Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-18-2023 15:03 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

Connor Richards

Level 2

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	505,000 95,000	95,000

Talal Shakerchi	475,000 175,000	175,000

Elior Sion	415,000 5,000	5,000

Matthew Ashton	400,000 -23,000	-23,000

Matt Glantz	350,000 25,000	25,000

Daniel Negreanu	330,000 15,000	15,000

Scott Bohlman	330,000 30,000	30,000

Phil Ivey	325,000 10,000	10,000

Ben Lamb	325,000 25,000	25,000

Brian Rast	320,000 320,000	320,000

Nacho Barbero	315,000 15,000	15,000

Jeremy Ausmus	312,000 -8,000	-8,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	310,000 10,000	10,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	310,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tony Gregg	310,000 10,000	10,000
Ian Johns	300,000

Justin Liberto	298,000 -3,000	-3,000

Hal Rotholz	289,000 -11,000	-11,000
Viktor Blom	288,000 -12,000	-12,000
John Monnette	275,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tamon Nakamura	270,000 -15,000	-15,000
Anthony Zinno	265,000 -35,000	-35,000

Christopher Vitch	260,000 260,000	260,000
Joao Vieira	255,000 255,000	255,000

Felipe Ramos	245,000 -20,000	-20,000

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Level: 2

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits, 1,000 Ante
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,000-1,500, 1,500/2,500 Ante

06-18-2023 14:44 UTC-8

First Break

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Connor Richards

Level 1

The first 31 entrants have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.

06-18-2023 14:44 UTC-8

Eveslage Wins Three-Bet Pot

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Jeremy Geist

Level 1

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Action folded to Chad Eveslage in middle position who opened to 5,000. Felipe Ramos then three-bet the button. Eveslage made the call and drew two. Ramos also drew two.

Eveslage then led 2,500 and Ramos called. They both drew one.

Eveslage led again for 5,000 and Ramos called. Eveslage stood pat and Ramos drew one. Eveslage then bet another 5,000 on the river and Ramos must've not gotten there as he mucked quickly. Chad dragged the pot and got some much needed chips after being down early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ramos	265,000 -35,000	-35,000

Chad Eveslage	230,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Chad Eveslage Felipe Ramos

06-18-2023 14:43 UTC-8

Sion the Latest to Take a Chunk Out of Cates

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Mike Patrick

Level 1

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo

Elior Sion: 8♠4♠/5♠3♦2♠3♠/Q♣
Dan Cates: XxXx/A♣J♥10♦J♦/Xx
Wil Wilkinson: XxXx/4♦A♦J♣9♥/Xx

Picking action up on sixth street, Dan Cates and Wil Wilkinson checked to Elior Sion who bet with his low board and got calls from both opponents.

On seventh, the action repeated with Sion betting again and only Cates calling.

Sion showed a flush and an eight-low to scoop the pot, putting another dent int the terminator's armor, to which Cates said in character after the hand, "Your destruction is imminent. It is inevitable."

Player	Chips	Progress
Elior Sion	410,000 110,000	110,000

Wil Wilkinson	227,000 -38,000	-38,000
Dan Cates	165,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Dan Cates Elior Sion Wil Wilkinson

06-18-2023 14:40 UTC-8

Ivey Raises Elezra

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Connor Richards

Level 1

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Eli Elezra raised from middle position and Phil Ivey three-bet to 7,500 on the button. Elezra called and drew two as Ivey drew one.

Elezra check-called after the first draw and drew two as Ivey again drew one. "Better two," Elezra said as he mucked the A♠ and K♣ face-up.

A better two didn't come and Elezra quickly check-folded as Ivey bet again after the second draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	315,000 15,000	15,000

Eli Elezra	215,000 -51,000	-51,000

Tags: Eli Elezra Phil Ivey

06-18-2023 14:30 UTC-8

Ausmus Good at Showdown

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Connor Richards

Level 1

Limit Hold'em

Scott Seiver raised from under the gun and Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 7,500 from the next seat. Seiver called.

Sevier and Ausmus both checked on the 5♦4♦4♣ flop and the same action took place on the 9♦ turn. Both players checked again on the 5♠ river and Ausmus showed the winner with A♣10♣ for ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	410,000 -10,000	-10,000

Jeremy Ausmus	320,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Jeremy Ausmus Scott Seiver

06-18-2023 14:27 UTC-8

More Superstars Enter the Field

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Mike Patrick

Level 1

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	300,000

Hal Rotholz	300,000
Viktor Blom	300,000
Tony Gregg	300,000
Ben Lamb	300,000

06-18-2023 14:15 UTC-8

"Threat Detected": Defending Champion Wounded Early

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Connor Richards

Level 1

Pot-Limit Omaha

Two-time defending champion Dan "Jungleman" Cates took an early hit in a Pot-Limit Omaha hand against Scott Seiver on a board of 2♣8♦9♠3♥.

Seiver had already committed 28,000 on the turn and faced a raise from Cates to 115,000 who sat still behind his Terminator sunglasses. Eventually, Seiver announced all in before pushing out his starting stack and casually conversing with Josh Arieh.

"It's 100 big blinds," shrugged Seiver as Cates sat still before eventually sliding his cards into the muck.

"Damage," Cates said in a monotone voice. "Threat detected. New target acquired."

"Are you the threat? You did this to yourself," replied Seiver.

Cates won't get the chance to terminate his newly acquired target as he was moved to a new table shortly after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	420,000 105,000	105,000

Dan Cates	200,000 -121,000	-121,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Scott Seiver

06-18-2023 14:14 UTC-8

Another Former Champ Enters

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Mike Patrick

Level 1

2017 PPC champion Elior Sion has joined the field along with recent five-time bracelet winner John Monnette, and Polish star Dzmitry Urbanovich

Player	Chips	Progress
Elior Sion	300,000 300,000	300,000

John Monnette	300,000 300,000	300,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	300,000 300,000	300,000