2023 World Series of Poker

Event #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed)
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$1,698,215
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$7,073,500
Entries
301
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
13
Players Left
1

Brian Rast Eliminated in 7th Place ($202,532)

Level 23 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Brian Rast
Brian Rast

The action folded to Brian Rast in the small blind who ripped all in for 2,725,000. Lewis Spencer got a rough count in the big blind before making the call.

Brian Rast: J?10?
Lewis Spencer: A?5?

The flop came 6?5?2? and Lewis made a pair of fives to hold the lead. The Q? on the turn narrowed Rast's outs and the 8? bricked out, ending Rast's tournament in seventh place.

Player Chips Progress
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Lewis Spencer
11,600,000
2,775,000
2,775,000
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Brian Rast
Busted
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Brian RastLewis Spencer

O'Donnell Shoves on Spencer

Level 23 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

The only flop to be dealt thus far has been the double-up by Lewis Spencer in the early going. Since then, there have been a lot of all-ins and many raise-and-takes.

Spencer opened to 500,000 in the cutoff with A?9? and Ryan O'Donnell ripped all in for 3,275,000 in the small blind holding the superior A?10?. Spencer quickly threw his cards to the muck and O'Donnell picked up another preflop pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Lewis Spencer
8,825,000
-1,125,000
-1,125,000
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Ryan O'Donnell
3,875,000
1,125,000
1,125,000

Tags: Ryan O'DonnellLewis Spencer

Spencer Doubles Through Haxton For Chip Lead

Level 23 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Lewis Spencer
Lewis Spencer

Lewis Spencer raised to 500,000 on the button and in the small blind, Isaac Haxton moved all in which saw Ryan O'Donnell fold and Spencer called for his last 4,725,000 and the cards were on their backs.

Lewis Spencer: A?Q?
Isaac Haxton: K?Q?

The board ran out J?A?3?8?J? and Spencer took over the chip lead from Haxton early into the final table.

Player Chips Progress
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Lewis Spencer
9,950,000
4,600,000
4,600,000
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Isaac Haxton
8,775,000
-5,225,000
-5,225,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Isaac HaxtonLewis SpencerRyan O'Donnell

Funaro Ships the First Three

Level 23 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

On the first hand, Frank Funaro moved all in as the larger stack in the small blind with A?4? and Darren Elias folded his big blind.

Next hand, Funaro shoved all in for 4,250,000 effective on the button with Q?5? and both of the blinds folded.

Following that, Funaro ripped all in from the cutoff with K?Q? but once again just picked up the blinds and ante.

Player Chips Progress
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Frank Funaro
7,425,000
1,750,000
1,750,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Darren EliasFrank Funaro

Level: 23

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

The Two Failed Bluffs in One Week that Cost Doug Polk $700k

Level 22 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Doug Polk
Doug Polk

Chris Moneymaker had the Bluff of the Century in 2003. This past week, Doug Polk had perhaps the Failed Bluff of the Century.

On Sunday, heads-up for a bracelet, Polk bluffed off a significant portion of his stack at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) less than one week after his infamous bluff attempt that didn't get through on Hustler Casino Live's $1 million game.

In both instances, the Upswing Poker founder had a busted draw and attempted to use aggression to coerce his opponents into folding somewhat marginal holdings in massive pots. Both times, however, his efforts were unsuccessful and quite costly.

Read all details here

2023 WSOP Featured Females: Maria Konnikova & Kristen Foxen Make Runs On Week 1

Level 22 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Kristen Foxen Maria Konnikova
Kristen Foxen Maria Konnikova

The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is in full swing at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with several bracelet events underway and plenty of players looking to pick up a bracelet. With these events underway, it's time to look some of the featured female players in the field this week.

High-stakes pro Kristen Foxen finished seventh in Event #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha for $69,683, while famed writer Maria Konnikova is looking for her first bracelet and the chance to be a millionaire after bagging a big stack in Day 1b of Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions.

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Dinner Break

Level 22 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The players are taking a 60-minute dinner break with the cards going back in the air at 5:45 p.m PST. The live stream will then switch to the PokerGO platform and the PokerNews live updates will be in sync with the live stream that is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m PST.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
14,000,000
1,920,000
1,920,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Roman Hrabec
9,400,000
-500,000
-500,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
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Frank Funaro
5,675,000
-375,000
-375,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Lewis Spencer
5,350,000
-1,150,000
-1,150,000
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
4,750,000
-500,000
-500,000
Profile photo of Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
3,225,000
500,000
500,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Ryan O'Donnell
2,750,000
-1,400,000
-1,400,000

O'Donnell Gets Punished for a Check-Raise

Level 22 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Ryan O'Donnell opened to 400,000 from under the gun and was called by Roman Hrabec on his left and Darren Elias in the cutoff. They went three ways to a flop of Q?4?3?.

O'Donnell started with a check and Hrabec fired out a bet of 400,000. Elias stepped aside and O'Donnell check-raised to 1,000,000. Hrabec used a time bank and then announced a reraise to 2,000,000 which got O'Donnell to snap fold.

Player Chips Progress
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Roman Hrabec
9,900,000
2,400,000
2,400,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan O'Donnell gb
Ryan O'Donnell
4,150,000
-1,350,000
-1,350,000

Tags: Ryan O'DonnellRoman HrabecDarren Elias

Joao Vieira Eliminated In 8th Place ($155,037)

Level 22 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Joao Vieira
Joao Vieira

Brian Rast moved all in from the small blind for 800,000 effective and in the big blind, Joao Vieira called to put himself at risk.

Joao Vieira: Q?2?
Brian Rast: K?10?

The board ran out 3?A?Q?J?K? and on the turn Rast made his straight to leave Vieira drawing dead and the two time bracelet winner exited the tournament in eighth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Rast
2,725,000
-915,000
-915,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Joao Vieira
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Brian RastJoao Vieira