Action folded to Jeremy Chen who raised to 1,600,000 with A♦J♥ from middle position. Only Agharazi Babayev called as he defended his big blind with A♥6♥.
The flop came 9♥6♦2♥ and both players checked their option.
While the turn came the 9♣, Babayev led out for 1,500,000. He was called by Chen.
The river was the 2♣ and Babayev targeted high cards with a 1,900,000 bet. Chen took some time before he made the call and was shown the bad news.
Timur Margolin raised to 1,600,000 from early position with 6♦4♦. The action folded to Adam Hendrix on the button who moved all in for 14,200,000, holding A♦Q♥, from the button.
Margolin was forced to fold. Hendrix took down the first pot of the day without a showdown.
In the 837th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Johnnie Vibes and PokerNews Ontario Ambassador Kyle Anderson at Level 9 in Las Vegas and talk about the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!
From there, Anderson talks a bit about his ambassador duties for Ontario, and then talks about being put in the spotlight by Phil Hellmuth, which inspired Johnnie Vibes to chime in with his desire to be scolded by the "Poker Brat." Speaking of Vibes, he shared the details behind how the chip stack of Adrian Mateos went missing after a break in the $2,500 Freezeout, and then the crew dives headfirst into Nick Schulman winning the $25,000 High Roller for his fifth WSOP gold bracelet. Is he destined for the Poker Hall of Fame next year over Scott Seiver? It's a coin flip according to the panel.
The crew highlights a handful of other WSOP bracelet winners from the past few days, and preview the Phil Ivey vs. Jason Mercier vs. Danny Wong finale in the $10,000 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw event. Finally, get an update on the $25K Fantasy league and learn who won the BetMGM Poker Championship for $613,914!
"Alright boys, let's play a little poker," announced the floor. The cards are in the air and play has commenced for the day. With 15:32 minutes left on the clock of Level 37, blinds are at 400,000/800,000 with an 800,000 big blind ante.
PokerNews live reporting will be on an hour delay in line with the PokerGO stream.
Today, the continuation of the 2024 World Series of Poker will see the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas play host to the conclusion of Event #36: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack. Yesterday, of the 4,278 entries, 259 returned to the felt to battle it down to the first-place prize of $342,551 and the converted gold WSOP bracelet. However, in an unexpected twist, the final nine players bagged and tagged last night and will be returning today, for an unscheduled Day 3, to determine the winner.
Heading into the final table in pole position is Timur Margolin who managed to amass an impressive sum of 44,350,000. Margolin is one of the most experienced players at the final table, having already claimed two career WSOP bracelets, but will be looking to add a third by the end of proceedings today.
Not far behind Margolin is Michael Allen who will have an arsenal of 31,400,000 chips that he will be using to try and claim his career-first WSOP bracelet. Both Allen and Margolin have nearly twice the number of chips as their third-closest competitor Vaughan Machado.
Michael Allen
With just nine big blinds separating Machado and the table short stack, Cole Uvila, action is expected to come thick and fast right from the first level of the day.
Final Table Seating and Chips
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Timur Margolin
Israel
44,350,000
55
2
Michael Allen
United States
31,400,000
39
3
Vaughan Machado
United States
16,225,000
20
4
Jeremy Chen
China
14,900,000
18
5
Francisco Riosvallejo
Mexico
14,650,000
18
6
Adam Hendrix
United States
14,200,000
18
7
Agharazi Babayev
Azerbaijan
13,500,000
17
8
Joseph Couden
United States
12,850,000
16
9
Cole Uvila
Unites States
8,500,000
11
Cole Uvila
All nine remaining contenders have locked up at least $32,288, but the attention is firmly set on the $342,551 on offer, alongside the gold WSOP bracelet.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$342,551
2
$228,321
3
$168,276
4
$125,074
5
$93,758
6
$70,890
7
$54,066
8
$41,597
9
$32,288
The unexpected Day 3 will begin today, June 15, at 1 p.m. local time as they play through the remaining 15 minutes of Level 37 with blinds at 400,000/800,000 with a big blind ante. All the action will be streamed on PokerGO with a one-hour delay and reporting here will be in sync with the stream so as to avoid spoilers.
Keep it locked in with PokerNews to make sure you don’t miss a single moment of the action here at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
