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 2d
Entries
3,652
Players Left
1,661

'Rampage' Yau Eliminated from the Main Event

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ethan Yau
Ethan Yau

Ethan 'Rampage' Yau's seat was seen empty and the table was happy to relay the hand:

Salah Nimer raised in early position and Yau defended the big blind.

When the flop came 7x3x2x, Yau check-called a bet from Nimer.

The 4x hit the turn and Yau put in a check-raise after Nimer bet, and Nimer called.

The 2x completed the board on the river and Yau led out for 45,000. Nimer moved all-in for the rest of Yau's stack and Yau sigh called it off. Nimer tabled 4x4x for a full house and Yau flashed 2x before mucking his other card.

Player Chips Progress
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Salah Nimer
180,000
50,000
50,000
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Ethan Yau
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings

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Geilich Goes for a Big Call

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ludovic Geilich
Ludovic Geilich

Ludovic Geilich was in the hijack and bet 5,500 into a pot of 15,500. The flop was already dealt out and read 9?4?2?. Stanislav Angelov sat in the cutoff and made the call.

The 2? turn slowed down Geilich as he now checked to his opponent. Angelov took the opportunity to bet 12,000 chips and Geilich followed with a call.

The 3? river completed the board and saw Geilich go for another check. Angelov then fired in a big bet of 24,500 and Geilich thought it over for a while before tossing in a green T-25,000 chip for a call.

Angelov could only table K?J? for king-high, and Geilich saw that he made a good call with K?9? for a flopped top pair. He raked in the pot and went over the 200,000 mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Ludovic Geilich
221,500
45,500
45,500
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Stanislav Angelov
219,500
39,300
39,300

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"Adam22" No Longer in the Mix

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Adam Grandmaison
Adam Grandmaison

Popular podcast host Adam "Adam22" Grandmaison had entered his second ever WSOP Main Event and tweeted he spun up the stack to 88,000 in the first level of play. He was moved into the Silver section of the Horseshoe Event Center from where he vanished just before the previous break.

According to players at the table, Grandmaison got it in with around 40,000 and ace-queen off suit but ran smack dab into the pocket kings of Julie Bae. The 6x4x4x flop kept Grandmaison in contention but another king on the turn gave Bae an unbeatable full house.

Player Chips Progress
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Julie Bae
150,000
101,900
101,900
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Adam Grandmaison
Busted

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Hawkins Wreaks Havoc on the Joses, Seizes Chip Lead

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Maurice Hawkins
Maurice Hawkins

When walking by Maurice Hawkins' table, he was raking in a huge pot and sitting on a stack of nearly 400,000. A spectator was kind enough to relay the action that had happened to PokerNews.

Apparently, someone at the table had raised to 2,400 and Jose Ortiz called from middle position. Maurice Hawkins was on the button and made a big three-bet to 15,300, which only Ortiz called.

The flop was then spread 5?3?2? and Ortiz checked to Hawkins, who made a continuation-bet of 16,000. Ortiz then raised to 40,000 and Hawkins called.

Ortiz fired another bet in on the 8? turn, this time of 50,000 chips. Again, Hawkins made the call and the pair saw the 5x river. Ortiz slowed down and checked to Hawkins, and the latter went all-in, covering his opponent.

Ortiz quickly made the call and was shown the AxAx by Hawkins. Ortiz also played an overpair, but the smallest one with 9x9x. Ortiz was eliminated and Hawkins shot up to a stack of almost 400,000.

Not much later, Jose Paz-Gutierrez's seat was also seen empty and Hawkins played an even bigger stack. He is now the far-and-away chip leader in Red with more than 500,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Maurice Hawkins
530,000
365,000
365,000
Day 2D Chip Leader
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Jose Ortiz
Busted
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Jose Paz-Gutierrez
Busted

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Rigby Strikes Again and Knocks Out Hellmuth

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Feature Table Horseshoe Main Room, Phil Hellmuth
Feature Table Horseshoe Main Room, Phil Hellmuth

Over on the main feature table, Robert Jones raised to 2,500 with the K?K? and earned two calls as three players headed to the A?10?9? flop. It checked to the initial raiser and Jones bet-folded for 2,500 when Nicholas Rigby raised to 8,000 while Phil Hellmuth check-called out of the big blind.

