Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-24-2023 17:51 UTC-8

Drinan Gets Raised on the River

Mike Patrick

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold 'em

With a healthy pot already built by the river on a completed board of K♣9♠2♥5♠K♥, Connor Drinan bet from the small blind but then got raised by Young Ko in the cutoff.

Drinan shrug-called and saw Ko's K♦10♣ for trip kings with a ten. Drinan then happily showed K♠J♥ for trip kings with a jack kicker to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	560,000 -24,000	-24,000

Young Ko	282,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Young Ko

06-24-2023 18:05 UTC-8

Guagenti Takes Massive Multi-Way Pot

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David Salituro

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Greg Mascio raised in the cutoff before Nick Guagenti three-bet on the button. Chino Rheem called in the small blind, as did Mascio as they went three-handed to the 10♥2♦3♠ flop.

Guagenti continued with a bet and both opponents called. The turn came the J♦ and Rheem now led out.

Mascio called, but Guagenti put in a raise. Rheem called, as did Mascio to the 2♠ river, where Mascio opened the betting. Guagenti quickly called.

"He's got to have two tens. How can I be good here? The pot's so f**king big," Rheem said as he tanked before committing the chips.

Mascio didn't have two tens, showing A♠A♣, but Guagenti did as he turned over 10♣10♠ for the full house to win the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Guagenti	420,000 250,000	250,000

Greg Mascio	120,000 -110,000	-110,000
Chino Rheem	80,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Greg Mascio Nick Guagenti

06-24-2023 18:09 UTC-8

Ly Cuts Down Seiver

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Mike Patrick

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

Binh Ly: XxXx/K♠K♦10♣3♠
Scott Seiver: XxXx/3♣3♥10♥6♥ - folded sixth street
Scott Bohlman: XxXx/2♥ - folded bring-in

Binh Ly completed Scott Bohlman's bring-in and got a call from Scott Seiver before Bohlman folded.

Each player paired their door card on fourth street and Ly bet. Seiver called and on fifth street, both players caught a ten.

Ly kept betting and got another call from Seiver. On sixth street, Ly caught one of Seiver's threes and bet again.

Seiver now thought for a bit before scooping up his cards and sending them back to the dealer.

Meanwhile, Ray Fishman was eliminated at an adjacent table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	663,000 -137,000	-137,000

Scott Bohlman	220,000 -100,000	-100,000

Binh Ly	200,000 140,000	140,000
Ray Fishman	Busted

Tags: Binh Ly Scott Bohlman Scott Seiver

06-24-2023 18:10 UTC-8

Shack-Harris Decimated After Being on Wrong End of Cooler

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David Salituro

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

David Funkhouser: XxXx/Q♣K♦10♥4♦/Xx
Brandon Shack-Harris: XxXx/9♥7♣6♠3♣/Xx

Both David Funkhouser and Brandon Shack-Harris put in multiple bets heading to sixth street, where Funkhouser bet again.

Shack-Harris called and Funkhouser continued betting on seventh. Shack-Harris again called.

"Straight," Funkhouser said, showing A♣J♦ for Broadway. Shack-Harris mucked his 10x8x in frustration as he made a worse straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Funkhouser	520,000 200,000	200,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	70,000 -213,000	-213,000

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris David Funkhouser

06-24-2023 18:17 UTC-8

Ruben Hits Half-Million Off Chow

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David Salituro

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Razz

Brad Ruben: XxXx/Ax3xQx10x/Xx
Michael Chow: XxXx/6x10x8x6x/Xx
Ben Diebold: XxXx/9xJx - folded

Brad Ruben bet on fourth street and was called by Michael Chow, while Ben Diebold got out of the way.

Chow bet on fifth street and Ruben called. Both players checked sixth and seventh.

Ruben turned over 7x4x for 10-7-4-3-A and Chow mucked.

Christopher Claassen busted John Hennigan a few hands earlier at this table and is himself flirting with the 500,000-chip milestone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	500,000 214,000	214,000

Christopher Claassen	490,000 200,000	200,000
Benjamin Diebold	260,000 80,000	80,000

Michael Chow	260,000 -110,000	-110,000

John Hennigan	Busted

Tags: Ben Diebold Brad Ruben Christopher Claassen John Hennigan Michael Chow

06-24-2023 18:22 UTC-8

DeWitt Dusted by Hellmuth

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Mike Patrick

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Derek DeWitt: 6♦4♦2♠/A♣2♥K♣6♣
Phil Hellmuth: A♦3♦3♥/7♥8♦2♦K♦
Phil Hui: XxXx/7♣8♥10♥J♥/Xx

Picking action up on fourth street, a short-stacked Derek DeWitt bet and got called by Phil Hellmuth and Phil Hui.

