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

07-11-2023 12:25 UTC-8

Lead Jam Works Out for Kothari

Frank Visser

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

Harsheel Kothari open-raised from early position before Tinay Aksoy three-bet from the hijack. Kothari called and a pot of 360,000 chips was ceated.

The flop was then dealt 6♣2♣7♦ and Kothari check-called a 225,000 bet from Aksoy. The J♦ turn subsequentially graced the felt and Kothari promptly led out for his entire stack, 1200000.

Aksoy tanked for a couple of minutes before eventually folding. Kothari was elated with winning the pot and claimed to have been bluffing.

"I'll bet my entire net worth that was not a bluff," Aksoy stated when the cards were already in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tinay Aksoy	2,150,000 -550,000	-550,000
Thomas Zanot	2,050,000 -150,000	-150,000
Harsheel Kothari	2,000,000 300,000	300,000
Clément Richez	1,830,000 1,723,000	1,723,000

Bohdan Slyvinskyi	1,450,000 150,000	150,000
David Gutfreund	920,000 530,000	530,000
Maryjo Zogman	920,000 210,000	210,000
Ahmed Nimer	600,000 120,000	120,000
Shijia Liu	Busted

Tags: Tinay Aksoy Harsheel Kothari

07-11-2023 12:25 UTC-8

Nicholas Rigby Talks "Dirty Diaper" Strategy in the 2023 WSOP Main Event

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Connor Richards

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

Pittsburgh's Nicholas Rigby made a name for himself in the poker community in 2021 when he ran deep in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event by playing deuce-three offsuit at every given opportunity. Known as the "The Dirty Diaper" in his local games, Rigby kept his opponents guessing by bluffing, value betting and doing everything else in between with the less-than-premium holding.

Two years later, Rigby again finds himself making a deep run in poker's most prestigious event. And for those wondering, he hasn't forgotten about The Dirty Diaper, a hand he used to build up a Day 1d chip lead that further grew on Day 2d to see him bag the second biggest stack in the room.

PokerNews caught up with Rigby on Day 3 to talk about his tried-and-true loose-aggressive strategy in the WSOP Main Event. Heading into Day 5, Rigby finds himself with a stack of 3,655,000 near the top of the chip counts.

Tags: Nicholas Rigby

07-11-2023 12:28 UTC-8

Magnicari Flips Gorbacs Out of Main Event

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Calum Grant

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

Maksims Gorbacs opened to 55,000 from under the gun before Jason Magnicari made it 150,000 from the hijack. Gorbacs then moved all in for around 600,000 and was called.

Maksims Gorbacs: 9♣9♠
Jason Magnicari: A♠Q♠

Gorbacs was ahead going into the coin flip but was behind after the A♥K♦10♥ flop, the 8♥ turn was of no help and Magnicari improved to Broadway on the J♠ river to seal the checkmark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Magnicari	1,600,000 915,000	915,000
Maksims Gorbacs	Busted
Steven Cody	Busted

Tags: Jason Magnicari Maksims Gorbacs

07-11-2023 12:29 UTC-8

Villa Double Barrels

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Tyler Foran

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

Alexander Villa opened 60,000 in middle position and Nick Marchington defended the big blind.

The flop came J♦3♦3♣, and Marchinton check-called a continuation bet of 40,000 from Villa.

When the 5♣ hit the turn, Marchinton checked to Villa for a second time before he fired a bet of 160,000. Marchington surrendered the pot, sending his cards back to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Johnson	2,600,000 -45,000	-45,000
Alexander Villa	2,280,000 -170,000	-170,000
Arthur Ohannessian	2,280,000 690,000	690,000
Maurice Hawkins	2,100,000 260,000	260,000

Nick Marchington	1,430,000 -395,000	-395,000
Jinwoo Kim	520,000 -545,000	-545,000
Minh Nguyen	235,000 -255,000	-255,000

Tags: Alexander Villa Nick Marchington

07-11-2023 12:30 UTC-8

Li Shoves Out Livshitz

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David Salituro

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

Gabi Livshitz three-bet to 175,000 from middle position and Pei Li called under the gun.

