Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
With 4,412 entries showing on the tournament clock, the players have been sent for their second 20-minute break of the day.
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$13,905,360
Entries
10,430
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
5,845
Players Left
1,310
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
The cards were already faced up and the board A♥Q♥6♠2♥Q♦ dealt, with Kristy Becker being the player at risk with a stack around 10,000. Becker had the winning hand with A♣K♠, her opponent holding A♠J♠, and she took down the pot and the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
With a board showing 4♥J♥4♣5♠A♥ in a heads-up situation with around 6,000 in the middle, a player checked and Jared Griener bet. His opponent didn't take long to fold, showing 9♦9♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Ulysses Duarte jammed all in from the big blind for 9,700 and his opponent made the call from the button. Both players revealed their hands.
Ulysses Duarte: K♥Q♣
Opponent A♣K♣
The board ran out Q♦6♣9♣3♦7♥ for Duarte to scoop the pot and keep his tournament life alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,800 |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
A player limped from the cutoff to start the hand. By doing that, he allowed William Kassouf on the button and the the small blinde to do the same, while the big blind checked.
On the flop J♦K♥A♥, the first players to act checked to the hijack who bet 1,000. Kassouf called, as well as the small blind. On the turn K♠, everybody checked. Finally, all three players checked again on the river K♣.
The small blind didn't have time to reveal his cards that the cutoff revealed A♣6♠ for a full house. Kassouf and the small blind didn't have better hands and gave back their cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
According to the table, the under the gun opened-shoved for 13,000 and it folded to the small blind who reshoved for 30,000. Victor Choupeaux saw AxAx in his hands in the big blind and called all in for a stack worth 15,000:
Under the Gun: 8x8x
Victor Choupeaux: AxAx
Small Blind: 10x10x
The board didn't bring any bad surprise to Choupeaux with AxQx4x9xXx, improving his hands into a set of Aces, and he tripled his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Andreas Kniep opened to 1,200 in the cutoff before calling a three-bet from the button worth 3,200. On the J♠8♣2♣ flop, Kniep check-called the button for 5,000.
The 4♠ turn and 6♠ river didn't bring any action and the button tabled A♣K♣ for ace-high. The pot was sent to Kniep, who showed Q♦J♦ for a pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,500
9,100
|
9,100 |
|
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Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Albert Gorelik jammed all in for 6,000 from the button and Kijoon Park made the call from early position. They both revealed their holdings.
Albert Gorelik: A♦K♥
Kijoon Park: A♣J♦
The board ran out 5♥4♥2♦9♣3♦ for both players to split the pot.
The following hand, Gorelik found himself all in for 6,700 and was called by Yi Wei Peng from the big blind.
Albert Gorelik: K♦3♦
Yei Wei Peng: A♠A♣
The board ran out 8♠8♥5♠J♣5♥ as Peng scooped the pot to eliminate Gorelik.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,500 | |
|
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|
31,900 | |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
72,000 | |
|
|
||
|
68,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
37,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
32,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
32,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
26,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
21,000 | |
|
||
|
14,000 | |
|
||
|
11,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
7,200
-17,800
|
-17,800 |
|
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