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 1d
Entries
4,100
Players Left
3,202

Emmett Wins a Hand for PokerNews

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Randall Emmett
Randall Emmett

"I'm playing this only because PokerNews is watching" said Randall Emmet before opening under the gun to 1,500. He picked up calls by the two players next to him and the button.

The flop revealed A?6?3? and Emmett continued to bet for 1,500, commenting "I need to do it because PokerNews is writing the hand!" . Once again, his three opponents called.

On the K? turn, Emmett sent 7,000 in the middle and it was enough to make his opponents fold and win the pot.

"Watch this" said Emmett before tabling K?3? for two pair. "Finally I'll be on PokerNews when I'm winning hand!" added he jokingly.

Player Chips Progress
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Randall Emmett
84,000
84,000
84,000

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Lafaye Finds a Miracle Double

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Anas Benohod
Anas Benohod

Glenn Lafaye and Anas Benohod built a pot of around 20,000 heading to the 7?K?8? flop when Lafaye bet 7,000 from the hijack. Benohod instantly moved a stack of chips forward for a raise, and Lafaye snap-called for his last 39,300.

Glenn Lafaye: A?K?
Anas Benohod: A?A?

Lafaye had flopped top pair but was in bad shape against Benohod's aces. The turn, though, came the K? and Lafaye made trips to take the lead.

Benohod now needed to hit the last remaining ace in the deck but couldn't find it on the 7? river as Lafaye doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Anas Benohod
100,000
-19,500
-19,500
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Glenn LaFaye
90,000
30,000
30,000

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Bitty Breaks Through

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Jack Bittker
Jack Bittker

On a three-way flop of 2?7?K?, Stephen Bartlett and Jack 'Bitty' Bittker checked from the big blind and early positon, and the middle position player then bet 1,600.

Both Bartlett and Bittker both called and the trio went to the turn 6?, where everyone checked.

On the river 8?, Bartlett led out for 4,500 and Bittker thought for a few seconds before making the call and the other player quickly folded.

Bartlett then flipped over A?7? for a pair of sevens but then Bittker revealed K?J? for top pair to take down the sizeable pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Stephen Bartlett
61,500
61,500
61,500
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Jack Bittker
57,500
5,400
5,400

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Brown's Second Barrel Takes it Down

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Camille Brown
Camille Brown

Camille Brown raised 1,200 under the gun and she received calls from both the hijack and the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of 10?9?4?, and once the big blind checked. Brown continued for 1,300. Both the hijack and the big blind stuck around, making the call.

The 2? fell on the turn and the big blind checked once more to Brown as she fired out another bet of 5,700. This time the bet earned the pot as both players tossed their cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Camille Brown
50,200
10,000
10,000

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Szerszen Wins With Two Pair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Czeslaw Szerszen
Czeslaw Szerszen

Action was caught after the flop of 10?4?10?, and late position led out for 2,100. Czeslaw Szerszen called from the button.

The turn and river came the J?6?, while both players quickly checked around.

Szerszen revealed K?J? to scoop the pot and return close to starting stack for the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Czeslaw Szerszen
56,000
12,200
12,200

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"The One"

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Derek Normand
Derek Normand

"This is the one, this is going to be a good one," Derek Normand said as he called PokerNews over before the hand even started. "Just make it known that I have singlehandedly gotten the table drunk."

The action began with a preflop raise from Scott Harrison to 3,800 and Normand made the call out-of-position to see a flop of 2?4?J?.

Normand checked to Harrison who continued for 5,000 and Normand snap-called to see the K? on the turn.

Harrison then upped his bet to 10,000 and Normand check-called once more to see the 5? fall on the river.

Normand checked again to Harrison who tossed out the same bet of 10,000 and this time Normand paused to think about it for a bit. After a good thirty seconds, he tossed in the chips for a call and was then shown K?K? for a turned top-set of kings.

"Wow, did you even know that the club hit? Did you even see it? Or did you just not care.." Normand mucked his cards as the substantial pot was pushed over to Harrison.

"Any three-year-old can play kings," he shook his head at Harrison, who responded with, "Not every three-year-old can get value like that."

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Harrison
83,500
83,500
83,500
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Derek Normand
31,600
-400
-400

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Smith Can't Lasso Shack-Harris

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
Brandon Shack-Harris
Brandon Shack-Harris

Brandon Shack-Harris raised to 1,300 from early position and Dan Smith bumped it to 4,200 from middle position.

Shack-Harris checked the A?8?3? flop and Smith put in a bet of 2,500. Both players checked a 7? turn, then Shack-Harris took the lead, betting 9,000 on the 8? river.

Smith couldn't find a call, and ceded the pot to Shack-Harris.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Shack-Harris
127,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Dan Smith
87,000
-16,000
-16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

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Alcorn Calls Correctly For Tournament Life

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
Heather Alcorn
Heather Alcorn

Action was picked up on the river in a massive pot between Heather Alcorn in first position and another player in the small blind.

With a board reading Q?A?Q?K?6?, action was on the player in the small blind who moved all in for 41,000 effective and Alcorn went into the tank.

"My nemesis," she remarked as she pondered a call for her tournament life. After some more thought she put in the chips and the hands were turned over.

Heather Alcorn: Q?10?
Opponent: 7?6?

Alcorn was good with her three queens and she added a healthy chunk to her growing stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Heather Alcorn
127,400
70,100
70,100

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Smith Mucks Kings on the Flop

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
Jamie Smith
Jamie Smith

Jamie Smith raised under the gun to 1,300 and the button called, as well as Katie Swift in the small blind before Alexander Greenblatt three-bet to 6,000 in the big blind. Smith called, and the other two players got out of the way.

The dealer fanned a flop of A?Q?6?, and Greenblatt continued for 6,000. Smith thought about it for about 10 seconds before folding his K?K? face up. Greenblatt didn't let him know if it was a good fold or not as he pitched his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Katie Swift
71,800
-53,900
-53,900
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Jamie Smith
52,200
-23,100
-23,100
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Alexander Greenblatt
39,500

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