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

07-04-2023 20:58 UTC-8

Jam Turn, Snap Call

Jeremy Geist

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on a flop of 7♥8♥6♦. Serge Chechin led into the field for 1,700. It then made it to the button and Alok Arora min-clicked it to 3,400. The remaining players folded and Chechin called.

The turn brought a Q♦ and Chechin checked it over to Arora who put out a bet of 5,400. Chechin thought it over for about a minute before stacking his chips and putting them all in the middle. Arora snap called.

Serge Chechin: 10♠9♦
Alok Arora: 10♥9♥

They both laughed as the inconsequential river landed and they chopped it up after some drama.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alok Arora	88,000 88,000	88,000
Serge Chechin	45,000 -13,000	-13,000

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07-04-2023 20:58 UTC-8

Maue Sends A Player In The Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After an open to 1,500 by a player in middle position called by the cutoff, 2023 EPT Monte-Carlo runner-up Leonard Maue three-bet to 7,200 from the big blind. But the initial raiser decided to four-bet all-in for 36,000. The cutoff folded, and Maue called.

Opponent: A♥J♣
Leonard Maue: Q♦Q♥

Maue's opponent, at risk, hoped until the end to win this coin flip. But on 2♦8♣9♥10♦2♥, Maue's queens held, and he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonard Maue	170,000 170,000	170,000

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07-04-2023 20:58 UTC-8

The Final Break Has Arrived

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The players are on one more 20-minute break before Day 1b moves on to its final level. A selection of highlights from Level four are listed below.

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

07-04-2023 21:26 UTC-8

Gkatzas Mucks On The River

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After an open in early position, Dimitros Gkatzas raised to 4,000 from middle position and was called by the player seated on his left. The initial opener folded.

On the 8♠3♦4♦ flop, Gkatzas continued with a bet of 4,000, and his neighbor called. The J♦ came on the turn, and both players checked.

The river card was the 2♦, and Gkatzas added 8,500 to the pot. His opponent called, but Gkatzas didn't even show his cards, as he directly sent them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitros Gkatzas	130,000

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07-04-2023 21:27 UTC-8

Top Gold Stacks Heading Into Final Level

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Graham	267,000
Yuze Ding	256,500 45,400	45,400
Trevor Reardon	202,500

07-04-2023 21:31 UTC-8

King on the River Sends Pot to Pham

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Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 14,900 in the middle the turn read 6♠5♠3♣5♥ and David Pham checked to his opponent who checked back.

The K♣ fell on the river and both players checked once again. Pham tabled A♠K♥ and his opponent looked annoyed as he tossed his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	45,000 -30,500	-30,500

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07-04-2023 21:34 UTC-8

Evening Counts From Horseshoe Red

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Antonius	170,000 6,500	6,500

Johnny Chan	160,000 4,000	4,000

Jeff Lisandro	145,000 5,000	5,000

Chris Brewer	145,000 -13,000	-13,000

John Duthie	101,000 -9,000	-9,000
Matthias Kribben	100,000 -5,000	-5,000
Matt Glantz	93,000 -27,000	-27,000

Adrian Mateos	85,000 -4,000	-4,000

Isaac Haxton	72,000 -6,000	-6,000

Brian Topp	70,000 46,000	46,000
Antoine Saout	66,000 13,000	13,000
Humberto Brenes	65,000 1,000	1,000

Andy Frankenberger	63,000 -13,500	-13,500

Gaston Gurevich	42,000 10,000	10,000
Maxwell Young	40,000 2,000	2,000
Anthony Marquez	37,000 7,000	7,000

Marius Kudzmanas	31,000 -3,000	-3,000

Neil Blumenfield	28,000 -9,000	-9,000

07-04-2023 21:38 UTC-8

Malekpour KOs Black

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Kirk Brown

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After several players limped for 600, Andy Black raised it up to 3,600 and was called by Kamran Malekpour to see the flop of 5♠8♦3♥.

Black then continued by moving all in for his remaining 13,600 which Malekpour called to put him at risk of elimination.

Andy Black: A♠9♣
Kamran Malekpour: 6♦6♥

The board ran out K♥7♥ for Malekpour's pocket sixes to hold and Black was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kamran Malekpour	123,000
Andy Black	Busted

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07-04-2023 21:44 UTC-8

Jimmy D Spins it Up

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Jim Murray

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

An orbit of hands was relayed by Jimmy D'Ambrosio to PokerNews describing how he spun his stack up from a dangerously low 2,400, to his current count of 31,000.

In the first hand, D'Ambrosio doubled up when his A♥9♥ held against his opponents J♣9♣. "The board ran out clean on that one," commented D'Ambrosio

D'Ambrosio would double again in a come-from-behind victory when he shoved Q♦J♦ and was called by A♠Q♠. The final board ran out X♠X♠X♦X♦X♦ and the back-door flush brought the count up to 13,500 at this point.

In the final hand before the last break, D'Ambrosio would get another double when his A♣J♣ won a flip against the pocket nines of his opponent on a board that read QxJx4x5xKx.

"Make sure you use a good picture of me," mentioned D'Ambrosio.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy D'Ambrosio	31,000 25,700	25,700

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