It's a record that will take some beating. In total, Koray Aldemir spent approximately 135 hours straight unbeaten in the World Series of Poker Main Event.
After winning it in 2021, Aldemir then ran deep again in this year's Main Event, finally falling in 75th place for $101,700. Read what the champ had to say about his incredible run.
Heath Gerig jammed on the button and Kentaro Hori was in the big blind and asked for a count. After the dealer told him it was 260,000 he made the call.
Heath Gerig: 
Kentaro Hori: 
Gerig had two live cards but the 
run out meant Hori's ace-high was going to play and Gerig was sent to the payout desk.
The following hand, Dannah Kemp shoved all in from the cutoff for about 172,000 and it was Hori who called once again from the small blind.
Dannah Kemp:
Kentaro Hori: 
Kemp ran into a bigger pair and the 
flop was no help. The 
turn gave Hori a set of jacks and left Kemp drawing dead as the dealer flipped the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,067,000
999,000
|
999,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
330 players remain as they go for their final 20-minute break of the night.
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Kazuki Ikeuchi was folded to in the lojack when he decided to raise to 32,000. The blinds and ante were still at 10,000/15,000/15,000 at this point, just beffore the break. Action folded to the big blind where he raised to 100,000. Assessing the blind's stack, Ikeuchi raised all in, putting his opponent at risk when he called.
The players' hole cards were
Opponent: 
Kazuki Ikeuchi: 
and they were off to the races.
The board ran out 
and Ikeuchi's pocket queens held up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,870,000 | |
|
1,335,000
427,000
|
427,000 |
|
890,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
720,000
482,000
|
482,000 |
|
||
|
675,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
|
350,000 | |
|
||
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Adrian State raised to 40,000 in early position and Santiago Soriano called next to act before Michael Esquivel came along on the button.
The dealer spread a flop of 
and all three players checked.
The 
hit the turn and State fired a bet of 60,000 and only Esquivel called.
When the 
hit the river, State stacked up a pile of chips equal to about 220,000 and hammered them down across the line, leaving just 25,000.
Esquivel said, "you checked the flop with aces right? You for sure have aces. 100% you have aces right now." After a few more seconds of no response, Esquivel mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000 | |
|
1,300,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
500,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Marcus Schilling is very happy after consecutive wins after putting his stack at risk.
After the first win PokerNews witnessed, Schiling decided to give it another go and put his short stack of 60,000 in it to win it.
Marcus Schilling: 
Opponent: 
Marcus started out behind, but the 
board gave him the help he needed.
Now on the button, action folded to him and he decided to try his luck once again. "I'm gonna win it! I'm gonna win it!", he said confidently. The small blind wanted no part, and the big blind said, "Oh man!" and revelaed the hand she was folding to him, which was . Schilling turned his hand over to show the 
he put to task.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Alexander Tafesh raised under the gun and the button three-bet him to 125,000. The blinds folded and Tafesh put in a four-bet to 345,000. His opponent flatted.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and Tafesh checked before his opponent checked back.
The hit the turn and Tafesh checked again and his opponent pushed two stacks of red across the line for a bet of 200,000. Tafesh thought about it for a couple of seconds and announced all-in.
His opponent had about 630,000 behind and went into the tank. "I am going to need a minute," said the opponent.
After a little over a minute he tossed his cards into the muck and finished with "Whatever it was, it was a good play."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