On fifth street, after DeWitt checked, Hellmuth now bet, Hui called, and DeWitt check-raised for his last 26,000. Both Phils called and went to sixth street which they checked.

On seventh street, Hellmuth bet and got a call from Hui. Hellmuth showed down his ace-high flush and eighty-seven low, which scooped the pot to eliminate DeWitt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hui	240,000 60,000	60,000

Phil Hellmuth	223,000 98,000	98,000

Derek Dewitt	Busted

Tags: Derek DeWitt Phil Hellmuth Phil Hui

06-24-2023 18:28 UTC-8

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

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Connor Richards

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

With its ever-growing backlog of deserving players and industry professionals waiting for their time to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, some players are calling for changes to the nomination and induction process.

One of those players is Daniel Negreanu, poker's biggest ambassador and himself a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who was inducted in 2014. Negreanu has long called for overhauls to the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process and renewed his calls this week on his daily vlog during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

"How I would fix the Hall of Fame is this: every single year, two players get in — players, not contributors," Negreanu told his vlog viewers. "Every single year, two players get in. Every third year ... we add an additional third person who is a contributor to the game. That would be the Isai Scheinbergs and the Matt Savages of the world. Every three years, one of them would get in. That way, we don't have to constantly compare apples to oranges."

Read About Negreanu's Proposed HOF Changes

06-24-2023 18:29 UTC-8

Toledo, Yoon Chop Up Bohlman

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David Salituro

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Brian Yoon: XxXx/7♣3♦2♠K♦/Xx
Delmiro Toledo: XxXx/A♣J♠7♥Q♣/Xx
Scott Bohlman: XxXx/2♣2♦9♥10♦/Xx

Brian Yoon bet on fifth street and was called by both Delmiro Toledo and Scott Bohlman.

Yoon bet again on sixth and both opponents called. He continued betting on seventh, but this time Toledo put in a raise.

Bohlman gave it some thought before calling and Yoon also called. Toledo turned over J♣10♣5♣ for a flush, while Yoon had 5♦5♥4♠ for a low as they chopped up Bohlman's contributions to the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	520,000 195,000	195,000

Delmiro Toledo	385,000 5,000	5,000
Scott Bohlman	100,000 -120,000	-120,000

Tags: Delmiro Toledo Brian Yoon Scott Bohlman

06-24-2023 18:38 UTC-8

Update Counts and Eliminations

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Mike Patrick

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	500,000 86,000	86,000

Steven Loube	385,000 115,000	115,000

Matthew Schreiber	330,000 104,000	104,000

Noah Bronstein	327,000 50,000	50,000
Mori Eskandani	310,000 -30,000	-30,000

David "Bakes" Baker	290,000 40,000	40,000

Mike Gorodinsky	275,000 49,000	49,000

Jerry Wong	223,000 43,000	43,000

Roman Verenko	180,000 -161,000	-161,000

Maxx Coleman	180,000 25,000	25,000

Damjan Radanov	180,000 60,000	60,000
John Racener	177,000 -43,000	-43,000

Paul Volpe	115,000 -35,000	-35,000

Wil Wilkinson	110,000
Thomas Taylor	80,000 -55,000	-55,000
Max Pescatori	75,000 -45,000	-45,000

Maximilian Schindler	Busted
Aaron Kupin	Busted
Tony Gregg	Busted

06-24-2023 18:42 UTC-8

Taylor Leads on Seventh

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David Salituro

Level 14 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

Thomas Taylor: XxXx/J♣A♥2♥K♠/Xx
Binh Ly: XxXx/7♥K♦4♦3♥/Xx

Thomas Taylor bet on fourth street before Binh Ly raised. Taylor called, then called another bet on fifth.

Both players checked on sixth before Taylor led out on seventh. Ly called and Taylor turned over A♣J♦3♦ for aces and jacks to win the pot.

The hand before, Taylor had moved all in with J♠Q♣10♦ showing on his board and Connor Drinan, showing A♥7♠3♣, tanked for about a minute before he mucked.

Max Pescatori recently busted at another table.