Event #88: $1,500 The Closer | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-16-2023 15:29 UTC-7

Players Chip Counts (full)

Alek Gillies

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roongsak Griffeth	7,500,000 6,335,000	6,335,000
Mateus Carrion De Moraes	7,000,000 5,875,000	5,875,000
Peter Hengsakul	6,600,000 3,875,000	3,875,000
Agharazi Babayev	6,600,000 5,500,000	5,500,000

Sanjeev Kapoor	5,800,000 1,950,000	1,950,000
Cuba Levenberry	5,700,000 2,370,000	2,370,000
Jack Duong	5,620,000 4,135,000	4,135,000

Julien Labussiere	5,230,000 3,945,000	3,945,000
Mihai Niste	5,100,000 1,740,000	1,740,000
Oliver Biles	4,400,000 3,580,000	3,580,000

Derek Kwan	4,250,000 -760,800	-760,800
Alan Hamza	4,150,000 2,240,000	2,240,000
Shaotong Chang	4,100,000 2,060,000	2,060,000
Ekrem Bozkurt	4,020,000 3,405,000	3,405,000
Peter Nigh	3,750,000 3,140,000	3,140,000

Chris Moorman	3,680,000 2,845,000	2,845,000

Preston McEwen	3,650,000 850,000	850,000
Dan Sindelar	3,500,000 2,995,000	2,995,000
Benson Tang	3,200,000 1,015,000	1,015,000

Lucia Antunes	3,120,000 3,005,000	3,005,000
Pierre Shum	3,000,000 2,160,000	2,160,000

Timothy Gilliam	2,525,000 -475,000	-475,000
Yuchung Chang	2,400,000 -2,360,000	-2,360,000
David Toscano	2,200,000 800,000	800,000
Ronald Sims	2,100,000 760,000	760,000

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Level: 33

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

07-16-2023 15:45 UTC-7

Sims Doubles with Rockets

Ryan Lashmar

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Roongsak Griffeth opened to 600,000 from the cutoff and Sanjeev Kapoor moved all in from the small blind for approximately 5,000,000. Ronald Sims called for less in the big blind and Griffeth opted to fold.

Ronald Sims: A♦A♥
Sanjeev Kapoor: K♥J♥

The board ran out K♦3♠2♥4♠2♣. Sims two pair, aces and twos, was better than Kapoor's two pair, kings and twos, and he received a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roongsak Griffeth	6,850,000 -650,000	-650,000
Sanjeev Kapoor	4,525,000 -1,275,000	-1,275,000
Ronald Sims	1,950,000 -150,000	-150,000

Tags: Ronald Sims Roongsak Griffeth Sanjeev Kapoor

07-16-2023 15:52 UTC-7

Baize Turns One Green Chip into Nearly Two Million

Roxanne Johnson

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

David Baize had one green chip left and Shaotong Chang was the only caller and happened to have aces A♣A♠. Baize blazed through those aces with his J♦7♥ on a board of 10♣9♦K♥8♣7♦ where he hit his straight to stay alive.

The next hand witnessed he was automatically all in on the big blind 225,000 and an early position player, Ryuta Ogawa raised to 525,000 and everyone else folded and he was heads up with the lucky Baize.

David Baize: K♥7♠
Ryuta Ogawa: A♣8♥

The board ran out (of course in favor of Baize) with 10♥4♥J♦5♥9♥ and Baize hit the flush on the river.

The very next hand Kharlin Sued was in late position and pushed all of his chips in except for one green chip and then laughed as he realized that he did not have enough now to keep one green chip due to the blinds going up. Sued was all in for 300,000. Lucky Baize also moved all in for his new stack of 650,000 and the big blind, Mihai Niste who had a massive stack declared, "I just want to call because this is my favorite hand" and so he did.

Kharlin Sued: J♦10♠
David Baize: K♣J♥
Mihai Niste: 6♣2♠

The board ran out J♠8♦A♦5♥2♣ and lucky Baize won again with his pair of jacks with a king kicker, Sued was knocked out of the tournament and Niste still has a big stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Niste	4,000,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
Shaotong Chang	3,000,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
David Baize	1,900,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Ryuta Ogawa	800,000 -900,000	-900,000
Kharlin Sued	Busted

Tags: David Baize Kharlin Sued Mihai Niste Ryuta Ogawa Shaotong Chang

Level: 34

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

07-16-2023 16:11 UTC-7

More for Hengsakul

Ryan Lashmar

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Peter Hengsakul opened to 600,000 from the cutoff. Sanjeev Kapoor called from the button and David Baize defended his big blind.

The flop came 4♦10♣2♠. Baize checked and Kapoor bet 600,000. Hengsakul made the call and Baize got out of the way.

Kapoor slowed down with a check on the 5♠ turn. Hengsakul bet 1,500,000, forcing a fold from his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Hengsakul	11,000,000 4,400,000	4,400,000
Sanjeev Kapoor	9,250,000 4,725,000	4,725,000
David Baize	875,000 -1,025,000	-1,025,000

Tags: David Baize Peter Hengsakul Sanjeev Kapoor

07-16-2023 16:14 UTC-7

It is Official Zhu has not Busted

Roxanne Johnson

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Shengchao Zhu was in the cutoff and moved all in for about 1,500,000 and the big blind Amirpasha Emami made the call.

