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

06-25-2023 19:00 UTC-8

Ben on Ben Violence

Kirk Brown

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

Ben Yu opened to 7,000 from early position and was called by Ben Lamb in the cutoff and the small blind came along as well.

The flop came out A♠J♣J♦ and action checked to Lamb who then announced a bet of 4,000. The small blind got out of the way but Yu stuck around to see the J♥ appear on the turn.

Yu checked to Lamb once more who fired for 25,000 and once again, Yu called.

The river came the blank 2♦ and Yu checked for a third time and Lamb decided to check back. Yu then spread out his cards to reveal K♣K♠6♥6♦ for Jacks full of kings and Lamb quickly threw away his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	206,000

Ben Lamb	197,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Ben Yu

06-25-2023 19:06 UTC-8

Teska Takes From Michailidis

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In a duel big blind versus button, the turn showed A♠10♠5♥2♥ and Jonathan Azoulay checked. Roger Teska bet 20,000 and received a call. On the 6♦ river, Azoulay checked again and Teska now bet 25,000. That ended up winning the pot for Teska without showdown as his opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Teska	310,000 -75,000	-75,000
Jonathan Azoulay	85,000

Tags: Jonathan Azoulay Roger Teska

06-25-2023 19:10 UTC-8

Assorted Counts After Dinner

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Morgenstern	620,000 165,000	165,000
Danny Hannawa	295,000 130,000	130,000
David Coleman	290,000 80,000	80,000
Robert Salaburu	200,000 60,000	60,000
Aaron Katz	195,000 135,000	135,000

LaDarren Banks	180,000
Phil Ivey	150,000

Chris Brewer	150,000 -26,000	-26,000

Vanessa Selbst	144,000 59,000	59,000

Allan Le	130,000 40,000	40,000

Dominique Mosley	110,000
Brandon Schaefer	67,000

Sean Troha	32,000

Elias Harala	Busted

06-25-2023 19:12 UTC-8

Kashat Raises Out Lee

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Five ways to the Q♣7♥6♣3♠ turn, Chris Lee bet 8,000 from under the gun. Defending champion Tong Li folded, while Firas Kashat then raised to 33,000 on the button. Lautaro Guerra got out of the way in the blinds and Lee followed suit.

Kashat revealed the A♦J♣2♣ and inquired whether or not a flush draw was good before raking in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Firas Kashat	280,000 130,000	130,000

Tong Li	145,000 -5,000	-5,000

Thomas Zanot	125,000 -35,000	-35,000
Chris Lee	120,000 -45,000	-45,000
Lautaro Guerra	30,000 -120,000	-120,000

Tags: Chris Lee Firas Kashat Lautaro Guerra Tong Li

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

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

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

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

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.