2023 World Series of Poker

Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 1b
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Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣j♦
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 1b
Entries
1,118
Players Left
819
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Chufarin and Alt Battle It Out

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Dinesh Alt
Dinesh Alt

A flop of 3?A?4? was spread and four players were still in contention to win the pot of 2,000 chips. After two checks, Denys Chufarin was the one to bet 500 from middle position. Dinesh Alt made the call from the cutoff, as did the big blind.

The turn then fell the 3? and the big blind checked. Chufarin bet another 2,000 and this time only Alt made the call.

Chufarin slowed down on the 10? river with a check. Alt responded with a bet of 4,200 and sent Chufarin into the tank. Eventually, he folded, laughing, stating how hard it is to have a bluff in Alt's position.

Player Chips Progress
Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt 		77,200
17,200
 17,200
Denys Chufarin ua
Denys Chufarin 		50,100
50,100
 50,100
GGPoker

Tags: Denys ChufarinDinesh Alt

Sugar Joint for Buckner

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Steven Buckner
Steven Buckner

Steven Buckner raised it up in middle position and picked up three callers along the way including Hye Park on his left. The flop came 5?4?2? and Buckner continued with a bet of 1,600. Park called and the other players folded.

"Leave me alone, this hand might take a while," Buckner spouted at someone who was trying to talk to him nearby.

The turn was the J? and Buckner sized up a bet of 7,000. Park thought for a moment but decided to lay his hand down. Buckner turned over 6?3? for a straight and then went on a rant.

"You see that, cuz? Raising with six-three and flopping the joint. If you got a flush draw, let's play for it all! I'm not greedy, but no free cards around here. I flopped the sugar joint, cuz!"

Player Chips Progress
Hye Park us
Hye Park 		55,000
-5,000
 -5,000
Steven Buckner us
Steven Buckner 		53,000
26,000
 26,000

Tags: Hye ParkSteven Buckner

StarCraft Legend Joins Gold Section

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Yohwan "BoxeR" Lim
Yohwan "BoxeR" Lim

Yohwan "BoxeR" Lim has joined the Gold Section of the Main Event. Lim is one of the best-known StarCraft players in the world, and even has his own documentary and fan club back in Korea. He was involved in a heads-up pot against Michael Trivitt, with 17,600 already in the middle.

The board was dealt up until the turn and read 8?2?8?J?. Trivett led from under the gun and put Lim in tough spot on the button. With his camera crew capturing his struggle, he eventually folded his hand and forfeited the pot to Trivitt.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Trivett us
Michael Trivett 		63,900
63,900
 63,900
StakeKings
Yohwan Lim kr
Yohwan Lim 		42,500
42,500
 42,500

Tags: Michael TrivittYohwan Lim

Pham Shows the Bluff

Tyler Foran
Tyler Foran
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
David Pham
David Pham

David Pham raised 800 in the cutoff and only the button made the call.

The 10?10?8? flop was checked through to see the 7? turn.

Pham led out for 3,600 and the button called.

When the 3? completed the board, Pham fired 7,900. The button sighed as he said, "Exactly what I put you on, the flush draw." And folded his hand.

Pham showed him the J? first and after a couple of seconds he tabled his second card which was the K?, showing the bluff.

Player Chips Progress
David Pham us
David Pham 		70,200
2,600
 2,600
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: David Pham

Sotiropoulos Puts Screws to Opponent

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Georgios Sotiropoulos
Georgios Sotiropoulos

On a heads-up completed board of 5?5?4?5?7?, the early position player had led out for 6,800 but his opponent, Georgios Sotiropolous, did not think that was enough and raised it up to 24,500.

The early position player then went deep into the tank, until the point that the clock was called on him and he was given a 30-second countdown.

"I've built houses faster than this!" someone at the table was getting restless.

