Event #88: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship (6-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-10-2024 16:07 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rocco	104,000 38,500	38,500

Jordan Siegel	98,000 10,500	10,500

Jared Bleznick	98,000 38,000	38,000

John Monnette	73,000 13,000	13,000

David Benyamine	63,000 1,300	1,300

Robert Mizrachi	62,500 2,500	2,500

Bryan Micon	62,000 2,000	2,000
Brad Ruben	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dylan Weisman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Walter Chambers	60,000 60,000	60,000

Eric Wasserson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Marco Johnson	60,000

Aaron Kupin	58,500 58,500	58,500
Bryce Yockey	44,000 16,000	16,000

Bruno Fitoussi	36,000 24,000	24,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	32,000 28,000	28,000

Joe Hachem	10,000 50,000	50,000

Funkhouser Takes from Selbst

Josh Noy

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 500/1,000, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 300 Bring-In, 1,000 Completion 1,000-2,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 500/800 Ante, 300/500 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

The pot was already over 17,000 to the 5♣A♥3♠ flop, where David Funkhouser and Vanessa Selbst exchanged a bet and call of 8,000 from the blinds.

Both players checked the 7♦ turn, with Funkhouser leading out from the small blind for 11,500 after seeing the A♦ river.

Selbst took a moment before mucking, as Funkhouser raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	93,500 44,000	44,000

David Funkhouser	91,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: David Funkhouser Vanessa Selbst

07-10-2024 15:50 UTC-8

Taylor Takes a Hit

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Josh Noy

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 500/1,000, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 300 Bring-In, 1,000 Completion 1,000-2,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 500/800 Ante, 300/500 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

On a completed board showing 8♠2♦7♣4♠K♦, Thomas Taylor fired a bet of 15,000 into the middle.

After a couple of minutes, the call was made on his immediate left. Taylor tabled K♠J♦6♦3♠ for top pair, while he was shown A♥A♦8♥3♦ for a superior pair to see the chips move to his left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Taylor	47,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Thomas Taylor

07-10-2024 15:42 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaofei Wen	67,000 18,500	18,500

Value for Vieira

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Josh Noy

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 500/1,000, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 300 Bring-In, 1,000 Completion 1,000-2,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 500/800 Ante, 300/500 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Action was heads up between Joao Vieira and Jon Shoreman after the final draw.

Vieira fired a bet of 2,000, with Shoreman taking some time before making the call. Vieira quickly turned over 8x6x4x3x2x to take down the pot as Shoreman mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	78,000 19,000	19,000

Jon Shoreman	23,500 23,500	23,500

Tags: Joao Vieira Jon Shoreman

07-10-2024 15:28 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	56,200 3,800	3,800

Ali Eslami	55,500 8,500	8,500

Level 4 Entrants

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Brett Slezak

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 500/1,000, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 300 Bring-In, 1,000 Completion 1,000-2,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 500/800 Ante, 300/500 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	60,000 60,000	60,000

Philip Sternheimer	60,000 60,000	60,000

Taylor Paur	60,000 60,000	60,000

John Racener	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ryutaro Suzuki	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mark Dickstein	60,000 60,000	60,000
Andrew Kelsall	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jerry Wong	60,000 60,000	60,000

Paul Volpe	60,000 60,000	60,000

Renan Bruschi	60,000 60,000	60,000

Bryan Micon	60,000
Chris Moneymaker	60,000

Level: 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 500/1,000, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 300 Bring-In, 1,000 Completion 1,000-2,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 500/800 Ante, 300/500 Blinds

07-10-2024 15:12 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: Jungleman Dishes on Game of Gold, Tom Dwan Debts

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Connor Richards

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 400/800, 800-1,600 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 800 Completion 800-1,600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 400/600 Ante, 200/400 Blinds

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.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

Tags: Connor Richards Tom Dwan Dan Cates

07-10-2024 15:00 UTC-8

Break

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Brett Slezak

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 400/800, 800-1,600 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 800 Completion 800-1,600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 400/600 Ante, 200/400 Blinds

The players are going on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Play resumes in Level 4 with levels increasing to 60 minutes in length.