Event #95: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-15-2024 00:20 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhao Xiaowen	640,000 640,000	640,000
Michele Pucci	400,000 399,956	399,956
Adam Hendrix	373,000 53,000	53,000
Pavels Spirins	360,000 200,000	200,000
Jeffrey Brunelle	355,000 273,500	273,500
Rafael Reis	320,000 160,000	160,000
Justin Arnwine	300,000 300,000	300,000
Maria Konnikova	275,000 155,000	155,000

Champie Douglas	225,000 195,000	195,000
Steven Richards	220,000 55,000	55,000
Sergei Petrushevskii	208,000 208,000	208,000
Santiago Plante	155,000 91,000	91,000
Ren Lin	50,000 22,000	22,000

Jeff Jack Gross	40,000 9,300	9,300

Shahar Gets the Room One Step Closer to the Bubble

Ollie Garland

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A player in an early position moved all in for 70,000, Alon Shahar moved all in from the small blind as the covering stack, and the hand went to a showdown.

Early Position: A♦Q♥ All in
Alon Shahar: J♣J♦

The board ran out 8♣6♦2♣K♦K♠; Shahar held to send another opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alon Shahar	235,000 95,000	95,000

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Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

07-14-2024 23:57 UTC-7

Break Time

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Ollie Garland

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With the remaining field not yet reduced to 15%, the player will be sent on their last 10-minute break of the day before playing down until the money.

07-14-2024 23:55 UTC-7

Romus Finds a Hand in the Big Blind

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded to Sandeep Koralla in the small blind, who was the big stack at the table. Koralla called. Dennys Ramos, who was sitting in the big blind, made a raise. Koralla thought for a while and made a few comments to his opponents, and then decided to go all in, covering Ramos’s stack of 186,000. Ramos quickly called.

Dennys Ramos: 7♦7♣ All in
Sandeep Koralla: 6♣4♣

The flop 9♣6♦A♦ brought a pair to Koralla, but the turn 7♥ killed his hand. He was drawing dead and after the dealer dealt the 9♥ river, Ramos collected a pot of almost 380,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennys Ramos	377,000 377,000	377,000
Sandeep Koralla	320,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Dennis Romus Sandeep Koralla

07-14-2024 23:53 UTC-7

Villamarin Rivers Quads to Win a Flip In Style

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Ollie Garland

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The hijack raised to 10,000, Carlos Chadha Villamarin three-bet to 32,000 from the button and the hijack four-bet jammed for 191,000. Villamarin called.

Hijack: A♠Q♦ All in
Carlos Chadha Villamarin: J♣J♦

The flop landed J♠Q♠7♥ giving the hijack top pair, but Villamarin was way out in front with a set. The A♦ turn gave the hijack some hope, but the J♥ river improved to Villamarin to quads, sending this opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Chadha Villamarin	355,000 355,000	355,000

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07-14-2024 23:52 UTC-7

New Chip Leader Emerges

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Preston McEwen was in the small blind when it folded to him and he limped. The big blind was not going to have that and raised it up to 20,000. McEwen four-bet to 80,000 and the big blind then shoved for 379,000 and McEwen called.

Preston McEwen: K♥Q♥ All in
Big blind: 9♠2♣

The board came out with 4♥5♠6♦7♦6♣ and king high was golden to double up McEwen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston McEwen	780,000 670,000	670,000

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07-14-2024 23:38 UTC-7

Joanello Bests Germaine at Showdown

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Ollie Garland

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Paulo Joanello raised to 12,000 from under the gun, and Jack Germaine called on the button.

Joanello continued for 16,000 on the 7♦3♦10♥ flop. Germaine elected to see a turn.

The A♦ checked through to the A♥ on the river. Both players checked to a showdown. Germaine showed first, flipping over 8♣8♠. However, Joanello claimed this pot with Q♠Q♣ for a superior pocket pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Germaine	290,000 60,000	60,000
Paulo Joanello	185,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Jack Germaine Paulo Joanello

07-14-2024 23:36 UTC-7

Wang Gets Paid with Big Slick

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The player in the hijack moved all in for 40,000 and Yilong Wang made the call from the button.

Hijack: A♣4♣ All in
Yilong Wang: A♠K♥

The board gave a king to Wang with 3♥6♦8♠K♣J♣ and it held for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	150,000

Tags: Yilong Wang

07-14-2024 23:28 UTC-7

Jacks Versus Tens With a Few Twists

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Turbo Nguyen, who was in the cutoff, and his opponent in the big blind got it all in preflop. They were both fairly short-stacked, but Nguyen was the player at risk.

Turbo Nguyen: J♥J♣ All in
Big blind: 10♥10♦

Nguyen was ahead before the flop, but not after the dealer opened 10♣8♦2♠. Seeing the set made by his opponent prompted Nguyen to get out of his seat to leave.

The turn was the J♠, however, giving him a better set, so he right sat back down and his opponent started getting up, until he realized that he will have some chips remaining even if he lost. The river was the 8♣ and Nguyen got the double-up.