2024 World Series of Poker

Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$676,900
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$4,733,910
Entries
1,773
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
13
Players Left
1

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

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
David Sklansky

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 �C 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.

1982 WSOP watches
1982 WSOP 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!

60-Minute Dinner Break; Updated Chip Counts

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

The five remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 7:45 p.m.

Player Chips Progress
Paolo Boi it
Paolo Boi
21,000,000
-500,000
-500,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Noel Rodriguez us
Noel Rodriguez
14,300,000
3,225,000
3,225,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Juan Vecino es
Juan Vecino
13,100,000
-1,400,000
-1,400,000
Brandon Mitchell us
Brandon Mitchell
11,900,000
-2,000,000
-2,000,000
Justin Belforti us
Justin Belforti
10,700,000
-1,550,000
-1,550,000

Mitchell Back in the Game

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Brandon Mitchell
Brandon Mitchell

Brandon Mitchell jammed for 6,500,000 on the button and Juan Vecino called in the big blind.

Brandon Mitchell: K?J? All in
Juan Vecino: A?8?

The K?10?6? flop paired Mitchell's king as he called for 'no ace'. The dealer completed the board with the 5? turn and the 2? river.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Vecino es
Juan Vecino
14,500,000
-7,900,000
-7,900,000
Brandon Mitchell us
Brandon Mitchell
13,900,000
4,700,000
4,700,000

Tags: Brandon MitchellJuan Vecino

Top Pair for Boi

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Juan Vecino opened to 1,200,000 from under the gun and he was called by Paolo Boi in the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of A?6?Q? and Vecino continued for 800,000. Boi check-called.

Vecino fired a second barrel of 2,800,000 on the 2? turn. Boi check-called again, but both players checked the 9? river.

First player to reveal his cards, Boi flipped over A?10? and won the pot with top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Vecino es
Juan Vecino
22,400,000
-1,600,000
-1,600,000
Paolo Boi it
Paolo Boi
21,500,000
7,200,000
7,200,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Juan VecinoPaolo Boi

Belforti Saved by the River

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Justin Belforti
Justin Belforti

Justin Belforti opened 3,000,000 on the button and Paolo Boi slid a stack of 500,000 chips across the line for a raise of 10,000,000. Belforti shrugged as he called off his stack of 5,675,000.

Justin Belforti: J?9? All in
Paolo Boi: A?3?

The 10?8?5? flop gave Belforti an open-ended straight draw. The 10? turn was no help but the J? river paired his jack as he ran to the rail to give high fives all around.

Player Chips Progress
Paolo Boi it
Paolo Boi
14,300,000
-5,700,000
-5,700,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Belforti us
Justin Belforti
12,250,000
4,475,000
4,475,000

Tags: Justin BelfortiPaolo Boi

Vecino Raises All-In on the River

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Juan Vecino opened 1,200,000 in the hijack and both Brandon Mitchell and Paolo Boi made the call from the blinds.

When the K?10?8? flop hit the felt, Mitchell check-called a bet of 1,500,000 from Vecino while Boi check-folded.

Both players tapped the table when the 10? hit the turn, and the 3? fell on the river.

Mitchell fired a small bet of 725,000 and Vecino paused for about 10 seconds before announcing all-in. Mitchell snap-mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Vecino es
Juan Vecino
24,000,000
6,300,000
6,300,000
Paolo Boi it
Paolo Boi
20,000,000
-2,000,000
-2,000,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brandon Mitchell us
Brandon Mitchell
9,200,000
-3,600,000
-3,600,000

Tags: Brandon MitchellJuan VecinoPaolo Boi

Rodriguez Good with Jacks

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

In a blind versus blind situation, Noel Rodriguez and Justin Belforti checked all the way through a board of Q?2?A?5?.

On the Q? river, Rodriguez in the small blind bet 1,150,000. Belforti made the call, but lost against Rodriguez's J?J?.

Player Chips Progress
Noel Rodriguez us
Noel Rodriguez
11,075,000
-2,725,000
-2,725,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Justin Belforti us
Justin Belforti
7,775,000
-750,000
-750,000

Tags: Justin BelfortiNoel Rodriguez

Boi Takes From Mitchell

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Brandon Mitchell limped from the small blind so Paolo Boi in the big blind only had to check his option to discover a flop of K?7?8?.

Mitchell bet 800,000, then fired a second barrel of 1,600,000 on the A? turn. Boi called both times.

Both players checked the 6? river and Mitchell turned over Q?6?. But Boi with 8?2? had a better pair and scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Paolo Boi it
Paolo Boi
22,000,000
5,900,000
5,900,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brandon Mitchell us
Brandon Mitchell
12,800,000
-4,700,000
-4,700,000

Tags: Brandon MitchellPaolo Boi

Level: 37

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000