2024 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
83
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$94,041,600
Entries
10,112
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
2,528
Players Left
1,907

Negreanu Hits a Set

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

A player opened to 800 from middle position, then Shota Nakanishi in the hijack three-bet to 2,500. Daniel Negreanu in the small blind called, but the middle-position player folded at this point.

Negreanu and Nakanishi checked the 3?2?10? flop, then on the 9? turn, Negreanu led out for 2,500. Nakanishi called.

The 6? completed the board and Negreanu asked for 5,500. Nakanishi seemed unhappy at first, but he made the call. However his cards went into the muck when Negreanu flipped over 10?10? for a set.

Player Chips Progress
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Shota Nakanishi
93,000
-34,000
-34,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Daniel Negreanu
39,000
-40,500
-40,500

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Bao Gets Lleshi Off Kings

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Danny Nguyen raised to 1,200 from early position, Dhimitri Lleshi three-bet to 4,000 from the hijack and Songtao Bao cold four-bet to 10,000, from the big blind. Both players called.

The 2?4?10? flop saw Bao continue for 10,000. Nguyen and Lleshi both called.

The 3? turn saw Bao size up to 30,000. Nguyen folded and Lleshi went deep into the tank.

"You have aces?" Lleshi asked as he continued to think, with just 37,000 left behind the line.

"It's fifty-fifty," Lleshi continued "I either have 0% or you have 0%".

Lleshi finally folded K?K? face up to give Bao the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Songtao Bao
105,000
105,000
105,000
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Danny Nguyen
52,300
52,300
52,300
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Dhimitri Lleshi
37,000
37,000
37,000

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Pal Makes an Incredible Fold

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Rupom Pal
Rupom Pal

Jamie Sanfilippo opened to 700 from the button and Rupom Pal three-bet to 2,200 from the small blind. Sanfilippo made the call.

The flop came J?8?2?. Pal fired a 2,100 continuation bet and Sanfilippo clicked it to 4,200. Pal made the call.

Both players then checked through the J? turn leading to the Q? river. Pal checked and Sanfilippo bet 2,600. Pal check-raised to 8,800 and Sanfilippo moved all in, covering Pal who had around 40,000 behind.

Pal announced that he had the second-nuts before folding Q?Q? for queens full of jacks face up. Sanfilippo revealed that he had J?J? for quad jacks and that his opponent had made the correct laydown as he took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Jamie Sanfilippo
86,000
86,000
86,000
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Rupom Pal
39,000
39,000
39,000

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Zukowicz Runs Kings into Touitou's Aces

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Monika Zukowicz
Monika Zukowicz

Monika Zukowicz opened to 800 from early position and was three-bet by Steven Touitou to 2,400 in the hijack. The action folded back to Zukowicz who four-bet to 7,200, and Touitou called.

The flop came 5?J?Q? and Zukowicz continued with a bet of 4,000, which Touitou called.

A 10? landed on the turn where Zukowicz counted out another bet and put 8,000 chips into the pot. Touitou took his time before he called.

When the 8? completed the board, both players quickly checked it down.

Zukowicz tabled K?K?, and Touitou had the winner with A?A?.

Player Chips Progress
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Steven Touitou
85,000
85,000
85,000
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Monika Zukowicz
40,000
-25,000
-25,000

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Sanford Playing Against Doctors Orders

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
George Sanford
George Sanford

George Sanford was in a three-way hand on the flop as it read 9?5?7?. All three players checked to the turn which came the J?. Richard Sperberg bet 2,000, Georgios Soritopoulos called and Sanford got out of the way. The river was the A?, Sperberg fired 4,500 and Sotiropoulos folded to send Sperberg the pot.

Sanford is fortunate be playing in this main event as he just finished chemotherapy for stage 4 cancer and is currently playing against doctors wishes. But he said that he can not guarantee he will ever have another chance to play this tournament, which has been a bucket list for him for many years so he is making the most of the time he has now.

Player Chips Progress
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George Sanford
65,000
65,000
65,000
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Georgios Sotiropoulos
52,000
52,000
52,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Richard Sperberg
49,000
49,000
49,000

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Deeb Snaps Off Opponent on River

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

Action picked up with six-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb on the button and involved in a hand against two opponents, one in the big blind and the other in the cutoff.

The flop showed 8?7?2? and both of Deeb’s opponents checked. Deeb responded by betting 1,100, which drew a call from the player in the big blind. The player in the cutoff folded.

The dealer placed Q? on the turn, and Deeb and his opponent checked.

The A? showed up on the river and the player in the big blind led out with 2,500, which Deeb immediately called.

The player in the big blind tabled 8?5?, but his pair of eights were not good once Deeb tabled 10?10?.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
59,500
-16,500
-16,500
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

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Lampropulos Under Attack Mode

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Maria Lampropulos
Maria Lampropulos

Maria Lampropulos opened from middle position. She was called by the hijack, but the cutoff raised to 3,200. Both Lampropulos and the hijack called.

The cutoff bet 3,200 on 9?8?6? but only Lampropulos check-called to find the J? turn.

After two checks, the dealer revealed the 6? river. Lampropulos checked then went deep into the tank after the cutoff bet 3,400. However she decided to check-raise to 14,000. Her opponent eventually folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Maria Lampropulos
69,000
9,000
9,000

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Taylor Shows the Bluff

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Stuart Taylor
Stuart Taylor

Nicholas Maimone opened to 600 from the hijack and was called by Stuart Taylor in the cutoff.

The flop came J?4?7?. Maimone bet 600, Taylor raised to 2,400 and Maimone called.

Maimone check-called a 3,800 bet from Taylor on the 5? turn leading to the A? river. Maimone checked, Taylor bet 11,000 and after about a minute Maimone decided to fold.

"Missed double belly-buster. Nine-high like a boss," Taylor announced before showing 9?8? for the missed draw turned into a bluff.

"No guts, no glory," Johnny Chan, who was at the same table, commented as Taylor dragged in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Stuart Taylor
64,000
8,000
8,000
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Johnny Chan
58,000
58,000
58,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Nicholas Maimone
55,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Kabrhel Loses an Early Four-Bet Pot

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Martin Kabrhel
Martin Kabrhel

Jared Hemingway opened to 600 and was thee-bet to 3,000 by Martin Kabrhel out of the small blind. Hemingway then four-bet to 10,000 and Kabrhel made the call.

The flop of 7?A?10? was checked by both players to see the 9? fall on the turn. The action checked through and the Q? appeared on the river.

Kabrhel thought briefly before he made bet of 24,000. Hemingway snap-called and was shown 9?5? by Kabrhel for a pair of nines. This was second best to the Q?Q? of Hemingway for a set of queens.

Player Chips Progress
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Jared Hemingway
95,000
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Martin Kabrhel
26,000
-34,000
-34,000
WSOP 3X Winner

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