Event #93: $10,000 Short Deck Championship
Day 1 Completed
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #93: $10,000 Short Deck Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$895,300
Entries
106
Level
22
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
25,000
Entries
84
Players Left
31
Ermin Leads Star-Studded Field in Short-Deck High Roller
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
It was a wild day on the felt in Event #93: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em at the 2023 WSOP at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas that saw chips flying in all directions throughout the opening eight levels. There were a total of 84 entries recorded, and only 31 players bagged up chips to move on to Day 2.
After all the dust settled, it was Ivan Ermin who leads the star-studded field with 411,000 chips. Defending champion Shota Nakanishi busted his first bullet within the first two levels but re-entered and managed to spin his starting stack up to an impressive 346,000. Also among the leaders are Nobuaki Sasaki who bagged up 378,300 chips after some late-night heroics and five-time bracelet winner and poker HoFer John Juanda, who finished the night with 240,900 chips.
Martin Nielsen also will be returning tomorrow with a big stack, who at one point joked to the table that he had only cashed $405 the entire series. When tablemate Cary Katz asked him how that was possible, he said he min-cashed a $250 Daily Deepstack which received a round of laughs from the table. He has now bagged 346,800 in a $10,000 short-deck event in the hopes of getting his second cash of the summer!
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Ermin | Russia | 411,000 |
| 2 | Nobuaki Sasaki | Japan | 378,300 |
| 3 | Martin Nielsen | United Kingdom | 346,800 |
| 4 | Shota Nakanishi | Japan | 336,300 |
| 5 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 310,000 |
| 6 | Robert James | United States | 265,500 |
| 7 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 240,900 |
| 8 | Dong Chen | China | 238,800 |
| 9 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 217,900 |
| 10 | Chris Brewer | United States | 213,700 |
The day kicked off at 2:00 p.m. local time with only 12 players taking their seats at the start of play, but that number quickly escalated. With each player getting three bullets of 20,000 chips apiece, there was no shortage of action at any point.
Some of those that were unlucky to hit the rail throughout the day include Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Nacho Barbero, Jesse Lonis, Phil Ivey, and all-time money leader Justin Bonomo who busted just before bagging.
There were many others who managed to make their way unscathed through the day, minus some minor bumps in the road. This includes recent bracelet Sam Soverel (157,000), Mikita Badziakouski (137,200), Patrick Leonard (129,00), Nick Schulman (96,200), and the 2023 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Brian Rast also found a bag with 128,900 to return with tomorrow.
Unlike last year, when this event was in the middle of the series, there wasn’t as much drinking as this is the last high-roller event, and many players are using it as a chance to save their summer.
Late registration will remain open until the start of Day 2, which begins at 1:00 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Gold Section. The action will resume on Level 9 with the ante at 1,200, and the levels will continue to be 60 minutes in length. The schedule indicates that they will play down to the final five players, but that remains to be determined depending on how the day pans out.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates throughout the day.
Seat Draw for Day 2
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
Please note that this seat draw will change due to late registration remaining open until the start of Day 2.
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 668 | 2 | Brian Rast | United States | 128,900 |
| Horseshoe | 668 | 5 | Martin Nielsen | Denmark | 346,800 |
| Horseshoe | 668 | 6 | John Juanda | United States | 240,900 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 1 | Ben Yu | United States | 130,200 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 4 | Nobuaki Sasaki | Japan | 378,300 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 6 | Hongwei Yu | United States | 187,100 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 2 | Shota Nakanishi | Japan | 336,300 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 4 | Sam Soverel | United States | 157,000 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 5 | Hyun Kim | South Korea | 52,000 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 1 | Qiang Xu | China | 82,800 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 3 | Nick Schulman | United States | 96,700 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 5 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 137,200 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 3 | Robert James | United States | 265,500 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 4 | Alex Epstein | United States | 48,000 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 5 | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | 163,200 |
| Horseshoe | 674 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 217,900 |
| Horseshoe | 674 | 3 | Chino Rheem | United States | 64,000 |
| Horseshoe | 674 | 5 | Chris Brewer | United States | 213,700 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 2 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 310,000 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 3 | Daniel Chio | United States | 94,600 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 4 | Thomas Kysar | United States | 70,300 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 1 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 162,000 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 2 | Ivan Ermin | United States | 411,000 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 6 | David Williams | United States | 48,000 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 3 | Keith Lehr | United States | 126,900 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 4 | Denys Chufarin | Ukraine | 53,900 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 5 | Adam Friedman | United States | 43,000 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 2 | Dong Chen | China | 238,500 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 3 | Thai Ha | Vietnam | 94,000 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 5 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 129,000 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 6 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 104,500 |
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
411,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
||
|
378,300
102,300
|
102,300 |
|
346,800
346,800
|
346,800 |
|
||
|
336,300
36,300
|
36,300 |
|
||
|
310,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
|
265,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
240,900
87,900
|
87,900 |
|
||
|
238,800
238,800
|
238,800 |
|
|
||
|
217,900
62,900
|
62,900 |
|
213,700
123,700
|
123,700 |
|
||
|
187,100
187,100
|
187,100 |
|
163,200 | |
|
162,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
||
|
157,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
||
|
137,200
-14,800
|
-14,800 |
|
|
||
|
130,200
15,200
|
15,200 |
|
||
|
129,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
||
|
128,900
7,900
|
7,900 |
|
||
|
126,900
81,900
|
81,900 |
|
|
||
|
104,500
67,500
|
67,500 |
|
||
|
96,200
71,200
|
71,200 |
|
|
||
|
94,600
94,600
|
94,600 |
|
94,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
|
||
|
82,800
82,800
|
82,800 |
|
|
||
|
70,300
70,300
|
70,300 |
Yu Scores Late Night Double Up
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
Just before the tournament director announced there will be four more hands on the day, Ben Yu had his 55,600 in the middle preflop after calling a shove from his opponent in the cutoff.
Ben Yu: A♥Q♠
Cutoff: K♦10♥
Yu got it in ahead, and when the board ran out A♣K♠6♣J♥J♦, it was his ace-queen that held up to score the full double up just before end of day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000 | |
|
|
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Rheem In The Mix
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
Chino Rheem just sat down and put his chips to work quickly. In a four-way pot with close to 15,000 in the middle on a flop showing Q♠10♣8♥, Robert James checked from under the gun to Chino Rheem next to act who bet 6,000. Brian Rast in the cutoff and a player on the button folded and James went in the tank.
After close to 30 seconds, James open-folded J♠J♦ and the pot was shipped to Rheem.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
254,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
|
121,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
||
|
33,000 | |
Late Night Eliminations
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Chufarin and Sasaki Find Each Other
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
After years of unknowingly playing online together on GG Poker, Denys Chufarin and Nobuaki Sasaki found themselves sitting next to each other on Table 118.
"Wow! I've known you my whole life!" Chufarin joked as the two came to the revelation and shared a laugh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
276,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
80,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
|
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Soverel Doubles through Barbero
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
Sam Soverel moved all in prefop and Nacho Barbero made the call to put him at risk.
Sam Soverel: A♣Q♣
Nacho Barbero: Q♠10♥
The board ran out 9♠A♦9♦10♦K♦ for Soverel to take the pot for a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
68,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
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Lehr Doubles Through Badziakouski
Level 8
: Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante
Both Mikita Badziakouski in middle position and Keith Lehr in the cutoff limped before the player on the button raised to 8,000. Badziakouski moved all in for close to 180,000 and Lehr put in his stack of 17,800 total. The button got out of the way and the cards were on their backs.
Keith Lehr: 9♣7♥
Mikita Badziakouski: A♠K♦
The board ran out Q♦10♥6♠9♠6♦ and the turned pair of nines cracked the ace-king for Badziakouski to double up Lehr.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
152,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
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|
|
45,000 | |
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