Ira Friedman raised to 800 in middle position, Johan Schumacher three-bet to 2,800 in the hijack, and Alessandro Minasi cold four-bet to 7,000 in the big blind. Friedman got out of the way and Schumacher called.
The flop came 10♥6♠Q♥ and Minasi continued with a bet of 5,000. Schumacher called and the turn brought the 3♥ where action went check-check.
On the J♦ river, Minasi checked again and Schumacher bet enough to put Minasi all in who had 25,000 behind.
Minasi thought for a moment before tossing his cards into the muck.
Mark Seif and Gary Gelman spent the first five minutes of the scheduled 20-minute break discussing whether Gelman should call Seif's all-in of more than 40,000 in chips on a board of 5♣6♥10♣8♦ through the turn.
"You'll make PokerNews whether you call or not," Seif said.
"I've already made PokerNews, because I've won a tournament," Gelman replied, referring to his victory in the 2022 PokerNews Cup. Gelman also has won a ring in a WSOP circuit event.
"Oh, I've never won a tournament," Seif said.
"You didn't have to tell me, I can see tell," Gelman cracked at the two-time bracelet winner.
Eventually, Gelman said Seif was talking too much for him to make the call, and he folded.
Alexander Lee limped under the gun and David Moses made it 2,400 to go in the cutoff. Ilan Cukrowicz called on the button, Gabriel Lapointe flatted in the small blind, and Lee stuck around.
The flop of A♦Q♣J♠ checked through to the 2♥ turn. Lapointe led out for 3,500 and only Moses called.
On the 4♠ river, Lapointe bet again, this time for 8,000.
"I almost want to fold, man," said Moses, taking some time to think through his decision.
Moses eventually sniffed out the bluff and made the call, tabling A♠J♦ for two pair, aces and jacks, besting the 10♣10♦ of Lapointe.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today will see the start of Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em at noon local time here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas with starting stacks of 40,000 chips. Each player is allowed one reentry before registration closes at the start of Level 13 on Day 2 (≈ 2:15 p.m. Thursday).
Day 1 is slated to play 10 levels of 60 minutes each, with 20-minute breaks every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break will happen after Level 6, which should be right about 6:40 p.m.
This bracelet event is scheduled to last four consecutive days. Day 2 on Thursday begins at noon, and there will be 10 additional levels of play. The Day 3 restart, a session that will not conclude until five players remain, kicks off at noon on Friday. On Saturday, the final table begins at a yet-to-be-determined time.
Paolo Boi came from behind to win this event last year for $676,900. He defeated a field of 1,773 entries to capture the bracelet.
2024 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Paolo Boi
Italy
$676,900
2
Noel Rodriguez
United States
$451,299
3
Juan Vecino
Spain
$326,883
4
Brandon Mitchell
United States
$239,451
5
Justin Belforti
United States
$177,416
6
Marc Foggin
United Kingdom
$132,978
7
Victor Paredes
United States
$100,840
8
Vanessa Kade
Canada
$77,378
9
Benjamin Gold
United States
$60,088
Winner's Reaction
"I still don't realize it. It's been very hard for four days," Boi said while waiting to take his winner's photos with his bracelet in his hands. He explained that he "didn't think about the bracelet" because he "was short-stacked during the whole tournament."
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