2023 World Series of Poker

Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q7
Prize
$131,879
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$608,760
Entries
456
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
11
Players Left
1

Stud 8 is Costly For Kost

Level 26
Nick Kost
Nick Kost

Stud 8 or Better

Nick Kost: XxXx/4?8?5?K?
James Johnson: XxXx/6?5?A?7?

James Johnson raised Andrew Kelsall's bring-in and got called by Nick Kost before Kelsall folded.

Kost then faced bets on fourth through sixth streets and called them all until the end before laying his hand on seventh.

Nick Kost: XxXx/K?10?Q?2? - folded
Andrew Brown: 5?4?/4?4?Q?2?

In the following hand, Kost called bets from Andrew Brown on fourth and fifth streets, then when faced with another on sixth street and down to just over 300,000 chips, he thought for almost two minutes before electing to release his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Kelsall us
Andrew Kelsall
1,800,000
-150,000
-150,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
James Johnson
James Johnson
1,660,000
195,000
195,000
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
1,450,000
625,000
625,000
Nick Kost us
Nick Kost
305,000
-600,000
-600,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew BrownAndrew KelsallJames JohnsonNick Kost