Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)
Day 4 Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$11,186,000
Entries
476
Level
34
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
5
Players Left
1
Level 34
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
David Eldridge has overcome a 476 entry-field inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas and defeated poker Hall-of-Famer Brian Rast heads-up to claim his second World Series of Poker bracelet and the $2,246,728 first-place prize.
Eldridge, who is commonly known by his friends as "Diamond Dave," won his last bracelet in 2021 in an online event. The Pennsylvania native overcame an over 5:1 chip deficit against Rast heads-up after putting on a show of poker prowess in the back-and-forth battle. His win today represents his largest tournament score by nearly a factor of ten and has effectively doubled his live tournament earnings.
Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | (Prize in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Eldridge | United States | $2,246,728 |
| 2 | Brian Rast | United States | $1,497,824 |
| 3 | Ethan Cahn | United States | $1,038,097 |
| 4 | Yang Wang | China | $731,819 |
| 5 | Juha Helppi | Finland | $524,911 |
| 6 | Billy Tarango | United States | $383,191 |
| 7 | Liran Twito | Israel | $284,794 |
| 8 | Anuj Agarwal | United States | $215,563 |
Winner's Reaction
"I'm feeling good. It was a long four days, but things worked out," Eldridge said shortly after winning the event.
Eldridge suffered a beat from Rast early in the day in a hand that would have given him about half the chips in play. Humble in victory, Eldridge explained that he was able to maintain his composure and make good hands in key spots.
"That hand [against Rast] was a really big deal. I would have had about half the chips in play, and Rast would have been eliminated, so I think that was a pretty big swing. But, I just kept grinding, and I made a lot of good hands, fortunately."
Eldridge said that, despite the score, his plan for the series will remain unchanged.
"This win doesn't change anything. I'm just going to play the Main Event and then go home!"
Day 4 Action
Rast entered as one of the short stacks alongside Juha Helppi, but quickly found himself trailing after Helppi chipped up early. However, Rast scored a key double up after going runner-runner to crack Eldridge's bottom set.
Helppi made a nice call against Eldridge to get himself back to an average chip stack, but ended up exiting in fifth place after getting all in with a set of tens on the flop and losing to Rast, who held a combo draw and ended up making a wheel to assume the chip lead.
After a bit of a lull, Yang Wang lost a few small pots to find himself on the short stack. Wang committed the rest of his chips against Eldridge after flopping an open-ended straight draw with two overs against Eldridge's two pair. Eldridge ended up drilling a full house on the turn to send Wang out in fourth.
Three-handed play started with a bang as Ethan Cahn was quickly able to score a double up against Eldridge to even out their stacks. Not long after, Rast made the nuts with Broadway and was paid off by Cahn to leave him the short stack. However, the New York native proved resilient, and Cahn managed to double up again with aces in a blind versus blind confrontation against Rast. Despite the valiant effort, Cahn was forced out in third place after running ace-king-queen-deuce into Rast's ace-queen-six-five double-suited all in preflop. Rast turned a straight to leave Cahn drawing dead and set up heads-up play.
Rast looked to make quick work of Eldridge and hopped out to an early 5:1 chip lead, but "Diamond Dave" refused to go down without a fight. After winning series of small pots, Eldridge ended up on the right side of a cooler after flopping top set against Rast's bottom set to score a double up and take the chip lead.
Rast managed to wrangle a slight chip lead back in the hands that followed and caught Eldridge bluffing to get back up to a 2:1 chip lead. Eldridge answered right back, however, by doubling through Rast with two pair and fading Rast's flush draw.
Eldridge followed the double up with a key hand that saw Eldridge bluff Rast off of a straight, followed by getting value with quads with pocket kings to leave Rast on the brink.
Rast made his last stand with ace-ten-eight-six double-suited all in preflop, but he couldn't win the flip against Eldridge's ace-queen-nine-seven to fall just shy of his seventh career bracelet.
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Level 34
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Brian Rast rasied to 3,000,000 on the button and was three-bet by David Eldridge from the big blind to put Rast all in for his 4,725,000 total. Rast called and hands were revealed.
