Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Day 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-13-2024 20:08 UTC-7

Life Outside Poker: 'American Pie' Star Shannon Elizabeth Talks 25th Anniversary, Phil Hellmuth Entrance

Connor Richards

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 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 12th episode, Connor speaks with actress and conservationist Shannon Elizabeth on the 25th anniversary of American Pie, in which she played the iconic role of Nadia. Elizabeth talked about her roles in films like Scary Movie and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, playing poker with the cast of That '70s Show, finishing third in the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and taking part in Phil Hellmuth's 2024 WSOP Main Event entrance.

Elizabeth also spoke about her conservation efforts in South Africa through the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, including caring for and providing a sanctuary for a blind black rhino named Munu.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Shannon Elizabeth by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Tags: Connor Richards Phil Hellmuth Shannon Elizabeth

07-13-2024 20:07 UTC-7

Javier Keeps Adding

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Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Three players were in a hand on the river as the board read 7♠3♣10♥10♠6♥. The pot had around 110,000 in it.

The big blind bet 60,000. Big stack Kevin Javier raised to 225,000 from early position which folded out Pavel Spirins in the small blind. The big blind also folded after a few moments as Javier added some more chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Javier	1,270,000 120,000	120,000
Pavels Spirins	565,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Big Stack Kevin Javier Pavel Spirins

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

07-13-2024 19:56 UTC-7

Leonard Doubles Richez

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Clement Richez raised from under the gun to 20,000 and got a call from the hijack. Patrick Leonard three-bet to 68,000 and Richez moved all in for around 190,000. The hijack took some time, and eventually folded, but Leonard threw a chip straight into the pot to make the call.

Clement Richez: A♥A♦ All in
Patrick Leonard: A♠K♥

Richez was looking good with Aces, but the 9♣10♥Q♦ flop brought in the sweat of a gutshot for Leonard.

The 8♦ and 7♦ came in to complete the board, and Richez held with his pocket pair to stay alive and get the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	560,000 190,000	190,000

Clement Richez	425,000 335,000	335,000

Tags: Clement Richez Patrick Leonard

07-13-2024 19:51 UTC-7

Ventura Stacks Rodriguez

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Jeff McMillan

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Noel Rodriguez was seen standing up and waiting for payouts as Diego Ventura was stacking a large pot.

"I guess I'll go play the 10k" said Rodriguez as he waiting to walk to the payout desk, while the Peruvian pro grew his stack to close to one million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego Ventura	990,000 810,000	810,000

Noel Rodriguez	Busted

Tags: Diego Ventura Noel Rodriguez

07-13-2024 19:47 UTC-7

Orion Gallagher

492,000 40,000

Table 522Seat 8

07-13-2024 19:41 UTC-7

Gross Finds a Beauty of a Pot

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Alek Gillies

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was caught after the board completed 3♠9♥9♠3♦8♦ and under the gun was quick to check.

Kyle Gross moved all in for 125,000 from middle position.

His opponent went into the tank but ultimately found the fold for Gross to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Gross	562,000 389,000	389,000

Tags: Kyle Gross

07-13-2024 19:33 UTC-7

Kim Knocks Out an Opponent

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sung Pil Kim and him opponent were already heads-up and all in with their cards face up.

Opponent: 9♠9♦ All in
Sung Pil Kim: 8♥8♠

The opponent was initially ahead, but the J♥Q♥8♦3♣K♦ runout gave Kim trips eights to win the pot, knocking out their opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sung Pil Kim	345,000 95,500	95,500

Tags: Sung Pil Kim

07-13-2024 19:30 UTC-7

More Updated Counts

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Jeff McMillan

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tjan Tepeh	940,000 132,000	132,000

Asi Moshe	870,000 552,500	552,500

Scott Blumstein	750,000 50,000	50,000

Tony Miles	625,000 296,000	296,000
Jeffrey Farnes	570,000 20,000	20,000
Davidi Kitai	420,000 117,000	117,000

Noel Rodriguez	395,000 285,500	285,500

Gabi Livshitz	380,000 380,000	380,000

David Jackson	340,000 29,000	29,000

Carlos Chadha	290,000 290,000	290,000
Alex Livingston	210,000 180,000	180,000

Connor Drinan	190,000 40,000	40,000

Diego Ventura	180,000 117,000	117,000

Kane Kalas	175,000 15,000	15,000
Ben Keeline	122,000 7,000	7,000

Michael Liang	Busted

07-13-2024 19:27 UTC-7

Assortment of Updated Chip Counts

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dusti Smith	820,000 180,000	180,000

Patrick Leonard	750,000 120,000	120,000

Bradley Owen	590,000 115,000	115,000

Pei Li	330,000 92,000	92,000

Faraz Jaka	310,000 92,000	92,000

Jason Wheeler	190,000 117,000	117,000

Maria Konnikova	165,000 130,000	130,000

Michael Gehrmann	100,000 21,000	21,000