Event #42: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (8-Handed) | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-19-2023 11:05 UTC-7

Xu Best Three Way All in

Roxanne Johnson

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The middle position player, Dominic Feldman moved all in for about 250,000. The cutoff, Qiang Xu, three-bet to 400,000 and the button, Edwin Chang pushed all of his chips in the middle for 455,000. Three players were sweating the board.

Dominic Feldman: A♦K♣
Edwin Chang: Q♦Q♠
Qiang Xu: A♣K♠

Chang stated, "I have a chance."

Until the board came out with 5♠6♣5♣A♠6♦ and the two big slick hands chopped, with Xu taking the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	2,400,000 1,340,000	1,340,000

Dominic Feldman	230,000 -210,000	-210,000
Edwin Chang	Busted

Tags: Dominic Feldman Edwin Chang Qiang Xu

06-19-2023 11:10 UTC-7

Theodore Finds a Queen

Ryan Gray

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Matthew Stahl put his tournament on the line and moved all in from the button. Kevin Theodore called from the small blind.

Matthew Stahl: 9♠9♥
Kevin Theodore: K♦Q♣

Theodore immediately pulled into the lead on the 6♠Q♥3♦ flop, and held fast on a 8♣ turn and a 10♣ river, and Stahl added his name to the list of early Day 2 payouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Theodore	1,700,000

Matthew Stahl	Busted

Tags: Kevin Theodore Matthew Stahl

06-19-2023 11:11 UTC-7

Xu Takes Another Victim

Roxanne Johnson

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

William Bradbury was about to get blinded in so he put his chips in the pot under the gun for about 100,000, Qiang Xu called from the big blind.

William Bradbury: 3♥7♦
Qiang Xu: K♠7♣

The board ran out with 2♣J♥A♣10♥Q♠ and Xu added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	2,460,000 60,000	60,000

William Bradbury	Busted

Tags: Qiang Xu William Bradbury

06-19-2023 11:13 UTC-7

Levitt Out

Maxime Taldir

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

From an early position, Justin Levitt put all his 255,000 chips in the middle. On the button, John Cipriano called, but Eric Hall in the small blind reraised all-in for 1,500,000. Cipriano preferred not to take the risk to continue in this hand, so he folded, leaving his two opponents to reveal their cards.

Justin Levitt: Q♠8♠
Eric Hall: J♠J♣

Levitt was already standing up when he saw the flop K♦4♠9♦. The 5♥ arrived on the turn, and the 2♠ on the river, leading to Levitt's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Hall	2,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
John Cipriano	675,000 250,000	250,000
Justin Levitt	Busted

Tags: Eric Hall John Cipriano Justin Levitt

06-19-2023 11:19 UTC-7

Basile Takes The Lead

Florence Mazet

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Christopher Basile built a mountain of chips in front of him. In middle position, he opened to 100,000 and all players folded. He showed A♠Q♥ and continued to build a massive stack of 3,000,000 chips.

Just behind him, Ciaran Duffy is also among the chipleaders with 2,500,000.

In the same time, German player Martin Finger got eliminated. Less than 150 players are still in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Basile	3,000,000 1,975,000	1,975,000
Ciaran Duffy	2,500,000 1,245,000	1,245,000
Martin Finger	Busted

Tags: Christopher Basile Ciaran Duffy Martin Finger

06-19-2023 11:22 UTC-7

Scholderle and Bilinsky Play it Carefully

Ryan Gray

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

After betting 130,000 on a 9♦Q♥7♠ flop, Uri Scholderle and Christoph Bilinsky saw a K♠ turn.

"How much do you have?" Scholderle asked, before tapping the table again. They checked again on an A♣. Scholderle showed queen-jack for a pair of jacks, enough to beat Bilinsky's pair of nines with jack-nine. Scholderle continued to chip up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Scholderle	1,100,000 490,000	490,000
Christoph Bilinsky	1,080,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Christoph Bilinsky Uri Scholderle

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

06-19-2023 11:32 UTC-7

Hatchikian Stays, White Goes

Maxime Taldir

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Francis Hatchikian, in the small blind, moved all in for 275,000 chips, and was called by Alec Magdan in the big blind.

Francis Hatchikian: 9♦9♠
Alec Magdan: A♦8♣

Hatchikian was relieved when his pair of nines remained the best hand on the board 10♦8♦7♦5♥2♠, even without hitting the straight flush. He now has 600,000 chips.

On the next hand, Cynthia White wasn't as lucky as Hatchikian when she was all-in for 245,000 chips against Eden Anzio.

Cynthia White: A♦J♠
Eden Anzio: K♦10♥

Despite having the best hand preflop, White ended up behind as Anzio hit a pair of tens on the turn with 9♣5♣Q♠10♠2♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eden Anzio	650,000 -140,000	-140,000
Francis Hatchikian	600,000 350,000	350,000
Alec Magdan	400,000 -180,000	-180,000
Cynthia White	Busted

Tags: Alec Magdan Cynthia White Eden Anzio Francis Hatchikian

06-19-2023 11:37 UTC-7

Rheem Bets Big, Aguirre Comes Over the Top

Ryan Gray

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Chino Rheem raised it to 280,000 from under the gun. Julian Aguirre then moved all in from the button for 820,000, a stack about the same size as Rheem's.

"Should I call?" asked Rheem. Aguirre didn't answer and Rheem found the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Aguirre	1,200,000 680,000	680,000
Chino Rheem	635,000 -1,815,000	-1,815,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Julian Aguirre

06-19-2023 11:40 UTC-7

Lastest Eliminations

Maxime Taldir

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Herrera	Busted
Matthew Smith	Busted
Niels Gybels	Busted
Christopher Meyers	Busted
James Heath	Busted
Vincent Sima	Busted
Andrew Kenower	Busted
Dennis John	Busted
Benjamin Mirsaidi	Busted
Alan Bittikofer	Busted
Jeremie Bennoun	Busted
Thanh Truc Huynh	Busted
Bradley Kieffer	Busted
Richard Bennett	Busted
John Zawaski	Busted