Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 5 | 2024 World Series of Poker

Jul 11, 2024

Boat Nearly Doubles Up Lightbourne

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Iaron Lightbourne opened on the button and then called a three-bet from Dong Lee out of the big blind.

Lee checked following the 10♠A♥4♥ flop before calling a 200,000 bet from Lighbourne.

The A♦ turn saw Lee check again, prompting Lightbourne to fire off 225,000. Once more, Lee called.

Lee checked one last time after the river came K♣. Lightbourne pushed almost his entire stack into the middle, representing a bet of 1,100,000 while leaving himself just 50,000 behind. That sent Lee deep into the tank but he emerged having decided on a call. Lightbourne flipped over A♣4♣ for the full house to earn a near full double up that left Lee with dust.

Tags: Dong Lee Iaron Lightbourne

Jul 11, 2024

Ponakovs Snaps Off Weng

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Bin Weng raised to 60,000 in the hijack before Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet to 200,000 in the cutoff.

Weng asked the dealer how much Ponakovs' raise was for and the dealer went to toss him the all-in chip. "I said how much is it," Weng said to a round of laughs from the table.

The dealer confirmed Ponakovs' raise before Weng moved all in for real this time, shoving his last 700,000 into the middle. Ponakovs snap-called.

Bin Weng: A♠7♠ All in
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♦K♣

Weng found himself dominated as the A♣6♥5♥ flop gave both players top pair. The rest of the board came 6♠Q♦ and Ponakovs' king-kicker played to send Weng to the rail.

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Bin Weng

Jul 11, 2024

Feng Puts Pettinella in the Blender

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Calum Grant

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Michael Pettinella opened to 60,000 from early positon before Andrew Hanna three-bet to 180,000 from middle position. Han Ming Feng called from the small blind and Petttinella also came along.

The 8♦7♠2♦ flop checked through to the 6♣ turn, where Feng led out for 200,000. Only Pettinella called.

The 2♣ completed the board, and Feng began counting out his stack. After some thinking time, he sized up to 650,000, leaving around 60,000 behind.

Pettinella went deep into the tank, immediately informing the table that he may need a minute.

"Sick spot bro," said Pettinella as he stood up from his chair. More time passed and Pettinella continued his attempt to get a read, asking Feng if he would show if Pettinella folded.

Feng remained stoic, taking a swig out of his drink can.

The drink sounded empty, which Petinnella picked up on.

"There's not even anything in there."

Pettinella then offered Feng his glass dice card protector and offered him to roll it. Feng remained as still as a statue.

Pettinella continued to mull over his options, extending his apologies to the table and would have no objections if anyone called the clock.

"Nice hand," said Pettinella as he threw his cards into the muck, awarding the pot to Feng, who also returned his cards to the dealer after the hand played out.

Tags: Andrew Hanna Han Ming Feng Michael Pettinella

Jul 11, 2024

Galper Spikes an Ace to Bust Ivey

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Phil Ivey's run in the Main Event just came to an end at the hands of Zakhar Galper, and the table filled in the details.

According to a player at the table, Galper raised before Ivey jammed for 400,000 with two jacks. Galper called with AxQx and the flop came Kx9x9x. The A♠ fell on the turn to give Galper the lead with two pair, and Ivey couldn't hit his two-outer on the river to stay alive as the 11-time bracelet winner was sent to the rail.

Tags: Zakhar Galper Phil Ivey

Jul 11, 2024

Mateos Out with Deuces

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Laura Fryer

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After loosing most of his stack in a previous bad beat, Adrian Mateos was all in for 255,000 from middle position and was called by James Tian to his direct left.

Adrian Mateos: 2♥2♣ All in
James Tian: 7♦7♣

The 8♦5♣J♣A♠Q♥ runout didn't improve Mateos, and his time in the main event came to an end.