Shengchao Zhu: A♦9♥
Amirpasha Emami: J♠J♦

The board came out 2♠Q♥K♣5♠A♥ and Zhu prevailed with his pair of aces. Zhu was relieved as his friend just called him and invited him to dinner as he saw on the website that he was busted.

Emami said, "Can you tell the news that the guy with jacks threw the entire table over and went mad?" and laughed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amirpasha Emami	3,500,000 3,500,000	3,500,000
Shengchao Zhu	3,100,000 1,925,000	1,925,000

Tags: Amirpasha Emami Shengchao Zhu

07-16-2023 16:32 UTC-7

Three Table Redraw

Alek Gillies

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips
Horseshoe / 485	1	Jixue Yin	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	6,450,000
Horseshoe / 485	2	Agharazi Babayev	Azerbaijin	9,900,000
Horseshoe / 485	3	Shengchao Zhu	SHANDONG, CN	1,960,000
Horseshoe / 485	4	Peter Hengsakul	PASADENA, CA, US	14,700,000
Horseshoe / 485	5	Shouyi Gao	ARLINGTON, VA, US	5,425,000
Horseshoe / 485	6	David Baize	EVANSVILLE, IN, US	1,400,000
Horseshoe / 485	7	Jack Duong	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, US	11,500,000
Horseshoe / 485	8	Yuchung Chang	VERO BEACH, FL, US	8,200,000
Horseshoe / 485	9	Peter Nigh	SAINT LOUIS, MO, US	18,250,000

Horseshoe / 493	1	Ronald Sims	NEWARK, NJ, US	2,600,000
Horseshoe / 493	2	Preston McEwen	MURFREESBORO, TN, US	5,600,000
Horseshoe / 493	3	Michael Rosaman	WORCESTER, GB	3,100,000
Horseshoe / 493	4	Shaotong Chang	BEIJING, CN	2,975,000
Horseshoe / 493	5	Mateus Carrion De Moraes	US	9,000,000
Horseshoe / 493	6	Ekrem Bozkurt	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	4,000,000
Horseshoe / 493	7	Timothy Gilliam	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	6,250,000
Horseshoe / 493	8	Cuba Levenberry	MIAMI, FL, US	3,600,000
Horseshoe / 493	9	Lisa Hamilton	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	2,600,000

Horseshoe / 501	1	Pierre Shum	Jamaica	5,000,000
Horseshoe / 501	2	Chris Moorman	BENFLEET, GB	6,000,000
Horseshoe / 501	3	Sanjeev Kapoor	IRVING, TX, US	10,250,000
Horseshoe / 501	4	David Toscano	EL CAJON, CA, US	2,800,000
Horseshoe / 501	5	Oliver Biles	CHRISTCHURCH, GB	3,950,000
Horseshoe / 501	6	Dan Sindelar	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	2,050,000
Horseshoe / 501	7	Mihai Niste	RO	6,450,000
Horseshoe / 501	8	Roongsak Griffeth	COLUMBUS, GA, US	3,300,000
Horseshoe / 501	9	Amirpasha Emami	NORTH YORK, CA	5,200,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Nigh	18,250,000 14,500,000	14,500,000

Peter Hengsakul	14,700,000 3,700,000	3,700,000
Jack Duong	11,500,000 5,880,000	5,880,000

Sanjeev Kapoor	10,250,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Agharazi Babayev	9,900,000 3,300,000	3,300,000

Mateus Carrion De Moraes	9,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Yuchung Chang	8,200,000 5,800,000	5,800,000
Jixue Yin	6,450,000 6,450,000	6,450,000
Mihai Niste	6,450,000 2,450,000	2,450,000
Timothy Gilliam	6,250,000 3,725,000	3,725,000
Chris Moorman	6,000,000 2,320,000	2,320,000

Preston McEwen	5,600,000 1,950,000	1,950,000
Shouyi Gao	5,425,000 5,425,000	5,425,000
Amirpasha Emami	5,200,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Pierre Shum	5,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Ekrem Bozkurt	4,000,000 -20,000	-20,000
Oliver Biles	3,950,000 -450,000	-450,000

Cuba Levenberry	3,600,000 -2,100,000	-2,100,000
Roongsak Griffeth	3,300,000 -3,550,000	-3,550,000
Michael Rosaman	3,100,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Shaotong Chang	2,975,000 -25,000	-25,000
David Toscano	2,800,000 600,000	600,000
Ronald Sims	2,600,000 650,000	650,000
Lisa Hamilton	2,600,000 600,000	600,000

Dan Sindelar	2,050,000 -1,450,000	-1,450,000

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07-16-2023 16:40 UTC-7

Agharazi Babayev Eliminated in 27th Place ($19,480)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Agharazi Babayev was all in and at risk preflop against Peter Hengsakul who had a covering stack.

Agharazi Babayev: 7♦7♥
Peter Hengsakul: A♦A♠

Babayev was drawing close to dead when Hengsakul hit a set on the Q♦A♣K♦ flop. He did not hit running quads on the 2♠ turn and J♣ river resulting in his elimination.