Michael Russell, who won the Cerebral Palsy tournament in the PokerGO Studio last night, limped in the small blind and Tom Eady all the way from the United Kingdom gave the check.
The flop arrived 6♦K♥10♦ and both players made the check.
The Q♣ turned up on the turn and Russell bet out 500 and Eady three-bet to 1,500. Russell made the call.
On the river A♥ both players checked and Russell announced, "I just have a six." Eady flipped over K♦6♥ for two pair and Russell mucked.
Russell was elated that $41,000 was raised for Cerebral Palsy.
"Scotty" James Wall checked his option after a limp from the button and the small blind. The flop arrived with 2♠K♠6♣ and the small blind checked. Wall bet out 500 with the button calling and the small blind making the fold.
The turn 3♣ brought another bet of 500 from Wall and the button called.
Both players checked the river 6♦ and Wall flipped over K♥5♥ for top pair and the button mucked.
Jeff Martin and Landen Lucas got involved early at Table 233. They played two big hands, both going Martin’s way.
In the first and bigger pot, play was five-handed and three players went to the flop of 2♦9♦8♠. Small blind and Lucas, who was under the gun, checked. Martin bet out for 1,200 and the player in the small blind folded. Lucas, however, raised to 4,100. Martin called.
The turn was the 7♠, Lucas made a very small bet of 300. Martin called.
The river K♥ prompted a big bet of over 10,000 from Lucas. Martin called. Lucas showed down K♦Q♦ for the flopped flush draw and rivered pair of kings, while Martin showed A♥K♠ for the same top pair with better kicker.
A few hands later, the two battled again over the flop of A♠5♣10♣. Martin checked, Lucas bet and Martin called.
The turn Q♣ got checked around, as did the river 4♣, which brought in four to a flush.
Lucas flipped over Q♥J♥ for a turned pair of queens, while Martin showed 5♦4♠ for two pair to take the pot.
Renato Spahiu raised 300 from the cutoff and the big blind made the call. The flop came out with 9♦10♣10♠ and Spahiu bet 500 and the big blind called.
No action occurred on the K♥ turn as both players checked.
On the river 9♠ the big blind bet out 1,000 and Spahiu made the call.
The big blind announced, "I have been counterfeited," as he turned over 6♦6♥. He was correct as Spahiu turned over A♥Q♠ and won with the two pair on board and his ace kicker.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 10 a.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels. There will be 20-minute breaks every three levels, with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12 (about 7 p.m.).
The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 17 40-minute levels or down to 15 percent of the field, whichever is later. Day 2 resumes at 11 a.m. Tuesday where levels increase to 60 minutes.
Last year's event saw 2,454 entries generate a prize pool of $3,276,090. The winner was Rafael Reis who defeated Daniel Barriocanal heads-up. Reis took home $465,501 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“I am feeling like I had a mission, and I accomplished my mission,” Reis said in his post-win interview with PokerNews. “Last time that I was here, I was [at the final table], and I got third. This time I felt super comfortable.”
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2023
2,454
Rafael Reis
Brazil
$465,501
2022
2,393
Leo Soma
France
$456,889
2021
1,450
Bradley Jansen
United States
$313,403
2019
1,832
Isaac Baron
United States
$407,739
2018
1,663
Ognyan Dimov
Bulgaria
$378,743
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2024 WSOP Bracelet
Bryce Yockey became a two-time WSOP bracelet winner, as did Nick Guagenti. Yockey triumphed in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, while Guagenti took down the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event.
Raymond Chiu won back-to-back Daily Deepstacks, locking in a place in the top ten of the PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge, meaning he'll be playing in the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship for free!
