Event #94: 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-18-2023 16:57 UTC-8

Harder River Decisions Have Been Had

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Josh Reichard raised from late position to 500,000 and was called by Christian Harder on the button.

Heads up they saw a flop of K♦Q♦8♠ and Reichard continued with a bet of 350,000 and Harder made the call.

The turn was the 6♥ and both players checked, revealing the 9♥.

After some thought, Reichard checked again; Harder declared all in. Reichard couldn't have called faster if he tried and Harder showed the A♥10♦ but Reichard was lying in the weeds with the K♠K♥.

"Someone turn up the A.C. because it's getting hot in here!" shouted Reichard's rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	6,100,000 3,100,000	3,100,000
Christian Harder	2,700,000 -2,725,000	-2,725,000

Tags: Josh Reichard Christian Harder

07-18-2023 16:47 UTC-8

Massoud Eskandari Eliminated in 9th Place ($51,416)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Massoud Eskandari found himself all in and at risk in a preflop confrontation against Marcello Delgrosso.

Massoud Eskandari: A♥J♥
Marcello Delgrosso: A♠K♣

Delgrosso was in good shape to secure the knockout with a dominating ace and remained ahead on the A♣8♥Q♥Q♠2♠ runout to take the pot down and put an end to Eskandari's deep run.

Eskandari's elimination marks the start of the official final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcello Delgrosso	5,425,000 2,925,000	2,925,000
Massoud Eskandari	Busted

Tags: Marcello Delgrosso Massoud Eskandari

Level: 31

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

07-18-2023 16:31 UTC-8

Final Table Redraw (full)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
418	1	Massoud Eskandari	United States	2,400,000	10
418	2	Alex Keating	United States	11,800,000	47
418	3	Josh Reichard	United States	3,000,000	12
418	4	Christian Harder	United States	5,425,000	22
418	5	Guoliang Wei	China	2,450,000	10
418	6	Marcello Delgrosso	United States	2,500,000	10
418	7	Nozomu Shimizu	Japan	8,625,000	35
418	8	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	1,350,000	5
418	9	Jason Hickey	United States	1,575,000	6

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	11,800,000

Nozomu Shimizu	8,625,000
Christian Harder	5,425,000
Josh Reichard	3,000,000
Marcello Delgrosso	2,500,000
Guoliang Wei	2,450,000
Massoud Eskandari	2,400,000

Jason Hickey	1,575,000
Alexandros Kolonias	1,350,000

07-18-2023 16:28 UTC-8

Punnat Punsri Eliminated in 10th Place ($40,393)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Punnat Punsri moved all in from the cutoff for 1,825,000. Nozomu Shimizu raised all in from the button with a covering stack, forcing a fold from all other players.

Punnat Punsri: A♣9♠
Nozomu Shimizu: J♦J♣

Shimizu was ahead with pocket jacks and remained so on the 9♦2♦8♠6♣8♣ run out. Punsri was sent to the rail just shy of the unofficial final table while Shimizu collected another large pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nozomu Shimizu	8,625,000 2,225,000	2,225,000
Punnat Punsri	Busted

Tags: Nozomu Shimizu Punnat Punsri

07-18-2023 16:22 UTC-8

Yang Zhang Eliminated in 11th Place ($40,393)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Yang Zhang went all in and was isolated by a raise from Alex Keating. Keating joked that it was a friendly isolation raise.

Yang Zhang: K♣J♣
Alex Keating: Q♦7♦

It was true that Zhang's hand was best preflop but after the wheel spun 7♠6♦2♦, Keating surged into the lead with top pair and the flush draw. There was no sweat for Zhang as the Q♠ made it so he was drawing dead and the river didn't matter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	8,400,000 700,000	700,000

Yang Zhang	Busted

Tags: Alex Keating Yang Zhang

07-18-2023 16:15 UTC-8

Girish Reknar Eliminated in 12th Place ($32,264)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Girish Reknar went all in off a very short stack and was called by Marcello Delgrosso to his left.

Girish Reknar: 2♥3♠
Marcello Delgrosso: A♥J♠

Reknar had the nut low against Delgrosso's ace high and wasn't able to improve when the board ran out K♠J♥5♣9♠A♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcello Delgrosso	3,000,000 975,000	975,000
Girish Reknar	Busted

Tags: Girish Reknar Marcello Delgrosso

07-18-2023 16:09 UTC-8

Felipe Ketzer Eliminated in 13th Place ($32,264)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Felipe Ketzer moved all in from the button for his last 1,225,000 and Christian Harder made the call in the big blind to put Ketzer at risk.

Felipe Ketzer: J♠10♥
Christian Harder: A♠5♣

Harder flopped top pair on the A♥Q♦7♣ flop but Ketzer still had some outs in the form of a gutshot straight draw. Those outs never materialized on the 3♦ turn or 6♥ river and Ketzer was sent to the rail while Harder collected the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Harder	5,800,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Felipe Ketzer	Busted

Tags: Christian Harder Felipe Ketzer

Level: 30

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

07-18-2023 15:53 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts After Second Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	7,700,000 850,000	850,000

Nozomu Shimizu	6,400,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Josh Reichard	5,625,000 -490,000	-490,000
Christian Harder	4,500,000 650,000	650,000
Guoliang Wei	3,650,000 40,000	40,000
Massoud Eskandari	2,850,000 575,000	575,000

Jason Hickey	2,500,000 925,000	925,000
Alexandros Kolonias	2,325,000 605,000	605,000

Marcello Delgrosso	2,025,000 -475,000	-475,000
Felipe Ketzer	1,700,000 -700,000	-700,000
Punnat Punsri	1,325,000 -1,375,000	-1,375,000
Daniel Palau	600,000 -165,000	-165,000
Yang Zhang	350,000 -4,650,000	-4,650,000