Event #40: $250,000 Super High Roller | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-18-2023 17:54 UTC-8

Brewer Bluffs Kabrhel Heading into the Break

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Chris Brewer limped in with 8♣7♠ from the small blind and Martin Kabrhel checked his option in the big blind with Q♠4♣.

The Q♣J♦10♠ flop appeared and Brewer led out for 500,000 and was called.

Brewer paired up on the 8♥ turn but was still behind. Both players checked and the A♠ completed the board. Short stack Brewer made it 1,800,000 and Kabrhel folded the winner.

That marked the last hand before the break and the players will return in 15-minutes time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	28,800,000 -1,850,000	-1,850,000

Chance Kornuth	22,375,000 2,100,000	2,100,000

Martin Kabrhel	17,225,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000

Dan Smith	14,650,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000

Artur Martirosian	12,150,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Chris Brewer	8,050,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Chris Brewer Martin Kabrhel

06-18-2023 17:50 UTC-8

Kornuth Getting Involved

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Jim Murray

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Chance Kornuth raised to 1,000,000 with 10♠9♥ on the button and Artur Martirosyan moved all in from the small blind with A♠10♥ for 10,200,000, getting Kornuth to fold.

In the next hand, Kornuth raised to 1,100,000 from late position with J♠10♠ and was called by Alex Kulev in the big blind with 8♣6♣.

Kulev would check-fold to a bet of 750,000 from Kornuth on an A♠3♠7♥ flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	30,650,000

Chance Kornuth	20,275,000

Martin Kabrhel	18,725,000

Dan Smith	15,900,000

Artur Martirosian	10,150,000

Chris Brewer	7,550,000

Tags: Artur Martirosyan Chance Kornuth

06-18-2023 17:40 UTC-8

Smith Doubles Through Kornuth

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Artur Martirosian opened to 1,000,000 with 6♦6♣ from under the gun. Chance Kornuth looked down at Q♠Q♣ in the big blind and made it 3,400,000. Martirosian quickly folded.

On the next hand, Dan Smith opened to 1,150,000 from under the gun. Kornuth then jammed as the big stack from the small blind. Martirosian folded in the big blind and Smith called off his 7,450,000 stack.

Dan Smith: A♦K♣
Chance Kornuth: 7♠7♦

Smith paired up on the K♠10♥6♦ flop and held out to double following the J♥ turn and 6♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	30,650,000

Chance Kornuth	20,275,000 -6,200,000	-6,200,000

Martin Kabrhel	18,725,000 -250,000	-250,000

Dan Smith	15,900,000 8,450,000	8,450,000

Artur Martirosian	10,150,000 -2,000,000	-2,000,000

Chris Brewer	7,550,000 -250,000	-250,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Chance Kornuth Dan Smith

06-18-2023 17:37 UTC-8

A Couple of All-Ins and a Three-Bet

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Jim Murray

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Artur Martirosian raised to 1,100,000 from the button with A♥5♦ and was three-bet by Alex Kulev in the big blind to 3,400,000 with Q♥5♠ and Martirosian folded.

Kulev would then move all in from the small blind with A♦7♠ against the short stack of Chris Brewer, who made the fold.

Dan Smith nearly committed all of his chips with a raise to 6,000,000 off a stack of 6,200,000, but would fail to find any callers as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	30,650,000 2,350,000	2,350,000

Chance Kornuth	26,475,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Martin Kabrhel	18,975,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Artur Martirosian	12,150,000 -1,350,000	-1,350,000

Chris Brewer	7,800,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Dan Smith	7,450,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Artur Martirosian Chris Brewer Dan Smith

06-18-2023 17:26 UTC-8

Martirosian Gets Kabrhel Off a Chop

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Dan Smith raised to 4,000,000 with 3♠3♦ second to act, which prompted everyone else to fold.

Martin Kabrhel then opened to 1,000,000 with A♣J♥ from the button and Artur Martirosian defended his big blind with Q♥9♠.

Both players had a bit of the J♦10♦3♦ flop, with Kabrhel having top pair while Martirosian had an open-ended straight draw.