As his clock neared zero, he made the call but was then shown 7?7? by Sotiropolous for a big full house and he quickly mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos 		105,000
105,000
 105,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Georgios Sotiropolous

Steinberg Doubles With Kings

Jim Murray
Jim Murray
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Max Steinberg
Max Steinberg

PokerNews caught up with an all-in hand between Max Steinberg and an opponent to his left, the cards were on their backs and the full board was dealt out.

Max Steinberg: K?K?
Opponent: A?A?

The final runout read K?2?7?8?9? and with his flopped set of kings, Steinberg was able to crack the aces of his opponent and get the full double.

Player Chips Progress
Max Steinberg us
Max Steinberg 		64,000
32,000
 32,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Max Steinberg

Quick Hands and Updated Counts

Jeremy Geist
Jeremy Geist
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Hand #1

There was a button open to 700. The small blind folded and Max Steinberg put in a three-bet to 3,200. The button called and they saw a flop of K?Q?8?. Steinberg led for 3,200 and the button folded. Steinberg chipped back up after a slow start.

Hand #2

The next hand there was an under the gun limp by Bruce Little and action folded all the way around to high stakes pro Brian Kim in the big blind. He checked and they saw a flop of A?3?4?. Kim check-folded to a bet of 1,000 from Little. He dragged the pot but Kim still holds the chip lead.

One Table Over

Martin Kabrhel was still talking about the pot he was dragging into his crippled stack. He is still short after some unorthodox play early in the day.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Kim us
Brian Kim 		74,000
-3,300
 -3,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Max Steinberg us
Max Steinberg 		45,000
-19,000
 -19,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bruce Little us
Bruce Little
45,000
-26,000
 -26,000
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel 		37,000
3,500
 3,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Brian KimBruce LittleMartin KabrhelMax Steinberg

Raymer Raises it Away on the River

Tyler Foran
Tyler Foran
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Greg Raymer
Greg Raymer

Tauan De Oliveira raised 800 in middle position and Greg Raymer called in the cutoff before Sebastian Wuthold came along in the big blind.

When the A?7?7? flop hit the felt, all three players checked to see the 4? turn.

Wuthold checked and De Oliveira dropped a yellow chip across the line for a bet of 1,000. Only Raymer called.

The 2? completed the board and De Oliveira sized down, betting 800. Raymer put in a raise to 5,200 and De Oliveira eventually pushed his cards into the middle.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer 		122,500
4,500
 4,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Sebastian Wuthold de
Sebastian Wuthold
76,200
76,200
 76,200
Tauan De Oliveira br
Tauan De Oliveira 		33,600
33,600
 33,600

Tags: Greg RaymerSebastian WutholdTauan De Oliveira

Lehr Gets There

Jeremy Geist
Jeremy Geist
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Keith Lehr
Keith Lehr

There was an under the gun open to 1,000 and action folded all the way to two time bracelet winner Keith Lehr in the big blind who called.

The 7?2?5? flop landed and Lehr check-called a 1,500 bet from the under the gun player.

The turn brought a J? and again Lehr checked it over again. His opponent went into the tank for a moment and put out a bet of 5,000. Lehr called again.

The A? river hit the felt and action went check-check. Lehr tabled A?K? and his opponent flashed a pair of queens before sending them to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr 		68,500
8,500
 8,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Keith Lehr

Kabrhel Eliminated by DeMarco

Jim Murray
Jim Murray
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Martin Kabrhel
Martin Kabrhel

In a hand relayed to PokerNews by Michael DeMarco, DeMarco raised from early position and Martin Kabrhel called on the button.

The two players made it to the river on a board reading 5?2?10?3?K? and DeMarco bet out 14,000.

Kabrhel responded by moving all-in and DeMarco snap-called.

Martin Kabrhel: AxJx
Michael DeMarco: A?K?

Kabrhel turned his ace-high into a bluff but ran into the top pair kings of DeMarco, resulting in an early departure from this year's main event for Kabrhel.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Demarco us
Michael Demarco
120,000
49,000
 49,000
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel 		Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Martin KabrhelMichael Demarco