Roy Rahl was all in for around 40,000 against an opponent who had him covered by 500.
Roy Rahl: A?Q? 
Opponent: 10?10?
Rahl survived the flip as the board ran out A?K?8?Q?4? to give him two pair as the opponent was left with a third of a small blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000 |
Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 11th episode, Connor speaks with Dan "Jungleman" Cates about accountability in poker, his notorious heads-up challenge with Tom Dwan, Game of Gold, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, mindfulness in poker and his new podcast Winning the Game of Life.
Cates also talked about his iconic Poker Players Championship outfits and a six-figure downswing he experienced at Bellagio during the summer.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
120,000
120,000
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120,000 |
|
|
50,000
-25,000
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-25,000 |
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|
40,000
-25,000
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-25,000 |
A player was all in against Rob Weis to her immediate left.
Opponent: [K?Q?
Rob Weis: J?J?
The board ran out 3?9?4?9?6? to keep Weis' jacks ahead as the opponent was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
80,000
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80,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Players have been sent on a 10-minute break. The bounty drum will open at the end of the break.
Last year at the Golden Nugget, Jordan Sleen took down the 2024 FPN Vegas $100k World Championshipto win the trophy and $25,000, giving Billy's Corner Bar & Grill in Minnesota the title for the third year in a row.
The event had 388 qualifiers and a prize pool of $100,000 to make it the biggest FPN championship in history. There were 36 places paid with a minimum cash being worth $720 in the qualifying event.
The final table included runner-up Joseph Fisher ($15,000) of Illinois, Wisconsin's Dale Hjelmgren (3rd - $8,100) and Delaware's Gary Lance (4th - $5,000).
| Place | Player | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Sleen | $25,000 |
| 2 | Joseph Fisher | $15,000 |
| 3 | Dale Hjelmgren | $8,100 |
| 4 | Gary Lance | $5,000 |
| 5 | Wendy Adamczyk-D'Andrea | $4,300 |
| 6 | Christopher Nelson | $3,400 |
| 7 | Brian Lilly | $2,600 |
| 8 | Brad Bellman | $2,170 |
| 9 | Jeff Gab | $1,750 |
North Dakota’s Denise Hager was excited to learn about the live updates and told PokerNews that she and Illinois' Kyler Boyer to her right had both flopped quads earlier in the event.
Overhearing the discussion, South Dakota’s Glenn Schaefers at the next table one-upped them as he revealed he had made quads twice in the first five hands.
He first flopped a set of deuces before improving to quads on the river. Next, he flopped a set of fives and predicted another rivered four of a kind before the dealer put out a fourth five on the turn.
After two decades of playing poker in Sioux Falls bars like Shenanigans, The Thirsty Duck and Woody's in Sioux Falls, Schaefers told PokerNews he has won $4,000 this trip with back-to-back victories in the Nugget nightly tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
