Dylan Linde was short-stacked at the start of this hand and was all in preflop, then on a flop of 3♣2♦2♣ Moses Saquing moved all in for around 65,000 and James Chen (US) made the call to put him at risk.
Dylan Linde: A♠K♥9♠8♣
Moses Saquing K♦K♣5♥3♦
James Chen (US): 7♥6♠4♠3♠
The J♦ turn and 7♠ river meant Linde had been eliminated and Saquing had almost tripled up with his kings.
Michael Whitton was in the small blind with Moshe Refaelowitz in the big blind when Maxim Bevers raised to 25,000 and was called by Whitton. Refaelowitz then three-bet to 160,000 and Bevers folded but Whitton made the call.
The flop came out 5♦Q♣2♠ and when Whitton checked, Refaelowitz announced "pot", which got Whitton to fold before the dealer could do the math.
On a board of 7♠10♠8♦2♦ Michelle Maynard had check-called a bet of 100,000 from Najeem Ajez to see the 10♣ on the river. This time Maynard led out for 150,000 and Ajez quickly called.
Maynard flipped over A♥J♥J♣10♦ for trip tens and took down the pot.
The 2024 World Series of Poker continues today at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with Day 2 of Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed). After 17 40-minute levels of play yesterday, Grzegorz Derkowski came out at the top of the counts.
There were a total of 2,212 entries recorded on Day 1, generating a prize pool of $1,946,560. The eventual winner takes home the first-place prize money of $262,734 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Only 126 players maneuvered their way to find a bag for Day 2, which kicks off at 1 p.m. local time. They have all locked up a payout of $2,449.
Derkowski worked his way to the top of the chip counts, bagging 1,177,000 on the opening day, but he has plenty of company hot on his heels. Some of the notable names in the top ten are James Chen (US), Michael Rocco, and six-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings.
Brian Hastings
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Grzegorz Derkowski
Germany
1,177,000
118
2
Kharlin Sued
United States
1,100,000
110
3
James Chen
United States
1,017,000
102
4
Michael Rocco
United States
859,000
86
5
Brian Hastings
United States
793,000
79
6
Asher Neaman
Israel
693,000
69
7
Jose Ferreira
Brazil
668,000
67
8
Vincas Tamasauskas
Lithuania
664,000
66
9
Tolga Demirel
Turkey
655,000
66
10
Steven Sarmiento
United States
634,000
63
Ari Engel, Dylan Linde, Christopher Vitch, and Brett Shaffer are also in the mix, along with David Prociak, who is eager for another bracelet this WSOP after winning Event #11: $1,500 Badugi just over two weeks ago.
Another big name to watch today is the 2018 WSOP Player of the Year (POY) and six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb. Deeb has made one final table and cashed in ten events so far this series. He currently sits in sixth place on the 2024 POY leaderboard and knows that a final table appearance here will propel him close to the top.
Shaun Deeb
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$262,734
8
$29,740
40-47
$6,309
2
$175,179
9
$23,009
48-55
$5,305
3
$126,853
10-11
$18,007
56-63
$4,516
4
$92,850
12-15
$14,257
64-71
$3,894
5
$68,702
16-23
$11,421
72-79
$3,400
6
$51,396
24-31
$9,259
80-99
$3,008
7
$38,877
32-39
$7,597
100-126
$2,696
127-128
$2,449
Play starts at 1 p.m. local time in the Bronze section at the Horseshoe Event Center, where play will continue with 60-minute levels and play until just five players remain.
Be sure to keep track of PokerNews live reporting through an exciting Day 2 on the road to revealing the next WSOP bracelet winner.
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