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

07-03-2023 17:48 UTC-8

Nakanishi Leads the Silver Section Heading Into Dinner Break

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shota Nakanishi	301,900 261,700	261,700

Nawaung Maran	295,000 54,000	54,000
Sebastian Comel	224,500 224,500	224,500
Dae-Hyung Lee	190,000 68,000	68,000
Wim Verhaegen	174,000 174,000	174,000

Doug Polk	172,000 55,700	55,700

Nick Maimone	164,000 164,000	164,000

07-03-2023 17:48 UTC-8

Horn Busts Piper With Quad Kings Versus Aces Full

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Easily the biggest bad beat of the tournament so far took place at Table 642. Steven Piper had A♦A♣ on a board of K♠A♠4♣K♥7♦, losing to only one holding, and that is the K♦K♣ that Gary Horn held for quads.

"That's about how my summer's been going," Piper said glumly after taking the tremendous beat as players headed to dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Horn	100,000 28,500	28,500
Steven Piper	Busted

Tags: Gary Horn Steven Piper

07-03-2023 17:49 UTC-8

Dinner Time

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8:05 p.m. local time.

Here are some highlights from the past level:

07-03-2023 19:05 UTC-8

Back in Action

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players have returned from dinner break and the cards are back in the air!

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

07-03-2023 19:10 UTC-8

Post-Dinner Chip Updates from Horseshoe Silver

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianna Avdic McIntire	150,500 29,500	29,500
James Jarvis (UK)	137,200 29,200	29,200
John Hennigan	127,500 60,500	60,500

Adam Ross	124,500 41,000	41,000
Amy Fontaine	115,000 30,000	30,000
Jorn Walthaus	109,000 56,100	56,100
Richard Scardina	107,000 57,900	57,900
Jeff Sluzinski	98,000 -4,000	-4,000

Steve Lu	97,800 5,300	5,300
Asher Harel	88,500 47,000	47,000
Timothy Parisian	85,500 1,000	1,000
Kubanychbek Abakirov	82,000 72,000	72,000
Joseph Gallagher	74,500 -7,500	-7,500
Billy Baxter	73,500 20,000	20,000

Barny Boatman	73,000 -14,000	-14,000

Mike Smith (US)	73,000 15,500	15,500
Robert Grossglauser	58,000 48,000	48,000
Ian Drake	55,600 -30,400	-30,400
Knowlton Atterbeary	46,500 -10,000	-10,000
Gerard Reinhart	45,000 -3,500	-3,500
Roman Emelyanov	38,000 -38,000	-38,000
Florian Guimond	26,500 11,000	11,000

07-03-2023 19:17 UTC-8

Smith Fades Polk's "Big Hand"

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Doug Polk raised to 1,500 on the button and was called by Mike Smith in the small blind and the player in the big blind.

Smith led out for 1,600 on the 3♦5♣4♥ flop and only the big blind called.

Action then checked down on the J♠ turn and 9♥ river and Smith tabled A♠4♦ for a pair of fours. His opponent mucked and Smith added to his stack.

"I just want you to know that I would have made a big hand," Polk said. "And the table feels bad for me."

Player	Chips	Progress
Doug Polk	170,000 -2,000	-2,000

Mike Smith (US)	72,000 -1,000	-1,000

Tags: Doug Polk Mike Smith

07-03-2023 19:20 UTC-8

Updated Counts and Some Eliminations In the Gold Section

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Sinclair	100,000 24,000	24,000

Jean Souprayenmestry	94,000 94,000	94,000
James McManus (IL)	60,000 -17,000	-17,000
Scott Stewart	52,000 -29,300	-29,300
Artur Martirosyan	40,000 40,000	40,000

Jacob Ferro	28,000 -11,800	-11,800
Ryan Leng	Busted

Jared Griener	Busted

07-03-2023 19:24 UTC-8

Nur Gets a Fold From Cada

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Joe Cada opened to 1,200 in middle position and Robert Nur three-bet to 2,800 in the big blind. Cada called.

Nur bet a small 1,500 on the A♣10♣5♦ flop and Cada called. Nur then bet 6,500 on the 6♠ turn and the 2009 Main Event champion folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Nur	80,000
Joe Cada	75,000 21,200	21,200

Tags: Joe Cada Robert Nur

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