That brought Rigby and Hellmuth to the 2? turn on which the latter checked. Rigby overbet 36,000 to create a pot of 64,400 and Hellmuth check-jammed for 94,500 to get called by Rigby.

Phil Hellmuth: 10?9?
Nicholas Rigby: A?10?

Hellmuth was in dire shape and the miracle escape never happened with the 5? river, sending Hellmuth to the rail in anti-climatic fashion. "Good game ... nice hand," Hellmuth said in the table chat and shook hands with Rigby before leaving the mothership.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicholas Rigby
542,000
193,000
193,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
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Robert Jones
107,300
107,300
107,300
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Phil Hellmuth
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

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Cynn Sends One Out

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
John Cynn
John Cynn

A player in early position raised to 2,500 and the action folded around to John Cynn in the big blind. He paused for about 20 seconds before deciding to three-bet to 7,500. The original raiser jammed for about 40,000 and Cynn snap-called.

Early position: 10?10?
John Cynn: A?K?

It was a classic race until the flop came K?Q?4?, pairing Cynn's king to take the lead. The Q? hit the turn and the 9? landed on the river, not improving Cynn's opponent as he hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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John Cynn
121,600
75,600
75,600
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

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Brown Has Bullets

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Camille Brown
Camille Brown

Senthuran Vijayaratnam raised under the gun to 3,000, Weston Pring in early position called and Camille Brown in the hijack squeezed to 9,300. Orson Young on the button four-bet to 20,000 forcing both Vijayaratnam and Pring to fold. Brown moved all in for 26,600 and Young called.

Camille Brown: A?A?
Orson Young: A?K?

The board ran 8?9?J?K?J? ensuring Brown the full double up virtue of her aces.

Player Chips Progress
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Senthuran Vijayaratnam
270,000
127,200
127,200
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Weston Pring
127,800
-5,100
-5,100
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Orson Young
124,000
63,500
63,500
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Camille Brown
62,000
22,000
22,000

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Wilson Fires on the River

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Andy Wilson
Andy Wilson

Andy Wilson was on the big blind when the player in the cutoff raised to 2,000. Wilson made the call. The flop came out Q?3?6? and the cutoff placed a bet of 3,400 and Wilson called.

Both players checked the turn 8? and the board was starting to glitter.

The river 2? is where Wilson made his move and bet 5,000. The cutoff took a minute to decide and appeared as though he was going to raise but then threw in the red chip. Wilson showed Q?J? for top pair and the cutoff mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Andy Wilson
190,000
104,000
104,000

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Dwan Uses the "Dirty Diaper" to Crack Aces

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Tom Dwan
Tom Dwan

Tom Dwan was in early position and facing a bet of 8,000 on a flop of 3?8?5?. He called and the turn came the 3?.

Dwan again checked and his opponent, to Dwan's direct left, fired out another 20,000. Dwan looked over at him and paused for a moment before splashing in a raise.

His opponent quickly called all in for his last 60,000 and turned over A?A?. Dwan had 3?2? for trips and the all-in player leapt from his seat to await his fate.

The river came the J? and Dwan won the pot and earned the knockout to climb up near 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Dwan
180,000
65,000
65,000
GTO Wizard

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Sanechika Finds the Perfect Flop

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Nana Sanechicka
Nana Sanechicka

Nana Sanechika raised in early position to 2,500, finding three callers; the cutoff, small blind and big blind.

The action checked over to the cutoff who bet out 2,500 on a board of A?4?10?. Both the blinds called while Sanechika check-raised to 8,000. The cutoff flat called and the small blind three-bet to 22,000. The big blind got out of the way, Sanechika called the raise and the cutoff folded.

Heads up to a turn of the 3?. The small blind shoved all in for the remainder of their stack and Sanechika snap-called.

Small Blind: 4?4?
Nana Sanechika: 10?10?

The river fell the 2? and Sanechika claimed this massive pot virtue of a set-over-set cooler.

Player Chips Progress
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Nana Sanechika
170,000
90,000
90,000

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