2023 World Series of Poker

Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$12,100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$93,399,900
Entries
10,043
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
1,039
Players Left
721

Winter Gets Value-Owned

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Sean Winter
Sean Winter

In a heads-up pot on a board of 8?4?4? with around 30,000 already in the middle, Zak Lawson checked from the small blind and Sean Winter bet 6,000 on the button. Lawson called.

Lawson checked on the 3? turn and Winter checked back. Lawson checked once more on the A? river and Winter took some time before betting 15,500. Lawson quickly called.

Winter quickly showed AxJx before mucking as his opponent showed A?Q? to have the high roller outkicked.

Player Chips Progress
Zak Lawson gb
Zak Lawson
130,000
130,000
130,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
63,000
-27,400
-27,400

Tags: Sean WinterZak Lawson

Becker Gets Back-Raised

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Johannes Becker
Johannes Becker

Johannes Becker raised to 1,200 from early position and Tom Rafferty called from the next seat over. The action then folded to the player in the big blind, who made it 5,500 to go.

Becker called before Rafferty decided to up the ante to 17,000 chips by back-raise four-betting. The big blind let his hand go and so did Becker, asking; "I show, you show?" before both players' holdings eventually reached the muck face down.

"That's what you can do when you have chips," Florencio Bunal chimed in from another seat at the table.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
158,000
158,000
158,000
Johannes Becker de
Johannes Becker
62,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Florencio Bunal us
Florencio Bunal
60,000
60,000
60,000

Tags: Johannes BeckerTom Rafferty

Up and Down for E-Tay

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Esther Taylor
Esther Taylor

There was a raise to 1,500 in early position which was called by David Cowling on the button and Esther Taylor in the big blind. The flop came 8?7?2? and the action checked to Cowling who bet 1,900 and only Taylor called.

The turn brought the 5? and Taylor led out with a bet of 6,800. Cowling called and the 4? completed the board. Taylor splashed in another bet of 11,000 and Cowling was forced to fold. Taylor opted to show the 9? as she raked in the pot.

On the next hand, Tony Gregg raised to 1,000 on the button and Taylor just called from the small blind. Assad Kamran three-bet to 10,500 from the big blind and Gregg folded. Taylor stuck in a bunch of chips and Kamran called off his stack of 28,500.

Taylor turned over A?Q? and was flipping against the 10?10? of Kamran. The board ran out 9?7?6?4?7? and Kamran's pocket pair held on to double up through Taylor.

Player Chips Progress
Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
91,500
-12,500
-12,500
David Cowling ca
David Cowling
60,700
-59,300
-59,300
Assad Kamran no
Assad Kamran
58,500
30,500
30,500

Tags: Assad KamranDavid CowlingEsther TaylorTony Gregg

Owen's River Bet Earns Him the Pot

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Brad Owen
Brad Owen

There was a raise in middle position to 1,500 and both the small blind, and Brad Owen in the big blind came along.

The dealer fanned a flop of Q?3?2? and Owen check-called a bet of 2,300, while the small blind check-folded.

The A? was quickly checked by both players and the 8? landed on the river. Owen grabbed a bet of 6,000 and tossed it in the middle and his opponent surrendered the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brad Owen us
Brad Owen
44,900
-1,500
-1,500

Tags: Brad Owen

Gold Makes The Right Call

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Jamie Gold
Jamie Gold

Martin Vialla de Soleyrol opened to 1,300 from middle position and found one caller in Jamie Gold from the big blind.

Both players checked on the 5?2?6? flop and then Gold led out for 2,000 on the 7? turn. Vialla de Soleyrol called.

The 8? completed the board and Gold checked — prompting a 6,200 bet from Vialla de Soleyrol and sending Gold deep into the tank.

"All I have is a deuce I might call you," Gold said.

Gold did eventually put in a call and Vialla de Soleyrol tabled A?Q? for a busted flush draw. Gold had Q?2? for a pair of deuces as advertised and collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jamie Gold us
Jamie Gold
140,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
Commerce Casino & Hotel
WSOP 1X Winner
Martin Vialla de Soleyrol
Martin Vialla de Soleyrol
97,000
97,000
97,000

Tags: Jamie GoldMartin Vialla de Soleyrol

Big Stacks Wage War Late on Day 1a

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Yehuda Dayan
Yehuda Dayan

There was a four-way pot on a table with many chips. Gianna Avdic McIntire played more than 200,000 when she bet out on 9?7?3? for 2,500 chips from the small blind. Yehuda Dayan, the chip leader in the silver section of the Horseshoe Event Center, was the only caller in the cutoff.

