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 4
Entries
1,518
Players Left
441

Dunkle Eliminated, Table 539 Put on the Clock

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Adam Dunkle shipped all in for 27,000 in early position and the action eventually folded around to Andrew Hawksby in the big blind after a few minutes. Hawksby quickly called and the cards were tabled.

Adam Dunkle: J?J?
Andrew Hawksby: Q?Q?

The board ran out 9?4?3?10?4? and Hawksby's pair of queens were just good enough to eliminate Dunkle and his jacks. After the hand, the tournament director instructed the entire table that they would be on a 10-second shot clock because of the excessive tanking.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Hawksby
185,000
31,000
31,000
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Fabian Quoss
24,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Thomas Tomczyk
12,000
-4,000
-4,000
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Adam Dunkle
Busted

Tags: Adam DunkleAndrew Hawksby

Tubi Chops With Moneymaker for Tournament Life

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chris Moneymaker opened to 16,000 with the A?2? and Kfir Tubi went deep into the tank out of the big blind with just the 6? showing. Tubi eventually called and they headed to the A?10?5? flop. Tubi tanked for more than a minute before checking and Moneymaker bet 15,000.

Tubi tanked more thereafter and asked "you hit the ace?" before he eventually called all-in as his A?6? was finally revealed.

The 4? turn was a "fun card" according to Dominik Nitsche but the 4? river ensured a split pot.

In the background, the hand-for-hand announcement could be heard.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Moneymaker
740,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Kfir Tubi
37,000
-2,000
-2,000

Tags: Chris MoneymakerDominik NitscheKfir Tubi

Valdez Hits Miracle River to Score Double-Up

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action folded to Fausto Valdez in the small blind, who opened for 32,000, leaving 23,000 behind. Allen Shen made the call in the big blind and the flop fanned out 9?6?4?.

Valdez tanked for a while until the clock was called and then led out for 15,000. Shen moved all in and Valdez again went deep in the tank. After a second clock was called, Valdez eventually tossed in his last 8,000 and the cards were shown.

Fausto Valdez: K?K?
Allen Shen: J?8?

Shen flopped a flush and had the cowboys of Valdez in rough shape, but when the board ran out 10?3?, it was the river that saved the day for Valdez to make a bigger flush and score the double-up close to the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Shen
520,000
-98,000
-98,000
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Fausto Valdez
120,000
57,000
57,000
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Allen ShenFausto Valdez

Bland Doubles Through Sanders

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was caught when Daniel Bland, in an early position, was all in for 92,000 with his cards already flipped against Terrance Sanders in the cutoff.

Daniel Bland: Q?Q?
Terrance Sanders: A?K?

At risk close to the bubble, Bland's queens held on 2?10?5?5?4?, and he doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Terrance Sanders
649,000
-92,000
-92,000
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Daniel Bland
204,000
112,000
112,000

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Pochat Doubles Through Pavlov

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Manuel Pochat's stack was being counted with his Q?Q? still in front of him in the under-the-gun position. Atanas Pavlov was sitting on the button and looking along as the dealer was counting out Pochat's stack of 296,000.

Pavlov had the 9?5? on the 9?7?K?K?A? board, which couldn't beat the higher two pair Pochat held to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Manuel Pochat
612,000
336,000
336,000
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Atanas Pavlov
345,000
-255,000
-255,000

Tags: Atanas PavlovManuel Pochat

Gravlien Busts versus Vijayaratnam in Massive Pot

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Bjorn Gravlien
Bjorn Gravlien

The board 10?4?9?3?7? was already dealt with a pot containing around 500,000. Senthuran Vijayaratnam moved a pile of chips in front of him for a bet worth 500,000, putting Bjorn Gravlien at risk for a remaining stack around 290,000.

After a few minutes of thinking, Gravlien eventually called, but only to see 3?3? in Vijayaratnam's hand for a set of threes.

Gravlien quickly made his way to the exit while the dealer showed he held A?10?.

Player Chips Progress
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Senthuran Vijayaratnam
1,750,000
551,000
551,000
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Bjorn Gravlien
Busted

Tags: Bjorn GravlienSenthuran Vijayaratnam

Tang Takes Wang Out Before Hand-For-Hand Play

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jing Wang was getting up from his seat while Yu Tang was adding a bunch of chips to his stack.

Wang's 10?9? were still visible and so were Tang's J?7? while the board read 7?10?2?7?3? as Wang had flopped a pair of tens while Tang had turned trip sevens to knock Wang out of the tournament and get closer to the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
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Yu Tang
1,540,000
616,000
616,000
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Jing Wang
Busted

Tags: Jing WangYu Tang

Park Puts Pressure on Lam

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The board already showed 10?4?5?8?J? in a heads-up pot with more than 300,000 in the middle.

Carlos Lam checked to Kwanghwan Park who bet 162,0000. Lam went deep into the tank and eventually released his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Kwanghwan Park
1,400,000
269,000
269,000
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Carlos Lam
715,000
-163,000
-163,000

Tags: Carlos LamKwanghwan Park

Hand-for-Hand Begins

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With the tournament clock currently reading 1,510 players remaining, the action has been paused at all of the tables. This will be the start of the hand-for-hand process for the next three eliminations until the money bubble bursts. Two minutes will be taken off the clock after each hand is played.