Event #57: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-25-2023 20:06 UTC-8

Park Straightens Out Simao

Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Joao Simao opened to 6,000 in early position and got three callers, including David Williams on the button and James Park in the big blind.

The flop of 6♦7♦4♦ checked through and Park checked again on the 2♠ turn and Simao fired a bet of 8,000. Only Park called. Park checked on the 9♥ river and Simao checked back.

Park tabled 10♠9♠7♥6♠ for two pair turned into a straight and Simao mucked in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	175,000 30,000	30,000

James Park	140,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: David Williams James Park Joao Simao

06-25-2023 20:04 UTC-8

Morris Doesn't Believe

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Kirk Brown

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Arthur Morris opened to 10,000 preflop and was then three-bet to 36,000 by the button. Action folded back around to Morris who stared at his opponent for a few seconds before he made the call and went to a flop of 2♠K♣8♦.

Morris checked to his opponent who then bet 25,000 and Morris quickly check-raised to 100,000 to cover him.

His opponent paused for a few seconds but eventually made the call to put himself at risk.

Button: K♦Q♥J♥J♠
Arthur Morris: A♣K♥J♦6♥

The board ran out 9♠9♠ for Morris to scoop the pot with his kings and jacks, ace kicker while the button was sent to the rail.

"You know, it's not very often I really just don't believe someone...Usually, I would just fold in that spot, but I really didn't believe him."

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Morris	365,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Arthur Morris

06-25-2023 19:53 UTC-8

Soverel Doubles With a Straight

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Sam Soverel was in a heads-up pot on a board of J♥2♠10♦6♣. Soverel checked on the turn and his opponent bet to put him all in. Soverel quickly called.

Sam Soverel: A♦Q♦9♣8♣
Opponent: A♠K♥J♣9♥

Soverel had the wrap and got there as the river landed the 9♠ to give Soverel a straight and he earned a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Soverel	180,000

Tags: Sam Soverel

06-25-2023 19:48 UTC-8

Winter Forces Out Drinan; Garza Arrives

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Connor Drinan repotted to 32,500 out of the small blind only for Sean Winter to then repot. That sent Drinan deep into the tank and he eventually folded after using three time banks.

While the hand played out, Lou Garza was waiting for one player to get high-carded to a new table and that happened to be Aaron Katz. The open seat brought Garza right next to Arthur Morris, who he had defeated in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship last night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Winter	550,000 35,000	35,000
Oliver Weis	290,000 80,000	80,000

Arthur Morris	230,000 -35,000	-35,000
Lou Garza	150,000 150,000	150,000
Aaron Katz	140,000 -55,000	-55,000

Iaroslav Boiko	130,000 -20,000	-20,000
Connor Drinan	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Aaron Katz Arthur Morris Connor Drinan Lou Garza Sean Winter

06-25-2023 19:41 UTC-8

Fifty It Is For Negreanu

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Daniel Negreanu was in position in a heads-up pot against Keith Lehr and called a bet on a flop of 6♠2♦A♠.

"How much left?" Lehr asked headed to the turn.

"50,000," replied Negreanu as the turn landed the Q♥.

"Fifty it is," Lehr said as he put Negreanu all in, who gave it some thought and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	175,000 51,000	51,000

Daniel Negreanu	50,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Keith Lehr

06-25-2023 19:40 UTC-8

Do and Hannawa on the Rise

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ramin Hajiyev tangled in a three-bet pot with Anh Do and the latter bet the K♥5♠2♥ flop for 48,000 when checked to. Hajiyev folded and was soon after nowhere to be found anymore. He was replaced by Kristopher Tong, who recently ran deep in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

The same table then saw Danny Hannawa bet the pot on the Q♠J♦10♥8♠ turn and Kazuhiko Yotsushika reluctantly folded the 10♦10♠ face-up. Soon after, Yotsushika also vanished from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anh Do	450,000 450,000	450,000
Danny Hannawa	400,000 105,000	105,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted
Ramin Hajiyev	Busted

Tags: Anh Do Danny Hannawa Kazuhiko Yotsushika Kristopher Tong Ramin Hajiyev

06-25-2023 19:34 UTC-8

Saad Gets Some Birthday Luck

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Kirk Brown

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Omn a heads-up flop of 7♠5♦A♦, there was a brief betting war before Henry Hull and Thomas Saad managed to get all of the money into the middle, with Saad at risk.

Thomas Saad: A♥K♦Q♦Q♣
Henry Hull: 7♥6♦5♥5♣

Hull was ahead with his flopped set of fives, but the runout of K♣4♦ gave Saad a flush on the river to earn him a full double-up on his birthday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Saad	480,000 330,000	330,000
Henry Hull	30,000 -210,000	-210,000

Tags: Larry Hull Thomas Saad

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-25-2023 19:28 UTC-8

Selbst Is Out

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Vanessa Selbst made her first WSOP appearance since 2017 in the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, but unfortunately, it was short-lived.

Selbst played a big pot against Quan Zhou and got all her chips in the middle before losing to Zhou's full house as the Chinese high roller now sits with a stack of around 400,000.

Sebst, who spoke to PokerNews earlier this year about her return to live poker, was momentarily seated by fellow poker star Phil Ivey, who now sits with an empty seat to his right.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	400,000 153,000	153,000
Vanessa Selbst	Busted

Tags: Phil Ivey Quan Zhou Vanessa Selbst

06-25-2023 19:22 UTC-8

Jamasi Gets a "Shove" Through

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Three ways to the K♠Q♥10♣3♦ turn, Farhad Jamasi announced all-in and moved his entire stack forward. The maximum bet by then was only 66,000 and he forced one fold already with David Williams getting out of the way. Krasimir Yankov on the button tanked for a while and let go,too.

"I even had it this time," Jamasi said and flashed the J♥8♦7♥. He then declared that this playing style would be the only way to win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dash Dudley	275,000 135,000	135,000

Krasimir Yankov	230,000 -110,000	-110,000
Farhad Jamasi	185,000 10,000	10,000
Noah Schwartz	160,000 10,000	10,000

David Williams	135,000 -37,000	-37,000

James Park	130,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: David Williams Farhad Jamasi Krasimir Yankov