2023 World Series of Poker

Event #88: $1,500 The Closer
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q2
Prize
$606,810
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,713,885
Entries
3,531
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
258
Players Left
1

Level: 31

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

Kwan Survives his Shove

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Derek Kwan was in the cutoff and moved all in for about 1,000,000 and Michael Marder also moved all in from the button with double Kwan's stack. Everyone else folded.

Derek Kwan: Q?10?
Michael Marder: A?J?

Kwan scored the straight on the turn with the board of 6?J?9?K?A? and received double the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Derek Kwan
2,100,000
1,270,000
1,270,000
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Michael Marder
1,500,000
610,000
610,000

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Level: 30

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

Hughes Gets the Knockout

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Kyle Hughes
Kyle Hughes

The button raised all in for about 570,000 and Kyle Hughes also shoved his stack in for about 1,100,000 and the big blind folded.

Button: Q?10?
Kyle Hughes: A?K?

The board ran out with no sweat for Hughes K?6?4?7?4? and he instantly had a chip boost.

Player Chips Progress
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Kyle Hughes
2,620,000
1,240,000
1,240,000

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Chang Puts a Move on Ogawa

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Action was caught after the flop of 7?Q?6?, and Shaotang Chang quickly checked. Ryuta Ogawa bet 240,000 and received a call from Chang.

The turn was the 3?, and Chang jammed all in for around 1,300,000. Ogawa pondered a decision before he made the fold and Chang took the pot uncontested.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaotong Chang
2,040,000
1,515,000
1,515,000
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Ryuta Ogawa
1,500,000
670,000
670,000

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Gilliam Takes the Cake with Threes

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Lorenzo Bosforo raised all in to about 600,000 from late position and Timothy Gilliam made the call from the big blind.

Lorenzo Bosforo: K?9?
Timothy Gilliam: 3?3?

The board came out J?8?2?A?3? and Gilliam won with his set of threes.

Player Chips Progress
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Timothy Gilliam
3,000,000
2,595,000
2,595,000
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Lorenzo Bosforo
Busted

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Alexandra Botez Wants the WSOP Main Event Stream to Be Free; Do You Agree?

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Alexandra Botez
Alexandra Botez

Don't hide the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event live-stream behind a paywall, so says chess superstar Alexandra Botez, who has become an avid poker player.

PokerGO holds the rights to all live-streamed coverage of poker's most prestigious tournament, which is set to play down to a $12.1 million winner on Monday, with the final table beginning Sunday at 2 p.m. PT. Poker fans can catch all the action live (on delay), but viewing it isn't free.

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Hatmaker Sends Sapitavicius to the Rail

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Arunas Sapitavicius jammed all in from under the gun for 1,070,000. Casey Hatmaker shoved over the top as everyone else got out of the way. Both players revealed their hands.

Arunas Sapitavicius: A?Q?
Casey Hatmaker: 9?9?

The board ran out 9?6?K?5?J? for Hatmaker to take it down.

Player Chips Progress
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Casey Hatmaker
3,210,000
2,960,000
2,960,000
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Arunas Sapitavicius
Busted

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