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

07-11-2023 09:56 UTC-8

Rigby & His "Dirty Diaper" Near Top Of Counts Heading to Day 5 of 2023 WSOP Main Event

Connor Richards

Only 441 players remain heading into Day 5 of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as each looks to be a part of poker history by taking down the record-breaking event. There's still plenty of action left before someone walks away with the $12,100,000 top prize and gets a banner in the Horseshoe Events Center.

Two of the players near the top of the counts have experience in this realm, albeit in a different arena. Nicholas Rigby, known for his exploitative loose-aggressive play and notorious for his love of the "Dirty Diaper," finished 52nd in the 2021 Main Event for $136,100 as he returns to Day 5 with 3,655,000 chips to put him 12th on the leaderboard. Meanwhile, Mitchell Halverson bagged second in chips as he looks to best a 15th place in 2021 that brought him just over $380,000.

Once again, the two bracelet hopefuls have their work cut out for them. Chip leader Ryan Tosoc is after his second bracelet after winning 2018's $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em online championship for $238,779, while three-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth is out for blood as he continues his incredible summer heater that has already earned him several million.

Top Ten Chip Stacks After Day 4

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Ryan Tosoc	United States	5,120,000	205
2	Mitchell Halverson	United States	5,100,000	204
3	Aditya Systla	India	5,075,000	203
4	Scott Berko	United Kingdom	4,700,000	188
5	Bradley Moskowitz	United States	4,145,000	166
6	Juan Maceiras Lapido	Spain	3,985,000	159
7	Jon Cohen	United States	3,815,000	153
8	Gabi Livshitz	Israel	3,800,000	152
9	John Racener	United States	3,710,000	148
10	Quan Zhou	China	3,705,000	148

Others still in contention include popular data analyst Nate Silver, 2018 Tag Team champion Nikita Luther, all-time Circuit ring leader and Day 2 chip leader Maurice Hawkins, poker-pro-turned-tennis-pro James Obst, high-stakes businessman Bill Klein and two-time bracelet winners Christopher Vitch and Rami Boukai.

They will not be joined by the likes of Doug Polk, Alexandra Botez, Farah Galfond, "Boston" Rob Mariano or Main Event champions Joe Cada, Jamie Gold, Scott Blumstein and Johnny Chan, all of whom were eliminated on Day 4 after making it into the money.

2003 Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, meanwhile, is still alive as he looks to join Chan, Johnny Moss, Stu Ungar and the late Doyle Brunson as a two-time Main Event winner.

Action will pick up at noon local time on Level 21 at 10,000/25,000 blinds and a 25,000 big blind ante. Day 5 will follow a similar structure as previous days, with another five levels on tap and a 75-minute dinner break after the third level of the day.

There are still several more days of action to come before the next WSOP Main Event champion is crowned. PokerNews will be providing updates every step of the way, so be sure to follow along.

Tags: Aditya Systla Alexandra Botez Bill Klein Bradley Moskowitz Chance Kornuth Chris Moneymaker Doug Polk Doyle Brunson Farah Galfond Gabi Livshitz James Obst Jamie Gold Joe Cada John Racener Johnny Chan Johnny Moss Jon Cohen Juan Maceiras Lapido Maurice Hawkins Mitchell Halverson Nate Silver Nicholas Rigby Nikita Luther Ryan Tosoc Scott Berko Scott Blumstein Stu Ungar

07-11-2023 11:14 UTC-8

Koon Flops a Set and Busts

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Carlos Leiva opened to 55,000 from middle position before Jason Koon made it 120,000 from the button. Tim van Loo went into the tank from the big blind before folding. Leiva put Koon all in and the latter called off his stack of 530,000.

Jason Koon: K♣K♠
Carlos Leiva: 10♣10♦

Koon was way ahead and improved to a set on the A♦K♦Q♠ flop, leaving his opponent drawing to Broadway or runner-runner quads.

The 8♠ turn was a brick, but the J♥ river completed Leiva's straight and Koon's Main Event journey came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Leiva	1,850,000 570,000	570,000
Jason Koon	Busted

Tags: Carlos Leiva Jason Koon

07-11-2023 11:30 UTC-8

Brewer Bites the Dust

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Thomas Zanot opened to 60,000 from the cutoff before Hang Xu moved all in for around 550,000 from the small blind. Chris Brewer, who was narrowly covered by Xu, called for his tournament life from the big blind before Zanot folded.

Chris Brewer: J♦J♣
Hang Xu: AxK♦

Xu paired up on the K♥10♠9♣ flop to take the lead and held out to seal the pot and bust out following the 2♦ turn and 5♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hang Xu	1,100,000 510,000	510,000
Chris Brewer	Busted

Tags: Chris Brewer Hang Xu

07-11-2023 11:42 UTC-8

Jaka Coolers Moskowitz

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David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Three players, including Bradley Moskowitz in the cutoff and Faraz Jaka on the button, built a pot of around 400,000 heading to the turn on a board of 6♣J♠10♣A♣.

Action checked to Moskowitz who bet 220,000. Jaka called while John Quattlebaum folded in the big blind. The river came the 3♥ and Moskowitz checked. Jaka quickly checked behind.

