Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 4 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-10-2023 22:44 UTC-8

Cartwright Can Feel the Payne

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Joshua Payne opened to 40,000 with the A♥A♣, picking up a call by Kyle Cartwright in the big blind with the K♦9♥. On a K♥5♠2♦ flop, Cartwright opted to check-call for 35,000 and checked again the 10♥ on the turn.

Payne fired a second barrel for 105,000 and received a call by Cartwright, who then improved with the 9♠ river. Cartwright now checked and Payne bet for 325,000 as his opponent vaulted out of the chair.

Cartwright shook his head but called after a minute for Payne to announce aces, as Cartwright shook his head.

"Is that no good?" Payne inquired and was then instantly shown the bad news.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Cartwright	2,395,000 515,000	515,000

Joshua Payne	350,000 -505,000	-505,000

Tags: Kyle Cartwright Joshua Payne

07-10-2023 22:44 UTC-8

Obst Gives Up on the River

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Tanner Lefferts and James Obst had created a 115,000 pot preflop and they went heads up to a flop of 5♦J♣8♥.

Lefferts bet 40,000 chips on the 5♦J♣8♥ flop and Obst made the call. On the 8♦ turn, Lefferts upped the ante to 105,000 and Obst once again matched the bet.

The river then fell the 9♠ and Lefferts once again increased his sizing, this time to 230,000. It was enough to let Obst let his hand go, and Lefferts overtook Obst in chips before the table broke not much later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanner Lefferts	1,650,000 -190,000	-190,000
James Obst	1,400,000 -380,000	-380,000

Tags: James Obst Tanner Lefferts

07-10-2023 22:45 UTC-8

Players Eliminated in 603rd - 665th Place ($30,000)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	Busted
Niko Koop	Busted
Edward Konarske	Busted
Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Jason Krug	Busted
Dalton McMullen	Busted
Taylor McFarland	Busted
Chet Sickle	Busted
Brandon Brown	Busted
Tracey Nguyen	Busted
Christopher Battenfield	Busted
Benjamin Ozer	Busted
Glenn LaFaye	Busted
Thierry Quintin	Busted
Nick Petrangelo	Busted

Douglas Gerda	Busted
Francis Cruz	Busted
Kevin Henderson	Busted
David Guay	Busted

Matthew Hackney	Busted
Brent Ballentine	Busted
William Ysmael	Busted
Moritz Reiner	Busted
Daniel Chuprun	Busted
Patrick Steele	Busted

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07-10-2023 22:50 UTC-8

Koon Keeps Chipping Up

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Ollie Garland

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jason Koon raised from the button to 40,000, finding the player in the big blind, who defended.

The action was checked to Koon who bet out 30,000 on a board of 6♦7♥2♦. His opponent called.

The J♦ on the turn checked through to the Q♥ on the river. Action back on Koon, he bet out again for 100,000. His opponent relinquished their cards and Koon claimed this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	700,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Jason Koon

07-10-2023 22:51 UTC-8

Baskharon Leaves Tastanis on Fumes

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was picked up with Marcel Baskharon all in and at risk preflop against Michail Tastanis, who had him slightly covered.

Marcel Baskharon: K♥K♣
Michail Tastanis: Q♥Q♦

The flop came 7♦K♠10♦ and an overjoyed Baskharon got up from his seat. The rest of the board ran out 5♠9♥ and Baskharon secured a massive double up while Tastanis was left with a very short stack.

Tastanis would be eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcel Baskharon	2,500,000 1,591,000	1,591,000
Michail Tastanis	Busted

Tags: Marcel Baskharon Michail Tastanis

07-10-2023 22:56 UTC-8

Salazar Makes a Straight

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Tyler Foran

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Eric Salazar bet 70,000 on the A♥7♣3♣10♥ turn and Nicholas Howard made the call before Yuhuda Dayan folded.

The 10♥ hit the river, and Salazar check-called a bet of 140,000. Howard tabled A♠J♣ but it was no good as Salazar showed 6♦4♣ for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yehuda Dayan	2,200,000 200,000	200,000

Nicholas Howard	900,000 377,000	377,000
Eric Salazar	750,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Eric Salazar Nicholas Howard

07-10-2023 23:00 UTC-8

End of the Road for Watts Against Rigby

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Steven Watts was all-in out of the big blind with the K♦10♦ by the time the live stream action switched over from an interview with Nikita Luther in the Grand Ballroom. He was dominated by Nicholas Rigby on the button with the K♠J♠ and fell further behind on the J♥7♥4♣ flop.

It was allover on the 7♣ turn to make the 3♥ river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Rigby	5,150,000 -300,000	-300,000

Gabi Livshitz	3,085,000 755,000	755,000

Jordan Grant	890,000 -10,000	-10,000
Henry Li	770,000 -110,000	-110,000
Johannes Lehner	565,000 20,000	20,000

Albert Calderon	550,000 240,000	240,000
Demetrio Caminita	345,000 -260,000	-260,000
Steven Watts	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Rigby Nikita Luther Steven Watts

07-10-2023 23:00 UTC-8

Gimble Bluffs Vierling

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Maxime Taldir

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Kevin Gimble opened from the hijack and was called by Jessica Vierling on the button and Jason Koon in the big blind.

No further action occurred on the flop 8♠9♥4♣ as all three players checked. However, on the turn J♦, Gimble bet 65,000. Vierling made the call, but Koon folded.

Things got interesting on the river A♣ when Gimble added 60,000 more chips to the pot. On the other side of the table, Vierling raised to 200,000. Gimble seemed like he didn't understand Vierling's story, so to check if the story was true, he three-bet to 460,000.

The action went back to Vierling, and it was her turn to struggle. She hesitated between calling and folding for a long minute, but eventually chose to fold.

Fair player, Gimble showed K♥10♠ for a nice bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Vierling	1,900,000 -650,000	-650,000
Kevin Gimble	1,300,000 620,000	620,000
Mikael Berrio	1,300,000 400,000	400,000
Jason Koon	640,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Jason Koon Jessica Vierling Kevin Gimble

07-10-2023 23:01 UTC-8

Rigby Bets Out Spunt on the Turn

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jordan Grant opened to 40,000 with the 10♠10♥ and newly-arrived Steven Spunt three-bet to 110,000 with A♠Q♦ in the hijack. Nicholas Rigby cold-called in the cutoff with the 3♠3♥ and Grant also called.

The K♠8♣2♠ flop was checked to Spunt, who bet 150,000 and earned a call from Rigby only. Spunt checked the 2♥ turn and Rigby took it down with a bet worth 400,000.