2023 WSOP Day 16: Five Shiny Bracelets Find New Homes

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There is something special about seeing a poker player get their hands on a World Series of Poker bracelet; it never grows old. Day 16 of the 2023 WSOP at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas saw five players become poker champions and receive the most sought-after piece of jewelry in the game.

Benjamin Ector took down Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $406,403 and some poker gold. Seventeen players returned for the third and final day, and it was Ector who came out on top, defeating Adam Swan heads-up.

A cool $2,576,729, the largest single prize awarded at the 2023 WSOP so far, is now with Jans Arends after he battled his way through a stacked final six in Event #29: $100,000 High Roller. Three of the finalists became instant millionaires thanks to the $8,997,750 prize pool. Adrian Mateos finished in third for $1,142,147 before Arends resigned Cary Katz to the $1,592,539 runner-up prize.

Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw crowned its champion on Day 16 of the 2023 WSOP. John Monnette left 17 opponents in their wake on the final day's action (from a field of 522 overall), and captured $145,863 plus his fifth bracelet.

Day 1 of Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed) saw the 1,271-strong field reduced to only 57, and Mark Ioli was the last player standing. The impressive victory came with $558,266 for Ioli in addition to an all-important WSOP bracelet.

The fifth bracelet of the day went to Scott Dulaney, who will forever be known as the winner of Event #31: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack. The champion outlasted 2,757 opponents on their way to hauling in their first bracelet and $194,155 in prize money.

Shakerchi Looking Good After Two Days on the Razz

Talal Shakerchi
Talal Shakerchi

Talal Shakerchi is in pole position for in Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship, where only 13 players remain in the hunt for the title and the $298,682 top prize. Shakerchi bagged up 1,104,000 chips, giving him a slender lead over Carlos Chadha-Villamarin (1,052,000) in second place.

Although Shakerchi leads, his victory is far from assured as there is some top poker talent in the chasing pack. Elior Sion (745,000), Bryce Yockey (589,000), Yuval Bronshtein (574,000), John Hennigan (346,000), and Nick Schulman (337,000) each have a part to play in Shakerchi's story.

PokerNews' Day 3 coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. on June 15. We shall see you then.

Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Bets
1Talal ShakerchiUnited Kingdom1,104,00028
2Carlos Chadha-VillamarinUnited States1,052,00026
3Michael NooriUnited States756,00019
4Elior SionUnited Kingdom745,00019
5Bryce YockeyUnited States589,00015
6Yuval BronshteinUnited States574,00014
7Brad RubenUnited States532,00013
8Michael MoncekUnited States491,00012
9Jerry WongUnited States471,00012
10John HenniganUnited States346,0009
11Nick SchulmanUnited States337,0008
12Adam OwenUnited Kingdom311,0008
13Roy ThungUnited States70,0002

PLO Experts Turn Out in Force for $1,500 Buy-in Event

Josh Arieh
Josh Arieh

Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha drew in 1,355 players but only 98 progressed to Day 2, and none of those surviving players bagged more chips than PLO specialist Josh Arieh (1,196,000).

Arieh played well and ran hot, which is a deadly combination for someone with five WSOP bracelets to their name. Matthew Parry (1,102,000) and Eric Fields (1,015,000) were the only players to break through the one million chip barrier.

There is still a long way to go in this event, but Arieh will fancy his chances of capturing a sixth WSOP bracelet, and tying with his friend Shaun Deeb. Arieh will have to outlast such luminaries as Robert Mizrachi (829,000), Anson Tsang (708,000), Daniel Negreanu (466,000), JC Tran (358,000), and Kevin Gerhart (157,000) if he is to win yet another Omaha tournament.

Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Josh AriehUnited States1,196,000120
2Matthew ParryUnited States1,102,000110
3Eric FieldsUnited States1,015,000102
4Taehyung KimSouth Korea951,00095
5Robert MizrachiUnited States829,00083
6Steve FouttyUnited States803,00080
7Todd HatchUnited States779,00078
8Daniel GrassiUnited States714,00071
9Anson TsangHong Kong708,00071
10Joe FirovaUnited States694,00069

Huge Bounties on the Horizon in the $10K Secret Bounty Event

A prize pool of $5,282,400 was created in Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty after 568 players bought in. By the end of 15 levels, only 142 of those players had chips requiring bagging and tagging.

Loni Hui bagged up 616,000 chips at the end of the night, which are enough for sixth place at the restart. Only Aliaksandr Hirs (750,000), Yang Wang (710,000), Axel Hallay (708,000), Ariel Mantel (650,000), and Uri Reichenstein (626,000) packed away more chips than Hui.

The surviving players return to battle from 12:00 p.m. local time on June 15, knowing that the secret bounties are now in play. Stay locked to PokerNews to discover how much those bounties are worth, and which players get their hands on the juiciest one.

Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Aliaksandr HirsBelarus750,00094
2Yang WangChina710,00089
3Axel HallayFrance708,00089
4Ariel MantelArgentina650,00081
5Uri ReichensteinIsrael626,00078
6Loni HuiUnited States616,00077
7Andre AkkariBrazil558,00070
8Eric YanovskyUnited States531,00066
9David StammUnited States525,00066
10Nate SilverUnited States517,00065

Andres Korn bags Big On Day 1 of the Nine Game Mix

Andres Korn
Andres Korn

Argentina's Andres Korn (240,700) bagged up one of the biggest stacks after Day 1 of Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix. Korn, who already possesses a WSOP bracelet, is one to watch going into Day 2.

Yashuo Chin (622,000) is the name at the top of the WSOP-supplied chip counts, although PokerNews will verify this figure at the start of Day 2 as it looks like an outlying amount and could actually be 62,200; we shall see.

Plenty of elite professionals put their mixed game skills to the test on Day 1. The likes of Todd Brunson (174,800), Marco Johnson (174,700), Scott Clements (154,000), Viktor Blom (151,400), and Adam Friedman (96,600) all made it through the first ten levels unscathed.

The cards are back in the air from 1:00 p.m. local time on June 15, and PokerNews' live reporting team will be with you every step of the way.

Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Yashuo ChinUnited States622,000
2DID NOT REPORT 3United States407,000
3Christopher StephanUnited States381,000
4Andres KornArgentina240,700
5Tamon NakamuraJapan216,400
6Michael McKennaUnited States212,000
7Walter ChambersUnited States194,300
8Scott BohlmanUnited States182,300
9Michael EstesUnited States180,300
10Philip SternheimerUnited States180,100

What to Expect on Day 17 of the 2023 WSOP

Another two events shuffle up and deal for the first time on June 15, which is Day 17 of the 2023 WSOP.

Expect a bumper crowd for Event #37: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em, and an all-star cast for Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship.

You can also tune into all the action from the in-play events. They are Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship, Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty, and Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix.

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