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2024/25 WSOP Circuit - Grand Victoria Casino (Illinois)

Thursday, April 03, 2025 to Thursday, April 03, 2025

WSOPC Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 30K Opener

  • Buy-in: $400
  • Prizepool: $156,420
  • Entries: 474
  • Remaining: 0

EVENT UPDATE

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 8:53 PM Local Time
Hand #182 - Cliff Josephy Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,453,035)

 

Cliff Josephy moves all in from the small blind for 18,700,000 and Gordon Vayo calls from the big blind. Josephy shows    and needs help against Vayo's   .

The flop is    , giving both players a pair, but Vayo is in the lead with a pair of kings. Josephy needs to hit a queen or a three to stay alive.

The turn is the  , which keeps Vayo in the lead and doesn't change Josephy's outs. Qui Nguyen's rail is cheering for a king to eliminate Josephy and leave Nguyen heads-up with Vayo.

The river is the   and Josephy is eliminated in third place, leaving Vayo heads-up with Nguyen. Josephy takes home $3,453,035 for his efforts and he leaves the tournament area with his supporters chanting "Johnny Bax."

Vayo drags the pot and takes the chip lead into heads-up play.

Gordon Vayo - 200,300,000 (125 bb)
Cliff Josephy - Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,453,035)

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