2023 World Series of Poker

Event #88: $1,500 The Closer
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q2
Prize
$606,810
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,713,885
Entries
3,531
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
1,141
Players Left
76

Three Eliminations on the Bubble

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Tom Gottlieb opened 40,000 under the gun, and the cutoff called before Ian Richardson shoved for about 500,000 in the big blind. Gottlieb called off his stack of 230,000 and the cutoff tanked for three minutes before a tablemate called the clock. When the tournament director stuck 0, his hand was killed.

Tom Gottlieb: AK
Ian Richardson: JJ

The board ran out J10988, giving Richardson a full house to eliminate Gottlieb.

At another table

Wen Hong open jammed from the cutoff for 55,000. Jason Wheeler in the big blind called off the bet and Hong was at risk.

Wen Hong: AQ
Jason Wheeler: 86

The board ran out 8876Q. A full house for Wheeler was enough to send Hong home on the bubble.

However, there was an elimination on a third table at the same time, eliminating all three players, and there were 174 players remaining before the hand so all three split the minimum cash of $2,400.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
1,355,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ian Richardson us
Ian Richardson
790,000
335,000
335,000
Profile photo of Tom Gottlieb il
Tom Gottlieb
Busted
Profile photo of Wen Hong cn
Wen Hong
Busted

Tags: Ian RichardsonJason WheelerTom GottliebWen Hong