Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 2abc | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-07-2023 20:34 UTC-8

Toughest Table in the Main Event?

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

When scouring the roughly 250 tables that are currently running on Day 2abc, there are very few that stand out like Table 453. The action folded around to Stephen Chidwick on the button who made it 4,000 to go. Leonard Maue folded his small blind and Manig Loeser called from the big blind.

The flop came Q♥7♠6♦ and Loeser checked to Chidwick who continued with a bet of 3,000. Loeser check-raised to 9,500 and Chidwick instantly dispatched his cards.

A few hands later, Alexandre Reard opened to 3,000 in early position and Chidwick three-bet to 9,000 from a couple of seats over. The action folded back to Reard who wanted nothing to do with the high-roller as he quickly folded as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonard Maue	354,000 -21,000	-21,000
Stephen Chidwick	223,000 3,000	3,000

Manig Loeser	85,000 27,100	27,100

Alexandre Reard	59,500 -24,700	-24,700

Tags: Alexandre Reard Leonard Maue Manig Loeser Stephen Chidwick

07-07-2023 20:36 UTC-8

Merk Versus Lech

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Michael Lech limped from under the gun and in the small blind, Abby Merk raised to 6,000 which only Lech called.

The flop peeled off 6♦4♣3♣ and Merk continued for 5,500 which saw Lech raise to 16,000 and Merk call.

Action checked through on the 3♥ turn to the 8♣ river that saw Merk bet 25,000 and Lech released his hand, ceding the pot to Merk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abby Merk	94,500 34,500	34,500
Michael Lech	91,500 -28,500	-28,500

Tags: Abby Merk Michael Lech

07-07-2023 20:37 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Horseshoe Gold

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hannes Speiser	555,000 55,000	55,000
Christopher Brammer	410,000 180,000	180,000

Doug Polk	330,000 -20,000	-20,000

Gary Banks	258,000 138,000	138,000
Tony Gregg	220,000 92,000	92,000
Linglin Zeng	215,000 -6,000	-6,000
Sergi Reixach	190,000 51,000	51,000
Mantas Petrauskas	161,000 -61,000	-61,000
Elisa Onay	145,000 78,400	78,400
Nicholas Potts	135,000 -37,000	-37,000
Hiroyuki Noda	130,000 14,000	14,000
Greg Raymer	125,000 -116,000	-116,000

Benjamin Chalot	125,000 -45,000	-45,000
David Bach	97,000 -98,000	-98,000

Bruno Fitoussi	90,000 55,000	55,000
Martin Jacobson	80,000 -11,000	-11,000

Thomas Eychenne	78,000 -147,500	-147,500
Andrea Buonocore	77,000 14,000	14,000
Ryan Depaulo	68,000 -77,000	-77,000

Matt Berkey	49,000 25,000	25,000
Yuval Bronshtein	44,000

Clayton Mozdzen	40,000 -38,000	-38,000

07-07-2023 20:39 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts for Horseshoe Silver

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Ollie Garland

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Miles	318,000 -22,000	-22,000
Johnny Chan	262,000 -24,000	-24,000

Sung Lee	175,000 -25,000	-25,000
Steven Markowitz	132,000 25,500	25,500
Jordan Ramirez	101,000 -113,000	-113,000
Jason Coppens	Busted

07-07-2023 20:42 UTC-8

McDermott Gets Caught

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Lazar Bartha, James Tilton and Timothy McDermott had gathered 10,000 in the middle when the flop of 6♣2♦Q♦ was dealt. Bartha and Tilton checked from the blinds and McDermott bet 3,500 from middle position.

Only Bartha made the call and the 3♠ turn graced the felt. McDermott now upped the ante to 14,000 after another check from Bartha, who called yet again.

The J♦ river then completed the board and both players now checked. Bartha tabled K♦Q♠ for top pair and McDermott quickly mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lazar Bartha	206,000 145,800	145,800
Timothy McDermott	189,000 22,800	22,800
James Tilton	23,500 -34,500	-34,500

Tags: James Tilton Lazar Bartha Timothy McDermott

07-07-2023 20:43 UTC-8

Deeb Takes From Lim

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Maxime Taldir

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

From the button, Shaun Deeb raised to 3,000 and was called by esports legend Yohwan Lim in the big blind.

On the 9♠9♥J♦ flop, Deeb made a continuation bet of 2,000. Under the watchful eye of the cameras following him, Lim check-called.

The 7♥ appeared on the turn, and Deeb fired a second barrel of 6,500. After a few seconds, Lim decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	200,000 147,500	147,500

Yohwan Lim	143,000 -48,900	-48,900

Tags: Shaun Deeb Yohwan Lim

07-07-2023 20:47 UTC-8

Nichols Blasts His Way Up the Counts

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Steven Nichols was facing a bet of 12,000 from an opponent under the gun on a flop of J♦9♠10♠ and called in middle position.

The turn came the 8♦ and action checked to Nichols, who now opened the betting for 16,500. His opponent called to the 2♥ river, where Nichols fired out another 26,000.

The under-the-gun player slid his cards into the muck as Nichols took the pot and is now approaching 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Nichols	470,000 116,500	116,500

Tags: Steven Nichols

07-07-2023 20:50 UTC-8

Hanna Wins Another Showdown Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Hayley Hanna called a preflop raise and a bet on the Q♠8♠7♣ flop before checking down the 8♣ turn and 2♥ river against Dimitrii Kamalov. The latter checked behind and then mucked when Hanna tabled her Q♣J♦ for queens and eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrii Kamalov	290,000 40,000	40,000
Hayley Hanna	160,000 23,500	23,500
He Zhou	130,000 87,000	87,000
David Kahan	78,000 5,000	5,000
Ben Diebold	50,000 -46,000	-46,000

Tags: Dimitrii Kamalov Hayley Hanna

07-07-2023 20:50 UTC-8

Mazzawi Fighting Back from the Brink

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Ryan Gray

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The big blind bet 4,500 on a board of 6♠8♥2♠8♠ and Christopher Mazzawi called from the cutoff.

When the big blind bet again, this time 17,500 on a 3♦ river, Mazzawi snapped him off. The big blind showed a busted straight draw, and Mazzawi the nut flush A♠J♠.

"Look at him," Axel Hallay said. "He was about to bust, and now look." Mazzawi confirmed Hallay's admiration, saying he had been down to 19,000 before the dinner break, and had reraised a 14,000 bet all in with just ace five, and spiked the ace that catapulted him toward his current post-dinner-break stack.

Meanwhile at this table, Robert Russ has continued his strong Day 2, chipping up his big stack with what he called, "Some inadvisable hero calls that nevertheless worked out."

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Russ	358,000 106,000	106,000
Christopher Mazzawi	137,000 90,000	90,000
Axel Hallay	92,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Axel Hallay Christopher Mazzawi Robert Russ

07-07-2023 20:50 UTC-8

Mchugh Sets The Trap With Ladies

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Andrew Knowles

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a heads-up pot with roughly 10,000 in the middle on a flop showing 7♦6♠2♠, Colin Mchugh bet out 4,000 from early position and his opponent on the button raised to 12,000. Mchugh tossed in chips for the call and the pair saw the 2♦ turn.

Mchugh checked his option to the button who continued with the same size of 12,000 and Mchugh came along. The 2♣ completed the board and Mchugh checked again. The button took some time, but in the end tapped the table to a showdown.

Mchugh rolled over Q♠Q♥ for a full house and scored the pot when his opponent mucked their hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Mchugh	119,000 2,900	2,900

Tags: Colin Mchugh