Say what you need about Dan Bilzerian, the person would not final lengthy. The controversial social media influencer and poker participant sat down at the moment within the 2024 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Most important Occasion, however he was out of the $10,000 buy-in match in simply two fingers.
Bilzerian’s bustout got here throughout Day 1c of the Most important Occasion, which earlier featured Phil Hellmuth’s always-anticipated grand entrance. PokerNews reside reporter Kai Cocklin caught up with those that had been briefly seated with Bilzerian at Desk 424 within the Horseshoe Grand Ballroom to learn how all of it went down.
Bluffing Into Aces, Jamming Queen-5
In Bilzerian’s first hand, he known as a three-bet from Derek Reid and triple-barreled into the Scottish participant who check-called on all three streets with pocket aces.
“I had aces and I simply did not assume he had it, so I known as. He was bluffing with ten-eight,” Reid talked about.
Canada’s Jonathan Dwek then recalled the ultimate hand the place he eradicated Bilzerian.
“I raised with ace-jack, the button known as, and he [Bilzerian] shoved all in for round 4,000 with queen-five from the large blind. I known as and hit a flush,” stated Dwek.
Uncommon Bilzerian Sighting at WSOP
Whereas seeing Bilzerian on the felt is a rarity — his solely reside money comes from a A hundred and eightieth-place end within the 2009 Most important Occasion — he’s no stranger to the poker world. He claims to have gained tens of hundreds of thousands enjoying in personal poker video games (claims supported by poker execs like Likelihood Kornuth) and just lately booked a six-figure win on Hustler On line casino Stay.
Bilzerian, who has known as poker gamers “f***ing nerds,” is broadly thought-about a misogynist and tends to convey controversy the place he goes. Bilzerian had a short ambassador cope with GGPoker in 2020, however the partnership went the identical method as his 2024 Most important Occasion run.
Bilzerian did not stick round and rapidly left the Horseshoe Grand Ballroom after his elimination, so we’ll unlikely see any extra of him on the WSOP this summer season.
