2023 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akq64
Prize
$190,240
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$836,600
Entries
377
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
377
Players Left
146

Level: 6

NLFCD & NL 2-7 SD:
Ante 900, Blinds 300-600
PLO, PLO8, Big O, PL 2-7 TD:
Ante 500, Blinds 300-500
No-Limit Hold'em:
Ante 800, Blinds 300-500

Table of Heavy Hitters Hitting Heavy

Level 6

No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

Josh Arieh raised to 3,000 from under the gun, and Takashi Ogura reraised to 9,000 from middle position. Small blind Justin Liberto asked Ogura what he had behind, and then put in the four-bet all in for 32,800. Big blind Dan Shak and Arieh folded immediately, and Ogura stacked his chips a couple times before releasing his hand.

On the next hand Naoya Kihara raised to 1,200 from middle position and Ogura defended his big blind. Ogura drew one and Kihara two. Ogura checked to Kihara, who continued for 2,100. Ogura called, and Kihara showed 10x8x7x6x3x for the win.

Player Chips Progress
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
87,000
87,000
87,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
53,000
21,000
21,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
45,000
45,000
45,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Takashi Ogura jp
Takashi Ogura
31,500
31,500
31,500
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
31,500
-3,500
-3,500
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Dan ShakJosh AriehJustin LibertoNaoya KiharaTakashi Ogura

Chait Binks it, Baby

Level 6

Pot-Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

David Williams raised to 1,600 from the button. Scotty Nguyen grabbed for 8,000 in chips, before laughing and folding three aces face up.

A few hands later in Big O, Craig Chait bet 2,000 on a board of 81084. "I binked it, baby!" he told Nguyen. Nguyen, unbelieving, called, and called again when Chait bet another 2,000 on the Q river.

Chait showed fours full of eights and said, "I told you. I wasn't lying," and Nguyen folded.

Also at the table, Julio Belluscio is attempting to win the award for "New Concepts in Chip Stacking", having arranged his chips not vertically, but on their sides, in a snake coiled along the table rail.

Player Chips Progress
Julio Belluscio ar
Julio Belluscio
92,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
65,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Craig Chait us
Craig Chait
62,000
$25K Fantasy
David Williams us
David Williams
37,000
-13,000
-13,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Craig ChaitDavid WilliamsJulio BelluscioScotty Nguyen

Elimination for Bronshtein

Level 6
Yuval Bronshtein
Yuval Bronshtein

Pot-Limit Omaha

A player in early position raised to 1,500 and was called by Yuval Bronshtein on the button and a player in the big blind.

The player in the big blind led out for 4,000 on the 437 flop, getting a fold from the original raiser, but a pot-sized raise from Bronshtein, which was enough to put his opponent all-in.

Big Blind Player: 7543
Yuval Bronshtein: A1073

The player in the big blind had pipped Bronshtein's two pair with a slightly better two pair, but Bronshtein had a flush draw to go along with his, which would complete on the Q turn.

Bronshtein's opponent did have a redraw to a full house, but it did not complete on the 6 river, sending him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
105,000
105,000
105,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Yuval Bronshtein

Level: 7

NLFCD & NL 2-7 SD:
Ante 1,200, Blinds 400-800
PLO, PLO8, Big O, PL 2-7 TD:
Ante 600, Blinds 300-600
No-Limit Hold'em:
Ante 900, Blinds 300-600

The Black Knight of Big O

Level 7
Andy Black
Andy Black

Big O

After raising 1,200 from the button preflop, and getting calls from both blinds, Andy Black bet 1,500 on a flop of 4J4 and got two folds. "Another one for Sir Andrew!" said Black.

Steve Zolotow, having recently joined the table continued, "I don't know if you know this, but the queen knighted Andy..."

"Sir Andrew!" interrupted Black.

"She knighted Sir Andrew as her final act as queen."

"With her last f*cking breath!" shouted Sir Andrew.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
81,000
39,000
39,000
Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
42,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Andy BlackSteve Zolotow