The flop came Q♠7♣J♠ and Livshitz continued for 150,000. Li called as the 6♥ fell on the turn.

Livshitz then fired out 275,000 and Li spent a few moments counting out his stack before shoving all in for around 650,000. Livshitz snap-mucked to take a hit to his big stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabi Livshitz	3,600,000 -950,000	-950,000

Pei Li	1,600,000 -635,000	-635,000

Tags: Gabi Livshitz Pei Li

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.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Brown	3,100,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Nicholas Rigby	3,000,000 390,000	390,000

Bill Klein	385,000 -865,000	-865,000
Stuart Taylor	Busted

Tags: Bill Klein Nicholas Rigby Ryan Brown Stuart Taylor

07-11-2023 12:38 UTC-8

Dzian Fires Flop & Turn

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Calum Grant

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

Daniel Dzian opened to 55,000 from under the gun and Andrey Pateychuk called on his direct left.

Pateychuk called for 30,000 on the J♣3♦2♥ flop and then folded after Dzian sized up to 110,000 on the 8♦ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Neeme	1,440,000 660,000	660,000
Daniel Dzian	1,400,000 -90,000	-90,000
Andrey Pateychuk	1,350,000 -510,000	-510,000

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Daniel Dzian

07-11-2023 12:39 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Chiu	5,600,000 -100,000	-100,000
Mitchell Halverson	5,250,000 150,000	150,000
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	3,400,000 950,000	950,000
Michael Duek	3,300,000 630,000	630,000
Steven Spunt	3,100,000 1,235,000	1,235,000
Chris Lee	2,400,000 -115,000	-115,000
Christian Harder	2,175,000 -170,000	-170,000
Sam Stein	1,850,000 660,000	660,000
Hilton Laborda	1,800,000 -1,095,000	-1,095,000
Linglin Zeng	1,200,000 -120,000	-120,000
Kyna England	850,000 -235,000	-235,000
Boris Kolev	810,000 -190,000	-190,000

Jessica Vierling	750,000 400,000	400,000
David Mzareulov	700,000 -265,000	-265,000

Toby Lewis	650,000 -560,000	-560,000

Chris Hak	600,000 -55,000	-55,000
James Obst	525,000 -425,000	-425,000

Christian Roberts	325,000 -605,000	-605,000

07-11-2023 12:39 UTC-8

Lewis Faces the Pressure

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Frank Visser

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

Toby Lewis and Thomas Gabriel had arrived on the turn in a pot of 300,000. The board was spread A♠3♠6♥2♣ and Gabriel bet for 185,000 from middle position. Lews made the call from the button before the K♣ river completed the board.

Gabriel jammed all in, covering Lewis' 675,000 remaining chips. Lewis thought it over for a bit but eventually made the fold, forfeiting the pot to Gabriel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Gabriel	1,750,000 170,000	170,000
Christian Harder	1,700,000 -475,000	-475,000
Kunal Shah	1,450,000 520,000	520,000
Hunter Frey	1,310,000 -355,000	-355,000
Linglin Zeng	1,050,000 -150,000	-150,000
Allen Chang	875,000 -125,000	-125,000
Toby Lewis	675,000 25,000	25,000

Mitchell Hynam	175,000 -215,000	-215,000

Tags: Thomas Gabriel Toby Lewis

07-11-2023 12:41 UTC-8

Soik Doubles to Leave Coakley Short

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David Salituro

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

Drew Soik raised to 50,000 from middle position and received two callers before Robert Coakley, in the small blind, shoved all in. Soik called for his last 775,000 and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Drew Soik: A♥K♣
Robert Coakley: A♠J♠

Soik had Coakley dominated as the flop fell 3♠7♥8♣, leaving him in the lead. The 8♠ turn gave Coakley a flush draw, but he missed the 9♥ river as he handed over most of his stack to Soik.

Player	Chips	Progress
Drew Soik	1,700,000 680,000	680,000
Robert Coakley	250,000 -850,000	-850,000

Tags: Drew Soik Robert Coakley