David Dongwoo Ko raised from middle positon, then the button called before Chris Moorman three-bet out of the small blind. Ko called and the button folded.
Moorman led out for 2,500 on a 7♠4♠3♦ flop and Ko made the call.
The turn was the 9♥. Moorman checked, Ko bet 4,800 and Moorman tossed his cards towards the dealer.
Action picked up on the river with a pot of about 26,500 and a board of A♦6♥J♥A♥9♦. The player on the button checked to Niall Farrell "Firaldo" and he moved all in for 26,000.
The player on the button had a difficult decision for his tournament life and stated, "Am I really going to go out this early?" The player made the call and Farrell delivered the bad news.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the kickoff for Event #31: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. The event starts at 12 p.m. local time with 30-minute levels. There will be a 15-minute break every four levels.
Starting stacks are 40,000 and players may reenter once, provided they do so before the end of late registration at the conclusion of Level 11 (about 6:30 p.m.).
Day 1 is set to end after Level 21 and Day 2 will resume at 12 p.m. on July 12 with 40-minute blind levels. Day 2 will be the final day, with play continuing until a winner is declared.
Last year's edition of this event went to Mark Ioli. Ioli beat out a field of 1,241 entries to win his first bracelet and $558,266 of the $3,313,470 prize pool.
Although it was his first bracelet, it wasn't his first try. “Two previous times I got heads up for a bracelet," Ioli said in his post-game interview. "I was a card away from winning. So it feels good to finally win. It’s the one accolade in poker you want no matter what.”
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2023
1,241
Mark Ioli
United States
$558,266
2022
1,348
Nino Ullmann
Germany
$594,079
2021
997
Brian Rast
United States
$474,102
2020
-
Not Held
-
-
2019
754
Thomas Cazayous
France
$414,766
2018
868
Gal Yifrach
United States
$461,798
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