In middle position, a player opened to 2,500 and Gaetan Balleur on the button three-bet to 6,500. The big blind called as well as the open raiser.
On the flop K♣8♣5♠, Balleur continued to 8,000 and only the open raiser called.
On the turn A♥, Balleur bet 25,000, enough to force his opponent to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Two players limped before Thomas Taylor checked his option in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♥K♠8♣ and all three players checked to see the J♥ turn.
Taylor and the under-the-gun limper checked once more and the cutoff put out a bet of 2,200. Only Taylor called.
The 4♠ hit the river and Taylor checked, followed by the cutoff doing the same. Taylor tabled A♠7♠ for top pair, which was good as he added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,500
66,500
|
66,500 |
2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess raised to 3,300 on the button and only the big blind made the call.
When the flop came A♠10♦3♣, the big blind checked to Riess who continued for 1,700. The big blind only took a couple of seconds before pitching his cards into the muck.
Riess has already cashed in five 2023 World Series of Poker events for a total of $40,038 and is looking to grab his second WSOP bracelet in the $800 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,200
200
|
200 |
|
||
Weston Pring opened to 5,000 in the cutoff and only Anil Kadimisetty made the call on the button.
The K♠10♦2♦ flop hit the felt and Pring check-called a bet of 5,000.
The A♦ hit the turn and both players quickly checked to see the 5♦ river. Both players checked once again.
Pring showed Q♠Q♥ but it was no good as Kadimisetty showed A♠J♠, turning a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
161,200
-9,800
|
-9,800 |
|
||
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
All tables are reunited in Paris Ballroom with some of them breaking in the Green section. Igor d'Ursel just arrived at Oliver Price's table and he found a double-up with pocket queens all-in preflop to come back to the starting stack.
Meanwhile, the late registration line ended and official numbers will be announced shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Japanese player Shimizu Nozomu is on to a fantastic summer so far. He finished third in both $5,000 NLHE Freezeout 8-Handed and $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship for more than $430,000.
Nozomu is one of the contestants still alive in this $800 Deepstack. He just busted a shortstack with J♣9♣ against A♠9♥ all in preflop on a 4♣J♥K♣9♦J♦ board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
A player in the hijack position opened to 9,000, and everybody folded to 2021's WSOP bracelet winner Leo Margets in the big blind. She took a few seconds and raised to 32,000, and her opponent called.
On a J♦6♥10♣ flop, she continued betting 27,000. Not enough to scare the hijack, who called once more.
Another Jack appeared on the turn J♠, where Margets moved all in. The hijack player called for his last 55,000 chips.
Leo Margets: A♥A♣
Opponent: 8♠7♣
Margets just had to avoid a nine to claim the pot. But it was the 10♠ that hit the river, eliminating the hijack player and leaving Margets with 285,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000
242,600
|
242,600 |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
297,000
|
297,000 |
|
||
|
|
400,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
260,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
170,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
150,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
80,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Around 790 players will go on dinner break for 75 minutes at the end of the level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
300,000 | |
|
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
150,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
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Returning from the dinner break, the remaining players discovered the payout for this $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack WSOP Event displayed on the screen.
The 3,773 entrants generated a prize pool of $2,656,192. A total of 566 players will share this money, with a min-cash of $1,282.
The last eight players will earn a minimum of $42,445 tomorrow. But the prize everyone wants is the first-place prize. The winner of this event will go back home with $339,033 and the WSOP Champion bracelet.
| PLACE | PRIZE |
|---|---|
| 1 | $339,033 |
| 2 | $209,547 |
| 3 | $157,776 |
| 4 | $119,629 |
| 5 | $91,347 |
| 6 | $70,247 |
| 7 | $54,408 |
| 8 | $42,445 |
