Players at The Horseshoe rose from their seats and honored Jack Binion with a round of applause, as he made his way into the tournament area.
World Series of Poker Vice President, Jack Effel, got on the microphone and addressed the room by saying "Without Jack, we wouldn't be here. We owe you a tremendous amount of gratitude."
The pot stood at 2,500 on the 8?A?3?4? board when Mark Cohen in the small blind bet 900, getting a call from big blind.
With a J? river, the small blind bet again, and the big blind gave up and folded.
Cohen showed 2?2x and scooped up the pot, to return him to just over starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,000
23,000
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23,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
In the 834th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Connor Richards come to you from Level 9 in Las Vegas where the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is happening now!
The trio recap the big winners and losers from the Hustler Casino Live (HCL) $1,000,000 Cash Game, show two big hands including a $2.4 million pot and a player mucking the winner in a $534K pot, and share why Alan Keating is good for the game. Plus, Garrett Adelstein sent out a controversial tweet calling out HCL's Ryan Feldman, which spurred both Tom Dwan and Doug Polk to chime in.
Other stories discussed include James Mackey prevailing the WPT Choctaw final table for his second WPT title, Joe Cada & Johnny Chan appearing at a charity event, the legend of John Smith in the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship, and an update on the $25K Fantasy league.
Finally, hear about all the gold bracelet winners thus far from the 2024 WSOP including John Hennigan, who became just the ninth player in history to win seven or more bracelets. Other winners covered include Asher Conniff, Bryce Yockey, Nick Guagenti, and Darius Samual, among others.
If you're looking for all the latest from the poker world, this episode is for you!
Matthew Peng in the big blind shoved all in preflop for 8,900. The opponent in middle position called.
Matthew Peng: 5x5x
Middle position: 3x3x
With the 2?9?K?2?10? board, Peng's fives held, and they got the double to just under starting stack to keep them in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,100
19,100
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19,100 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
The under-the-gun player raised and Noah Lopez three-bet to 3,500. Action folded back around to under the gun, who four-bet all in, putting himself at risk. Lopez quickly called.
Under the gun: KxKx
Noah Lopez: AxAx
It was a safe runout of 8x10x6x10x2x for Lopez, who collected the pot as well as a bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,000
46,000
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46,000 |
On a board of 5?Q?10?3?A? the opponent was all in.
Opponent: AxQx
Shuan Davis: Q?Qx
Davis took the pot to double up and collected an early bounty chip.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
On a flop of 8?5?4?, two players were all in. Matthew Liu, the player at risk, tabled 8?8? for a set of eights, while his opponent showed 4?4? for a set of fours.
The Q? turn and A? river secured the double up for Liu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
