Players were already all in with the cards face-up and were looking at a 10♥4♣3♥6♣4♠ board.
Gregory Turner was in the cutoff and his opponent in middle position.
Middle Position: A♦5♦
Gregory Turner: Q♥Q♣
Turner took the monster pot, knocking out his opponent with a pair of queens, and was one of the chip leaders after the hand.
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Action folded around the table to Micah Trexler, who was on the button. Trexler raised to 130,000, and the player in the small blind folded.
WSOP bracelet winner and 2004 Main Event champion Greg Raymer was in the big blind and moved all in for his remaining chip stack, which was approximately a little more than 700,000.
Trexler, who had Raymer covered, took a moment to think over the situation before calling to put Raymer at risk.
Greg Raymer: K♦4♦
Michah Trexler: A♥10♥
The dealer fanned 3♦2♦J♣ on the board, keeping Trexler’s ace in the lead. Raymer, through, picked up a flush draw.
The 3♥ on the turn and 5♥ on the river, though, didn’t help Raymer, who was eliminated.
Raymer graciously asked Trexler his name, and then autographed a fossil before handing it to Trexler. The two exchanged fist bumps just before Raymer quietly stood and exited the table.
Trexler showed the autographed fossil to the rest of the players at his table.
“It’s a cool keepsake,” Trexler said with a smile.
Robert Gould moved all in at the cutoff position for his remaining 155,000.
The button and small folded, and then the player in the big blind asked for a count, which the dealer confirmed.
After a brief moment, the player in the big blind called to put Gould at risk.
“I have a beautiful hand,” Gould said before tabling his hand.
Robert Gould: J♣10♣
Opponent: A♠6♠
Gould was behind preflop to his opponent’s ace, but the tables were turned when the dealer placed 6♣J♦4♦ on the board to give Gould a pair of jacks.
The 7♥ on the turn and 7x on the river gave Gould two pair and the win.
Howard Smith raised from under the gun. Roberto Antelo was in the hijack and went all in for 570,000 chips. Austin Remmel had around 300,000 chips in the cutoff and called all in. When it came back to Smith, he called, having both all-in players covered.
Austin Remmel: Q♥Q♦
Roberto Antelo: K♥K♣
Howard Smith: 5♥5♦
After getting cracked four times at the same table, pocket kings finally saw a turnaround on the flop of 7♦K♦3♥, which gave Antelo top set and a massive advantage. The turn Q♠ gave Remmel a set as well, but he was still drawing to one out, while Smith was drawing dead. The river was the 3♣, sending the double-up to Antelo and eliminating Remmel.
According to the players, Remmel lost a pot versus Smith just the hand before, where Smith defended the big blind against Remmel’s preflop raise. Smith made Remmel fold two pair, after the river brought in the fourth card to a straight. Either player needed a queen for a straight and Smith showed the table he got there with Qx3x for the big blind special.
Early position moved all in for around 200,000 and Todd Butts was the only caller from the small blind.
Early position: 5♠4♠
Todd Butts: K♥7♥
The flop came A♦2♠7♠ which gave early position some hope of a flush but also gave Butts a pair of sevens. A player on the table noted "what a flop".
The 7♦ turn gave Butts trips.
Early position also missed on the 4♦ river, confirming his bustout with around 300 players remaining.
In the 845th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined at Level 9 Studio by WPT Global's Brad Owen, who served as special co-host to talk about the latest happenings at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
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With registration officially closed, the remaining players know what they’re playing for.
There were 6,628 entries which generated a $3,380,280 prize pool, paying the top 791 players. First place will win a $343,010 payout and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. The minimum payout was $1,201 and the remaining 306 players have locked up $1,950.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $343,010 | 54-62 | $6,260 |
| 2 | $228,670 | 63-71 | $5,250 |
| 3 | $170,410 | 72-80 | $4,440 |
| 4 | $127,950 | 81-89 | $3,790 |
| 5 | $96,790 | 90-98 | $3,260 |
| 6 | $73,780 | 99-161 | $2,830 |
| 7 | $56,670 | 162-224 | $2,480 |
| 8 | $43,870 | 225-287 | $2,190 |
| 9 | $34,220 | 288-350 | $1,950 |
| 10-11 | $26,910 | 351-413 | $1,760 |
| 12-13 | $21,330 | 414-476 | $1,600 |
| 14-17 | $17,040 | 477-539 | $1,460 |
| 18-26 | $13,720 | 540-602 | $1,350 |
| 27-35 | $11,140 | 603-665 | $1,260 |
| 36-44 | $9,120 | 666-791 | $1,201 |
| 45-53 | $7,520 |
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