The $25K Fantasy league is off to a scorching begin with seven of the 19 groups over 100 factors as of Tuesday night time. Most of these had been because of a handful of draftees hitting discipline bonuses in Occasion #5: $1,000 Thriller Tens of millions, which attracted 18,409 entrants and have become the sixth-largest poker event of all time.
Amongst these to hit the sphere bonus had been Josh Reichard (twenty first place – 101 factors), Adam Hendrix (thirty second place – 101 factors), Dong Chen (59th place – 101 factors), John Riordan (88th place – 101 factors), Chris Vitch (113th place – 101 factors), Christian Tougher (one hundred and fifty fifth place – 101 factors), and Ash Gupta (161st place – 101 factors).
The Thriller Tens of millions discipline bonus shook issues up on the rankings, and league commissioner Daniel Negreanu took to X to share some data on the state of affairs.
As of this writing, Staff Oz (Gary Benson) is out on prime with 245 factors, whereas Staff Sternheimer (Philip Sternheimer) sits in second with 199 factors. From there it’s Staff The Dinkers (179 factors), Staff Woman Gaga (168 factors), Staff Lady Dads (144 factors), Staff Wilson (118 factors), and Staff TheCoffeeBreakers (107 factors) because the seven groups with 100+ factors.
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PokerNews has been monitoring $25K Fantasy gamers in our dwell updates, and has even made it easy to observe the motion by tagging all gamers with a $25K Fantasy badge. That means that you can make the most of our chip rely filter choice to observe solely these gamers (simply tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s extra, every weblog can have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that when you click on all you will notice are arms performed by $25K Fantasy gamers.
Because of this, we are able to seize a few of the greatest, greatest, and most game-changing arms involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Listed here are 5 from the primary week of motion within the 2024 WSOP.
Huge Slick Does Not Do the Trick for Child Poker
On Day 2 of Occasion #3: $500 WSOP Kickoff NLH, simply 16 gamers remained in Stage 32 (125,000/250,000/250,000) when Jason Wheeler opened earlier than Shawn Smith three-bet on the button. Negreanu, a member of Staff DPMC, then moved all in from the massive blind, with Wheeler folding whereas Smith tanked earlier than making the decision.
Daniel Negreanu: A♣Ok♣ [allin]Shawn Smith 10♣10♦
The board ran out 2♣J♠5♠3♦9♠ and Negreanu was left with simply 75,000 in chips.
On the very subsequent hand, Negreanu was all in preflop, in danger in a three-way pot with Peter Hengsakul and John Marino.
Daniel Negreanu: J♣6♥ [allin]John Marino 7♥7♠ [allin]Peter Hengsakul: A♠3♥
That board ran out 5♣Ok♦10♥Ok♥Q♣ and Marino greater than doubled his stack.
“Payout” stated Negreanu, because the final of his chips went to Marino and his deep run resulted in sixteenth place for $8,541.
Asher Conniff Rides Pocket 10s to First Bracelet
In Occasion #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion, it was Day 3 with the ultimate two gamers from a 493-entry discipline remaining. It was Stage 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) when Halil Tasyurek moved all in for five,000,000 on the button, and Asher Conniff snap-called within the massive blind.
Halil Tasyurek: J♦9♦ [allin]Asher Conniff: 10♥10♣
Two years in the past, Conniff additionally had two tens on the Fundamental Occasion remaining desk bubble solely to lose to flopped quads. No such destiny awaited him in the present day, nonetheless, because the board ran out 7♠4♣Ok♠5♦8♣ to safe him the pot and his first WSOP bracelet. Take a look at the complete recap of his win right here.
Whereas Conniff wasn’t a $25K Fantasy participant, he was a bonus participant out there in ODB’s $500 League. Sadly, Occasion #1 did not rely in direction of the standings. Discuss a nasty beat!
Liu Finishes Off the World Champ
Earlier in the identical event on Day 2, it was Stage 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) when Xiaohu Liu three-bet to 60,000 on the button earlier than reigning WSOP Fundamental Occasion champ Daniel Weinman of Staff Fortunate moved all in for round 300,000 within the cutoff. Liu took out his digital camera and commenced filming the motion as he known as to place the reigning world champion in danger.
Daniel Weinman: Ok♠Q♦ [allin]Xiaohu Liu: A♠Ok♥
Weinman was crushed by Liu’s higher king because the Ok♣4♣4♥ flop gave each gamers two pair. The remainder of the board got here 10♥2♠ and Liu’s ace-kicker performed to ship Weinman to the rail.
Jaka Hits a Miracle Queen to Keep Alive
In Occasion #6: $25,000 Heads-Up NLH Championship, Faraz Jaka and Sam Soverel had been squaring off in Spherical of 16 with the blinds at 5,000/10,000.
Soverel limped on the button for 10,000, earlier than Jaka, one other ODB $500 League Bonus Participant, raised to make it 28,000. Soverel instantly jammed all in to place Jaka in danger for his final 216,000. Jaka flicked in a chip to make the decision.
Faraz Jaka A♦Q♦ Sam Soverel A♠Ok♥
Needing to enhance to remain alive, the flop ran off6♥A♥8♦. Though Jaka hit his Ace, he would nonetheless need assistance, and after the 4♣ on the flip, he was down to only three outs. Nevertheless, Jaka’s heads-up event wouldn’t come to an finish simply but, because the Q♠ rolled off on the river, to offer Jaka prime two pair, and the double-up.
Jaka went on to win the match, the subsequent two as properly, and made his approach to the finals the place he completed as runner-up to the UK’s Darius Samual for $300,000… all because of that miracle queen!
Uh Oh, Huge-O Spaghetti-Os for Shaun Deeb
In Occasion #7: $1,500 Supplier’s Alternative (6-Handed), simply eight gamers remained on Day 3 in Stage 26 (50,000/100,000) in a spherical of Huge O. Clint Wolcyn opened to 75,000 from the cutoff. Viktor Blom three-bet to 250,000 from the small blind and Shaun Deeb moved all in for 260,000 from the massive blind. Wolcyn and Blom made the decision.
The flop got here Ok♣5♣3♣. Blom checked, Wolcyn wager 805,000 and Blom folded leaving Deeb in danger versus Wolcyn.
Shaun Deeb: A♣J♠J♥9♦2♥ [allin]Clint Wolcyn: A♦Ok♦Ok♠Q♣7♣
Deeb had a pair of jacks and a wheel draw whereas Wolcyn had prime set and a worse low draw. Deeb discovered no assist when the remainder of the board ran out 5♦Q♥ and was despatched to the rail one spot shy of the ultimate desk whereas Wolcyn reclaimed the chip lead. Deeb earned $11,422 for his eighth-place end.
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