Play is on a 45-minute break and will resume with blinds of 800,000 and 1,600,000 with a big blind ante
2024 World Series of Poker
Michael Allen raised to 2,500,000 from the hijack, Vaughan Machado three-bet jammed for his last 5,700,000 on the button and Allen had an easy call.
Vaughan Machado: A?8?
Michael Allen: A?10?
Machado was dominated and the 6?2?4?9? runout didn't seem to be much help. However, the 8? river was one of Machado's few outs and he doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Allen |
31,400,000
-6,200,000
|
-6,200,000 |
Vaughan Machado |
14,400,000
-1,825,000
|
-1,825,000 |
Francisco Riosvallejo raised to 2,400,000 under the gun with K?Q?. Only Joseph Couden called from the big blind with 5?5?.
The flop came 6?5?9? and both players were quick to check.
While a four liner to the straight was completed with the 7?, Couden took the lead for 1,200,000.
Riosvallejo was quick to make the fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Francisco Riosvallejo |
16,700,000
-2,400,000
|
-2,400,000 |
Joseph Couden |
13,850,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
Francisco Riosvallejo put in a committing raise of 3,600,000 from middle position, nearly half his stack. Agharazi Babayev three-bet to 9,000,000 from the button and Riosvallejo called off the bet for his effective stack of 8,050,000.
Francisco Riosvallejo: A?A?
Agharazi Babayev: A?J?
Riosvallejo had a commanding lead in this hand, and the A?5?9? flop only confirmed this. The 9? turn gave Riosvallejo a full house and the river changed nothing, doubling him up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Agharazi Babayev |
19,675,000
-6,825,000
|
-6,825,000 |
Francisco Riosvallejo |
19,100,000
6,450,000
|
6,450,000 |
Level: 39
Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000
Ante: 1,200,000
Cole Uvila raised to 2,000,000 from middle position with A?J? and Michael Allen was quick to three-bet from the cutoff to 4,700,000 with K?10?.
The button and blinds folded as Uvila took his time to contemplate the call.
Ultimately, Uvila made the fold for Allen to take the pot without a fight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Allen |
37,600,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Cole Uvila |
20,200,000
11,700,000
|
11,700,000 |
Jeremy Chen moved all in for his last 7,900,000, from middle position. Agharazi Babayev, in the small blind, isolated by moving all in for 16,500,000 and the hand went to a showdown.
Jeremy Chen: A?7?
Agharazi Babayev: Q?Q?
The board ran out 2?K?3?4?6?. Chen ran into a premium holding and couldn't improve on the five card runout, sending him to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Agharazi Babayev |
26,500,000
7,600,000
|
7,600,000 |
Jeremy Chen | Busted |
Level: 38
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
Timur Margolin raised to 2,000,000 from the cutoff with K?4?, and Joseph Couden moved all in for 10,850,000 from the button with A?7?.
Francisco Riosvallejo had a tough decision as he looked down at A?Q? with just over Couden's stack. He made the fold and Chen looked down at J?10?.
He also folded and Margolin quickly folded for Couden to take the dead money with no sweat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timur Margolin |
32,950,000
-2,650,000
|
-2,650,000 |
|
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Joseph Couden |
14,850,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
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Francisco Riosvallejo |
12,650,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
Jeremy Chen |
8,300,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
Michael Allen raised to 1,700,000 from middle position with K?K?. Timur Margolin, on the button, thought for some time before three-betting to 4,200,000 with Q?J?.
Allen quickly put in a four-bet to 9,700,000 and Margolin was forced to fold. With this pot, Allen took the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Allen |
35,600,000
4,200,000
|
4,200,000 |
Timur Margolin |
34,950,000
-8,050,000
|
-8,050,000 |
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