2024 World Series of Poker

Event #98: $1,500 The Closer
Day: 2
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Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥a♦
Prize
$525,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,292,025
Entries
3,215
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
361
Players Left
1
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Bleznick Surges Up the Chip Counts

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Jared Bleznick
Jared Bleznick

The board showed 9?2?Q?3?. Michael Estes bet 375,000 from early position with roughly 500,000 behind. From the button, Jared Bleznick raised enough to put Estes all-in. Estes snap-called and the cards were revealed.

Michael Estes: K?K? All in
Jared Bleznick: 9?9?

Bleznick's flopped set had Estes drawing extremely thin. There was no miracle two-outer on the river as it came the 5?, meaning Estes was out and Bleznick had become one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick 		3,000,000
1,600,000
 1,600,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dae Woong Song kr
Dae Woong Song 		800,000
670,000
 670,000
Denny Lee us
Denny Lee 		780,000
610,000
 610,000
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck 		450,000
265,000
 265,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Michael Estes us
Michael Estes 		Busted

Tags: Jared BleznickMichael Estes

More Eliminations Before the Break

Maxime Taldir
Maxime Taldir
Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
David Mowery us
David Mowery 		Busted
Joshua Brunner us
Joshua Brunner 		Busted
William Meeks us
William Meeks 		Busted
Nipun Java in
Nipun Java 		Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Derek Normand us
Derek Normand 		Busted
Luis Kamei br
Luis Kamei 		Busted
Diego Sanchez mx
Diego Sanchez 		Busted
Jack Corrigan us
Jack Corrigan 		Busted
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson 		Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Min Zhang cn
Min Zhang 		Busted
Yongshuang Wang us
Yongshuang Wang 		Busted
Michael Wilklow us
Michael Wilklow 		Busted
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Clarke (UK) gb
Jason Clarke (UK)
Busted
Chun Yam gb
Chun Yam 		Busted
Yuejian Wang us
Yuejian Wang 		Busted
Ashleigh Tran us
Ashleigh Tran 		Busted
Haoshan Huang cn
Haoshan Huang 		Busted
Gary Hasson be
Gary Hasson 		Busted
Philip Tom us
Philip Tom 		Busted
Davis Aalvik us
Davis Aalvik 		Busted
Viktor Yakolev ca
Viktor Yakolev
Busted
Steven Beebe us
Steven Beebe 		Busted
David Uvaydov us
David Uvaydov 		Busted

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Kings Win a Big Pot for Gimbel

Monika Kostanjevec
Monika Kostanjevec
Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Triple-crown winner Harrison Gimbel is still in play and just collected a sizeable pot to get himself in a good chip position. According to the players, he opened the betting with a raise to 80,000 from early position. Gustavo Kamei had less than a small blind with 15,000 chips in late position and called all in. Qi Xu in the cutoff also called, and other players folded.

The flop came K?9?10?. Gimbel bet 100,000 and Kamei moved all in, which was effective for Gimbel��s stack. Gimbel called.

Gustavo Kamei: A?3?All in
Harrison Gimbel: K?K?All in
Qi Xu: K?10?

Xu got very unlucky to flop two pair when Gimbel flopped top set. The turn J? and river 5? did not help Kamei or Xu and Gimbel doubled-up, while Kamei was eliminated. Xu was left with a short stack and has some work to do to get back in the run.

Player Chips Progress
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel 		2,000,000
1,605,000
 1,605,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Qi Xu gb
Qi Xu 		180,000
-290,000
 -290,000
Gustavo Kamei br
Gustavo Kamei 		Busted

Tags: Gustavo KameiHarrison GimbelQi Xu

Kelsall Shows a Card

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Andrew Kelsall
Andrew Kelsall

Andrew Kelsall raised to 80,000 from the button and Martin Stausholm called from the big blind.

Stausholm check-called a bet of 80,000 from Kelsall on the 10?5?3? flop.

