The player under the gun raised to 1,200 and Hiroyuki Noda in the big blind defended. The flop came J♦5♠3♦ and the player under the gun made a continuation bet of 2,300 and Noda called.
The turn was the A♣ and the player under the gun pushed the aggression button again and made a bet of 6,500. Noda made the call without hesitation.
The player under the gun gave up on the river 7♣ and Noda turned over 5♣2♠ for fourth pair and the other player mucked.
Vanessa Selbst raised to 1,200 from middle position and got called by a player in late position before seeing Andy Bloch put in a three-bet to 4,400.
Both Selbst and the late position player called to see a 6♥4♦J♦ flop. Selbst checked as did the late position player before Bloch tossed out a bet of 7,000.
Action was back on Selbst and after about a minute, she stacked most of her chips up in a single tower and slid a 49,000 chip check-raise into the middle.
The late position player folded and Bloch entered the tank. A full three or more minutes had gone by when Selbst and Bloch started talking back and forth a bit.
"Do you have kings? No one has ever folded kings here before!" Selbst said to Bloch. "Do you have aces?" Bloch responded.
"Can I say what I have? Can I say what I don't have?" Bloch laughed.
Selbst seemed comfortable during the long tank, but eventually, Bloch stuck in the rest of his chips and Selbst, who had only left herself with around 2,000 behind, called off and did not seem happy about it.
Vanessa Selbst: A♦Q♦
Andy Bloch: Q♥Q♣
Selbst was behind but still had a lot of outs with two cards to come but when the turn and river came the J♠ and Q♠, Selbst's Day 1 exit was made official as the dealer turned her cards face down and pushed the pot in Bloch's direction.
There was a raise from early position to 1,500. Action then folded to Matt Vaughan on the button who called and Leo Worthington-Leese called from the small blind.
The 4♥6♣3♣ flop hit the felt and action checked to the original raiser. He put out a bet of 2,800 and both Vaughan and Worthington-Leese called.
The turn brought a 7♣ and the action slowed down and checked through.
The K♠ landed on the river and Worthington-Leese only took a moment before opting to lead out for 5,100. The original raiser folded and action was on Vaughan who looked to be considering a call but ultimately thought better of it and mucked.
Worthington-Leese grabbed a nice pot late in Day 1 to give himself a healthy stack.
There was a raise to 1,400 in middle position which Todd Witteles called from the hijack. Erik Seidel also came along from the big blind as the dealer fanned the flop of J♣9♥3♣. The action checked to Witteles who made a bet of 3,500. Seidel check-raised all in for 5,900 and Witteles quickly called.
Erik Seidel: Q♣4♣
Todd Witteles: A♣8♣
Seidel had a flush draw but Witteles had the better one, leaving Seidel looking to pair up his live cards. The J♠ and 3♠ runout changed nothing and Seidel headed for the exit.
On a J♣9♦5♥ board, a player and Koray Aldemir checked to a player on the button who bet 1,500. The first player called, Aldemir raised to 5,800, the button called, and the third player folded.
Aldemir checked the 7♣ on the turn, the button bet 9,000, and Aldemir called with about 43,000 behind.
On the 2♣ river, Aldemir checked once again. His opponent moved all in, covering the 2021 World Champion, and the German gave it up after about two minutes.
PokerNews was called over to a table with Sreekanth Nistala and another play heads up on a the turn with close to 100,000 already in the middle.
The late position player had raised pre-flop with the button putting in a three-bet. Nistala then put in a four-bet from the small blind and the initial late position raiser tossed out a five-bet.
The button folded and Nistala made the call to see the 2♥7♣5♦ flop. Nistala checked and his opponent bet out 16,000. Nistala called and brought out the Q♠ on the turn.
Action checked through and the dealer put the 7♠ out on the river.
Nistala open-jammed for enough to put his late position opponent all in. The player in late position entered a very long tank, thinking for about three to four minutes.
Eventually, he uncapped his cards, checked them one last time and slid them into the muck, causing Nistala jump from his chair and slam the A♦K♦ face up in the middle of the table.
His opponent revealed that he had folded KxKx as Nistala collected the pot and celebrated a successful massive bluf with about 15 minutes left if the day.
During one of the last hands of the day, on a heads-up flop of K♦4♠10♥, Sergio Aguero checked over to his opponent, Michael Monroig, who bet 3,000.
Aguero quickly made the call and the two went to the turn 9♥ where Monroig continued for 6,500 and Aguero check-called again.
The river came the 5♥ and Aguero checked to Monroig once more who fired for 11,500 but Aguero showed no fear and quickly called.
"Straight," Monroig announced as he tabled Q♦J♥ for a turned straight while Aguero flipped over K♣9♣ for a turned two-pair that was unfortunately not enough to win the pot and it was shipped over to Monroig.