Action checked through to the A♦ turn which improved Kabrhel to aces and jacks. Martirosian led out for 1,000,000 and Kabrhel called.

The 2♦ river put a flush on the board and Martirosian sized up to 2,400,000 to get Kabrhel off the chop.

The bet worked and Kabrhel folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	28,300,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Chance Kornuth	25,225,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000

Martin Kabrhel	19,975,000 -3,250,000	-3,250,000

Artur Martirosian	13,500,000 2,250,000	2,250,000

Chris Brewer	8,800,000 -250,000	-250,000

Dan Smith	7,450,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Dan Smith Martin Kabrhel

06-18-2023 17:19 UTC-8

Kornuth and Kulev Continue to Clash

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Jim Murray

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Chance Kornuth raised to 1,000,000 from late position with Q♠J♣ and was called by Alex Kulev in the small blind with 3♦3♣

The A♥Q♥6♣ flop would go check-check with Kulev choosing to size up for a pot-sized bet of 3,000,000 on the 2♠ turn, inducing Kornuth to fold the better hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	27,050,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Chance Kornuth	26,475,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Martin Kabrhel	23,225,000

Artur Martirosian	11,250,000

Chris Brewer	9,050,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Dan Smith	6,200,000 -250,000	-250,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Chance Kornuth

06-18-2023 17:13 UTC-8

Smith Gets One Through; Kabrhel Continues to Frustrate Others

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

With K♥Q♦, Dan Smith opened to 3,300,000 from under the gun which left him with 2,900,000 behind. None of his tablemates called and he received a small boost before moving into the big blind.

The next hand, Martin Kabrhel opened to 1,000,000 from the cutoff with unscanned cards. Artur Martirosian, with A♥4♥, jammed from the small blind for 9,250,000 and got it through.

Kabrhel's cards were then shown as the J♠5♠.

Kabrhel left his seat and stood up which upset Alex Kulev. It had already been confirmed by the floor that players must remain in their seats when in a hand.

Kabrhel then opened to A♥9♣ from the hijack to 1,025,000. Kulev called from he big blind with A♠J♦.

Kabrhel then began voicing his displeasure about getting a talking to from the floor. The words "complete joke," were used.

Kulev check-called for 600,000 on the K♥Q♦2♣ flop which brought in the 8♦ turn which checked through to the 3♥ river.

Both players checked through to showdown and Kulev's superior ace took the pot.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	27,475,000 -250,000	-250,000

Alex Kulev	25,050,000 1,875,000	1,875,000

Martin Kabrhel	23,225,000 -2,625,000	-2,625,000

Artur Martirosian	11,250,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Chris Brewer	10,050,000

Dan Smith	6,450,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Artur Martirosian Dan Smith Martin Kabrhel

06-18-2023 17:05 UTC-8

Kornuth Gets a Three-Bet Through on Kulev

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Jim Murray

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Alex Kulev raised to 1,000,000 in late position with 10♥9♠ and Chance Kornuth three-bet to 4,200,000 from the big blind with A♠6♠, with Kulev making the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	27,725,000 2,500,000	2,500,000

Martin Kabrhel	25,850,000

Alex Kulev	23,175,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000

Artur Martirosian	10,250,000

Chris Brewer	10,050,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000

Dan Smith	6,200,000

06-18-2023 16:59 UTC-8

Kabrhel Overbets Again

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Martin Kabrhel opened to 1,000,000 from the cutoff. However, his cards were not picked up by the RFID scanner. Alex Kulev defended his big blind with Q♠8♠.

Kabrhel's cards were eventually revealed to be A♣7♠, and he continued for 1,100,000 on the 10♥8♦6♥ flop. Kulev called.

The 3♥ turn kept Kulev in front and he checked. Kabrehl made another overbet of 6,200,000 and Kulev quickly folded the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	25,850,000 2,850,000	2,850,000

Chance Kornuth	25,225,000

Alex Kulev	24,425,000 -2,600,000	-2,600,000

Chris Brewer	11,300,000

Artur Martirosian	10,250,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Dan Smith	6,200,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Martin Kabrhel

Level: 21

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000