2024 World Series of Poker
It appears that a new World Champion will be crowned as Joe McKeehen as the last remaining WSOP Main Event winner has been spotted on the payout desk. He fell short of making Day 5 by around half an hour as the final stages of the night have been reached.
The remnants of a hand were being sorted and the details were told afterwards. Joe McKeehen jammed for about 400,000 over an early position raise. Jeffrey Copeland called.
McKeehen had 9x9x and was up against the AxKx of Copeland who would hit a king on the runout to eliminate the last Main Event champion remaining in the field
Jesse Lonis raised from early position and was called by the player in the big blind. The 8♠Q♠7♣ flop was then checked through before Lonis bet 65,000 on the 3♣ turn.
The big blind check-called and the K♦ came on the river. The big blind checked again, Lonis fired a big bet of 270,000 chips, and the big blind folded after some thinking time.
Martin Finger raised to 40,000 and earned three callers including table chip leader Lingkun Lu, the button and the big blind. They all checked through the Q♥8♥5♥ flop and the 6♠ turn was checked to Lu. His bet of 85,000 forced three folds and he won the pot without resistance to recover some previous losses.
A player in early position moved all in for around 400,000, another opponent reshoved for 650,000, and Daniel Kirsch had them both covered and at risk.
Early-Position: Q♦Q♥
Middle-Position: A♣K♣
Daniel Kirsch: J♠J♦
With most of his stack in the middle, Kirsch found himself dominated until the flop brought J♣8♥6♠, giving him top set. The rest of the board ran out 5♣2♠ and Kirsch scooped the entire pot to eliminate both players.
"Jacks have sunrun this table. They haven't lost once," tablemate Jayphong Nguyen said.
"I don't know if it's a good omen, but last year's champion had the same hand against queens and ace-king," Nguyen added.
"Actually it was kings," another tablemate replied.
"Kings? That makes it worse," Nguyen said.
Phil Ivey raised to 40,000 from under the gun, the player on the button flatted and both players in the blinds called.
The flop came K♥4♦3♦, the small blind and big blind checked, Ivey bet 80,000, the button folded, as did the players in the blinds.
Brekstyn Schutten raised to 40,000 and then called a three-bet to 130,000 by Noah Boeken from the next seat. They checked the Q♣J♠8♦ flop and the A♥ turn before Schutten led the 5♣ river for 85,000. Boeken called after brief consideration and won the pot with the A♦2♦, as Schutten only had 4♠4♥ for an inferior pair.