Event #42: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (8-Handed) | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-19-2023 10:22 UTC-8

Scholderle and Bilinsky Play it Carefully

Ryan Gray

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

After betting 130,000 on a 9♦Q♥7♠ flop, Uri Scholderle and Christoph Bilinsky saw a K♠ turn.

"How much do you have?" Scholderle asked, before tapping the table again. They checked again on an A♣. Scholderle showed queen-jack for a pair of jacks, enough to beat Bilinsky's pair of nines with jack-nine. Scholderle continued to chip up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Scholderle	1,100,000 490,000	490,000
Christoph Bilinsky	1,080,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Christoph Bilinsky Uri Scholderle

06-19-2023 10:19 UTC-8

Basile Takes The Lead

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Florence Mazet

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Christopher Basile built a mountain of chips in front of him. In middle position, he opened to 100,000 and all players folded. He showed A♠Q♥ and continued to build a massive stack of 3,000,000 chips.

Just behind him, Ciaran Duffy is also among the chipleaders with 2,500,000.

In the same time, German player Martin Finger got eliminated. Less than 150 players are still in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Basile	3,000,000 1,975,000	1,975,000
Ciaran Duffy	2,500,000 1,245,000	1,245,000
Martin Finger	Busted

Tags: Christopher Basile Ciaran Duffy Martin Finger

06-19-2023 10:13 UTC-8

Levitt Out

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Maxime Taldir

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

From an early position, Justin Levitt put all his 255,000 chips in the middle. On the button, John Cipriano called, but Eric Hall in the small blind reraised all-in for 1,500,000. Cipriano preferred not to take the risk to continue in this hand, so he folded, leaving his two opponents to reveal their cards.

Justin Levitt: Q♠8♠
Eric Hall: J♠J♣

Levitt was already standing up when he saw the flop K♦4♠9♦. The 5♥ arrived on the turn, and the 2♠ on the river, leading to Levitt's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Hall	2,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
John Cipriano	675,000 250,000	250,000
Justin Levitt	Busted

Tags: Eric Hall John Cipriano Justin Levitt

06-19-2023 10:11 UTC-8

Xu Takes Another Victim

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

William Bradbury was about to get blinded in so he put his chips in the pot under the gun for about 100,000, Qiang Xu called from the big blind.

William Bradbury: 3♥7♦
Qiang Xu: K♠7♣

The board ran out with 2♣J♥A♣10♥Q♠ and Xu added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	2,460,000 60,000	60,000

William Bradbury	Busted

Tags: Qiang Xu William Bradbury

06-19-2023 10:10 UTC-8

Theodore Finds a Queen

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Ryan Gray

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Matthew Stahl put his tournament on the line and moved all in from the button. Kevin Theodore called from the small blind.

Matthew Stahl: 9♠9♥
Kevin Theodore: K♦Q♣

Theodore immediately pulled into the lead on the 6♠Q♥3♦ flop, and held fast on a 8♣ turn and a 10♣ river, and Stahl added his name to the list of early Day 2 payouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Theodore	1,700,000

Matthew Stahl	Busted

Tags: Kevin Theodore Matthew Stahl

06-19-2023 10:05 UTC-8

Xu Best Three Way All in

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The middle position player, Dominic Feldman moved all in for about 250,000. The cutoff, Qiang Xu, three-bet to 400,000 and the button, Edwin Chang pushed all of his chips in the middle for 455,000. Three players were sweating the board.

Dominic Feldman: A♦K♣
Edwin Chang: Q♦Q♠
Qiang Xu: A♣K♠

Chang stated, "I have a chance."

Until the board came out with 5♠6♣5♣A♠6♦ and the two big slick hands chopped, with Xu taking the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	2,400,000 1,340,000	1,340,000

Dominic Feldman	230,000 -210,000	-210,000
Edwin Chang	Busted

Tags: Dominic Feldman Edwin Chang Qiang Xu

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

06-19-2023 09:59 UTC-8

More Early Bustouts

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Florence Mazet

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Freeze	Busted
Henry Fischer	Busted
Peter Hengsakul	Busted
Justin Turkat	Busted
Vikrom Souvannavong	Busted
Raul Yunusov	Busted
Salomon Eskenazi	Busted
James Urbanic	Busted
David Pham	Busted

Alan Sternberg	Busted

John Miller	Busted
Benjamin Teng	Busted
Brian Essenter	Busted
Jason Beck	Busted
Adam Swan	Busted
Alejandro Funes	Busted
Carlos Tomas Leal Kinil	Busted
Bert Poling	Busted
Tsubasa Sasaki	Busted
Gianluca Petrone	Busted

06-19-2023 09:54 UTC-8

Balleur Doubles Up

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Florence Mazet

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With less than 170 players left, Gaetan Balleur found an important double-up.

The Frenchman held Ax10x against KxQx and stayed ahead to climb to 650,000.

Meanwhile another Frenchman in contention, Sebastien Comel, is off to a good start with 2,300,000 chips in front of him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Comel	2,300,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Gaetan Balleur	650,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Gaetan Balleur Sebastien Comel

06-19-2023 09:50 UTC-8

Guertler's Pair Holds

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Down to only three blinds, Florian Guertler had no choice but to move all-in with a pair in early position. In the big blind, Yota Yamaguchi saw an Ace in his hands and called.

Florian Guertler: 5♥5♣
Yota Yamaguchi: A♥8♥

Stress was clearly visible on Guertler's face. But on a Q♠2♦K♦10♥5♦ board, he could take a deep breath as he doubled up.