Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fabiano Kovalski |
3,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
2024 World Series of Poker
Randy Gattesco raised to 300,000 under the gun and Jean Lhuillier called on the button.
Gattesco bet another 300,000 on the J?9?K? flop and Lhuillier called. Both players checked the 9? turn.
The river was the 3? and Gattesco bet 300,000 again. Lhuillier called and Gattesco turned over Q?Q? to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Kyosev |
6,000,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Jean Lhuillier |
4,400,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Daniel Erlandsson |
3,700,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Randy Gattesco |
2,600,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
Alex Keating and Jordan Griff invested 125,000 each on the Q?J?9? flop and Keating then sized up to 900,000 on the 6? turn to force a fold.
One hand later, Keating raised to 200,000 and won the blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Keating |
11,250,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
||
Kyosuke Nagami |
6,735,000
2,035,000
|
2,035,000 |
Nicholas Howard |
6,625,000
-975,000
|
-975,000 |
Jordan Griff |
4,075,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Joseph Bold |
3,500,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
David Dibernardi |
2,900,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
William Byrnes |
1,300,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Tobias Matuschek |
660,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
Niklas Astedt opened from early position to 200,000 and Olivier Chaume defended his big blind.
They both saw a flop of 8?5?A? which Chaume checked, Astedt bet 125,000, and Chaume called.
Both checked the 7? turn to see the 4? river. Chaume led out for 450,000, and Astedt took a while before he folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Niklas Astedt |
7,300,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
||
Malo Latinois |
5,650,000
-465,000
|
-465,000 |
|
||
Eliott Kessas |
3,600,000
1,840,000
|
1,840,000 |
Nevan Chang |
2,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Olivier Chaume |
2,000,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Britton Barclay |
1,800,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Gabriel Moura opened to 225,000 from the cutoff and Gary Dishongh defended in the big blind.
Dishongh checked on the flop of 6?J?A? and Moura continued for 350,000. Dishongh went deep in the tank before check-jamming a stack of 865,000. Moura quickly called with a bigger stack.
Gary Dishongh: 6?6?
Gabriel Moura: A?Q?
Dishongh was in excellent shape with a set and the 3? turn gave him a lock on the hand for a double before the K? bricked off on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gary Dishongh |
2,200,000
1,575,000
|
1,575,000 |
Gabriel Moura |
1,700,000
-4,650,000
|
-4,650,000 |
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In a small blind versus big blind confrontation, Joseph Bold was all in for around 3,500,000 against the bigger-stacked Alex Keating to his right.
Joseph Bold: A?K?
Alex Keating: 10?10?
The flop of 3?4?10? left Bold drawing thin as Keating made a set, and the runout of 9?K? confirmed his elimination despite making a pair of kings.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Keating |
14,000,000
2,750,000
|
2,750,000 |
|
||
Joseph Bold | Busted |
Carlos Caldas raised to 230,000 from under the gun with 9?8? then called after Jessie Bryant in the big blind three-bet to 540,000 with K?K?.
Both players checked the 5?5?A? flop leading to the 7? turn where Bryant checked again.
Caldas took this opportunity to bet 330,000, but Bryant check-raised all-in for 1,650,000. Caldas waited a few seconds, and folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carlos Caldas |
7,600,000
-620,000
|
-620,000 |
Jessie Bryant |
3,200,000
635,000
|
635,000 |
Iaron Lightbourne raised to 200,000 on the button, Abdullah Al-Shanti three-bet to 600,000 in the big blind, and Lightbourne called.
Al-Shanti checked the J?10?7? flop and Lightbourne bet 600,000. Al-Shanti then raised to 2,000,000 and Lightbourne instantly moved all in.
Al-Shanti checked with the floor to determine how many players were left as he faced with a decision for his last 250,000. "I'll give you four minutes," Lightbourne said.
"Why didn't you four-bet?" Al-Shanti asked.
"I have pocket sevens," Lightbourne replied, before being warned not to talk about the hand. Lightbourne eventually called the clock and Al-Shanti allowed the countdown to nearly reach zero before calling.
"If you really have pocket sevens, I'm dead," he said as the cards were revealed.
Abdullah Al-Shanti: A?J?
Iaron Lightbourne: 7?7?
Lightbourne did, indeed, show down a set and Al-Shanti was left drawing only to running cards. The 6? fell on the turn and he was drawing dead before the A? fell on the river.
After the hand, a tournament official gave Lightbourne a one-round penalty for revealing his hand with action still in progress.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Iaron Lightbourne |
8,500,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Abdullah Al-Shanti | Busted |