Even with this loss, the famous footballer still has a healthy stack of 87,000 to take with him into Day 2 of the WSOP Main Event.
In the dying seconds of the night, Koray Aldemir became the first former Main Event champion to be eliminated from the 2023 WSOP Main Event. According to the dealer, the 2021 champ looked down at KxKx and three-bet to 5,800 after n raise to 1,400.
Another player put in a cold four-bet to 15,000 and Aldemir shoved after two minutes. His opponent snap-called AxAx and Aldemir's Main Event came to an end after five blanks hit the board.
The third of four starting flights in Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship has come to an end, and it proved to be the biggest one yet after drawing approximately 3,080 players here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Of those players, it was Christopher Brammer who rose to the top after bagging 386,100 in chips through five levels of play. Other big stacks include Sreekanth Nistala (260,200) and Tom Cannuli (248,000). Some 2,326 players progressed.
Brammer, a poker professional from the United Kingdom, is no stranger to poker success, with over $2 million in career tournament earnings in the live arena and millions more from the online poker world. The Brit won his first and only bracelet back in 2017 in a Turbo No-Limit Hold'em event, and he is now in prime position to make a deep run in the Main Event.
End of Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Christopher Brammer
United Kingdom
386,100
483
2
Michael Banducci
United States
292,600
366
3
Lawrence Chang
United States
280,900
351
4
Roman Valerstein
United States
273,300
342
5
Michael Pinto
Netherlands
266,600
333
6
Daniel Kirsch
Canada
252,800
316
7
DID NOT REPORT 11
United States
248,100
310
8
Adrian Buckley
United States
245,000
306
9
Patrick Beuter
United States
244,200
305
10
Keith Cummins
Ireland
244,000
305
Former Champions Continue to Bag, and Agüero Makes a Special Appearance
The trend of WSOP Main Event champions bagging into Day 2 continued after Joe McKeehen (111,500), Tom McEvoy (90,400), Scott Blumstein (71,900), Espen Jorstad (62,000), and Ryan Riess (68,100) all navigated their way through Day 1c. They will be joining fellow champions Greg Raymer, Johnny Chan, Martin Jacobson, Damian Salas, and Jamie Gold for Day 2abc on July 7.
Speaking of Main Event champions, Phil Hellmuth teased another grand entrance for tomorrow, which he tweeted will consist of him dressing up as “The Greatest Showman” alongside two-time Poker Player’s Championship winner Dan Cates, who is expected to don a lion costume.
Former professional footballer (soccer player) Sergio Agüero, widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the Premier League, made a late appearance in the day and managed to bag up a respectable 85,500. The Manchester City all-time top goalscorer has dabbled in poker before, having just under $6,000 in live tournament earnings, and will be looking to make a splash in the poker world from Day 2 onward.
Sergio Aguero
Day 1c had no shortage of other top pros and notables who took their shot at WSOP glory. A few who earned a Day 2 berth include Josh Arieh (181,200), Michael Wang (158,600), Phil Laak (146,100), Mustapha Kanit (142,400), Ronnie Bardah (121,400), Stephen Chidwick (105,000), Masato Yokosawa (100,600), and Todd Brunson (88,200).
Daniel Negreanu spent much of his day at the feature table alongside Shelby Wells, whose first and only WSOP cash came last year after she won a seat to the Main Event from Nadya Magnus via a Twitter competition. Shelby went on to place 97th in 2022, but she ended up busting late in the evening despite being up to as much as 140,000 earlier in the day. Negreanu didn't fare much better as he was unable to build any real momentum and ended up bagging 25,900.
Daniel Negreanu
Some notables who will have to wait until next year for another shot at the title include Maria Ho, Vanessa Selbst, Erik Seidel, Mikita Badziakouski, Darren Elias, and Kevin Martin, who, despite getting off to a hot start and pulling off a sick bluff, fizzled out and was eliminated in Level 4.
Koray Aldemir was also sent out during one of the last hands of the evening in brutal fashion after running kings into aces to become the first Main Event winner to fail to find a bag during this year's tournament.
Koray Aldemir
So far, approximately 5,217 players have entered across the first three start days. This means that Day 1d will need to attract more than 3,500 players in order to break the record number of 8,773 entrants – a record that has stood since 2006 when Gold became the world champion. Day 1d is anticipated to attract the most number of players by a large margin, so the record is well within reach. And even if the record is not broken by the end of Day 1d, registration will remain open through the first two levels of both Day 2s.
Day 1d gets underway on July 6 at 12 p.m. local time. Blind structures remain the same as previous Day 1s, and play will last for five 120-minute levels. Twenty-minute breaks will be held after each level, and a 75-minute dinner break will commence after level three.
Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the action for Day 1d, which is sure to draw the most players, heartache, and elation yet here at the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event!