Moskowitz turned over K♥Q♥ for the straight, but Jaka had 5♣3♣ for a flush to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Moskowitz	3,000,000 -1,145,000	-1,145,000
Faraz Jaka	2,400,000 1,350,000	1,350,000

John Quattlebaum	1,100,000 590,000	590,000

Tags: Bradley Moskowitz Faraz Jaka John Quattlebaum

07-11-2023 11:55 UTC-8

Moneymaker Eliminated by Brown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Down to the last 345,000, Chris Moneymaker pushed all-in from the hijack and was looked up by Ryan Brown from one seat over on the feature tables while all players behind got out of the way.

Chris Moneymaker: 5♦5♥
Ryan Brown: K♣K♥

The 9♣7♥3♣ flop gave Moneymaker some equity with potential running outs to a straight. However, that hope instantly vanished on the K♦ turn to make the 3♠ river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Brown	1,300,000 485,000	485,000
Chris Moneymaker	Busted

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Ryan Brown

07-11-2023 12:00 UTC-8

A New Champion Will be Crowned

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Adam Lamers

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With Chris Moneymaker recently making his way to the payout desk, Joe Hachem was the only previous WSOP Main Event champion still in the field. Hachem raised it up to 60,000 in early position and Mason Vieth three-bet to 180,000 from a couple of seats over. Hachem just called and the dealer fanned the flop of A♠10♦2♠.

Hachem checked to Vieth who continued with a bet of 200,000 and Hachem called. The turn brought the 5♣ and Hachem checked again. Vieth jammed all in and Hachem called off the rest of his chips of around 600,000.

Joe Hachem: AxQx
Mason Vieth: K♠J♠

Hachem was out front with the only pair but Vieth had a combo draw to look forward to. The river was the 8♠ and Vieth made his flush, sending Hachem out of the tournament on Day 5.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mason Vieth	3,630,000 1,070,000	1,070,000
Joe Hachem	Busted

Tags: Joe Hachem Mason Vieth Chris Moneymaker

07-11-2023 12:04 UTC-8

Das Shoots Up the Ranks, Eliminates Bergman

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Edward Bergman raised preflop from middle position before Anirban Das, who had known a good start to his day, three-bet to 160,000 from the button.

The blinds folded before Bergman announced his all-in for around 1,000,000 chips and Das made the call.

Edward Bergman: A♦9♦
Anirban Das: 10♥10♣

Bergman flopped a sweat on K♦Q♠2♦ with a draw to a flush, but the 10♠ turn diminished his outs, giving Das a set.

The river paired Bergman with the A♥, but it was no good and he exited the tournament.

Meanwhile, Das is playing a stack of over five million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anirban Das	5,175,000 2,295,000	2,295,000
Chance Kornuth	3,350,000 -50,000	-50,000

Rene Lazaro	2,450,000
Robert Coakley	1,100,000 -310,000	-310,000
Edward Bergman	Busted
Yngve Steen	Busted

Tags: Anirban Das Edward Bergman

07-11-2023 12:20 UTC-8

Chiu Wins Large Pot Against Fineis

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Picking up the action on the 5♦3♣2♥ flop, Rhian Fineis bet 100,000 in the hijack and Charlie Chiu called on the button. That brought them to the A♣ turn on which Fineis check-called for 225,000.

The same action repeated on the 5♠ river as Fineis check-called for 575,000. Chiu tabled the 4♠4♦ for the wheel and Fineis mucked. His stack tumbled to a mere 100,000 and he bowed out soon after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabi Livshitz	4,550,000 50,000	50,000

Charlie Chiu	4,150,000 1,185,000	1,185,000
Thiago Crema	1,900,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Rhian Fineis	Busted

Tags: Charlie Chiu Rhian Fineis

07-11-2023 12:21 UTC-8

Becker Leads Two Streets, Can't Shake Lazaro Off Underpair

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Connor Richards

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Rene Lazaro opened to from middle position and mid-stakes tournament prodigy Jeremy Becker defended out of the big blind.

Becker, seated aside fellow tournament crusher Chance Kornuth, checked on the 4♣J♥J♦ flop and called as Lazaro continued for 25,000. Becker then led out for 105,000 on the Q♠ turn and Lazaro called.

The 6♣ river completed the board and Becker sized up to 285,000. Lazaro counted out his stack before eventually calling. Becker sheepishly turned over a bluff with K♠9♣ for king-high and Lazaro tabled an underpair with 3♦3♥ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Lazaro	2,900,000 450,000	450,000
Jeremy Becker	920,000 -350,000	-350,000
Manish Vaswani	Busted
Brant Jolly	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Jeremy Becker Rene Lazaro

07-11-2023 12:37 UTC-8

Brown Triples Up to Leave Klein Short

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Bill Klein opened to 55,000 from late position and was called by Stuart Taylor in the cutoff as well as Nicholas Rigby on the button. Ryan Brown then moved all in for 1,200,000 out of the small blind, getting calls from Klein with the covering stack as well as Taylor. Rigby, meanwhile, got out of the way.

Stuart Taylor: A♥A♣
Ryan Brown: A♦Q♣
Bill Klein: K♣K♠

Taylor, though the effective stack, was in a good spot to get a crucial triple up, that is until the flop came 8♥3♣K♦, vaulting Klein into the lead. The J♠ turn did give Brown a gutshot and he managed to complete his runner-runner straight after the 10♥ improved him to broadway to eliminate Taylor and leave Klein short.