Brian Rast: A♥10♠8♠6♣
David Eldridge: A♣Q♦9♣7♦
Eldridge was a slight favorite, and the 7♣2♦K♣K♦7♠ runout left Eldridge best with trip sevens to eliminate Rast and end the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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71,400,000
4,700,000
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4,700,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 34
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
David Eldridge opened to 3,000,000 on the button holding K♦K♣5♣2♦, and Brian Rast called in the big blind with Q♠J♠4♥3♥.
Rast check-called a bet of 2,000,000 on the Q♣K♠7♣ flop.
The K♥ turn improved Eldridge to quads, but neither player chose to put any more money in the pot.
Eldridge did bet 6,000,000 after Rast checked to him on the 7♠ river and was able to extract value as Rast made the call.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,700,000
8,000,000
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8,000,000 |
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4,725,000
-8,000,000
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-8,000,000 |
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Level: 34
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
Level 33
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
David Eldridge opened to 3,000,000 on the button with A♦10♠7♠7♦ and Brian Rast defended in the big blind holding K♣10♣6♠3♠.
Action checked through the 6♥2♣9♦ flop to the 4♠ turn. Rast led out for 2,500,000 and Eldridge called.
Rast bet again on the 5♦ river, this time making it 7,000,000. Eldridge responded by moving all in with the covering stack. That did not sit well with Rast as he went over his opponent's possible holdings out loud. After discarding the nut straight as an option, Rast still could not make the call to leave himself short as Eldridge's continued aggression yielded positive results.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,700,000
9,500,000
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9,500,000 |
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12,725,000
-9,500,000
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-9,500,000 |
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Level 33
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Brian Rast limped on the button with A♥K♠9♥3♥ and David Eldridge checked his option holding A♣7♣6♣5♦.
Eldridge checked on the A♠6♦7♥ flop before raising to 4,000,000 after Rast bet 1,200,000. Rast opted to make the call.
The 2♥ turn saw Eldridge continue his aggression with a bet of 10,400,000. Rast moved all in and Eldridge quickly called to put himself at risk.
David Eldridge: A♣7♣6♣5♦
Brian Rast: A♥K♠9♥3♥
Eldridge was ahead and managed to hold on the 10♦ river to secure a huge double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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49,200,000
27,100,000
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27,100,000 |
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22,225,000
-27,100,000
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-27,100,000 |
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Level 33
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
David Eldridge opened to 2,400,000 on the button with 10♦6♠5♦2♥ and Brian Rast called in the big blind holding A♥K♥6♦4♦.
Eldridge continued for 3,500,000 after Rast checked to him on the Q♥5♣K♣ flop. Rast flatted to see a turn.
The turn came 4♠, prompting Rast to check once more. Eldridge was in no mood to give up on the hand, instead betting a hefty 12,600,000. After some thought, Rast moved all in, standing as he did so as if he was sure he was going to be called. Eldridge quickly folded, somewhat to Rast's surprise as the six time bracelet winner raked in a large pot without going to showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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49,325,000
23,700,000
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23,700,000 |
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22,100,000
-23,700,000
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-23,700,000 |
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Level 33
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
David Eldridge limped on the button holding J♥4♣3♣2♦ and Brian Rast checked his option in the big blind with K♠Q♦8♠6♠.
Action checked through the 3♠Q♣8♦ flop to the A♣ turn at which point Rast checked again. Eldridge bet 1,500,000 and Rast made the call.
Rast checked once more following the A♠ river. Eldridge decided to try and steal the pot with a bluff, sizing to 5,500,000. That sent Rast into the tank but he emerged having decided on a fold to reward Eldridge's bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,800,000
5,900,000
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5,900,000 |
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25,625,000
-5,900,000
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-5,900,000 |
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Level 33
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Brian Rast limped on the button with Q♦J♣5♦2♣ and David Eldridge checked his option with 9♥4♠3♥2♥.
Rast called a 1,000,000 bet from Eldridge on the 4♦3♠9♠ flop and then Eldridge check-called a 3,300,000 bet from Rast after he made a straight on the 6♦ turn.
The K♠ completed the board and Eldridge fired 6,300,000 into the middle.
Rast laid the best hand down after a bit of thought and Eldridge collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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39,900,000
5,500,000
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5,500,000 |
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31,525,000
-5,500,000
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-5,500,000 |
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