot of 570,000, and sent Grolemund home on Day 3.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Picking up the action on the turn, Arthur Fleischmann on the button was involved in a hand with Tom Dwan in the small blind, Bart Lybaert from under the gun and a player in the big blind.
With the board reading 8♥3♠J♣Q♣ action checked to Lybaert. He pushed 15,000 into the middle and received calls from Fleischmann and Dwan while the big blind opted to fold.
The river came 3♣, prompting Dwan to check once more. Lybaert bet again, this time sizing up to 36,000. Fleischmann quickly called but Dwan chose to get out of the way. Lybaert tabled A♠Q♥ and then mucked after Fleischmann flipped over A♣4♣ for the flush to send the pot over to his opponent.
