2023 WSOP Day 36: Main Event Continues Growing During Fourth of July Celebrations
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After the hustle-bustle of previous days, Day 36 of the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was relatively quiet, at least regarding the number of tournaments in play.
Two players became WSOP champions while the Main Event was running, and Bradley Gafford was the first. Gafford went into the third and final day last in chips from five remaining players in Event #74: $1,000 Mini Main Event, with only six big blinds at his disposal, but he came out on top when it matters. Their reward? The first WSOP bracelet of their career plus $549,555 in prize money and a fantastic story.
Event #75: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship was meant to play down to five players before concluding on July 5. However, in a very unlike PLO8 penultimate day, the 19 returning players needed only seven hours to wrap up the latest 2023 WSOP championship event.
Australia's Hassan Kamel was the only player with chips in front of him when the dust settled; Kamel defeated Ryan Hoenig heads-up. Kamel collected $598,613 plus the first bracelet of his career, much to the delight of the Aussies railing him in Vegas and back home Down Under.
Day 1b of the 2023 WSOP Main Event Attracts Another
Day 1b of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship coincided with Independence Day celebrations, yet more than 1,100 players chose this flight to begin their quest for glory; they will hope to be celebrating wildly at the conclusion of this tournament.
Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, a well-known online poker grinder from South Africa, soared into the Day 1b chip lead during the dying moment of the night, bagging and tagging 287,000 chips. Although that is an impressive stack, it places van der Spuy fourth overall behind Day 1a big stacks Yehuda Dayan, Shota Nakanishi, and Hai-Chi Ho.
Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Julien Martini (284,700) has never cashed in the WSOP Main Event, but has done his chances of changing that fact no harm at all by finishing Day 1b with a more than healthy stack.
Patrik Antonius (263,500) and Anatoly Filatov (231,000) bagged up top 10 stacks.
Greg Raymer (201,400) and Johnny Chan (218,000) both know what it is like to win the Main Event. Indeed, Chan has won the Big Dance twice. Raymer and Chan find themselves at the right end of the chip counts after the first of four flights.
Others who reached the now-famous "Beer Level," the last level of Day 1, where many players celebrate with an alcoholic beverage for reaching this stage, included Chris Brewer (173,200), Isaac Haxton (101,000), Scott Seiver (96,700), and Jason Koon (85,000).
Day 1c shuffles up and deals at 12:00 p.m. local time on July 5, and it should be a massive flight. Last year's WSOP Main Event Day 1c drew in 1,860 entrants after Day 1a, and 1b saw 896 and 879 entries, respectively. By our reckoning, the 2023 WSOP Main Event Day 1c should see in excess of 2,000 runners.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out if this is the case.
Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jean-Pierre van der Spuy | South Africa | 287,000 | 359 |
2 | Julien Martini | France | 286,000 | 358 |
3 | Yuze Ding | United States | 284,500 | 356 |
4 | Gar Cheung | United States | 281,500 | 352 |
5 | Andrew Graham | United States | 277,700 | 347 |
6 | Scott Numoto | United States | 268,200 | 335 |
7 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 263,500 | 329 |
8 | Jevon Lam | United States | 243,000 | 304 |
9 | Robert Lofaso | United States | 233,500 | 292 |
10 | Anatoly Filatov | Russia | 231,000 | 289 |
What to Expect on Day 37 of the 2023 WSOP
Online Event #13: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship took place online at WSOP.com on July 3 but the final table is played on July 5 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Sam Soverel leads the way from Yuval Bronshtein, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Ethan Yau, Lingkun Lu, and Gergely Kulcsar.
Of course, Day 37 is also Day 1c of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship, which is expected to be one of the biggest and busiest Main Event flights of all time, although there may be some sore heads among the entrants following July 4 celebrations the night before!
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In this Series
- 1 2023 WSOP Day 1: Big Guns Turn Out in Force for the $25K High Roller; Razaei Leads
- 2 2023 WSOP Day 2: First Bracelet of the Series Awarded; Hallay Leads High Roller
- 3 2023 WSOP Day 3: Andrew Kelsall Leads the Final 11 of the Dealer's Choice
- 4 2023 WSOP Day 4: Polk Advances to Sweet 16 in $25K HU, Eveslage Wins Second Bracelet
- 5 2023 WSOP Day 5: Polk Makes Final Four as Shaun Deeb Chases Stud Title
- 6 2023 WSOP Day 6: Four Bracelets Awarded; Eveslage Aiming for Back-to-Back Wins
- 7 2023 WSOP Day 7: Three Champions Crowned; Chosen One Eveslage Does it Again
- 8 2023 WSOP Day 8: Calvin Anderson Spins It Up in the High Roller
- 9 2023 WSOP Day 9: Could We See the First Female Champion of the Series?
