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

07-07-2023 22:07 UTC-8

Little Boost for Bin Khalek

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Abu Hamza Bin Khalek was a bigger stack early in the day at his table and has since been surpassed by Chin Wei Lim. The stack of Bin Khalek took a toll but he just bounced back after knocking out Bruce Little.

With the cards already flipped over, Little was at risk with K♣Q♠ versus A♠K♦ and the A♣9♣8♥K♠6♠ runout sealed his fate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chin Wei Lim	300,000 35,000	35,000
Abu Hamza Bin Khalek	160,000 -90,000	-90,000
Bruce Little	Busted

Tags: Abu Hamza Bin Khalek Bruce Little Chin Wei Lim

07-07-2023 22:09 UTC-8

Heater Engaged for Elezra

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There was a raise from the hijack and Eli Elezra just called in the cutoff. David "Bakes" Baker shipped all in for 34,000 on the button which got both the hijack and Elezra to call.

The flop came 10♠10♥6♦ and the hijack led out with a bet of 18,000. Elezra quickly called and the 8♠ landed on the turn. Both players checked to the 6♥ on the river and then checked once more.

The hijack turned over A♣K♠ for ace-high but Elezra had that beat with 9♠9♥. Baker could only muster 7♠7♥ for a smaller pair and headed to the rail in the last level of Day 2abc.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	270,500 39,500	39,500

David "Bakes" Baker	Busted

Tags: Eli Elezra David "Bakes" Baker

07-07-2023 22:09 UTC-8

Pardo Puts Pressure On Opponent

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Andrew Knowles

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A player in early position opened to 4,000 and it folded to the hijack who made the call. The rest of the table got out of the way and Juan Pardo tossed in chips for the call from the big blind.

The flop came 6♥3♣2♠ and Pardo checked to the initial raiser who bet 6,000. The hijack quickly folded and Pardo put in a check-raise to 18,000. The early position player made the call and the 2♦ hit the turn.

Pardo took a few seconds before tossing out a bet of 25,000 and his opponent went in the tank. After close to 30 seconds, the early position player folded and Pardo scored the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	145,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Juan Pardo

07-07-2023 22:10 UTC-8

Martini Stops the Bleeding

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

It had been a rough day at the tables for Julien Martini so far as he lost a big portion of his stack. The Frenchman was just involved in a heads-up pot with Stanislav Urodlivchenko and check-raised the J♠8♠4♣ flop from 4,000 to 16,000. Urodlivchenko came along to the 10♠ turn but snap-folded when Martini bet 20,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislav Urodlivchenko	230,000 10,000	10,000
Sylvain Loosli	220,000 40,000	40,000

Daniel Rezaei	152,000 2,000	2,000
Julien Martini	135,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Julien Martini Stanislav Urodlivchenko

07-07-2023 22:14 UTC-8

Bardah Flops A Set

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A player from under the gun raised to 6,000 and the early position player called as well as Ronnie Bardah in middle position while everyone else folded including Michael Lech in the big blind.

The flop came out 6♣3♥4♥ and the under the gun player moved all in for 62,000 which saw only Bardah call.

Opponent: A♠A♥
Ronnie Bardah: 3♣3♦

The board ran out 5♠10♥ and the WSOP bracelet winner took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronnie Bardah	435,000 75,000	75,000

Michael Lech	45,500 -46,000	-46,000

Tags: Michael Lech Ronnie Bardah

07-07-2023 22:15 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Red and Orange

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Majed	467,000 -29,000	-29,000
Steven Nichols	433,000 -37,000	-37,000
Nishant Sharma	297,500 5,500	5,500
Ryan Feldman	245,000 -5,000	-5,000
Joe McKeehen	234,000 74,000	74,000

Marco Johnson	190,000 5,000	5,000

Scott Blumstein	190,000 74,000	74,000

Martin Zamani	185,000 38,000	38,000
David Guay	167,500 98,500	98,500

Micah Raskin	160,000 48,000	48,000
Josh Arieh	153,000 -57,000	-57,000

Gaelle Baumann	141,000 56,000	56,000

Michael Gathy	123,000 80,000	80,000

Christoph Vogelsang	113,500 3,500	3,500
Sam Abernathy	58,000 6,500	6,500
David "Bakes" Baker	51,500 51,500	51,500

Xuan Liu	25,000 -45,000	-45,000

07-07-2023 22:15 UTC-8

Loughman Takes from Buonocore

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a three-way pot with a flop 7♣7♥2♠ and around 65,000 in the pot, Andrea Buonocore sent 20,000 from the small blind and Patrick Loughman raised to 50,000. Ami Alibay got out of the way and after a long thinking, Buonocore also folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Loughman	265,000 35,000	35,000
Ami Alibay	91,000 58,500	58,500
Andrea Buonocore	89,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Ami Alibay Andrea Buonocore Patrick Loughman

07-07-2023 22:16 UTC-8

Ace High is Enough for Denick

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Ollie Garland

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The button raised to 4,000, finding Andrew Denick in the small blind who three-bet to 12,000. The button called.

Denick continued for 7,000 on a board of 9♦K♠7♠, to which his opponent called.

The turn fell the 2♣ and Denick didn't slow down as he committed an additional 26,000 chips to the pot. The button elected to see a river.

Denick checked at the sight of the 4♥, as did his opponent on the button. Denick was first to show A♣Q♦ for just ace-high, which was good enough to see his opponent's card sent to the muck as he claimed this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Denick	155,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Andrew Denick

07-07-2023 22:19 UTC-8

Spragg Joins Red

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Benjamin Spragg has joined the Red section of the Horseshoe Event Center late on Day 2abc. He got involved in a pot when he raised to 4,500 from early position and received calls from players in the hijack and the big blind.

The flop of K♥J♦5♣ got checked through and so did the 9♠ turn. On the 2♦ river, Spragg was the one to eventually bet 7,000 chips and the player in the hijack called.

Spragg showed his ace-high with A♥4♥ but the hijack played a pair with 7♠7♥ and won the pot from the British poker streamer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Spragg	118,500 3,500	3,500

Tags: Benjamin Spragg

07-07-2023 22:19 UTC-8

Moreno Eliminated by Coliny

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

As recounted to PokerNews from the players at his table, Andrew Moreno has recently been eliminated from the main event.

Moreno reportedly got his last chips in as a short stack with QxJx against Justin Coliny, who had him out-kicked with KxQx. Neither player connected with the board and Coliny secured the knockout with king-queen high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Coliny	306,000 176,900	176,900
Andrew Moreno	Busted

Tags: Andrew Moreno Justin Coliny