Players are now on break and will return to blinds of 300,000 and 600,000 with a 600,000 big blind ante.
2023 World Series of Poker
Level: 36
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
On the eighth episode of “Calling the Clock,” Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen cover eight more topics “On the Board.” That included who they like for Poker Hall of Fame, Brian Rast winning the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for the third time, and Phil Ivey making the final table, just missing out on his eleventh bracelet.
They also highlight Jeremy Ausmus winning his sixth bracelet, the upcoming PokerNews Cup at Golden Nugget, the July 2 Celebration of Life for Doyle Brunson, and Phil Hellmuth arriving in costume with his tag team partner Dan “Jungleman” Cates.
Check out those stories and more in the latest “Calling the Clock” straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!
Martin Stausholm raised to 1,200,000 from the cutoff and Javier Zarco considered his options and asked how many chips the players behind him held. Zarco then made the move all in for 6,200,000. Stausholm called.
Javier Zarco: 10♥Q♦
Martin Stausholm: A♠K♠
The board came out J♦J♠5♥2♣Q♣ and Zarco did a victory yell as he doubled up in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Javier Zarco |
13,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
Martin Stausholm |
5,400,000
-6,500,000
|
-6,500,000 |
Vitor De Souza Coutinho completed his small blind and Paul Gunness checked.
The flop came 4♦10♣9♠ and Gunness called a bet worth 900,000 from Coutinho. After some thinking, Gunness called another bet from Coutinho on the 5♦ turn, this time for 2,400,000.
The Q♠ hit the river and Coutinho checked. Gunness decided to bet 6,200,000 and Coutinho snap-folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Gunness |
27,800,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
Vitor De Souza Coutinho |
20,400,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
Powen Fang shoved under the gun for a remaining stack round 9,200,000 and Myles Mullaly called with the dominant stack to create the following showdown:
Powen Fang; A♣J♥
Myles Mullaly: A♥K♥
The 6♥3♥J♣8♥2♥ board didn't help Fang who was left with less than one big blind after that hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Myles Mullaly |
22,000,000
6,800,000
|
6,800,000 |
Powen Fang |
300,000
-14,000,000
|
-14,000,000 |
The early position player bet to 1,200,000, while Paul Gunness from the cutoff three bet to 3,600,000. Powen Fang called all in for 900,000, and the early position player folded. Both players revealed their hands.
Powen Fang: 4♥5♠
Paul Gunness: 6♣6♥
The board ran out 8♥J♠Q♠9♦3♣ for Gunness to scoop the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Gunness |
28,500,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Powen Fang | Busted |
Javier Zarco opened to 1,200,000 and Domenico Paparo shoved next to him for his last 2,300,000. It came back to Zarco who completed:
Domenico Paparo: A♦A♥
Javier Zarco: K♦Q♠
Paparo was in great shape to double up, which he did after the board brought 7♦5♥2♥9♦2♣.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Javier Zarco |
11,200,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
Domenico Paparo |
5,000,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
The clock is paused as a player dropped his gatorade over the table.
Ian Matakis shoved from the small blind for around 15 big blinds and Pavel Plesuv called from the big blind with the bigger stack.
Ian Matakis: A♠2♣
Pavel Plesuv: A♥K♣
The board came out K♠6x10♥Q♥5♠ and Plesuv's flopped pair of kings took Matakis out of the tournament in 15th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pavel Plesuv |
42,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
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Ian Matakis | Busted | |
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