Both players checked when the K? appeared on the turn to see the 8? hit the river. Stausholm took the betting lead and fired out a bet of 80,000. This was met by a raise to 280,000 by Kelsall. Stausholm snap-folded and Kelsall flipped over just the 4?.

Player Chips Progress
John Racener us
John Racener 		2,250,000
550,000
 550,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Martin Stausholm dk
Martin Stausholm 		1,380,000
-335,000
 -335,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Andrew Kelsall us
Andrew Kelsall 		1,300,000
385,000
 385,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew KelsallMartin Stausholm

Calcano Spikes a Trey to Eliminate Bernardin

Roxanne Johnson
Roxanne Johnson
Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jerid Bernardin moved all in from the button for 250,000 and Christian Calcano called from the big blind.

Jerid Bernardin: A?5? All in
Christian Calcano: A?3?

The board ran out with 9?J?6?3?Q? and Calcano paired his trey for the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Calcano us
Christian Calcano 		1,550,000
630,000
 630,000
Jerid Bernardin us
Jerid Bernardin 		Busted

Tags: Christian CalcanoJerid Bernardin

Murcia Hits the River to Score an Elimination

Maxime Taldir
Maxime Taldir
Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Remy Murcia in the small blind raised to 600,000 to apply pressure on Paul Tschernia's 230,000 chip stack. Tschernia in the big blind eventually made the call.

Paul Tschernia:?A?3??All in
Remy Murcia:?J?7?

Tschernia flopped a pair on?3?2?6? to keep the lead, but after the 10? turn, Murcia hit the J? river to eliminate Tschernia.

Player Chips Progress
Remy Murcia fr
Remy Murcia 		2,100,000
1,965,000
 1,965,000
Paul Tschernia us
Paul Tschernia 		Busted

Tags: Paul TscherniaRemy Murcia

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Dufouleur With the Double Knockout

Monika Kostanjevec
Monika Kostanjevec
Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Stefan Dimitrov moved all in first from early position with just under 300,000 chips. Lois Dufouleur put out a call from the cutoff. It was then Dong Lee��s turn on the button and he made a call all in for just under 300,000 chips. The small blind folded and Cristian Stival had a decision. He smiled and open-folded 10?10? to all the action before him.

Stefan Dimitrov: Q?Q?All in
Dong Lee: 9?9?All in
Lois Dufouleur: A?K?

The flop K?J?7? gave the big edge to Dufouleur with a pair of kings.

The turn 8? brought in a gutshot for the nines, but the river 8? locked the pot for ace-king and Dimitrov and Lee were sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Lois Dufouleur fr
Lois Dufouleur 		985,000
820,000
 820,000
Cristian Stival ar
Cristian Stival 		450,000
285,000
 285,000
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Dong Lee kr
Dong Lee 		Busted
Stefan Dimitrov bg
Stefan Dimitrov 		Busted

Tags: Cristian StivalDong LeeLois DufouleurStefan Dimitrov

Munteanu Puts Vazquez to the Test

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a flop of 6?2?6?, Bogdan Munteanu check-called a bet of 65,000 from Miguel Vazquez.

Both players checked the Q? on the turn to see the 5? hit the river. Munteanu bet enough to put Vazquez all in. The bet was for roughly 350,000, and after a few moments, Vazquez folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Rei Yamaguchi jp
Rei Yamaguchi 		1,700,000
Bogdan Munteanu ro
Bogdan Munteanu 		950,000
30,000
 30,000
Kent Lacob us
Kent Lacob 		730,000
310,000
 310,000
Ivan Ruban ru
Ivan Ruban 		575,000
310,000
 310,000
Miguel Vazquez us
Miguel Vazquez 		350,000
50,000
 50,000
Jaka Coaching
Aaron Overton us
Aaron Overton 		300,000
230,000
 230,000

Tags: Bogdan MunteanuMiguel Vazquez