Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Jour 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

2024-06-20 17:30 UTC-8

Chip Counts Before Dinner Break

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Niveau 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ihar Soika	305,000 123,000	123,000
Nacho Barbero	210,000 32,000	32,000

Matthew Hunt	190,000 35,000	35,000
Maria Konnikova	142,000 4,000	4,000

Wai Kiat Lee	112,000 48,000	48,000
Ognyan Dimov	100,000 50,000	50,000

Roman Hrabec	90,300 40,300	40,300

Jake Schwartz	83,000 18,000	18,000
Sergio Aido	67,000 12,000	12,000

Jack Sinclair	62,000

Chino Rheem	52,000 52,000	52,000
Joao Vieira	40,000 10,000	10,000

Chad Eveslage	38,000 12,000	12,000

Xuan Liu	14,000 36,000	36,000

2024-06-20 17:30 UTC-8

Break Time

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Kai C

Niveau 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players are on a 60-minute dinner break.

2024-06-20 17:48 UTC-8

WSOP History: David Sklansky Looks to Sell Rare 1982 WSOP Gold Watches to Pawn Stars

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Sandra Barbour

Niveau 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Earlier this year on an ordinary Monday afternoon, a bespectacled man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Blvd. Tucked under his arm was an uninteresting box that only he knew contained something rather interesting – a pair of gold watches dating back more than 40 years.

These were not your run-of-the-mill wristwear, but rather evidence of a unique and often overlooked time of poker history, a year when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, now the game’s highest accolade, was replaced in favor of watches.

The man holding the box was David Sklansky, who in 1978 forever changed poker by advocating a mathematical approach to the game in his groundbreaking book The Theory of Poker. Nicknamed “The Mathematician,” he proved his prowess just four years later when he won two WSOP tournaments in five days.

First, he won the 1982 WSOP Event #7: $800 Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud, a tournament that paired one man with one woman, alongside Dani Kelly, and followed that up by taking down Event #12: $1,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High. A year later, the Binions reverted back to the beloved bracelets players know today, and Sklansky captured his third piece of WSOP hardware by winning Event #11: $1,000 Limit Omaha.

It was a remarkable accomplishment, and for more than four decades he’s kept safe the evidence of his victories, both of which still worked. So, why was Sklansky carrying his 1982 WSOP gold watches, two of only 15 ever awarded, into a pawn shop? Well, he was looking to sell them of course, but not to just any of the dozens of pawn shops spread across Las Vegas. Oh no, he was walking into arguably the most famous pawn shop in the world, the home to the wildly popular television show Pawn Stars, and he was there to do it with cameras rolling.

Read all about the 1982 WSOP watches here in our feature article!

Niveau: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

2024-06-20 18:41 UTC-8

Hrabec Pips Konnikova

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Niveau 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Roman Hrabec opened to 2,300 from the hijack and Maria Konnikova called from the small blind.

The flop came K♥6♥K♣ and Konnikova check-called a 1,500 bet from Hrabec.

Both players then checked the 7♦ turn and 4♦ river. Konnikova had A♣10♥ but Hrabec had a slightly better kicker with A♦J♦ to take the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Maria Konnikova	134,500 7,500	7,500

Roman Hrabec	113,000 22,700	22,700

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2024-06-20 18:46 UTC-8

Watabe Gives Up on the River

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Kai C

Niveau 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jonathan Pastore raised to 3,400 from the small blind and Kiwamu Watabe called from the big blind.

On the 9♥5♥9♦ flop, Pastore checked, Watabe bet 2,600, and Pastore called.

A 10♣ fell on the turn and Pastore went into check-call mode again, this time after Watabe bet 8,000.

The 10♦ river went check-check, and before Pastore could even show his cards, Watabe had mucked. Regardless, Pastore tabled A♦K♦ and was awarded the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kiwamu Watabe	150,000 38,000	38,000
Jonathan Pastore	50,000 50,000	50,000

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2024-06-20 18:48 UTC-8

Chivukula Shows Down the Winner

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Niveau 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Kaylan Chivukula opened the action with a raise to 2,200 from the hijack. The button three-bet to 6,300 and Chivukula made the call.

Action checked through on A♠7♠4♣ before the button fired 7,000 on the J♣ turn. Chivukula called.

Both players checked the 2♠ river and Chivukula rolled over A♣10♠ to scoop the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kaylan Chivukula	52,600

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2024-06-20 18:52 UTC-8

Lopes' Third Barrel Gets it Done

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Niveau 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded around to the small blind who limped in for 1,000. Bruno Lopes bumped it up to 4,000 from the big blind and the small blind called.

Lopes continued for 2,500 on 2♦2♠10♦ and his opponent called

The J♣ hit the felt and Lopes sized-up to 12,000. The small blind called once more.

Lopes fired 27,000 on the K♣ river and after some thought, his opponent made the laydown.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bruno Lopes	94,000

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2024-06-20 18:53 UTC-8

Rheem Doubles With a Straight

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Niveau 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With around 20,000 in the pot, the board showed 3♣5♥7♦4♦, the big blind had bet 4,200 and Chino Rheem moved all in for 56,300. This sent the big blind deep into the tank, thinking for roughly two minutes. Eventually, he settled on a call.

Chino Rheem: A♦2♦ All in
Big blind: 9♥9♠

Rheem had his opponent drawing only to a chop, but the Q♥ river meant Rheem had doubled up to over 120,000 chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chino Rheem	134,000 82,000	82,000

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2024-06-20 18:57 UTC-8

Lim Takes From Lichtenberger

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Niveau 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop of 10♥8♠6♠, Webster Lim checked-called a bet of 2,000 from Andrew Lichtenberger.

Both players checked the 9♦ turn to see the 6♥ peel off on the river. Lim checked again, and Lichtenberger bet 6,500 from the button. Lim thought for a while before check-raising to 30,000, which was enough to put Lichtenberger all-in. Lichtenberger didn't take long to let go of his hand and Lim dragged in the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Webster Lim	64,000 14,000	14,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	15,000 35,000	35,000

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