- 10 2023 WSOP Day 10: Action-Packed Day Sees Three Bracelets Awarded
- 11 2023 WSOP Day 11: One Bracelet Awarded; $50k High Roller Kicks Off
- 12 2023 WSOP Day 12: Alex Foxen Chases Second Bracelet In $50k Event
- 13 2023 WSOP Day 13: Shaun Deeb Bags Another WSOP Chip Lead; Seidel Gunning for 10th Bracelet
- 14 2023 WSOP Day 14: Lamb Leads Stacked Omaha Hi-Lo Championship Final Table
- 15 2023 WSOP Day 15: Arends Leads the $100K; Lamb and Deeb Capture Gold Bracelets
- 16 2023 WSOP Day 16: Five Shiny Bracelets Find New Homes
- 17 2023 WSOP Day 17: Razz Championship Spills Over into Day 4
- 18 2023 WSOP Day 18: First Bracelet For Wong; Kornuth Bags Big in $250K
- 19 2023 WSOP Day 19: Benny Glaser Chases Fifth Bracelet
- 20 2023 WSOP Day 20: Johnny Chan in the Hunt for Bracelet No. 11
- 21 2023 WSOP Day 21: Cates Terminated from the $50K PPC
- 22 2023 WSOP Day 22: Ashton Hunting for Second $50K PPC Title
- 23 2023 WSOP Day 23: Ivey Falls Short of His 11th Bracelet
- 24 2023 WSOP Day 24: Five Bracelets Awarded; More Records Broken
- 25 2023 WSOP Day 25: Halatenko Leads Final Five Into Day 4 of $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
- 26 2023 WSOP Day 26: Phil Hellmuth Makes The Final 17 of $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.
- 27 2023 WSOP Day 27: Heimiller; Matusow, and Gorodinsky Shine Brightly
- 28 2023 WSOP Day 28: Chance Kornuth Continues Crushing
- 29 2023 WSOP Day 29: Negreanu Finishes Another Day 1 With a Big Stack
- 30 2023 WSOP Day 30: Erik Seidel Seeking His 10th WSOP Bracelet
- 31 2023 WSOP Day 31: Vitor Dzivielevski Hoping to Join His Brother in the Bracelet Club
- 32 2023 WSOP Day 32: Dzivielevski Brothers Chasing Gold, Both Run Deep
- 33 2023 WSOP Day 33: Three Bracelets Won as Shiina Okamoto Leads The Ladies Event
- 34 2023 WSOP Day 34: Excitement Builds for the $10,000 Main Event!
- 35 2023 WSOP Day 35: The Wait is Over! The $10,000 Main Event Shuffles up and Deals!
- 36 2023 WSOP Day 36: Main Event Continues Growing During Fourth of July Celebrations
- 37 2023 WSOP Day 37: Main Event Looks Set to Obliterate the Attendance Record
- 38 2023 WSOP Day 38: Main Event Shatters Its Attendance Record
- 39 2023 WSOP Day 39: No Repeat Main Event Champion as Espen Jorstad Gets Eliminated
- 40 2023 WSOP Day 40: Maurice Hawkins Leads Main Event into Day 3
- 41 2023 WSOP Day 41: Morgan Petro Bags Big Lucky 7's Stack; Kornuth Continues Crushing
- 42 2023 WSOP Day 42: Arieh Claims the $25K H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 Chip Lead
- 43 2023 WSOP Day 43: Three-Hour Bubble Sees $25K H.O.R.S.E. Get Stuck in the Mud
- 44 2023 WSOP Day 44: Wang Claims $50,000 High Roller Chip Lead
- 45 2023 WSOP Day 45: Kulev Set to Claim $50K High Roller Title
- 46 2023 WSOP Day 46: Friedman Gets Closer To Sixth Bracelet
- 47 2023 WSOP Day 47: Another Deep Run for Hellmuth; Pupillo Final Three in Mixed Event
- 48 2023 WSOP Day 48: Reard In a Dominant Position in the $10K NLHE 6-Max Championship
- 49 2023 WSOP Day 49: John Juanda Could Join an Exclusive Club
- 50 2023 WSOP Day 50: Can The Last Person Out Please Turn Off The Lights?