Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day 1b Started
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$93,399,900
Entries
10,043
Level
41
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
1,118
Players Left
819
Welcome to Day 1b of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event No-Limit Hold’em World Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. local time for the second of four opening flights at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Day 1a drew more than 1,000 players to the first flight, up from the 896 that turned out for the opening day of the 2022 Main Event. A total of 810 players bagged after five levels of play and they will all return on Friday for Day 2abc.
Records have fallen all summer long and many expect this year’s Main Event to be no exception. All eyes will be on the field size over the next three days to see if the 2006 record of 8,773 players will finally be eclipsed. Last year’s tilt drew 8,663 players and Espen Jorstad took home $10,000,000 for winning the world championship.
Israel’s Yehuda Dayan bagged the chip lead on Day 1a, but Doug Polk is lurking close behind after he bagged the fourth-largest stack of the day. Other returning notables include Faraz Jaka, David Moses, Bin Weng, John Hennigan, and 2006 Main Event Champion Jamie Gold. Gold had the honor of giving the “Shuffle Up and Deal” order at the beginning of the day and he got off to a quick start to bag just over 160,000.
Players will begin with 60,000 in chips and each of the opening flights will play five 120-minute levels before the remaining players bag up for their respective Day 2. Breaks are scheduled after each level and a 75-minute dinner break will be taken after Level 3. Surviving players from Day 1b will combine with those from 1a and 1c on Friday, July 7.
Day 1b Schedule
| LEVEL | ESTIMATED START | DURATION | SMALL BLIND | BIG BLIND | BIG BLIND ANTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. | 120 minutes | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 2:00 p.m. | 20-minute break | ||||
| 2 | 2:20 p.m. | 120 minutes | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| 4:20 p.m. | 20-minute break | ||||
| 3 | 4:40 p.m. | 120 minutes | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6:40 p.m. | 75-minute break | ||||
| 4 | 7:55 p.m. | 120 minutes | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 9:55 p.m. | 20-minute break | ||||
| 5 | 10:15 p.m. | 120 minutes | 300 | 600 | 600 |
Registration remains open through the first two levels of Day 2 and no reentries are available for this freezeout event. The tournament will stretch over two weeks and the final day of play is scheduled for Monday, July 17.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor of the 2023 WSOP Main Event at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
The tables spread all around the Horseshoe Convention Center are filling up and the players have been welcomed.
Under loud applause, the "shuffle up and deal" has officially been announced and Day 1b of the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event has now begun.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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60,000
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60,000 |
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With about 2,900 in the pot, the turn read 7♥7♠5♣A♦ and Giuseppe Galluzzo was faced with a bet of 2,000 before making the call.
The K♣ landed on the river and once checked to, Galluzzo fired a bet of 4,000 which earned him the pot as his opponent pitched his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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64,000
64,000
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64,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
There was a raise under the gun to 700 and action folded to polarizing character Martin Kabrhel on the button.
"We agreed 1,000 minimum on the raise, yes?" Martin told the raiser. "We make rules and you break them."
Martin then immediately raised to 4,000. The early position raiser thought for a moment and laid down his hand.
What happened? Did I win?" Martin asked as he dragged the pot.
It's going to be a long day for the surrounding tables in Horseshoe Gold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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63,000
63,000
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63,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
After action limped around, Adrian Mateos opened from the small blind and only Mark Kelly made the call from the cutoff.
The two went to a flop of 9♠7♦Q♦ and Mateos continued for 2,200 which Kelly called to see the turn 7♠.
Both Mateos and Kelly decided to check through and went straight to the 9♦ river where they also checked.
Mateos flipped over K♣J♦ to play the board with king-high while Kelly tabled K♥Q♦ for two pair, queens and nines, to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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56,300
-3,700
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-3,700 |
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