Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-23-2023 19:51 UTC-8

Yoon Sends Out Owen

David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

On one of the first hands back from break, Adam Owen got his last few chips in the middle from the cutoff and was up against Brian Yoon in the hijack.

Adam Owen: J♥10♥
Brian Yoon: A♦J♠

Owen was dominated and found no help on the K♠9♠5♦3♦K♥ board as he was sent to the rail.

Philip Sternheimer also busted soon after returning from break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	70,000

Adam Owen	Busted
Philip Sternheimer	Busted

Tags: Adam Owen Brian Yoon Philip Sternheimer

06-23-2023 19:56 UTC-8

Big Stacks to Watch Down the Stretch of Day 1

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Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Esther Taylor	215,000 44,000	44,000
Josh Arieh	212,000 186,500	186,500

Scott Seiver	175,000 133,000	133,000

Shaun Deeb	170,000 67,000	67,000

Patrick Leonard	165,000 57,000	57,000

Philip Long	153,000 108,000	108,000

Leonard August	153,000 89,000	89,000
Steven Loube	150,000 20,000	20,000

Yarron Bendor	145,000 21,000	21,000
Mori Eskandani	135,000 35,000	35,000

Alexander Wilkinson	130,000 61,000	61,000
Eric Rodawig	120,000 13,000	13,000

06-23-2023 20:01 UTC-8

Steel Wheel For Negreanu

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Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Daniel Negreanu has steadily been chipping up most of the day, and making hands like this certainly helps.

The action of the hand was unknown, but a pot was being pushed to him as he held K♦J♣3♣2♣ in the blinds with a board of A♣10♠5♣Q♥4♣ in the middle of the table, giving Negreanu a steel wheel, a five-high straight flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	129,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

06-23-2023 20:06 UTC-8

"It's a Killing Field"

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Jen Harman: XxXx/A♠A♣K♠J♥/Xx
Norman Chad: XxXx/6♠9♥9♣K♣/Xx
Yueqi Zhu: XxXx/4♥6♣3♠6♦/Xx
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx/7♣10♣2♦10♦/Xx
Christopher Chung: XxXx/10♠4♦A♥Q♠ - folded

Norman Chad and Jen Harman were both all in on third street as Christopher Chung raised on fourth, Dzmitry Urbanovich called, then Yueqi Zhu reraised.

Both Chung and Urbanovich called to fifth, where Zhu bet again. Both opponents called.

"It's a killing field," Chad said heading to sixth, where Zhu bet again. Chung and Urbanovich stuck around and called, then faced another bet by Zhu on seventh.

Chung folded, but Urbanovich came back with a raise. Zhu called with 5♥2♠ for the low, while Urbanovich had 10♥8♣7♦ for a full house to take the high and send Chad and Harman to the rail.

Defending champion Andrew Yeh is also at this table, as is Scott Seiver.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	170,000 -5,000	-5,000

Andrew Yeh	70,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	70,000 -40,000	-40,000
Yueqi Zhu	70,000 8,000	8,000

Christopher Chung	60,000 -26,000	-26,000
Norman Chad	Busted
Jen Harman	Busted

Tags: Andrew Yeh Christopher Chung Dzmitry Urbanovich Jen Harman Norman Chad Scott Seiver Yueqi Zhu

06-23-2023 20:13 UTC-8

Chait Sent to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Craig Chait, runner-up in this event last year, was all in preflop as Thomas Taylor in the hijack and another opponent in the cutoff built a side pot heading to the 3♦Q♣5♥ flop.

The cutoff bet and Taylor called. The turn came the 4♣ and Taylor now led out with a bet. His opponent called, then folded to another bet by Taylor on the K♣ river.

Taylor turned over 5♠5♣ for the flopped set. "You're good," Chait said as he tossed his 10♦9♦ into the muck before heading for the exit.

Reigning PPC champion Brian Rast's seat at this table is also unoccupied, and he has also hit the rail on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Taylor	95,000 40,500	40,500
Craig Chait	Busted
Brian Rast	Busted

Tags: Craig Chait Thomas Taylor

06-23-2023 20:15 UTC-8

Calling the Clock Episode #8: Ivey Denied 11th Bracelet, Hellmuth Arrives in Costume

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Chad Holloway

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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)!

06-23-2023 20:17 UTC-8

Updated Counts and Eliminations

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Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	183,000 114,000	114,000

Jerry Wong	133,000 73,000	73,000

Steve Zolotow	117,000

Eli Elezra	60,000

James Obst	21,000 -39,000	-39,000

Michael Noori	20,000

Hal Rotholz	Busted
John Bunch	Busted
Erik Seidel	Busted

Frankie O'Dell	Busted

Jon Shoreman	Busted
Jesse Klein	Busted

John David Rogers	Busted
Peter Rouviere	Busted

06-23-2023 20:26 UTC-8

Claassen Bets Out Zhong

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

Christopher Claassen: XxXx/5♠Q♠6♣9♠/Xx
Yufei Zhong: XxXx/A♥9♦7♣5♥/Xx
Koray Aldemir: XxXx/6♠2♦8♣A♦ - folded

Yufei Zhong completed on third street and was called by Christopher Claassen and Koray Aldemir.

Zhong continued betting on fourth and fifth, with both opponents calling down to sixth. Claassen now opened the betting, Aldemir folded, but Zhong stuck around to seventh.

Claassen bet again and Zhong slammed down his board and pushed it into the middle.

Shaun Deeb and Jerry Wong are also at this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	150,000 -20,000	-20,000

Jerry Wong	122,000 -11,000	-11,000

Christopher Claassen	100,000 -40,000	-40,000
Yufei Zhong	53,000 -9,500	-9,500
Koray Aldemir	25,000

Tags: Christopher Claassen Koray Aldemir Yufei Zhong

06-23-2023 20:28 UTC-8

Fuchs Felts Kelsall

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Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

Carol Fuchs: XxQxQx10xJx10xQx
Andrew Kelsall: KxKx8x2x8xXxXx

Andrew Kelsall's seat was recently seen empty and his former tablemates including his executioner Carol Fuchs kindly passed along the information of the hand.

Kallsall was all in on third street for his last 9,000 chips, and was ahead until seventh street with his kings and eights versus Fuchs queens and tens.

Fuchs however hit another queen on seventh to fill up and send Kelsall to the rail.

The always thoughtful Fuchs did tell PokerNews that she did feel bad about eliminating Kelsall with that bad beat

Player	Chips	Progress
Carol Fuchs	91,000 37,000	37,000

Andrew Kelsall	Busted

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Carol Fuchs

06-23-2023 20:32 UTC-8

Hall of Famer Versus $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Champ

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Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

John Hennigan: XxXx/Q♠10♦4♣Q♦
Yuri Dzivielevski: XxXx/9♥A♣7♣5♣ - folded sixth street

Picking action up on fourth street, Poker Hall of Famer John Hennigan called bets from recent $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. champion, Yuri Dzivielevski on fourth and fifth, then pairing his door card queen on sixth, Hennigan led with a bet himself.

Dzivielevski took some time to think, but ultimately folded his hand to send the pot to Hennigan.