Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1a | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-03-2023 20:26 UTC-8

Winter Gets Value-Owned

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

In a heads-up pot on a board of 8♠4♠4♦ with around 30,000 already in the middle, Zak Lawson checked from the small blind and Sean Winter bet 6,000 on the button. Lawson called.

Lawson checked on the 3♥ turn and Winter checked back. Lawson checked once more on the A♥ river and Winter took some time before betting 15,500. Lawson quickly called.

Winter quickly showed AxJx before mucking as his opponent showed A♠Q♠ to have the high roller outkicked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zak Lawson	130,000 130,000	130,000
Sean Winter	63,000 -27,400	-27,400

Tags: Sean Winter Zak Lawson

07-03-2023 19:52 UTC-8

Chang Sends Tice to the Showers

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Landon Tice was down to just 7,000 chips and moved all in from early position. The action folded to Timothy Chang in the small blind who made the call and the hands were tabled.

Landon Tice: K♦J♦
Timothy Chang: 9♣9♦

It was a coin flip and the flop of 7♥7♦3♣ favored Chang with the pair of nines. The Q♠ on the turn and the 2♥ on the river also missed Tice who headed to the exit, but not without a troll from Doug Polk first.

https://twitter.com/DougPolkVids/status/1676072684575395843

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chang	126,000
Landon Tice	Busted

Tags: Timothy Chang Landon Tice Doug Polk

07-03-2023 19:25 UTC-8

Liu Returns to a Winner

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Xuan Liu was just getting back to her seat after the dinner break, citing that the parking lot was extremely busy which caused her to miss a couple of hands. Liu sat down and instantly raised it up to 1,200 in early position. Roberto Betbese defended from the big blind and the dealer fanned the flop of 8♠4♠2♥.

Betbese checked to Liu who continued with a bet of 1,500 and Betbese called. The A♥ landed on the turn and Betbese check-called another bet of 5,000 from Liu. The river was the 10♥ and Betbese checked for the final time. Liu put together a bet of 10,000 and Betbese thought for over a minute before making the call. Liu tabled A♦Q♠ for top pair and that was enough to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Betbese	48,000 -57,000	-57,000
Xuan Liu	42,500 15,500	15,500

Tags: Roberto Betbese Xuan Liu

07-03-2023 17:21 UTC-8

One Falls To Aces, Another to Big Slick

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There were two recent eliminations in the Gold section, first as Sam Snead Sweilem was eliminated holding QxJx against the A♣A♠ of Concetta Rinaldi-Sorscher on a board of 6♥3♠10x5xQ♠.

Across the room, Faraz Jaka was seen stacking up chips after his ace-king beat out pocket tens to send Tyler Matzen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	135,000 55,000	55,000

Concetta Rinaldi-Sorscher	80,000
Sam Snead Sweilem	Busted
Tyler Matzen	Busted

Tags: Concetta Rinaldi-Sorscher Faraz Jaka Sam Snead Sweilem Tyler Matzen

07-03-2023 17:20 UTC-8

Dunst Bluffs Into Broadway

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Anton Suarez bet for 4,000 into a 12,000 pot on a board that read 2♣10♠8♦Q♣J♣. Tony Dunst was in the next seat over and was his adversary for the hand.

Dunst put out four T-5,000 chips for a raise to 20,000. Without letting much time pass, Suarez put in the call.

Dunst could only muster up a pair of tens with his A♣10♦, while Suarez was comfortably sitting on rivered Broadway with A♦K♥. He raked in the pot and is now nearing a six-figure stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Suarez	95,000 95,000	95,000
Tony Dunst	36,200 -28,300	-28,300

Tags: Anton Suarez Tony Dunst

07-03-2023 16:57 UTC-8

Sluzinski Sniffs Out a Bluff

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jeff Sluzinski raised to 1,000 from early position and was called by the players in the cutoff and big blind.

Action checked to Sluzinski on the 8♠K♠2♦ flop and he continued for 1,500. Only the cutoff called.

Sluzinski's opponent check-called a 3,000 bet on the Q♥ turn and then led out for 10,500 when the 7♥ completed the board.

Sluzinski asked for a count before deciding to make the call. His opponent could only show 5♥2♥ for a pair of deuces, which were no good against the K♥J♦ of Sluzinski for top pair and he collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Sluzinski	102,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Jeff Sluzinski

07-03-2023 16:31 UTC-8

Third Barrel Takes it Down for Rich

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Tyler Foran

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Angelina Rich opened 1,000 in the hijack and Alfie Adam defended his big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of Q♠8♠6♣ and Adam check-called a bet of 900.

The 7♦ fell on the turn and Adam checked to Rich who fired again, this time for 4,000. Adam didn't go anywhere as he tossed in a call.

The dealer dropped the K♣ on the river and Adam checked for a final time before Rich announced a bet of 9,000. Adam pushed his cards forward as he said, "I almost got there."

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelina Rich	71,000 4,600	4,600
Alfie Adam	32,500 32,500	32,500

Tags: Alfie Adam Angelina Rich

07-03-2023 15:15 UTC-8

Tice Makes Incredible Fold; Left Short

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Tyler Foran

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The button limped and Michael Wilklow raised to 1,500 in the small blind. Landon Tice called in the big blind, as did the button.

The dealer fanned a flop of 10♦10♣8♠ and all three players checked around.

The 2♣ fell on the turn and Wilklow bet 5,100. Only Tice made the call.

When the 3♣ landed on the river, Wilklow led out for 11,000 before Tice raised to 37,000, leaving just 5,000 behind. Wilklow moved all in and Tice tank folded while saying, "I guess you just have eights here?"

Tice showed his 2x2x for a full house, and Wilklow let him know he was right as he tabled 8x8x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wilklow	105,000 105,000	105,000
Landon Tice	5,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Landon Tice Michael Wilklow

07-03-2023 15:09 UTC-8

Gold "Running Too Good"

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The player in the cutoff raised to 800 and was called by the player in the small blind and Jamie Gold in the big blind.

Action checked to the preflop raiser on the Q♠J♣K♦ flop and he bet 1,000. The small blind called and Gold then check-raised to 3,300. The cutoff folded, as did the small blind after a bit of thought.

"Save your money, save your money," Gold said as he turned over the 10♠9♦ for a flopped straight. "I'm running too good."

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Gold	148,000 7,300	7,300

Tags: Jamie Gold

07-03-2023 15:02 UTC-8

Keating Wins a Big One

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In a pot worth roughly 60,000 chips, there was a board completed that read 10♦10♠A♠K♦4♥. Alex Keating led out for 17,000 from the big blind and received a call from Cliff Maloney on the button.

Keating showed down Q♥10♥ for flopped trips and took the pot when Maloney mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	86,000 86,000	86,000

Cliff Maloney	33,700

Tags: Alex Keating