Action picked up on the river in a hand between Guoliang Wei in the big blind and the player on the button.
With about 17,000 in the pot and the board reading 6♠8♦7♦Q♣10♦, Wei fired out a bet of 12,000.
The button thought for a moment, but elected to fold his hand and the pot was pushed Wei's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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56,800 | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
154,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
112,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
81,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
||
|
75,000 | |
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
53,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
||
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
32,000
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
|
|
24,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
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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Mike Gao raised to 1,200 on the button. The small blind then re-raised to 7,200 and Gao called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 10♥J♣5♠, the small blind bet 5,000. Gao then decided to raise to 17,000 and the small blind folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,400 |
A player in middle position raised to 1,200. He was called by the cutoff, Roberto Romanello on the button, the small blind and the big blind.
Action checked through on a A♥10♠3♠ flop.
The turn was the A♠ action checked to the middle position player bet who bet 1,500. The cutoff folded, Romanello then raised to 10,000. The blinds folded and the middle position player took some time before making the fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The under-the-gun player raised to 1,200 and John Pannucci three-bet to 4,200 in the hijack. Dan Shak cold called from the small blind and under the gun called as well.
The flop came 2♦K♥7♦, Shak and under the gun checked and Pannucci bet 5,500. Shak got out of the way and under the gun raised to 15,000. Pannucci called and the turn brought the J♦.
Under the gun checked and Pannucci bet 9,000. Under the gun thought for a moment before giving up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
57,500
57,500
|
57,500 |
The hijack opened to 2,000 and was called by the cutoff and by Liv Boeree in the small blind.
On a flop of J♣10♦10♣, the hijack jammed for his last 13,000 and Boeree made the call.
Hijack: A♣K♥ 
Liv Boeree: J♠10♠
"Runner-runner," the hijack asked after Boeree flopped a full house. But the 2♣4♦ runout didn't change anything and Boeree scored an elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
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The player in the hijack raised to 1,500, the player in the cutoff called, and Mark Meritt three-bet to 4,500 in the small blind. The hijack and cutoff both continued to the flop of 3♥K♠2♣.
Meritt fired out a bet of 13,000 and both the hijack and cutoff folded, with the pot being pushed towards Meritt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
88,000 |
Rui Milhomens raised to 1,200 from middle position, John Juanda then three-bet to 3,500 and Milhomens made the call.
The flop came 4♣9♣6♦ Juanda bet 3,500 and Milhomens called.
Action checked through on the A♠ turn card.
The river was the 6♣, Juanda checked, Milhomens bet 15,000 and Juanda folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | |
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
