2023 PokerNews Cup

$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD)
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 PokerNews Cup

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$176,540
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$2,261,070
Entries
2,331
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
812
Players Left
102

Lackner Holds to Double

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

An early position player opened to 3,000 and called when Mark Lackner moved all in for 15,500.

Mark Lackner: QQ
Opponent: AK

Lackner remained ahead on the 854 flop but now needed to dodge his opponent's flush outs as well as the overcards.

The 65 completed the board and Lackner doubled.

"Wow, I won a flip," Lackner said.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Lackner us
Mark Lackner
34,000
34,000
34,000

Tags: Mark Lackner

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Dickstein Continues to Build a Stack

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

An early position player opened to 2,500 and Mark Dickstein and Milad Oghabian called from the blinds.

The A33 flop checked through to the J turn. The original raiser continued for 2,500 and only Dickstein called.

Dickstein then led out for 6,500 on the 6 and his opponent released their hand.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Dickstein us
Mark Dickstein
150,000
37,000
37,000
Milad Oghabian ir
Milad Oghabian
48,000
24,000
24,000

Read Gets a Double

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

An early position player made it 2,400 and Christina Read called from the big blind.

Read check-called a continuation bet on the AJ6 flop before leading out for 3,000 on the K turn. Her opponent jammed as the big stack, and Read called off her 25,000 stack.

Christina Read: AxJx
Opponent: KxQx

Read had two pair and held to double after the 7 river.

Player Chips Progress
Christina Read us
Christina Read
70,000
70,000
70,000

Tags: Christina Read

Prager Wins A Race

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Josh Prager moved all in in the cutoff for 14,300 and only the button called.

Josh Prager: AK
Opponent: QQ

The board ran out A7762 and the ace-king found a pair on the flop to pull ahead of the queens and survive in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Prager us
Josh Prager
31,100
1,100
1,100

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Fast Falls to Levy

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dietrich Fast jammed for 8,900 from middle position and was called by Nir Levy from the big blind.

Dietrich Fast: A10
Nir Levy: A5

Levy paired his undercard on the 985 flop to take the lead. Fast could not improve on the 4J runout and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Nir Levy il
Nir Levy
30,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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