2024 World Series of Poker

Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)
Day: 3
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
$121,074
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$591,405
Entries
434
Level Info
Level
31
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
6
Players Left
1

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

Qinghai Pan Eliminated in 5th Place ($26,807)

Level 26 : Limits 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Qinghai Pan
Qinghai Pan

Two hands after making a big fold on the river leaving himself with only 120,000 in chips, Qinghai Pan raised from the button and both Nick Guagenti in the small blind and George Chen in the big blind called.

The flop of 8?9?10? saw all three players check. All three players also checked the turn Q?.

The river fell the 4? and Guagenti bet. Chen got out of the way and Pan shrugged and motioned to the 20,000 left in front of him before calling for less.

Qinghai Pan: K?2x All in
Nick Guangenti: 9?6?

Guagenti's pair of nines was good to scoop the pot and eliminate Pan from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Guagenti us
Nick Guagenti
3,000,000
600,000
600,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
Qinghai Pan us
Qinghai Pan
Busted

Tags: George ChenNick GuagentiQinghai Pan

Bradley Carter Eliminated in 6th Place ($19,400)

Level 26 : Limits 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Bradley Carter
Bradley Carter

Bradley Carter was left with only a fraction of what he started the day with when his pair of fours was bested by the pair of fives of Juha Helppi in a postflop war.

There was a whisper of hope for him when he tripled up from the small blind shortly after.

Just one hand later:

Three ways to the the turn reading 2?J?6?6?, Joseph Brodsky checked, Juha Helppi bet, and Carter put a raise in. Brodsky made it three bets and both opponents called. Carter was just short of the third bet.

The river peeled the 7?. Helppi called one last bet but was shown the bad news when Brodsky showed the K?10? for a flush.

Carter showed the 7?8? for a worse flush and was sent to payouts.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Brodsky us
Joseph Brodsky
2,400,000
565,000
565,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
1,200,000
-350,000
-350,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Bradley Carter us
Bradley Carter
Busted

Tags: Bradley CarterJoseph BrodskyJuha Helppi

Chen's Aggressive Play Pays Off

Level 26 : Limits 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
George Chen
George Chen

Action folded to Nick Guagenti in the small blind and he raised. George Chen three-bet from the big blind, Guagenti called.

The flop was10?9?5?. Guagenti checked, Chen bet. Guagenti raised and Chen called.

The turn was the 7? and brought more than a little action. Guagenti checked, Chen bet and Guagenti raised him again, this time Chen three-bet. Guagenti called.

The river was the 5? and saw only Guagenti��s call of a single bet by Chen, who turned over Q?3? for a backdoor flush. Guagenti smacked his card into the table in frustration and a pot of around 750,000 was sent Chen��s way.

Player Chips Progress
George Chen us
George Chen
3,650,000
450,000
450,000
Nick Guagenti us
Nick Guagenti
2,400,000
-400,000
-400,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: George ChenNick Guagenti

Helppi Leaves Carter Dwindling

Level 26 : Limits 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Juha Helppi raised in the cutoff and action folded to Bradley Carter in the big blind, who called.

The flop came 10?3?4? and Carter led. Helppi called quickly.

The turn 5? saw Carter bet again and Helppi called again.

Carter bet again on the river 9? and Helppi called once more.

Helppi showed the A?5? for a pair of fives and scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
1,550,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Bradley Carter us
Bradley Carter
120,000
-1,080,000
-1,080,000

Tags: Bradley CarterJuha Helppi

Chen Wins Another One with a Set of Kings

Level 26 : Limits 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

George Chen opened the action from the hijack, Juha Helppi was on the button and three-bet. Chen four-bet, Helppi called and they went to the flop.

It came 9?K?2?. Chen bet, Helppi just called.

The turn was the 5?; this time Chen checked and so did Helppi.

The river was the 4?. Chen bet again and Helppi called. Chen flipped over K?K? for top set.

A couple of hands later, Helppi was able to win a pot from Qinghai Pan by flopping top pair of tens with Q?10?, so he got some chips back.

Player Chips Progress
George Chen us
George Chen
3,200,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
1,600,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: George ChenJuha HelppiQinghai Pan

Chen Drags One Early

Level 26 : Limits 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Bradley Carter raised and George Chen called from the button. The blinds folded.

The flop fell A?10?3? and Carter checked to Chen who bet. Carter then raised and Chen called.

The turn came K? and Carter bet. Chen raised and Carter called.

The river 8? saw Carter check-fold the river to a bet from Chen.

Player Chips Progress
George Chen us
George Chen
2,000,000
355,000
355,000
Bradley Carter us
Bradley Carter
1,200,000
-445,000
-445,000

Tags: Bradley CarterGeorge Chen

Helppi Takes it on the Chen and Jabs Back

Level 26 : Limits 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Juha Helppi
Juha Helppi

Hand 1:

Juha Helppi raised from early position and was called by George Chen in the big blind. The flop scrolled across A?7?6? and Chen checked but quickly raised when Helppi bet. Helppi folded.

Hand 2:

Helppi raised from under the gun and it folded to Chen in the small blind, who called. Joseph Brodsky in the big blind folded.

The flop peeled A?9?Q?; this time both players tapped the table.

The turn brought the 6? and Chen checked, then called a bet from the two-time bracelet winner.

Chen checked and called on the A? river, but was shown the bad news when Helppi rolled over 9?9? for nines-full.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Brodsky us
Joseph Brodsky
1,835,000
-50,000
-50,000
George Chen us
George Chen
1,595,000
-50,000
-50,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
1,585,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: George ChenJoseph BrodskyJuha Helppi