"Be careful, Gianna," Dayan warned Avdic McIntire when the J? turn was dealt. She did not heed the warning and bet out another 2,500 before Dayan immediately raised it to 15,000.

"Be careful Gianna," Dayan repeated.

"Hmm," Avdic McIntire hummed. "I'm not sure."

Ultimately, she let her hand go, and Dayan received another pot to catapult him over the 400,000 mark.

Player Chips Progress
Yehuda Dayan il
Yehuda Dayan
409,000
104,000
104,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Gianna Avdic McIntire us
Gianna Avdic McIntire
202,000
500
500

Tags: Gianna Avdic McIntireYehuda Dayan

Beer Level is Fully Activated!

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Beer Level
Beer Level

Alex Livingston limped in from middle position which invited Jaime Kaplan along from the cutoff. Xuan Liu raised to 2,400 on the button and both Livingston and Kaplan called.

The flop came A?A?9? and the action checked to Liu who bet 1,500 which prompted two quick folds from her opponents.

As Liu raked in the pot, the waitress arrived at the table with a tray full of beers.

"Cheers," Livingston said with his beer in the air. "Five out of nine for beer level is not bad," referring to the five players that joined in the festivities.

Tags: Alex LivingstonJaime KaplanXuan Liu

Nitsche Joins Silver, Gets Gold

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche

Dominik Nitsche has joined the silver tables of the main event for the last hour of Day 1a. A few hands after sitting down, he raised to 3,000 chips from middle position after a limp from an early position player.

James Jewell was next to act in the cutoff and three-bet jammed for 24,200. The limper folded while Nitsche eyed the all in, shrugged, and called.

James Jewell: A?K?
Dominik Nitsche: A?Q?

Nitsche was a big dog, but that changed when the flop came Q?J?2?. His top pair would remain the best hand on the 9?5? runout and Nitsche scored a knockout in the final stages of Day 1a.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
74,500
-33,100
-33,100
WSOP 4X Winner
James Jewell us
James Jewell
Busted

Tags: Dominik NitscheJames Jewell

Lie Caught Speeding

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Aylar Lie
Aylar Lie

Aylar Lie raised 1,200 under the gun and only Kenji Harada made the call in the cutoff.

The dealer fanned a flop of 6?5?5?, and Lie continued for 800. Harada called.

The 3? peeled off on the turn and Lie fired a second shell of 2,300 and Harada didn't go anywhere as he put in the call.

When the K? landed on the river, Lie fired 7,500 into the middle, and Harada snap-called.

Lie mucked her hand and Harada tabled K?Q? for a pair of kings on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Kenji Harada jp
Kenji Harada
77,300
18,300
18,300
Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
63,500
5,500
5,500

Tags: Kenji HaradaAylar Lie

Water on Table 601! Too Many Beers for Polk

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Doug Polk
Doug Polk

The action folded around to Doug Polk in the small blind while Mike Smith pleaded for a walk in the big blind.

"I'm definitely not folding," Polk said as he threw in chips to call. Smith checked his option and the flop of J?5?2? hit the felt. Both players checked and the A? landed on the turn.

Polk checked again and Smith made a bet of 1,100 which Polk called. The river was the 6? and Polk checked again. Smith tossed in a bet of 1,900 and Polk looked him up. Smith turned over K?9? for the nut flush.

"Ahh ha! I got you!" Polk shouted as he tabled his K?6? and pushed the six forward showing his pair of sixes.

"I have the nuts!" Smith yelled back as he wiggled the K?.

"Oh f***! I didn't see four spades on the board," Polk replied as the table burst into laughter. "Water on Table 601, please!"

Player Chips Progress
Doug Polk us
Doug Polk
277,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Mike Smith (US) us
Mike Smith (US)
68,500
-3,500
-3,500

Tags: Doug PolkMike Smith