2023 World Series of Poker

Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker
Day: 1b
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Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♠8♣
Prize
$499,852
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$3,603,162
Entries
23,088
Level Info
Level
47
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
12,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
4,571
Players Left
151
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Litt Doubles his Stack

Roxanne Johnson
Roxanne Johnson
Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jordan Litt raised preflop and the cutoff called. The flop came 6♠J♣Q♥.

Litt bet 60,000, the cutoff raised to 125,000 and Litt pushed the rest of his chips in the pot and was called.

Cutoff: A♣Q♦
Jordan Litt: 6♣6♦

The turn was 2♣ and the river was the 4♣ and Litt amassed a big stack with his set.

Player Chips Progress
Jordan Litt us
Jordan Litt 		1,000,000
1,000,000
 1,000,000

Tags: Jordan Litt

Kings Also Work

Geoff Paul
Geoff Paul
Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Kalyan Lakkavarapukota
Kalyan Lakkavarapukota

Kalyan Lakkavarapukota found himself in late position against a player in middle position.

"I've had pocket aces eight times today and won all eight," he told PokerNews.

Middle Position: 8♣8♦
Kalyan Lakkavarapukota: K♦K♥

The board ran out Q♠4♠6♣7♦K♠ giving Lakkavarapukota the victory despite not having aces.

Player Chips Progress
Kalyan Lakkavarapukota us
Kalyan Lakkavarapukota
1,300,000
1,300,000
 1,300,000

Tags: Kalyan Lakkavarapukota

Four Pocket Pairs All in

Roxanne Johnson
Roxanne Johnson
Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Three players called the all-in raise of Robbie Hofrichter in early position.

Small blind: J♥J♦
Late position: K♦K♣
Small blind: 9♠9♣
Robbie Hofrichter: A♠A♦

The board was 3♥9♥10♥A♦3♣ and the aces held with a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Robbie Hofrichter us
Robbie Hofrichter
950,000
950,000
 950,000

Tags: Robbie Hofrichter

Level: 22

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Pitesa Doubles

Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt
Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Anthony Pitesa had a quick double-up near the end of the night to stay alive when an early position player raised, and the player in the cutoff reraised, and Pitesa shoved his small stack in the pot. The early position player folded.

Anthony Pitesa: K♠10♠
Cutoff: A♦J♥

The board was J♣K♥J♠K♦A♠, and Pitesa pulled out a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Pitesa us
Anthony Pitesa 		300,000
300,000
 300,000

Tags: Anthony Pitesa

Lee is Unbelievable

Roxanne Johnson
Roxanne Johnson
Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jae Lee "unbelievable" pushed his chips into the pot from early position, and a late position player called.

Jae Lee: A♥9♠
Late position player: A♦6♥

The board was 8♦J♦K♠2♦5♣, and Lee lived up to his poker alias "unbelievable" as his kicker held to win the pot.

Elsewhere Ryan Caviness has amassed some more chips and is at 1,700,000

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Caviness us
Ryan Caviness 		1,700,000
1,402,000
 1,402,000
Jae Lee us
Jae Lee 		500,000
500,000
 500,000

Tags: Jae LeeRyan Caviness

Play Ends for Day 1b

Roxanne Johnson
Roxanne Johnson
Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The players have bagged and tagged marking the completion of Day 1b. The number of players that bagged this evening was 151 who will be returning Sunday June at 10:00 am in the Horseshoe Casino.

Full chip counts and recap to follow.

Official End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Geoff Paul
Geoff Paul
Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Justin Arnwine us
Justin Arnwine 		3,080,000
1,880,000
 1,880,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Matthew Krieger us
Matthew Krieger 		2,760,000
2,760,000
 2,760,000
Bernard Muhire us
Bernard Muhire 		2,485,000
2,485,000
 2,485,000
Handrianto Minderman us
Handrianto Minderman 		2,265,000
-85,000
 -85,000
Chip Leader Coaching
Dylon Chafin us
Dylon Chafin 		2,245,000
2,245,000
 2,245,000
David Dunlap us
David Dunlap 		2,230,000
2,230,000
 2,230,000
Lee Johnson us
Lee Johnson 		2,145,000
2,145,000
 2,145,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen nl
Mateusz Moolhuizen 		2,070,000
2,070,000
 2,070,000
Weston Pring ca
Weston Pring 		2,060,000
2,060,000
 2,060,000
Henry Theiling us
Henry Theiling 		2,030,000
2,030,000
 2,030,000
Joshua Rothberg us
Joshua Rothberg 		2,005,000
2,005,000
 2,005,000
Paul Ephremsen gb
Paul Ephremsen 		1,950,000
-350,000
 -350,000
Arvid Vermaut gb
Arvid Vermaut 		1,940,000
1,120,000
 1,120,000
Artur Winstone us
Artur Winstone 		1,900,000
-450,000
 -450,000
Hrishikesh Kulkarni us
Hrishikesh Kulkarni 		1,895,000
1,895,000
 1,895,000
Wesley Cannon us
Wesley Cannon 		1,880,000
1,880,000
 1,880,000
Devin Cain us
Devin Cain 		1,795,000
1,795,000
 1,795,000
Robert Hofrichter us
Robert Hofrichter 		1,770,000
1,770,000
 1,770,000
Torben Rauer de
Torben Rauer 		1,765,000
465,000
 465,000
Kai Zheng us
Kai Zheng 		1,575,000
1,575,000
 1,575,000
Trey Boone us
Trey Boone 		1,545,000
1,545,000
 1,545,000
Joseph Bakun us
Joseph Bakun 		1,525,000
1,525,000
 1,525,000
Ryan Caviness us
Ryan Caviness 		1,520,000
-180,000
 -180,000
Abhishek Parashar in
Abhishek Parashar 		1,505,000
1,505,000
 1,505,000
Yan Li cn
Yan Li 		1,455,000
1,455,000
 1,455,000

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