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

07-11-2023 17:10 UTC-8

Latest Bust Outs

Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Yahor Dambrouski	Busted
Graham Mathews	Busted
Tobias Matuschek	Busted
Kyle Cartwright	Busted

Christopher Trang	Busted
Jeff Gross	Busted

Daniel Evans	Busted
Tanner Lefferts	Busted
Xiaohu Liu	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted
Arie Ori Miller	Busted
Neil Cullen	Busted
Stuart Rutter	Busted
David Gutfreund	Busted
Sung Lee	Busted
Bill Klein	Busted
Jorge Dominguez	Busted
Dario Delpiano	Busted
Rick Jones	Busted

07-11-2023 17:15 UTC-8

Yokosawa Loses a Pot; Remains Big Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

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

According to French poker media, Masato Yokosawa soared near the top of the leaderboard a few minutes ago when he knocked out Clay Johnson in a four-bet pot when the latter called a shove on the 7♣6♠2♦3♠ turn with pocket nines. Yokosawa had pocket aces and held on the Q♣ river.

Yokosawa put the new found chips to use with a raise to 85,000 in the cutoff and Robert French defended the big blind. French check-called the A♦10♠3♦ flop for 55,000 and the 4♥ turn for 165,000.

French also checked the J♠ river and Yokosawa bet 400,000. The check-shove by French followed and Yokosawa instantly folded.

"He is human!" Christopher Kimmel in the nine seat exclaimed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masato Yokosawa	6,700,000 3,400,000	3,400,000
Christopher Kimmel	4,800,000 3,260,000	3,260,000
Jonathan Therme	2,925,000 1,725,000	1,725,000

Kunal Shah	2,200,000 -400,000	-400,000
Davidi Kitai	1,900,000 -1,280,000	-1,280,000

Joe Ghio	1,800,000 600,000	600,000
Robert French	1,450,000 595,000	595,000
Clay Johnson	Busted

Tags: Christopher Kimmel Clay Johnson Masato Yokosawa Robert French

07-11-2023 17:25 UTC-8

Li Gets Sucked Out of the Tournament

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Frank Visser

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

In an earlier post, it was mentioned that Henry Li had been eliminated from the Main Event. He was kind enough to stop by the PokerNews desk to tell how it had happened.

Charles Melton raised to 80,000 from the button and Li three-bet jammed 840,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Melton made the call.

Henry Li: 10♥10♦
Charles Melton: 8x8x

The flop remained clean for Li with A♥K♠9♦, but the turn spelled disaster when the 8♦ gave Melton a set. No ten arrived on the K♥ river and Li was ousted from the tournament.

To add some salt to the wound, someone mentioned they had folded an eight preflop, making Li's bad beat a pure one-outer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henry Li	Busted

Tags: Charles Melton Henry Li

07-11-2023 17:26 UTC-8

Gimble Falls on the River

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David Salituro

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

Kevin Gimble was all in for 650,000 from under the gun and Diego Ramos called in middle position.

Kevin Gimble: A♥8♦
Diego Ramos: K♣Q♠

Ramos picked up a straight draw on the 9♣10♠2♠ flop, but Gimble remained in front following the 6♣ turn. The river, though, brought the J♠ and Ramos completed his straight to send Gimble to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego Ramos	5,300,000 650,000	650,000
Kevin Gimble	Busted

Tags: Diego Ramos Kevin Gimble

07-11-2023 17:36 UTC-8

Jaka Whiffs Against Boghean

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David Salituro

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

Heads-up on a flop of 5♣3♠3♣, Andrei Boghean bet 300,000 from the button before Faraz Jaka, in the hijack, raised to 700,000.

Boghean spent a few moments counting out his stack before reraising to 1,300,000. It was then Jaka's time to tank before he announced he was all in. Boghean instantly flung in a chip to signify a call.

Faraz Jaka: 8♣7♣
Andrei Boghean: K♠K♣

Jaka was looking to complete his flush draw against Boghean's kings. The 8♥ turn gave him additional outs, but Jaka missed everything on the J♥ river. The stacks were counted down and Boghean narrowly had Jaka's remaining 1,800,000 covered to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Boghean	6,100,000 2,375,000	2,375,000
Faraz Jaka	Busted

Tags: Andrei Boghean Faraz Jaka

07-11-2023 17:37 UTC-8

More Bust Outs

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Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Oghenovo Constare	Busted
Hilton Lourenco	Busted
Zachary Walker	Busted
Frank Wyville	Busted
Raul Manzanares	Busted
Raymond Krouse	Busted
Franco Amorelli	Busted
Jules Dickerson	Busted
Douglas Lang	Busted
Kojiro Mizukami	Busted
Hang Xu	Busted

07-11-2023 17:40 UTC-8

Obregon Spikes the Turn to Cross Ten Million

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David Salituro

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

Bryan Obregon has been on a relentless tear up the chip count leaderboard today, and his latest victim was Christopher Ahrens.

Obregon and Ahrens were heads-up on a flop of 3♣J♣7♠ when Ahrens moved all in for 300,000 from the big blind and Obregon called from early position.

Christopher Ahrens: J♠10♥
Bryan Obregon: 10♣9♦

Ahrens was ahead with a pair of jacks, but his hope proved short-lived as the 8♣ turn improved Obregon to a straight. The river fell the Q♦ and Obregon sent Ahrens to the rail and his stack up past 10,000,000 heading to the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Obregon	10,500,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Christopher Ahrens	Busted

Tags: Bryan Obregon Christopher Ahrens

07-11-2023 19:09 UTC-8

Pho Falls to Dayan

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Sokchheka Pho moved all in for 250,000 from under the gun and Yehuda Dayan called in the hijack.

Sokchheka Pho: Q♣9♠
Yehuda Dayan: A♦J♥

The board ran out 6♣4♦3♠10♥8♠ and Pho received no help as he tapped the felt and wished his now-former tablemates luck before heading for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yehuda Dayan	4,000,000 1,090,000	1,090,000

Sokchheka Pho	Busted

Tags: Sokchheka Pho Yehuda Dayan

07-11-2023 19:17 UTC-8

Betito Cracks Mastelotto's Kings and Main Event Dreams

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 5♥4♣9♦, Gustavo Masteloto moved his last 1,800,000 into the middle and was up against Liran Betito on the button.

Gustavo Mastelotto: K♠K♣
Liran Betito: 5♦4♠

"Wow," several tablemates cried out after seeing Betito's flopped two pair. The 4♥ on the turn improved him to a full house and left Mastelotto looking for just two outs on the river to stay alive.

The 5♠ wasn't one of them and the table let out another collective "wow" as Betito leapt from his seat and clapped his hands together while a stunned Mastelotto made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liran Betito	8,500,000 690,000	690,000
Gustavo Mastelotto	Busted

Tags: Gustavo Mastelotto Liran Betito

07-11-2023 19:36 UTC-8

Pham Felts Sebesfi

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Cong Pham open-raised from the cutoff and his David Sebesfi jammed all-in from the small blind. Pham made the call and the pair showed down, with Sebesfi being at risk.

David Sebesfi: A♠7♥
Cong Pham: A♦K♥

Sebesfi was caught trying to steal Pham's raise, and when the board ran out 3♠9♠A♦8♠Q♦, he was severely punished for it.

Sebesfi was eliminated and Pham recovered some lost chips from the previous hand.