Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #95: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,979
Prize Pool
$1,970,906
Total Entries
1,119
Level
39
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
1,119
Players Left
167
Players Left 1 / 1,119
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Players are heading on their first break for 15-minutes and 394 players will return.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The cutoff raised to 700. The action fell on Mitchell Watson, on the button, who had recently been left short after his pocket kings had run into his opponent's pocket aces. Watson promised the table he would move all in blind this hand, so that's exactly what he did, shoving for approximately 2,000. The cutoff made the call.
Mitchell Watson: 10♦8♥ 
Cutoff: K♠7♣
Watson was going to need some help, and that's exactly what he received on the 4♥10♥10♠ flop. The J♦ turn had his opponent drawing dead and the A♠ river confirmed his small but crucial double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,800
4,800
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4,800 |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The player on the button raised to 600 and both blinds came along for the ride which included Matt Paumier in the big blind. The flop came out with 5♥6♠2♣ and the small blind checked and Paumier came out swinging with a bet of 1,200. The button and the small blind both wanted to see the turn and called.
On the turn J♣ the small blind checked again and Paumier bet again for 2,500 and only the button called.
The river Q♦ had Paumier place the final bet of 3,500 but the button raised to 12,000 and Paumier took a moment to consider what the button had and then made the call.
The button mucked strongly before Paumier even showed his cards which were 10♠10♦ for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,600
27,600
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27,600 |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Four players saw the flop of 9♦J♦3♥. 6,300 chips were already in the middle when Artem Metalidi bet out 3,000 from the big blind. Chris Walach, who was under the gun, raised to 6,000. Nam Nguyen cold-called the raise from early position. Hall of Famer Jack McClelland then went all in from the button for around 33,000 chips.
Metalidi thought for quite a while before throwing in the call for his entire stack of around 28,000 chips. Walach had much less behind and called as well. Nguyen then said: “Gamble!” and put her chips in the middle as well. She had all the players covered and was the only one in play for McClelland’s bounty.
Chris Walach: Q♠Q♦
Artem Metalidi: 10♦8♦
Jack McClelland: 9♠9♥
Nam Nguyen: A♦J♣
McClelland was ahead with a set of nines, while Walach had the overpair with queens. Nguyen had top pair top kicker and Metalidi was in with the open-ended straight flush draw.
The turn was the A♠, bringing in some outs for Nguyen, as she could make a full house with an ace or a jack.
The river, however, was the 3♣ and McClelland’s set held up. Walach and Metalidi were eliminated, while McClelland chipped-up to a massive stack of over 400 big blinds, making it a very long road ahead of anyone hoping to win his bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
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4,000
4,000
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4,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
David Lappin raised to 600 from middle position, receiving calls from both James Renno in the cutoff, and the big blind.
The 10♠A♠K♦ flop saw all three players check through to the 3♦ turn and J♠ river. The big blind took a stab for 1,500, Lappin folded and Renno made a quick call. The big blind chose to muck, while Renno proudly showed 10♥8♥ for fourth pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
32,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
There were already 5,000 chips in the pot coming into the flop of 5♦6♥7♥, which was seen by four players.
After two checks form the blinds, player in middle position bet 3,500. Doyun Ku called in the cutoff, as did the player in the small blind. The big blind folded.
The turn was the J♥. The small blind and middle position checked and Ku bet 5,000. Both opponents called.
The river was the 2♠ and after getting two more checke, Ku bet 12,000. After some thinking, both players folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The pot had already swelled to approximately 23,000 with two players looking at a board of Q♥J♥6♠7♥.
The small blind check-called a small bet of 3,000 from Christian Roberts, in middle position.
The J♠ river saw the small blind play in flow. Roberts moved all in for 12,000 and the small blind was forced to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
10,000
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10,000 |
|
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
