Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ren Lin |
185,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
James Woods |
162,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Leif Force |
100,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
Michael Moncek | 100,000 | |
|
||
Joao Simao |
95,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
Nathan Gamble |
70,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
Cliff Josephy |
56,000
24,300
|
24,300 |
|
||
John Holley |
56,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Mike Matusow |
50,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
Nicholas Marchington | 33,500 | |
Abdullah Alshanti | Busted | |
Shaun Deeb | Busted | |
|
2024 World Series of Poker
A player from middle position opened to 7,000 and received a call from Adam Friedman in the next seat over.
Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of 10?10?8?7?Q?. The original raiser bet 4,000 and Adam Friedman responded with a pot-sized raise of 31,000 which quickly elicited a fold from his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Friedman |
202,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
The $25K Fantasy league is off to a hot start with seven of the 19 teams over 100 points as of Tuesday night. Most of those were thanks to a handful of draftees hitting field bonuses in Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions, which attracted 18,409 entrants and became the sixth-largest poker tournament of all time.
Among those to hit the field bonus were Josh Reichard (21st place – 101 points), Adam Hendrix (32nd place – 101 points), Dong Chen (59th place – 101 points), John Riordan (88th place – 101 points), Chris Vitch (113th place – 101 points), Christian Harder (155th place – 101 points), and Ash Gupta (161st place – 101 points).
As of this writing, Team Oz (Gary Benson) is out on top with 245 points, while Team Sternheimer (Philip Sternheimer) sits in second with 199 points. From there it’s Team The Dinkers (179 points), Team Lady Gaga (168 points), Team Girl Dads (144 points), Team Wilson (118 points), and Team TheCoffeeBreakers (107 points) as the seven teams with 100+ points.
PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates, and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.
As a result, we can capture some of the biggest, best, and most game-changing hands involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Here are five from the first week of action in the 2024 WSOP.
With two players seeing a board of J?9?3? and about 45,000 in the middle, a player on the button was all in for 20,000 and up against Carol Fuchs who covered him.
Button: A?A?K?9?
Carol Fuchs: A?J?5?2?
Fuchs was behind with top pair against her opponent's aces but the board ran out 4?6? giving her a six-high straight and the nut-low to scoop the pot while her opponent made his exit from the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carol Fuchs |
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bradley Gordon |
117,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Tony Cousineau |
86,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Connor Drinan |
85,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
Mark Dickstein |
73,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Mike Matusow |
63,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
Steve Zolotow | 55,000 | |
|
||
Brad Ruben | 47,000 | |
|
||
Ken Aldridge |
26,500
9,200
|
9,200 |
|
||
Robert Campbell |
20,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
||
Bob Mather | Busted |
A player from under the gun limped in, Mike Holtz limped behind from the small blind and a player in the big blind checked.
All three players checked the 9?6?5? flop leading to the 6? turn. Holtz bet 8,500, the big blind moved all in for 10,500, the under the gun player got out of the way and Holtz made the call to put the big blind at risk.
Big Blind: K?K?10?7?
Mike Holtz: A?J?10?7?
Both players had the same gutshot straight draw, Holtz had the nut-flush draw and a low draw while the big blind had an overpair. The river was the A? giving Holtz top pair to send his opponent to the rail and take the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Holtz |
142,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
Anthony Hu opened to 7,000 from the hijack and the big blind called all-in for less.
Big Blind: Q?6?3?2?
Anthony Hu: A?J?6?3?
On the 5?3?3?8?9?, Hu ended up with trip threes with an ace kicker, while also having a a superior six-five low to scoop the pot and claim the bust out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anthony Hu | 100,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Clements |
235,000
146,500
|
146,500 |
|
||
Leif Force |
225,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
James Woods |
180,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Bryce Yockey |
156,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
|
||
Frank Kassela |
105,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Dan Shak |
98,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
Matthew Wantman |
90,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Dylan Weisman |
80,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
|
||
Corey Hochman |
75,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Shannon Shorr |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Blaz Zerjav | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jon Kyte |
40,000
-112,500
|
-112,500 |