2024 World Series of Poker

Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
$412,484
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,095,865
Entries
2,317
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
22
Players Left
1

Gonzalez Folds the Best Hand

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Evan Benton raised the button with Q?J? to 1,000,000 and Andres Gonzalez called from the big blind with J?3?.

On the flop of 2?3?7?, both players checked to the 10? turn where Gonzalez check-called a bet of 850,000 from Benson.

The 7? paired the board and after Gonzalez checked, Benson fired a bet of 1,600,000. Gonzalez didn't give it much thought and folded.

Player Chips Progress
Andres Gonzalez es
Andres Gonzalez
20,000,000
-5,075,000
-5,075,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Evan Benton us
Evan Benton
11,200,000
3,400,000
3,400,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andres GonzalezEvan Benton

Level: 35

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

Haiyang Yang Eliminated in 4th Place ($149,145)

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Haiyang Yang
Haiyang Yang

Balakrishna Patur opened the cutoff to 800,000 and Haiyang Yang shoved all in from the button for 5,300,000. When it got back to Patur, he snap-called.

Haiyang Yang: J?7? All in
Balakrishna Patur: K?K?

Yang picked up a lot of equity on the 8?5?9? flop but never realized any of it as neither the K? turn nor 2? river offered any help.

Player Chips Progress
Balakrishna Patur us
Balakrishna Patur
26,275,000
6,100,000
6,100,000
Haiyang Yang cn
Haiyang Yang
Busted

Tags: Balakrishna PaturHaiyang Yang

Mukul Pahuja Eliminated in 5th Place ($111,485)

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Mukul Pahuja
Mukul Pahuja

Mukul Pahuja in the small blind shoved for 3,725,000 and he was called by Balakrishna Patur in the big blind.

Mukul Pahuja:?K?Q??All in
Balakrishna Patur:?A?9?

The dealer fanned a board of 7?J?3?J?A? which was no help for Pahuja, who was eliminated in 5th place for $111,485.

Player Chips Progress
Balakrishna Patur us
Balakrishna Patur
20,175,000
3,725,000
3,725,000
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
Busted

Tags: Balakrishna PaturMukul Pahuja

Guofeng Wang Eliminated in 6th Place ($84,175)

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Guofeng Wang
Guofeng Wang

Guofeng Wang raised to 800,000 from under the gun six-handed and Andres Gonzalez called out of the big blind.

Both saw the 5?3?4? flop which Gonzalez checked, Wang fired 750,000, Gonzalez shoved all in, and Wang called off his remaining 6,550,000.

Guofeng Wang: 7?7? All in
Andres Gonzalez: 5?4?

Wang never managed to catch up as the 5? turn and 6? river left his straight behind to the full house of Gonzalez.

Player Chips Progress
Andres Gonzalez es
Andres Gonzalez
25,900,000
7,600,000
7,600,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Guofeng Wang cn
Guofeng Wang
Busted

Tags: Andres GonzalezGuofeng Wang

Bad Timing on Benton's Three-Bet

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Andres Gonzalez opened the hijack to 800,000 with A?K? and Evan Benton three-bet to 2,200,000 from the button with A?8?. After the blinds got out of the way, Gonzalez shoved all in for 9,000,000 effective, and Benton quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Andres Gonzalez es
Andres Gonzalez
18,300,000
3,175,000
3,175,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Evan Benton us
Evan Benton
6,800,000
-2,400,000
-2,400,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andres GonzalezEvan Benton

Wang Flops Trips

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Mukul Pahuja min-raised to 800,000 with A?6? from the hijack and Guofeng Wang called from the big blind holding A?10?.

A flop of 10?10?8? saw Wang lead out for 400,000, and Pahuja called.

The 6? turn saw Pahuja quickly fold after Wang fired another bet of 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Guofeng Wang cn
Guofeng Wang
7,550,000
3,400,000
3,400,000
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
4,525,000
-2,200,000
-2,200,000

Tags: Guofeng WangMukul Pahuja