2023 World Series of Poker

Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 1d
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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 1d
Entries
4,100
Players Left
3,202
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Nincevic Calls Correctly to Send Porter Out

Dan O'Hair
Dan O'Hair
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Mladen Nincevic
Mladen Nincevic

Mladen Nincevic was three ways on a 2?3?2? flop with several thousand already in the middle. Nincevic checked from the small blind and Rep Porter bet 3,500 from the big blind. A player in early position called and Nincevic called as well.

Nincevic checked to Porter on the 6? turn and he shoved for 19,400 total. It was folded back to Nincevic, who made the call to put Porter at risk.

Rep Porter: A?K?
Mladen Nincevic: 5?5?

Nincevic was ahead with his pair, and the J? river failed to improve Porter, who gave a sincere "Nice call" as he stood up from the table.

Nincevic has built his stack massively through the first two levels of play and currently sits with 190,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Mladen Nincevic 		190,000
190,000
 190,000
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Rep Porter 		Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Calden Rivers a Straight

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Gene Calden
Gene Calden

Six players went to a flop of 8?3?4? when a player in middle position bet 1,200 and was called by Gene Calden in the cutoff and another opponent in the hijack.

All three players checked the 4? turn before action checked to Calden on the 7? river. He tossed out 2,000 and only the cutoff called.

Calden turned over 6?5? for the rivered straight to win the pot.

"If you played every hand against me you would be the chip leader," Calden's defeated opponent joked with him following the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Gene Calden 		17,000
-13,000
 -13,000

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The Hachems are in Full Swing

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem

Three players headed to a flop of A?Q?9? and the action checked to Joe Hachem who bet 2,000 from the hijack. Derek Davis called on the button and Charles Leonard check-raised to 7,000. Both Hachem and Davis called to see the 7? on the turn.

Leonard fired out a bet of 7,500 on the turn and Hachem raised to 20,000 which got Davis to fold but Leonard snap-called. The river was the J? and Leonard checked to Hachem who bet 25,000. Leonard thought for a moment but decided to dump his Q?Q? into the muck and Hachem collected the pot.

Meanwhile, just across the aisle in the Horseshoe ballroom, Daniel Hachem has already doubled his starting stack. Joe is famously known for winning the 2005 WSOP Main Event for $7.5 million but Daniel also made a deep run in 2019, finishing in 79th place for just shy of $100,000.

Daniel Hachem
Daniel Hachem
Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Hachem 		121,500
72,000
 72,000
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Joe Hachem 		103,200
43,200
 43,200
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

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Calden Gets a Round of Applause

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Gene Calden
Gene Calden

Gene Calden, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who was the oldest player in Main Event history, was just sent to the rail at the hands of Michael Carr.

According to Carr, Calden made two pair with Kx8x on a flop of Kx8x7x and check-raised from the big blind. Carr, on the button, called and made a straight on the 4? turn holding 6x5x. Calden got his last 19,000 in the middle but couldn't improve on the river.

The players at adjacent tables gave Calden a round of applause as he made his way to the exit, while Carr got out of his seat to shake his hand. Calden made Main Event history here today, but his run came to an end on the second level.

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Michael Carr 		100,000
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Gene Calden 		Busted

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Hellmuth Makes His Grand Appearance with Jungleman as his Guest

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates Make Entrance at 2023 WSOP
Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates Make Entrance at 2023 WSOP

It's the spectacle that many people wait for at the World Series of Poker Main Event. Always on the final starting flight, Phil Hellmuth makes his grand appearance midway through the day while everyone else has their heads down trying to grind away in the biggest poker tournament of their lives.

In the 2023 rendition, Hellmuth entered the Horseshoe grand ballroom as the Stage Master while Daniel 'Jungleman' Cates accompanied him as a lion. Hellmuth also brought in 17 models that were in lion costumes, representing the 17 WSOP bracelets he has won in his career. The 17th bracelet came earlier this year in Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty.

Both players have taken their seats with a fresh starting stack of 60,000 chips just prior to the players going on break. As usual, many of the Hellmuth fans were lined up to grab a picture with the 1989 WSOP Main Event champion. Hellmuth will be making his way to the feature table when the cards go back in the air and Cates will be not far off in the distance, seated in the Gold section.

Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates Make Entrance at 2023 WSOP
Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates Make Entrance at 2023 WSOP
Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates Make Entrance at 2023 WSOP
Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates Make Entrance at 2023 WSOP
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Phil Hellmuth 		60,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
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Daniel Cates 		60,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Second Break of the Day

Chris Land
Chris Land
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates Make Entrance at 2023 WSOP
Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates Make Entrance at 2023 WSOP

Players have been sent on their second 20-minute break of Day 1d as entry numbers continue to steadily grow.

The latest WSOP Main Event number stands at 9,089 total entries, with registration open until the start of Level 8 on Day 2.

"I would have made the straight" Cates says as Lanza Slowly Chips Up

Alek Gillies
Alek Gillies
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Daniel Cates
Daniel Cates

Marcelo Lanza bet for middle position for 1,000. He received a call from the late position player.

The flop came 3?7?5?, and Lanza led out for 1,200. His opponent made a quick call.

While the 6?10? peeled off on the following streets, action slowed down and both players checked around.

Lanza revealed A?7? to scoop the pot as Daniel Cates explained that "he would have made the straight" had he not folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Marcelo Lanza 		15,700

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Ren Lin
Ren Lin

The action folded around to the small blind for the third hand in a row but this time Ren Lin made it 1,400 to go. Patrick Liang called from the big blind and the dealer fanned the flop of 9?9?8?.

Lin continued with a bet of 1,000 on the flop but Liang whiffed and dumped his cards to the muck.

"No coolers on this table," Lin said as he flipped over A?9?. "Drawing dead."

Player Chips Progress
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Ren Lin 		111,500
33,500
 33,500
GGPoker

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Yoo Continues To Climb

Andrew Knowles
Andrew Knowles
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Austin Yoo
Austin Yoo

Kalidou Sow opened to 1,000 from under the gun and Austin Yoo called in middle position. The player in the hijack called as well and action folded to the small blind who put in a three-bet to 3,600. Only Yoo made the call and the dealer fanned out a flop of 10?8?2?.

Both the small blind and Yoo checked their options to the 4? turn. The small blind checked again and Yoo tossed out a bet of 4,200, which his opponent called.

On the 6? river both players tapped the table to a showdown. The small blind rolled over 7?7?, but was no good against the 9?9? for Yoo to score the pot and increase his stack over the 200,000 mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Austin Yoo 		217,000
27,000
 27,000
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Kalidou Sow 		140,000
140,000
 140,000

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Cates Tames Kaufman on the River

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Dan Cates
Dan Cates

Dan Cates, still wearing the lion makeup and fur paws from his extravagant entrance with Phil Hellmuth, went to the river in a pot against Brendon Kaufman and around 20,000 in the middle.

Kaufman checked the J?4?J?8?5? board before Cates, on the button, bet 14,000. Kaufman quickly called and Cates showed K?J? for trip jacks.

Kaufman mucked and dropped down to a short stack as Cates took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Cates 		85,000
25,000
 25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Brendon Kaufman 		26,000

Tags: Brendon KaufmanDan Cates