Tags: Adrian Mateos James Tian

Jul 11, 2024

Nagami's Bigger Ace Takes Out Little

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jonathan Little was on the button and got his last 500,000 in the middle against Kyosuke Nagami in the small blind.

Jonathan Little: AxQx All in
Kyosuke Nagami: A♣K♠

Little was dominated as the 9♦8♠8♣ flop left open the possibility of a chop. The 6♥ turn was no help, while the 2♣ fell on the river to mark the end of Little's Main Event.

Tags: Jonathan Little Kyosuke Nagami

Jul 11, 2024

Reid Uses One Time; Two-Time Finalist Saout Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The action folded to Jim Reid in the small blind and he pushed all-in for Antoine Saout to call with the covering stack from the big blind.

Jim Reid: 3♣3♠ All in
Antoine Saout: K♠Q♦

Reid asked for low cards but then asked for clubs on the Q♣J♣5♣ flop. That came with the 2♣ turn to leave Saout drawing dead to win the pot, as the 2♠ river paired the board. Reid asked for 405,000 and Saout was left with 120,000.

One hand later, Saout jammed for 120,000 in the small blind and Diogo Veiga called in the big blind.

Antoine Saout: Q♠7♣ All in
Diogo Veiga: A♣J♥

The 9♣4♠2♦10♠10♣ board missed both players and ace-jack dealt the final blow. Saout had reached the WSOP Main Event final table in Las Vegas including a third place for $3,479,669 in 2009.

Reid then declared he had used his one time, to which Oren Haziza replied "oh, you get a new one tomorrow".

"You get a one time every day? I didn't know that ... you learn something every day," Reid finished the conversation.

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Tags: Antoine Saout Diogo Veiga Jim Reid Oren Haziza

Jul 11, 2024

Michas Shoves Into Reid's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

James Reid raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and Diogo Veiga called on the button. Alexandros Michas then moved all in for 700,000 in the big blind, Reid called, and Veiga folded.

Alexandros Michas: 5♥5♠ All in
James Reid: A♥A♦

Reid has woken up with aces to leave Michas at serious risk of elimination, and no help was forthcoming on the 8♣Q♣7♠J♠4♣ as Michas was sent to the rail.

"I had sevens," Veiga said, admitting he would've hit a set to win the pot had he played.

Tags: Alexandros Michas Diogo Veiga James Reid

Jul 11, 2024

Angelov Takes a Massive Pot with Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

"It might be the biggest pot of the tournament so far," a player told PokerNews, looking at the 2,000,000 chip pot and the 3♣8♥10♣2♠ board he had in front of him.

According to this player, the cutoff opened preflop, Jacob Thibodeau on the button three-bet to 200,000, and Boris Angelov in the big blind four-bet to 550,000. Thibodeau called, then on the flop, he called a continuation bet of 500,000.

On the turn, Angelov bet 750,000 and Thibodeau called once more to see the 10♦ river, where Angelov moved all-in for approximately 2,000,000.

Thibodeau went deep into the tank, and after more than five minutes, he still couldn't make a decision. But when another player called the clock, Thibodeau made the call with JxJx. However Angelov had A♣A♥ and scooped this massive pot. Thibodeau was covered, so he was eliminated in 300st place for $45,000.

Tags: Jacob Thibodeau Boris Angelov

Jul 11, 2024

Foxen Flops a Set to Bust Yan

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Kristen Foxen opened to 60,000 from early position and received calls from Hai Pham on the button as well as Yingge Yan in the big blind.

Action checked to Pham following the 2♠9♣A♠ flop and he bet 110,000. Yan responded by moving all in for 270,000. Foxen called while Pham, after some consideration, chose to get out of the way.

Yingge Yan: A♥10♣ All in
Kristen Foxen: A♣A♦

The case ace had made its way onto the flop to leave Yan drawing dead as the dealer quickly completed the board with Q♥J♣ to hand Foxen a sizable pot as her strong Day 5 continues.

Tags: Hai Pham Kristen Foxen Yingge Yan