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

07-05-2023 17:30 UTC-8

Ausmus Leads the Turn

Adam Lamers

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 1,000 in early position and picked up three callers along the way. The flop came J♦4♦2♦ and Ausmus continued with a bet of 1,200. The player on his left raised to 3,300 and Ausmus called.

The turn brought the Q♦ and Ausmus led out with a bet of 4,000. His opponent thought for a moment but decide to fold with four diamonds on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	70,000 18,000	18,000

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07-05-2023 17:31 UTC-8

"Feels Like A Million"

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Chris Land

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A player in early position raised to 1,500. Action folded to Ryan Slanicka on the button who tossed out a three-bet to 4,000. The early position player called to bring out the K♠A♥J♦ flop.

Both players checked and watched as the dealer put the 2♠ out on the turn.

The early position player checked and Slanicka bet out 2,500. His opponent called and the dealer put the 5♦ out on the river.

Action checked through to showdown and Slanicka turned up the A♣Q♦ which was best versus the A♠10♣ of his opponent.

Slanicka made mention that he had been as low as 4,000 chip earlier in Day 1 and has battled back to a stack over 30,000 which he said, "Feels like a million".

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Slanicka	31,100

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07-05-2023 17:41 UTC-8

Surprise...Vogelsang Wins a Long One!

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Adam Lamers

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Christoph Vogelsang raised to 1,000 from under the gun and five players decided to join the party. It took nearly two minutes just to get to the flop of Q♥5♣2♣. Vogelsang continued with a bet of 1,600 and Navot Golan raised to 3,500 on his left. Robert Scherer called in the cutoff and Vogelsang also came along.

The turn was the 4♦ and the action checked around to the 8♦ on the river. Vogelsang led out with a bet of 5,600 and it took Golan a couple of minutes before he finally folded. Scherer thought for a bit as well but also decided to fold and the pot was shipped to Vogelsang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Vogelsang	67,000 -400	-400
Navot Golan	48,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Navot Golan Robert Scherer

07-05-2023 17:45 UTC-8

Chance Kornuth Talks Family, Strategy, Coaching, and Addiction with 888Ride

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Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

888poker has relaunched its popular 888Ride YouTube feature where David Tuchman invites prominent poker players and figureheads for a drive around Las Vegas, all while quizzing them about anything and everything. The series proved popular in 2022 and looks set to follow the same trend during the 2023 WSOP, especially when you see the host of stars lined up for the 888Ride experience.

Colorado's Chance Kornuth was one of the first poker superstars 888Ride has featured this summer. In the ten-minute video, Kornuth discusses the struggles of balancing family life with being a professional poker player, his love of poker coaching, an incredible call down in the $25,000 High Roller, and much more besides.

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07-05-2023 17:47 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Porter	135,000 135,000	135,000
Mike Matusow	105,500 25,300	25,300

Garry Gates	95,600 -28,400	-28,400
Edward Jordan	95,500 21,500	21,500
Alex Foxen	81,800 24,800	24,800

Michael Clemente	81,000 10,000	10,000
Mustapha Kanit	73,600 41,400	41,400

David Johnson	71,600 5,100	5,100
Efthymia Litsou	69,800 11,400	11,400
Leonard August	61,500 -500	-500
Ken Le	59,200 -1,300	-1,300
Jon Turner	58,000 -1,000	-1,000
Santiago Trujillo	54,500 -4,000	-4,000
Yervand Boyadjian	40,000 -14,200	-14,200
Chris Grigorian	35,000 -5,000	-5,000
Maria Ho	15,500 4,200	4,200
Andreas Kniep	Busted
Isaac Kempton	Busted

07-05-2023 17:48 UTC-8

Second Pair Is Good For Merlo

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ex Warcraft professional player Yoan Merlo opened to 900 from early position. Everybody else at the table folded, except for the big blind, who called.

The dealer fanned a flop of 2♦Q♠6♣ that both players checked. Then the 9♦ appeared on the turn. The small blind threw a single chip of 1,000 in front of him, and Merlo matched the bet with 1,000 as well.

On the river 3♥ and both players checked once more. The small blind revealed 4♠4♦, but it wasn't enough as Merlo showed A♣9♣ for a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoan Merlo	64,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Yoan Merlo

07-05-2023 17:49 UTC-8

Baumgartner Gets There

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Jeremy Geist

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action folded to Blake Baumgartner on the button who opened to 1,000. The small blind folded and when action was on the big blind they three-bet to 4,400. Baumgartner called.

The A♠7♠7♥ landed on the flop and the three-bettor continued for 4,500. Baumgartner called again.

The 5♥ landed on the turn and the big blind then bet 10,000. Baumgartner went into the tank for over a minute and eventually called.

The river landed a 9♠ and the big blind slowed down and checked. Baumgartner didn't take much time before betting out for 18,000. The big blind went into the tank for over a minute before finally flicking in a chip.

Baumgartner quickly tabled K♠10♠ for a rivered nut flush and the big blind mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Baumgartner	79,000

Tags: Blake Baumgartner

07-05-2023 17:51 UTC-8

Pressure Pays off for Zipati

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Dominic Clementson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three players saw a flop of 6♣9♦9♠. Eliran Zipati bet 1,700 from early position and got one call, from the big blind.

Zipati bet again on a 8♦ turn card and received another call.

A 5♠ on the river was met with a third barrel from Zipati and his opponent had a short think before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eliran Zipati	96,000 96,000	96,000

Tags: Eliran Zipati

07-05-2023 17:52 UTC-8

Updated Red Counts

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Kirk Brown

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravee Sundara	135,000 135,000	135,000
Bryan Piccioli	102,000 10,500	10,500

Aliaksandr Shylko	98,800 -2,200	-2,200
Colin Robinson	85,000 13,000	13,000

Adam Hendrix	75,000 14,300	14,300
Euan McNicholas	72,000 12,000	12,000
Dan Shak	72,000 -3,700	-3,700
Rayan Chamas	71,800 6,600	6,600
Noah Schwartz	61,000 15,000	15,000

Justin Kusumowidagdo	59,000 4,000	4,000
Lindsey Kludt	56,000 25,500	25,500
Michael Nia	51,000 13,000	13,000
Nick Eastwood	50,000 -5,300	-5,300

Jon Swift	46,000 -18,000	-18,000
Molly Mossey	45,000
Jaspal Brar	43,000 -28,000	-28,000

Marle Spragg	42,000 -20,000	-20,000

Darren Elias	Busted

07-05-2023 17:53 UTC-8

Salem Gets the Flush

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The board read 9♠6♥J♥3♥7♣ and high stakes cash game player Naseem Salem aka Nick bet 9,000 into the big pot and Terrance Reid talked himself into making the call. Salem showed 10♥7♥ for the flush and Reid mucked after confirming that Salem had the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terrance Reid	90,000 8,700	8,700
Naseem Salem	70,000

Tags: Terrance Reid Naseem Salem