Event #84: $50,000 High Roller Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-13-2023 17:40 UTC-7

Jørstad's Aces Cracked By Negreanu

Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action was caught when the 2022 Main Event champion Espen Jørstad and Daniel Negreanu flipped their cards preflop, with Jørstad being at risk.

Espen Jørstad: AxAx
Daniel Negreanu: Q♠Q♦

Jørstad had a few cards to avoid in order to take the pot. Unfortunately for him, one of the cards he didn't want to see came on the flop 6♣8♥Q♥, giving Negreanu a set. The 10♠ landed on the turn, followed by the 9♥ on the river, resulting in Jørstad's elimination just before the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	2,400,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Espen Jørstad	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Espen Jørstad

07-13-2023 17:41 UTC-7

Hand-for-Hand in Progress

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Tyler Foran

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

With 29 players remaining, and 27 being paid the minimum cash of $80,920 the tournament director has announced hand-for-hand play until the bubble burst.

07-13-2023 17:55 UTC-7

Rabishow Out Of The Money

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Kevin Rabichow had the smallest stack of all when the hand-for-hand process began. So he had no choice but to take risks and move all in for 280,000 chips in middle position. In the big blind, Stanley Tang took some time and called.

Kevin Rabichow: Q♣10♠
Stanley Tang: 10♥8♥

Rabichow's hopes to be in the money disappeared when Tang hit a pair of eights on the flop 5♦8♦3♠. There was no queen to help Rabichow on the turn A♦ or the river 10♦, and Rabichow was eliminated in 29th place.

The next player eliminated will be the bubble boy of this $50,000 High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanley Tang	2,900,000 600,000	600,000
Kevin Rabichow	Busted

Tags: Kevin Rabichow Stanley Tang

07-13-2023 18:00 UTC-7

The Chad & Jesse Poker Show - Poker Vlogger Ryan Depaulo is Latest Guest

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Chad Holloway

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On the latest episode, Jesse Fullen and special co-host Norman Chad continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

The two start by debating the pros and cons of the 2023 WSOP Main Event payouts before welcoming this week’s guest – poker vlogger Ryan Depaulo.

Among the topics they discuss with the Whole Foods parking lot bracelet winner are his biggest score to date (third place in the Colossus), what his father told him (“Don’t punt”), and Joey the Mush. Plus, they ask if he was banned from Borgata for vlogging, his main poker influence, and whether or not he’s a withered pro.

Norman Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.”

Level: 19

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

07-13-2023 18:07 UTC-7

Wang Doubles on the Bubble

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Tyler Foran

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The action folded around to Yang Wang in the small blind, and he jammed for 525,000. Daniel Smiljkovic was in the big blind and made the call.

Yang Wang: A♦10♠
Daniel Smiljkovic: A♠Q♦

Wang was dominated, but the J♥10♣7♠ flop paired his ten. He was able to fade the gutshot straight draw and overcard as the board completed with the 7♣ turn and the 6♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Smiljkovic	2,640,000 290,000	290,000

Yang Wang	1,130,000 1,130,000	1,130,000

Tags: Daniel Smiljkovic Wang Doubles

07-13-2023 18:16 UTC-7

Kulev Takes Almost All Peters' Chips

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Alex Kulev opened from middle position to 160,000, and all the other players checked to David Peters in the big blind, who decided to move all in for approximately 2,000,000 chips. Kulev snap-called.

Alex Kulev: K♣K♦
David Peters: A♣8♣

Peters didn't find the ace he wanted on the board Q♦8♦9♥7♠5♦, and let Kulev double up. As both players had almost the same stack, Peters had only 125,000 chips left after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	3,800,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

David Peters	125,000 -1,715,000	-1,715,000

Tags: Alex Kulev David Peters

07-13-2023 18:20 UTC-7

Fedor Holz Eliminated on the Bubble in $50,000 High Roller

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Tyler Foran

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Brandon Wittmeyer opened 175,000 under the gun and Fedor Holz shoved 610,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way and Wittmeyer made the call.

Fedor Holz: A♦K♥
Brandon Wittmeyer: 10♦10♥

It was a classic race but the Q♠6♣4♠9♥2♠ run out couldn't connect with Holz as he was eliminated on the stone bubble. The 27 remaining players have locked up a payout of $80,920.