Event #95: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
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
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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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #95: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This two-day event gets underway at 12 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels. This event allows for unlimited reentry. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 (~6:30 p.m.)
The starting stack is 30,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 40-minute levels or down to 15 percent of the field, whichever is later. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 12 p.m. on July 15 and plays down to a winner.
Players will receive the year a POKER HALL OF FAMER was inducted in dollars from the prize pool for each one they eliminate. For example, Brian Rast was inducted in 2023. Therefore, eliminating him would earn the winning player a $2,023 bounty. Players can redeem bounties after 8 p.m. on Day 1.
Last year’s event attracted 1,417 entries generating a prize pool of $2,465,590. The winner was Diego Ventura who defeated Thomas Kysar heads-up to win $402,054 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“Sometimes I used to doubt myself, because you know, how can I be playing for so long and I haven’t won many live tournaments,” Ventura said after his winner photos, “but then I was like God’s timing is the perfect timing”.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,417 | Diego Ventura | Peru | $402,054 |
| 2022 | 865 | Jinho Hong | South Korea | $276,067 |
| 2021 | 469 | Ole Schemion | Germany | $172,499 |
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There has been a small delay to the start of play as Jack Effel announces to the room.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
The Director has announced, "Shuffle up and deal" and 164 players starting the day.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Action was caught on the turn with the board 10♣3♣A♣8♦.
Robert Huebsch bet 1,100 into a pot of around 4,000 chips from the big blind. His opponent on the button raised to 2,500. Huebsch called.
The river was the J♠. Huebsch checked and his opponent bet 3,100, which Huebsch quickly called. The button mucked and shook his head, while Huebsch was able to take down a chunky early pot without having to show his hand on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
38,000
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38,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Hand One:
The action was caught with two players looking at a board of 3♠Q♠5♣4♥. Dara O'Kearney, in the big blind, checked the action to Billy Baxter, who was under the gun. Baxter bet out 1,000 and O'Kearney check-raised to 5,100. Baxter moved all in for O'Kearney's effective stack of 29,300 and O'Kearney called.
Dara O'Kearney: A♥2♥ 
Billy Baxter: 4♠4♦
The action turn gave the Hall of Famer a set while O'Kearney held the wheel. The 9♥ river failed to pair the board and Baxter was left with dust.
Hand Two:
With Baxter short, the button and cutoff both limped in. Baxter moved all in for his last 700, from the small blind. Adam Croffut, in the big blind, moved all in for his starting stack of 30,000 and both the limpers folded.
Billy Baxter: J♦9♠
Adam Croffut: 10♣6♦
Baxter was ahead, but the 3♥2♣5♥4♣4♥ runout saw Croffut make a straight to send him to the rail. Croffut claimed Baxter's bounty for $2,006.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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62,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Tom Kysar and Gualter Fortuna enjoyed a nice hand together. The player in the hijack raised to 300 and Kysar called from the cutoff and Fortuna called from the big blind. The flop was 8♦Q♦J♣ and the two out of position players checked to Fortuna who bet 700. The hijack got out of there and Kysar called.
On the turn A♠ Kysar put in the check raise to 4,200 after Fortuna bet 1,600. Fortuna made the call.
The river 9♦ had Kysar bet out 5,200 and Fortuna called. Kysar flipped over K♣10♠ and Fortuna showed K♦10♥ and the dealer chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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26,600
26,600
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26,600 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
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