Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 5 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-11-2023 16:15 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Obregon	6,800,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Aditya Systla	5,500,000
Thomas Gabriel	950,000 -800,000	-800,000
Theo Arnoldi	Busted

Gerrity Snaps Off Holt

David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Timothy Holt moved all in from early position for around 900,000 as action folded around to Nicholas Gerrity in the big blind, who took a peek down at his cards then instantly slammed in the chips to call.

Timothy Holt: A♠K♣
Nicholas Gerrity: A♣A♦

A collective gasp arose from the table when Gerrity showed his hand. Holt was already standing up from his seat heading to the 7♥9♠4♦10♦9♥ board before he wished the table luck and headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Gerrity	2,800,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Timothy Holt	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Gerrity Timothy Holt

07-11-2023 16:31 UTC-8

Quattlebaum Doubles Lebed; Busts to Correia

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ezequiel Lebed jumped up celebration after he had been all-in and at risk against John Quattlebaum and got there on the river. His Q♦J♦ had flopped top pair and a flush draw but he was up against A♣A♠. However, the J♥10♦5♦9♣ turn gave him even more outs only for the 3♦ river to complete the flush.

"Wife just landed ... it was a hell of a run," Quattlebaum said after his stack was reduced to 45,000. Right after the hand was over, he also received the beer he had just ordered and tipped the waitress all of his pocket change.

Soon after, Quattlebaum was all-in preflop and Ruben Correia isolated with a bet on the K♠8♥3♦ flop.

John Quattlebaum: A♣5♣
Ruben Correia: Q♥J♥

Quattlebaum was happy to be ahead but the miracle comeback was cut short on the 5♥ turn and 7♥ river runout.

"This was the greatest four days of my life ... in poker," a thankful Quattlebaum said on the way out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ezequiel Lebed	2,120,000 1,755,000	1,755,000
Ruben Correia	1,400,000
John Quattlebaum	Busted

Tags: Ezequiel Lebed John Quattlebaum Ruben Correia

07-11-2023 16:39 UTC-8

Slyvinskyi Calls Off on the River

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 10♦8♣5♠, Bohdan Slyvinskyi bet 75,000 from middle position and Harsheel Kothari called in the big blind.

Both players checked the 4♣ turn as the 2♥ fell on the river. Kothari then announced he was all in and Slyvinskyi snap-called for his last 400,000, tabling K♣K♠.

Kothari, though, showed him 8♦4♦ for two pair to send a shocked Slyvinskyi to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harsheel Kothari	5,900,000 1,850,000	1,850,000
Bohdan Slyvinskyi	Busted

Tags: Bohdan Slyvinskyi Harsheel Kothari

07-11-2023 16:56 UTC-8

Daquilio Races Adiani to the Exit

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Anil Adiani was down to just 190,000 and got his last chips in from middle position against Diego Daquilio in early position.

Anil Adiani: 9♦9♥
Diego Daquilio: K♠J♣

Daquilio took the lead on the K♣6♦3♠ flop with a pair of kings, and Adiani got no help on the 7♥ turn and 8♦ river as he was left waiting for a payout slip.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego D'Aquilio	1,600,000 -100,000	-100,000
Anil Adiani	Busted

Tags: Anil Adiani Diego Daquilio

07-11-2023 17:00 UTC-8

Nicholsen Victim of Massive Cooler

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Wayne Nicholsen was all in for 900,000 from the cutoff and up against big blind Daniel Holzner.

Wayne Nicholsen: K♣K♥
Daniel Holzner: A♦A♣

Nicholsen had picked up a good hand to get his last chips in the middle, but Holzner showed him the bad news as he woke up with aces. "Put a king out there," Nicholsen pleaded as he stood up from his seat.

The board ran out J♥6♠5♠2♦9♥ and Nicholsen couldn't overcome the massive cooler and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Holzner	3,800,000 1,950,000	1,950,000
Wayne Nicholsen	Busted

Tags: Daniel Holzner Wayne Nicholsen

07-11-2023 17:00 UTC-8

Racener Forces Wolf to the Exits

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Picking up the action partway through the hand, John Racener in the cutoff had Daniel Wolf in the small blind all in at risk.

Daniel Wolf: A♦Q♣
John Racener: A♣K♥

Wolf was dominated and would need significant help to survive. None came, however, on the 5♠J♥3♦6♠8♣ runout to bring Wolf's tournament to an end while sending some much needed chips over to Racener.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	2,365,000 -335,000	-335,000

Daniel Wolf	Busted

Tags: Daniel Wolf John Racener

07-11-2023 17:03 UTC-8

Melton Rivers It, Li Busts

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Henri Li raised to 80,000 from under the gun and received no less than three callers. Oghenovo Constare, Aditya Systla and Charles Melton all came along and saw a flop of 2♥5♥6♠.

Melton then checked from the big blind before Li put in a bet of 90,000. Constare called before Systla got out of the way. Melton still wanted to be in the pot as well and put in the chips.

The 5♠ turn saw Melton promptly lead for a huge bet of 350,000. Li quickly folded but Constare still stuck around. The two remaining players then checked through the K♠ river before they showed down.

Melton showed J♠7♠ for the rivered flush and Constare let out a big sigh before mucking his cards. The four-way action increased Melton's stack nicely, and he is now playing almost 100 big blinds.

Li would bust not much later in an unseen hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aditya Systla	5,500,000 -150,000	-150,000
Charles Melton	3,650,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Oghenovo Constare	1,200,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000
Henry Li	Busted

Tags: Aditya Systla Charles Melton Henri Li Oghenovo Constare

07-11-2023 17:05 UTC-8

Laborda Flops Big to Triple Up

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Picking up the action live on the flop on the side feature table, Hilton Laborda on the button was involved in a hand with James Jeffrey in late position as well as Gar Cheung in the big blind. With the board reading 2♠3♥2♥ Jeffrey had both of his opponents all in and at risk.

Gar Cheung: K♥10♥
Hilton Laborda: A♦2♦
James Jeffrey: K♠K♣

Laborda had flopped trips to put himself in good position to get a triple up. The 3♠ turn immediately ended Cheung's hopes of outright victory by removing his flush outs while Jeffrey was left needing to hit the case king to scoop the pot. The A♥ river kept Laborda best to send Cheung out of the tournament while putting a significant dent in Jeffrey's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Jeffrey	5,050,000
Hilton Laborda	3,900,000
Gar Cheung	Busted

Tags: Gar Cheung Hilton Laborda James Jeffrey

07-11-2023 17:05 UTC-8

Racener On the Rise

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Steven Spunt opened to 85,000 from early position and was called by John Racener in the cutoff. Jules Dickerson then moved all in for 885,000 on the button. Spunt thought for quite some time before folding while Racener quickly called with the covering stack.

Jules Dickerson: Q♥J♥
John Racener: A♦K♥

Racener held the lead but Dickerson did have two live cards as well as potential straight and flush draws. The J♠Q♦2♥ flop immediately launched Dickerson into the lead but it was short lived as the 10♠ hit the turn to improve Racener to broadway. Dickerson would need to fill up on the river to survive but could not do so as the 7♥ rolled off the deck instead to hand Racener a second knockout in the span of just a few minutes.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	4,480,000 2,115,000	2,115,000

Steven Spunt	4,455,000 -95,000	-95,000
Jules Dickerson	Busted

Tags: John Racener Jules Dickerson Steven Spunt