Event #98: $1,500 The Closer | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-17-2024 11:53 UTC-8

Bleznick Surges Up the Chip Counts

Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The board showed 9♣2♠Q♦3♣. Michael Estes bet 375,000 from early position with roughly 500,000 behind. From the button, Jared Bleznick raised enough to put Estes all-in. Estes snap-called and the cards were revealed.

Michael Estes: K♥K♠ All in
Jared Bleznick: 9♠9♥

Bleznick's flopped set had Estes drawing extremely thin. There was no miracle two-outer on the river as it came the 5♥, meaning Estes was out and Bleznick had become one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	3,000,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Dae Woong Song	800,000 670,000	670,000
Denny Lee	780,000 610,000	610,000
Jonas Lauck	450,000 265,000	265,000

Michael Estes	Busted

Tags: Jared Bleznick Michael Estes

07-17-2024 11:52 UTC-8

More Eliminations Before the Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	Busted
David Mowery	Busted
Joshua Brunner	Busted
William Meeks	Busted
Nipun Java	Busted

Derek Normand	Busted
Luis Kamei	Busted
Diego Sanchez	Busted
Jack Corrigan	Busted
Marco Johnson	Busted

Min Zhang	Busted
Yongshuang Wang	Busted
Michael Wilklow	Busted

Gary Benson	Busted

Jason Clarke (UK)	Busted
Chun Yam	Busted
Yuejian Wang	Busted
Ashleigh Tran	Busted
Haoshan Huang	Busted
Gary Hasson	Busted
Philip Tom	Busted

Davis Aalvik	Busted
Viktor Yakolev	Busted
Steven Beebe	Busted
David Uvaydov	Busted

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07-17-2024 11:50 UTC-8

Kings Win a Big Pot for Gimbel

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Triple-crown winner Harrison Gimbel is still in play and just collected a sizeable pot to get himself in a good chip position. According to the players, he opened the betting with a raise to 80,000 from early position. Gustavo Kamei had less than a small blind with 15,000 chips in late position and called all in. Qi Xu in the cutoff also called, and other players folded.

The flop came K♠9♣10♦. Gimbel bet 100,000 and Kamei moved all in, which was effective for Gimbel’s stack. Gimbel called.

Gustavo Kamei: A♠3♥ All in
Harrison Gimbel: K♥K♦ All in
Qi Xu: K♣10♣

Xu got very unlucky to flop two pair when Gimbel flopped top set. The turn J♠ and river 5♠ did not help Kamei or Xu and Gimbel doubled-up, while Kamei was eliminated. Xu was left with a short stack and has some work to do to get back in the run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harrison Gimbel	2,000,000 1,605,000	1,605,000

Qi Xu	180,000 290,000	290,000
Gustavo Kamei	Busted

Tags: Gustavo Kamei Harrison Gimbel Qi Xu

07-17-2024 11:50 UTC-8

Kelsall Shows a Card

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andrew Kelsall raised to 80,000 from the button and Martin Stausholm called from the big blind.

Stausholm check-called a bet of 80,000 from Kelsall on the 10♠5♣3♠ flop.

Both players checked when the K♣ appeared on the turn to see the 8♣ hit the river. Stausholm took the betting lead and fired out a bet of 80,000. This was met by a raise to 280,000 by Kelsall. Stausholm snap-folded and Kelsall flipped over just the 4♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	2,250,000 550,000	550,000

Martin Stausholm	1,380,000 335,000	335,000

Andrew Kelsall	1,300,000 385,000	385,000

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Martin Stausholm

07-17-2024 11:47 UTC-8

Calcano Spikes a Trey to Eliminate Bernardin

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jerid Bernardin moved all in from the button for 250,000 and Christian Calcano called from the big blind.

Jerid Bernardin: A♦5♣ All in
Christian Calcano: A♥3♣

The board ran out with 9♣J♦6♦3♠Q♥ and Calcano paired his trey for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Calcano	1,550,000 630,000	630,000
Jerid Bernardin	Busted

Tags: Christian Calcano Jerid Bernardin

07-17-2024 11:40 UTC-8

Murcia Hits the River to Score an Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Remy Murcia in the small blind raised to 600,000 to apply pressure on Paul Tschernia's 230,000 chip stack. Tschernia in the big blind eventually made the call.

Paul Tschernia: A♥3♦ All in
Remy Murcia: J♠7♥

Tschernia flopped a pair on 3♣2♣6♦ to keep the lead, but after the 10♠ turn, Murcia hit the J♦ river to eliminate Tschernia.

Player	Chips	Progress
Remy Murcia	2,100,000 1,965,000	1,965,000
Paul Tschernia	Busted

Tags: Paul Tschernia Remy Murcia

07-17-2024 11:33 UTC-8

Najchaus Wraps Up the Summer with a Cash Finish

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexane Najchaus	Busted

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

07-17-2024 11:31 UTC-8

Dufouleur With the Double Knockout

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Monika Kostanjevec

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Stefan Dimitrov moved all in first from early position with just under 300,000 chips. Lois Dufouleur put out a call from the cutoff. It was then Dong Lee’s turn on the button and he made a call all in for just under 300,000 chips. The small blind folded and Cristian Stival had a decision. He smiled and open-folded 10♠10♣ to all the action before him.

Stefan Dimitrov: Q♠Q♥ All in
Dong Lee: 9♦9♣ All in
Lois Dufouleur: A♠K♥

The flop K♦J♦7♥ gave the big edge to Dufouleur with a pair of kings.

The turn 8♣ brought in a gutshot for the nines, but the river 8♠ locked the pot for ace-king and Dimitrov and Lee were sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lois Dufouleur	985,000 820,000	820,000
Cristian Stival	450,000 285,000	285,000

Dong Lee	Busted
Stefan Dimitrov	Busted

Tags: Cristian Stival Dong Lee Lois Dufouleur Stefan Dimitrov

07-17-2024 11:30 UTC-8

Munteanu Puts Vazquez to the Test

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a flop of 6♠2♠6♥, Bogdan Munteanu check-called a bet of 65,000 from Miguel Vazquez.

Both players checked the Q♠ on the turn to see the 5♥ hit the river. Munteanu bet enough to put Vazquez all in. The bet was for roughly 350,000, and after a few moments, Vazquez folded his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rei Yamaguchi	1,700,000
Bogdan Munteanu	950,000 30,000	30,000
Kent Lacob	730,000 310,000	310,000
Ivan Ruban	575,000 310,000	310,000
Miguel Vazquez	350,000 50,000	50,000

Aaron Overton	300,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Bogdan Munteanu Miguel Vazquez