2023 World Series of Poker

Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$12,100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$93,399,900
Entries
10,043
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,118
Players Left
819

2004 Main Event Champion Raymer Takes Down Four-Bet Pot

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Greg Raymer
Greg Raymer

A player opened to 600 in early position and the cutoff three-bet to 1,700. The 2004 Main Event Champion Greg Raymer, who defeated a field of 2,576 to earn $5,000,000, was on the button and put in the four-bet to 5,000. The original raiser folded and the cutoff made the call.

When the 953 flop hit the felt, the cutoff quickly check-folded to a continuation bet of 4,000, sending the pot to Raymer.

Player Chips Progress
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Greg Raymer
67,500
67,500
67,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

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Duthie Gets Respect

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

John Duthie raised to 600 from the cutoff and was called by the button and the big blind.

The AQ6 flop was checked to the button and he bet 1,100. The big blind called and then Duthie check-raised to 7,000.

Both players quickly folded and Duthie collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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John Duthie
61,000
1,000
1,000

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Demarco Snaps an Early Photo

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Martin Kabrhel raised it up to 1,200 from the cutoff, with the minimum raise being 1,000 according to his rules. Michael Demarco called from the big blind which got Kabrhel excited.

"I only want your chips, Michael," Kabrhel rambled. "You took my t-shirt and you don't even wear it."

The flop came 833 and both players checked to the Q on the turn. Demarco led out with a bet of 3,000 and Kabrhel stuck around for the J on the river. Demarco fired out another bet of 7,000 and Kabrhel quickly called. Demarco turned over 32 for trip threes and Kabrhel couldn't beat it.

"Smile for me, Martin," Demarco said as he snapped a photo of his winning hand with Kabrhel in the background.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Demarco
63,200
63,200
63,200
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Martin Kabrhel
48,500
-14,500
-14,500
WSOP 3X Winner

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Fast Off to a Fast Start

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Dietrich Fast
Dietrich Fast

Dietrich Fast has been active in the early going, collecting quite a few chips in the first level of the day. He was back at it again with a completed board of 109238 and around 15,000 in the middle.

The cutoff led out with a bet of 5,600 and Fast raised to 30,600 on the button. His opponent thought for a minute before flicking in a call. Fast flipped over AJ for the nut flush and his opponent showed QJ for only a straight.

Player Chips Progress
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Dietrich Fast
103,500
43,500
43,500
WSOP 1X Winner

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D'Ambrosio Shows Heart

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

When the action was caught there were four hearts on the board of 4QKJ. Jimmy "D" D'Ambrosio made a bet of 6,000 from under the gun in a pot with around 7,500 chips in it.

His opponent was in middle position and thought it over while D'Ambrosio engaged in some table talk. Eventually, his opponent folded, prompting D'Ambrosio to show his 6.

"I had eight outs," his opponent claimed.

"A value bet with a six-high flush," D'Ambrosio proudly exclaimed.

Player Chips Progress
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Jimmy D'Ambrosio
49,500
49,500
49,500

Jamasi Gets Redemption

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The first hand PokerNews walked up on at Isaac Haxton's table involved a large pot with over 32,000 in the middle on a heads-up river of 103KK7. Claudia Crawford-Stein checked to her opponent, Farhad Jamasi, who checked back.

"I got nothing," Crawford-Stein admitted as she tabled A8 for ace-high.

"Yeah that's good," Jamasi replied as he showed QJ for a missed straight draw and Crawford-Stein was shipped the pot.

When asked how the pot got so large, she said that Haxton had opened, Jamasi three-bet, then she four-bet and Jamasi called. Then she check-raised the flop and then action checked through the river.

Then the very next hand, the following happened:

After an open and a call multi-way, five players went to a flop of 3108. The early position player led out for 2,200 and everyone made the call to see the 9 on the turn. The action then checked through to Jamasi in late position who then bet out 10,500. The early position player called while two players got out of the way, but then Peter Placey raised it up to 25,000 and the action was back on Jamasi.

Jamasi moved all in for a total of 42,900 and the early position tanked for a good while before he made the fold. Placey went into the tank himself to ponder the 17,900 raise he was facing. After a minute or so, he also decided to make the lay-down, at which point Jamasi showed the nuts with QJ, true redemption for the previous hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Farhad Jamasi
90,000
90,000
90,000
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Dusti Smith
85,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Peter Placey
38,000
38,000
38,000

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Gurevich Gets Value From Glantz

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Matt Glantz raised to 600 from middle position and was three-bet to 2,000 by Gaston Gurevich on the button. Action folded back to Glantz, who called.

Glantz check-called a 2,000 bet from Gurevich on the 824 flop and then both players checked on the 8 turn.

Glantz checked once more when the 3 completed the board, prompting a 6,000 bet from Gurevich. Glantz looked him up and Gurevich tabled 1010, which got a muck from Glantz.

Player Chips Progress
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Gaston Gurevich
68,000
68,000
68,000
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Matt Glantz
55,000
-5,000
-5,000
Team Lucky

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Fenster Gets a Fold

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Two players went to the flop, which fell 1082. The player sitting under the gun checked to Jeff Fenster on the button who bet out. His opponent called.

The turn came 10x. It was checked to Fenster who bet once more. The under the gun player folded JJ face up.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeff Fenster
86,000
86,000
86,000

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Kabrhel Overbets Turn and Bombs River

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Martin Kabrhel
Martin Kabrhel

Action was picked up with Martin Kabrhel betting 10,000 into a pot of about 6,000 on a board of 1082J from the hijack. The button tanked for a moment before putting in the call.

The river brought a J and Kabrhel went into the tank for over two minutes before putting out a green 25k chip and announcing "Nineteen thousand six hundred."

The button thought it over for a long time before eventually laying it down.

"I never bluff. I play safe poker. I would never bluff on Day 1. Wait 'til Day 4 and bluff my stack." Martin said as he dragged the pot. "I had the nuts, Jack-ten" he remarked, but no one will ever know.

Player Chips Progress
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Martin Kabrhel
58,000
9,500
9,500
WSOP 3X Winner

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