Blaz Zerjav raised in late position to 17,000 and Talon White went all in from the small blind for 181,000, Zerjav shrugged and made the call.
Talon White: A♠6♦
Blaz Zerjav: K♥Q♠
The board rolled out Q♣J♦9♣10♠3♦ and White was sent to the payouts, marking his third cash of the 2024 World Series of Poker.
Scott Ball opened the button to 16,000 and was called by Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi & Safiya Umerova from the blinds.
The flop came 4♥A♠9♠ and once it checked to Ball, he bet 20,000. Only Ohulchanskyi called.
On the 9♥ turn, Ohulchanskyi led for 31,000, and Ball called.
Ohulchanskyi checked the 3♠ river and Ball fired a bet of 60,000. After some time, Ohulchanskyi shoved all in which put Ball to the test for the rest of his stack which totalled around 300,000. Ball was deep in the tank and even apologized to his tablemates for taking so long before he eventually made the call.
"Good call" said Ohulchanskyi after he tabled 7♥7♠ for a pair of sevens. Ball flipped over 9♣8♥ for turned trips and took down the pot.
Espen Jorstad was all in from the big blind for 322,0000 and got a call from Michael Estes on the button.
Espen Jorstad: A♦K♥
Michael Estes: A♠Q♦
Jorstad stayed ahead when the board came 8♣K♣6♦10♦6♥, and he doubled to stay in the game.
Vitor Dzivielevski raised preflop to 16,000 and Erick Lindgren called from the big bind. The flop came out with 2♠5♠8♣ and both players checked.
The turn arrived with the 2♦ and Dzivielevski bet out 10,000 and received a quick call from Lindgren.
The river 3♣ also went check/check and Lindgren quickly turned over A♥A♦ for two pair and Dzivielevski mucked.
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Table #632 was by far the fastest at eliminating players, with it being the only table in the room playing four-handed.
Daniel Strelitz raised to 16,000 from under the gun and called off the 100,000-chip shove of Marcos Exterkotter who was in the big blind.
Marcos Exterkotter: A♦Q♠
Daniel Strelitz: 7♣7♥
Exterkotter couldn't catch any piece of the 2♣J♣4♣9♠10♣ board which meant he was eliminated.
Grant Wang was all in from the big blind on a 8♣2♦6♣8♠10♥ board. The decision was then on Martin Zamani on the button.
Zamani took some time but eventually made a call showing 9♠7♣ for a straight. Wang mucked and said "what am I doing, nobody bluffs that spot".
Wang lost around a quarter of his stack to Zamani, as Zamani got the double up.
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