Event #57: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 3 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-27-2023 18:24 UTC-8

Isaac Haxton Eliminated in 11th Place ($126,938)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

While Chance Kornuth was left with very few blinds after the clash with Sergio Martinez Gonzalez and in the big blind next, Isaac Haxton raised the pot to 560,000 in the hijack on the other table. Jeremy Ausmus repotted to 1,920,000 on the button and Haxton tank called.

Haxton checked the 10♦7♠5♣ flop and Ausmus bet 800,000 before then glancing over at the other table. Haxton, likewise, looked over and asked if there was a pay jump before he called all-in for two and a half blinds.

Isaac Haxton: J♦J♥9♥2♦
Jeremy Ausmus: A♥A♣K♣9♠

Haxton bricked the 3♣ turn and 4♠ river to bow out in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	7,850,000 2,275,000	2,275,000

Isaac Haxton	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Isaac Haxton Jeremy Ausmus Sergio Martinez Gonzalez

06-27-2023 18:29 UTC-8

Dylan Weisman Eliminated in 10th Place ($126,938)

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Kirk Brown

Level 26 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Sergio Martinez Gonzalez opened to 560,000 from the button and Dylan Weisman made the call from the big blind.

The flop came out 8♦7♠5♥ and Weisman led out for 400,000 and Gonzalez made the call to see the J♠ on the turn.

Weisman then bet the full pot of 1,600,000 but then Gonzalez repotted it.

"Did he just repot? Okay, I'm all in," Weisman announced as all the chips got into the middle of this massive pot with Weisman at risk.

Dylan Weisman: J♦J♣10♥9♦
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez: A♠Q♣10♠10♦

"What does he have?" Weisman asked, puzzled, "Okay, no spade!"

But as soon as the words were out of his mouth, the K♠ smacked down on the river to give Gonzalez a flush.

"Vamos!" Gonzalez yelled as the huge pot was pushed his way and Weisman was eliminated in 10th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	16,750,000 8,030,000	8,030,000
Dylan Weisman	Busted

Tags: Dylan Weisman Sergio Martinez Gonzalez

06-27-2023 18:30 UTC-8

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

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Josh Noy

Level 26 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

There are around 24 minutes left in the level until a scheduled 60-minute dinner break and the redraw of the final nine players can be found below.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mads Amot	Norway	9,250,000	58
2	Chance Kornuth	United States	975,000	6
3	Quan Zhou	China	3,100,000	19
4	Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	Spain	16,750,000	105
5	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	19,200,000	120
6	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	7,850,000	49
7	Andjelko Andrejevic	United States	4,100,000	26
8	Roger Teska	United States	3,950,000	25
9	Firas Kashat	United States	1,410,000	9

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	19,200,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	16,750,000
Mads Amot	9,250,000 500,000	500,000
Jeremy Ausmus	7,850,000

Andjelko Andrejevic	4,100,000 -400,000	-400,000
Roger Teska	3,950,000 250,000	250,000
Quan Zhou	3,100,000 -500,000	-500,000
Firas Kashat	1,410,000 -890,000	-890,000

Chance Kornuth	975,000 -140,000	-140,000

06-27-2023 18:39 UTC-8

Chance Kornuth Eliminated in 9th Place ($161,585)

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Josh Noy

Level 26 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

On the first hand under the lights of the feature table, Chance Kornuth raised the pot from the small blind and called off the rest of his stack once Quan Zhou raised in the big blind.

Chance Kornuth: A♥Q♦10♦10♥
Quan Zhou: A♠A♦6♣2♦

Kornuth was looking for help and found a set on the 10♣7♦8♦ flop, but the K♦ turn brough Zhou the nut flush. Kornuth missed on the 6♥ river, ending his run in ninth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	4,075,000 975,000	975,000
Chance Kornuth	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Quan Zhou

06-27-2023 18:45 UTC-8

Jeremy Ausmus Eliminated in 8th Place ($209,392)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

In what appeared to be just the third hand of the final table, Ka Kwan Lau raised to 480,000 in the small blind. Jeremy Ausmus defended the big blind and Lau bet the A♣J♥5♥ flop for 500,000, earning a call from Ausmus.

That led them to the 2♦ turn on which Lau opted to check. Ausmus asked for the size of the pot and bet 1,300,000 into 2,120,000. Lau used a time bank extension and then check-raised the pot for more than six million in chips.

Ausmus gave it a few seconds before moving all-in and Lau snap called.

Jeremy Ausmus: J♠J♣10♠5♣
Ka Kwan Lau: A♦A♥A♠6♦

Lau was ahead with the top set while Ausmus had just one out with the case jack. There was no miracle on the 6♣ river and Ausmus, who had been sitting in fourth place at the time, was eliminated in eighth place for $209,392.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	26,000,000 6,800,000	6,800,000

Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Ausmus Ka Kwan Lau

06-27-2023 18:55 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Kirk Brown

Level 26 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The remaining 7 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 8:50 local time.

The red 5,000-chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.

06-27-2023 19:01 UTC-8

Dinner Break Counts on Day 3

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Day 3 is set to conclude upon completion of ten levels or down to the final five players, whichever of the two comes first.

Below are the updated counts and respective big blinds when they return for level 27.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mads Amot	Norway	8,750,000	44
3	Quan Zhou	China	4,425,000	22
4	Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	Spain	18,125,000	91
5	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	25,275,000	126
7	Andjelko Andrejevic	United States	6,125,000	31
8	Roger Teska	United States	3,650,000	18
9	Firas Kashat	United States	1,025,000	5

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	25,275,000 -725,000	-725,000

Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	18,125,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Mads Amot	8,750,000 -500,000	-500,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	6,125,000 2,025,000	2,025,000
Quan Zhou	4,425,000 350,000	350,000
Roger Teska	3,650,000 -300,000	-300,000
Firas Kashat	1,025,000 -385,000	-385,000

06-27-2023 19:09 UTC-8

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 26 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 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

Level: 27

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

06-27-2023 20:00 UTC-8

Teska Escapes in Spectacular Fashion; Leaves Zhou on Fumes

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

In the first hand after the dinner break, Andjelko Andrejevic limped in from the cutoff and Roger Teska raised the pot to 900,000 in the cutoff. Quan Zhou called out of the big blind and Andrejevic also came along.

Three ways to the 9♣6♣4♠ flop, Zhou bet the pot for 3,000,000 and Andrejevic folded while Teska called all-in for 2,750,000.

Roger Teska: A♦A♠7♠3♠
Quan Zhou: K♣10♣9♦6♦

Teska had aces with a gutshot while Zhou was ahead with the top two pair and a flush draw.

Nothing changed with the J♦ turn but the 4♦ river paired the board, counterfeiting Zhou's hand in brutal fashion. Teska doubled for 2,750,000 and Zhou was left with fewer than three big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Teska	8,500,000 4,850,000	4,850,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	5,225,000 -900,000	-900,000
Quan Zhou	575,000 -3,850,000	-3,850,000

Tags: Andjelko Andrejevic Quan Zhou Roger Teska