Event #21: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em Giorno 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

2024-06-07 13:25 UTC-7

Rampage Rivers a Straight Flush

Livello 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ethan Yau opened to 20,000 in the cutoff and Robert Beall defended in the big blind.

Beall checked on the flop of 7♦4♦5♦ and Yau continued for 12,000. Beall called. Beall checked again on the 7♥ turn and Yau checked back.

The 6♦ river completed the board and Beall bet 40,000. Yau sat still before moving all in for around 168,000. Beall called.

Yau showed A♥8♦ for a rivered straight flush to beat out the nine-high flush of his opponent with 9♦6♣.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Robert Beall	450,000 161,000	161,000
Ethan Yau	400,000 150,000	150,000

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2024-06-07 13:24 UTC-7

Lijo Wins With Big-Slick

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Livello 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On a flop of 5♠K♥9♥, Warwick Mirzikinian and Lucas Foster checked out of the blinds, and Lander Lijo bet 24,000. Both Mirzikinian and Foster called.

After the K♠ turn got checked to him again, Lijo fired out a bet 72,000. Only Mirzikinian stuck around with a call.

Mirzikinian checked for the final time on the 6♣ river. After using one of his time extensions, Lijo bet 139,000. Mirzikinian thought long and hard using multiple time extensions himself before flicking in the call. Lijo turned over A♠K♣ for trip kings to take down the pot

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Warwick Mirzikinian	880,000 320,000	320,000
Lander Lijo	590,000 255,000	255,000
Lucas Foster	350,000 10,000	10,000
Scott Seiver	130,000 20,000	20,000

Kristen Foxen	121,000 121,000	121,000

Tags: Warwick Mirzikinian Lucas Foster Lander Lijo

2024-06-07 13:22 UTC-7

Kincaid Eliminated; Chen Over Two Million

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Will Shillibier

Livello 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Pieter Aerts had just doubled through John Kincaid, who moved all in for 29,000 on the next hand. It folded to Joao Vieira in the small blind who three-bet all in, forcing out the big blind.

John Kincaid: 10♠9♥ All in
Joao Vieira: Q♣J♦

Vieira was ahead and flopped a pair on the A♠J♥7♣ flop. The turn 9♦ gave Kincaid a pair to go with his gutshot, but the river was the 5♠ and he was eliminated.

Meanwhile, James Chen has made a great start to the day, moving up over two million chips after the first level of the day.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
James Chen	2,050,000 1,468,000	1,468,000

Joao Vieira	420,000 270,000	270,000

Pieter Aerts	420,000 230,000	230,000
Galen Hall	190,000 40,000	40,000

Brian Rast	150,000

John Kincaid	Eliminato

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2024-06-07 13:08 UTC-7

Kornuth Overbets River

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Will Shillibier

Livello 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On a 8♠8♥5♠J♦ board, Brek Schutten checked and called a bet of 33,000 from Chance Kornuth.

The river was the J♥ and Schutten checked. Kornuth used a time bank before betting 160,000.

Schutten called, but was shown the J♣8♦ full house of Kornuth.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Andrew Lichtenberger	1,100,000 10,000	10,000

Chance Kornuth	535,000 225,000	225,000

Brek Schutten	410,000 403,000	403,000

Sam Soverel	150,000

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2024-06-07 13:07 UTC-7

Sammartino Gets Quacked

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Livello 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Dario Sammartino open-jammed a short stack in the cutoff and Nick Maimone called on the button with his opponent covered.

Dario Sammartino: Q♦10♥ All in
Nick Maimone: 2♦2♠

Sammartino couldn't win the flip as the board ran out 8♣6♥7♥2♣K♠ to improve Maimone to a set and mark the Italian Main Event final tablist's elimination.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Nick Maimone	700,000 35,000	35,000

Dario Sammartino	Eliminato

Tags: Dario Sammartino Nick Maimone

Livello: 10

Bui: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

2024-06-07 13:02 UTC-7

More Late Registrants

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Calum Grant

Livello 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Paulius Plausinaitis	150,000 150,000	150,000
Aram Oganyan	150,000 64,000	64,000

Ishibashi Dai	150,000 150,000	150,000
Kiwamu Watabe	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jim Collopy	150,000 150,000	150,000

Manuel Fritz	150,000 150,000	150,000
Dimitar Danchev	150,000 150,000	150,000

Brian Rast	150,000 150,000	150,000

Dylan Linde	150,000 150,000	150,000

Barry Hutter	150,000 150,000	150,000

Santhosh Suvarna	150,000 150,000	150,000

Vlastimil Pustina	150,000 150,000	150,000
Scott Seiver	150,000

Nacho Barbero	150,000 150,000	150,000

Darren Elias	150,000 150,000	150,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	150,000 150,000	150,000

Brian Luo	150,000 150,000	150,000
Clemen Deng	150,000 150,000	150,000
Frank Brannan	150,000

Ben Heath	150,000 75,000	75,000

Eric Wasserson	150,000 150,000	150,000

Chris Brewer	150,000 150,000	150,000

Koray Aldemir	150,000 150,000	150,000

Joao Vieira	150,000 150,000	150,000

Galen Hall	150,000 150,000	150,000

2024-06-07 12:59 UTC-7

Kornuth Shoves the River Against Ponakovs

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Livello 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With the flop showing A♣4♥7♣In a three-bet pot, Aleksejs Ponakovs checked from the cutoff, and Chance Kornuth bet 30,000 from the button. Ponakovs called and they headed to the turn.

The K♦ turn got checked through for the 8♣ to come on the river. Ponakovs checked again to which Kornuth moved all in for 160,000. Ponakovs and Kornuth had started the hand with a similar amount of chips, but after using three of his time extensions, Ponakovs opted to fold.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Andrew Lichtenberger	1,090,000 823,000	823,000

Chance Kornuth	310,000 102,000	102,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	155,000 264,000	264,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Chance Kornuth

2024-06-07 12:58 UTC-7

Life Outside Poker: Does The Raminator Have the Biggest Trophy Collection in Poker?

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Livello 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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For the fifth episode, Connor spoke with South Florida crusher Raminder Singh about his nearly one hundred live tournament victories, moving to the US from India and running a business full time. He also shared his strategies for various tournament stages and gave Connor a tour of his one-of-a-kind poker trophy collection.

This interview took place inside Singh's South Florida home during the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, Florida.

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2024-06-07 12:57 UTC-7

Stausholm Hits Three-Outer on Moncek

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Calum Grant

Livello 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was caught with cards on their backs. Martin Stausholm was all-in and at risk for his last 171,000 from the small blind. Michael Moncek was his opponent and had the bigger stack.

Martin Stausholm: A♥J♥ All in
Michael Moncek: A♠K♦

Stausholm paired his jack on the J♦6♠3♠ flop and remained best after the A♣ turn and Q♦ river to double up.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Martin Stausholm	350,000 28,000	28,000
Michael Moncek	240,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Martin Stausholm Michael Moncek