The remaining players are on a quick break while the tournament staff color up the T-1,000 chips.
2024 WSOP International Circuit Playground
Kevin Rivest opened to 35,000 from early position, Wenping Chen moved all in from the big blind and Rivest, whose stack of 379,000 was covered, made the call and was at risk.
Kevin Rivest: A?Q?
Wenping Chen: A?J?
Rivest had the best of it preflop with a bigger ace and remained ahead on the 4?3?7?K?4? runout to score a full double up while Chen was left with roughly ten big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Rivest |
785,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
Wenping Chen |
152,000
-668,000
|
-668,000 |
With two players seeing a board of 7?2?9? and roughly 90,000 in the middle, Jaime Staples checked in the big blind and Anoop Jugurnath bet 45,000 from the button. Staples check-raised to 95,000 and Jugurnath made the call.
Staples bet 80,000 on the 6? turn and was once again called by Jugurnath.
On the 6? river Staples slowed down with a check. Jugurnath moved all in, covering Staples who had a bit under 200,000 behind and Staples' hand hit the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anoop Jugurnath |
1,015,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Jaime Staples |
185,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Adil Morkos opened to 25,000 from under the gun and Anoop Jugurnath defended from the big blind.
The flop came A?2?7? and Jugurnath check-called a 15,000 continuation bet from Morkos.
Jugurnath checked again on the J? turn and Morkos sized up with a bet of 140,000. This time Jugurnath opted to fold and Morkos took the pot without showdown.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adil Morkos |
1,315,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Anoop Jugurnath |
960,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
Francois Billard opened to 26,000 from under the gun and Renmei Liu three-bet to 81,000 from the hijack. Billard made the call.
The flop came K?5?3? and Billard check-called a 30,000 continuation bet from Liu.
Billard checked again on the 2? turn and Liu bet 175,000 which was enough to force a fold from Billard.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Renmei Liu |
660,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Francois Billard |
470,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
The ten players have agreed to reduce the levels from 60-minutes to 40-minutes with the intention of finishing the tournament at a somewhat reasonable hour. Breaks will now occur after every four 40-minute levels.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The final ten players are on a 15-minute break.
Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
5 | 1 | Wenping Chen | 820,000 | 82 |
5 | 2 | Renmei Liu | 690,000 | 69 |
5 | 3 | Kevin Rivest | 145,000 | 15 |
5 | 4 | Anoop Jugurnath | 540,000 | 54 |
5 | 5 | Adil Morkos | 1,180,000 | 118 |
5 | 6 | Jaime Staples | 370,000 | 37 |
5 | 7 | Kyle Yun-Wing Ho | 840,000 | 84 |
5 | 8 | Francois Billard | 640,000 | 64 |
5 | 9 | Timothy Ulmer | 1,175,000 | 118 |
5 | 10 | Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst | 270,000 | 27 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adil Morkos |
1,180,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Timothy Ulmer |
1,175,000
845,000
|
845,000 |
Kyle Yun-Wing Ho |
840,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Wenping Chen |
820,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Renmei Liu |
690,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Francois Billard |
640,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Anoop Jugurnath |
540,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Jaime Staples |
370,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst |
270,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
|
||
Kevin Rivest |
145,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |