Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1b | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-04-2023 23:03 UTC-7

Raymer Steals One on the River

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was a raise to 1,200 in early position and three players called including Greg Raymer in the cutoff. The flop came 10♥4♦3♥ and the action checked to the cutoff who bet 1,300. Everyone called and the 3♣ paired the board on the turn.

The action checked around this time and the 8♥ landed on the river. It checked to Raymer again who was last to act and he splashed in a bet of 10,000. All of his opponents mucked their cards and Raymer collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Raymer	125,500 26,500	26,500

Tags: Greg Raymer

07-04-2023 23:02 UTC-7

Chan Raises Everyone Out

Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A player opened to 1,500 in middle position and was called by Johnny Chan in the hijack and Andy Tsai in the big blind.

The flop came J♥K♠2♥ and Tsai checked to the original raiser, who continued for 2,200. Chan then raised to 8,000 which got two prompt folds.

The ten-time bracelet winner and poker Hall of Famer has chipped up nicely throughout the day and currently sits with 170,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Chan	170,000 10,000	10,000

Andy Tsai	58,000 -16,000	-16,000

Tags: Andy Tsai Johnny Chan

07-04-2023 22:59 UTC-7

An Overview of Gold Heading into the Final Stretch

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jevon Lam	241,000 241,000	241,000
Ramiro Petrone	238,500 238,500	238,500
Julien Martini	193,700 -1,300	-1,300

Yohwan Lim	176,000 13,000	13,000
Dietrich Fast	122,000 3,000	3,000

David Bach	112,000 23,000	23,000

Angela Jordison	99,300 -4,200	-4,200
Moundir Zoughari	98,500 -2,500	-2,500
Amanda Botfeld	92,500 -88,500	-88,500
Allen Kessler	85,900 12,900	12,900
Ashley Frank	83,100 4,100	4,100
Denys Chufarin	83,000 32,000	32,000

Francisco Benitez	74,500 3,100	3,100
Axel Hallay	71,500 2,000	2,000
Max Steinberg	68,000 -11,100	-11,100

Reiji Kono	63,000 63,000	63,000
Brian Kim	55,800 13,300	13,300
Robbi Jade Lew	54,300 -17,700	-17,700
John Eames	51,900 11,900	11,900
Ben Mintz	47,500 -5,700	-5,700
Anthony Hu	45,800 -17,200	-17,200
Donnacha O'Dea	42,500 42,500	42,500

Kazuki Ikeuchi	39,100
Keith Lehr	Busted

07-04-2023 22:53 UTC-7

Battle of the French

Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Clément Van Driessche raised 1,400 on the button and the small blind called as well as Rosalie Petit in the big blind.

On the J♠9♦6♥ flop, all three players checked.

When the 5♦ hit the turn, the small blind checked and Petit put out a bet of 3,800. Only Van Driessche called.

The 4♣ completed the board and Petit fired a bet of 8,500, putting Van Driessche in the tank. After about a minute, Van Diessche pitched his cards into the muck and the dealer pushed the pot to Petit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rosalie Petit	124,000 36,500	36,500
Clément Van Driessche	61,200 -35,600	-35,600

Tags: Clément Van Driessche Rosalie Petit

07-04-2023 22:49 UTC-7

Another Tough Spot For Baumann

Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

According to her, Gaelle Baumann is having a rough time today, "running into the nuts every time." Unfortunately for her, it is not getting better, like when a player in the cutoff opened to 1,300. Baumann called in the big blind to see the flop 7♣Q♥J♠.

The cutoff continued to 2,000, then fired a second barrel of 4,000 on the turn 2♥. Both times, Baumann check-called.

But when the cutoff moved all in for 8,700 chips on the river 3♣, Baumann put her head into her hands, struggling to make a decision. She hesitated for a while and eventually folded, showing a Qx.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	27,000 -9,200	-9,200

Tags: Gaelle Baumann

07-04-2023 22:48 UTC-7

Frank Gets Paid

Jeremy Geist

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action is picked up on the river with Ashley Frank and her opponent looking at a board of 9♣K♥3♠4♥K♠.

Frank put out a healthy bet of 10,000 and her opponent went into the tank. Eventually he landed on a call and Frank quickly tabled 9♠9♥ for a set and rivered full house.

Frank would drag the pot to chip up late in Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Frank	79,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Ashley Frank

07-04-2023 22:47 UTC-7

Fukuhara Doubles with Queens

Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Multiple raises went in before the flop and it was Kenta Fukuhara and Edward Pak battling for 12,500 in early positions.

The dealer fanned a flop of J♠8♣5♣ and Pak continued for 8,500. Fukuhara made the call.

The 2♥ fell on the turn and Pak slammed 70,000 across the line, putting maximum pressure on Fukuhara who had 33,600 remaining. After about 10 seconds, Fukuhara made the call and both hands were tabled.

Kenta Fukuhara: Q♥Q♦
Edward Pak: 10♠10♣

Fukhara let out a sigh of relief as the hands were tabled and the dealer dropped the 3♠ on the river as Fukuhara collected the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenta Fukuhara	110,600
Edward Pak	37,800 -67,200	-67,200

Tags: Edward Pak Kenta Fukuhara

07-04-2023 22:44 UTC-7

Jimmy D Spins it Up

Jim Murray

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

An orbit of hands was relayed by Jimmy D'Ambrosio to PokerNews describing how he spun his stack up from a dangerously low 2,400, to his current count of 31,000.

In the first hand, D'Ambrosio doubled up when his A♥9♥ held against his opponents J♣9♣. "The board ran out clean on that one," commented D'Ambrosio

D'Ambrosio would double again in a come-from-behind victory when he shoved Q♦J♦ and was called by A♠Q♠. The final board ran out X♠X♠X♦X♦X♦ and the back-door flush brought the count up to 13,500 at this point.

In the final hand before the last break, D'Ambrosio would get another double when his A♣J♣ won a flip against the pocket nines of his opponent on a board that read QxJx4x5xKx.

"Make sure you use a good picture of me," mentioned D'Ambrosio.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy D'Ambrosio	31,000 25,700	25,700

Tags: Jimmy D'Ambrosio

07-04-2023 22:38 UTC-7

Malekpour KOs Black

Kirk Brown

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After several players limped for 600, Andy Black raised it up to 3,600 and was called by Kamran Malekpour to see the flop of 5♠8♦3♥.

Black then continued by moving all in for his remaining 13,600 which Malekpour called to put him at risk of elimination.

Andy Black: A♠9♣
Kamran Malekpour: 6♦6♥

The board ran out K♥7♥ for Malekpour's pocket sixes to hold and Black was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kamran Malekpour	123,000
Andy Black	Busted

Tags: Andy Black Kamran Malekpour

07-04-2023 22:34 UTC-7

Evening Counts From Horseshoe Red

Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Antonius	170,000 6,500	6,500
Johnny Chan	160,000 4,000	4,000

Jeff Lisandro	145,000 5,000	5,000

Chris Brewer	145,000 -13,000	-13,000

John Duthie	101,000 -9,000	-9,000
Matthias Kribben	100,000 -5,000	-5,000
Matt Glantz	93,000 -27,000	-27,000
Adrian Mateos	85,000 -4,000	-4,000

Isaac Haxton	72,000 -6,000	-6,000

Brian Topp	70,000 46,000	46,000
Antoine Saout	66,000 13,000	13,000
Humberto Brenes	65,000 1,000	1,000

Andy Frankenberger	63,000 -13,500	-13,500

Gaston Gurevich	42,000 10,000	10,000
Maxwell Young	40,000 2,000	2,000
Anthony Marquez	37,000 7,000	7,000

Marius Kudzmanas	31,000 -3,000	-3,000

Neil Blumenfield	28,000 -9,000	-9,000