Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-05-2023 20:29 UTC-7

Russell Probasco Eliminated in 12th Place ($20,824)

Tyler Foran

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Russell Probasco had fallen short stack as he shoved his last 2,000,000 into the middle from the small blind and Kenneth O'Donnell called in the big blind.

Russell Probasco: 6♥4♦
Kenneth O'Donnell: 9♣7♣

The A♠9♠6♦ flop gave both players a pair but O'Donnell was in the lead with his pair of nines. The 8♠ turn and 8♥ river didn't connect with Probasco as he hit the rail in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth O'Donnell	20,400,000 6,400,000	6,400,000

Russell Probasco	Busted

Tags: Kenneth O'Donnell Russell Probasco

06-05-2023 20:43 UTC-7

Pei Li Eliminated in 11th Place ($26,223)

Herbie Teope

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

WSOP Bracelet winner Pei Li went on a run during the early evening hours and he appeared on track to make the final table.

But a single hand changed everything.

After the action folded to Li in late position, he moved all in for a little more than 16,000,000. Jefferson Guerrero, who had Li covered, took one peek at his cards in the big blind and quickly announced a call.

Li saw the bad news when the cards were tabled.

Guerrero: A♥A♦
Li: A♣5♠

“Oh, no,” Li said.

The dealer placed 2♣K♠3♠ on the flop, providing Li some possibilities, especially when 6♠ appeared on the turn. But 10♥ sent Li to the rail in 11th place for $26,233, as the dealer pushed the pot to Guerrero.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jefferson Guerrero	37,400,000 23,400,000	23,400,000
Pei Li	Busted

Tags: Jefferson Guerrero Pei Li

06-05-2023 20:44 UTC-7

Unofficial Final Table

Tyler Foran

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
605	1	Aaron Georgelos	28,700,000
605	2	Jefferson Guerrero	37,400,000
605	3	Kenneth O'Donnell	17,200,000
605	4	Manuel DeAlmeida	17,100,000
605	5	Robert Gittelman	17,500,000
605	6	Eric Pfenning	14,000,000
605	7	Ka Chun Kan	23,000,000
605	8	Andres Morales	7,900,000
605	9	Chi Nguyen	13,900,000
605	10	Fabio Coppola	4,200,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jefferson Guerrero	37,400,000
Aaron Georgelos	28,700,000 11,700,000	11,700,000
Ka Chun Kan	23,000,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Robert Gittelman	17,500,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Kenneth O'Donnell	17,200,000 -3,200,000	-3,200,000

Manuel DeAlmeida	17,100,000 8,900,000	8,900,000
Eric Pfenning	14,000,000 -4,000,000	-4,000,000
Chi Nguyen	13,900,000 6,200,000	6,200,000
Andres Morales	7,900,000 -4,100,000	-4,100,000
Fabio Coppola	4,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

06-05-2023 20:57 UTC-7

Chi Nguyen Eliminated in 10th Place ($26,223)

Claudio Elizalde

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Chi Nguyen went all in for his remaining 10,500,000 in middle positition and was called by Robert Gittelman, who had him covered.

Chi Nguyen: A♦Q♠
Robert Gittelman: 10♥10♠

Gittelman expressed throughout the tournament that he's superstitious about watching the board run out, so every time he or someone else was at risk and all in preflop he steps away from the table and turned his back. Except for the time he didn't; he lost those times.

The flop brought the J♦9♣J♥ to the hushed table, but when the A♠ hit pulling Nguyen ahead, the table couldn't help but tell Gittelman the score. Gittelman, unwilling to turn around until the deed was done, chose not to listen to his tablemates' cries until the 10♦ hit the river and secured him a huge pot.

Chi Nguyen was eliminated on the final table bubble and the final nine have now moved under the lights of the main stage at the Horseshoe Event Center.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Gittelman	28,200,000 10,700,000	10,700,000
Chi Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Chi Nguyen Robert Gittelman

06-05-2023 21:06 UTC-7

Fabio Coppola Eliminated in 9th Place ($26,223)

Herbie Teope

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Fabio Coppola was in good spirits as the players moved to the featured table at the Horseshoe. He even took a group photo with the final 10 players before the cards were dealt.

He got serious on the first hand, though, and moved all in under the gun as the shortest stack at the table.

Players folded to Andres Morales, who was in the big blind and the second-shortest stack at the table. Morales made the call.

Coppola: A♥3♣
Morales: A♦7♥

The dealer placed K♦5♦4♠ on the board, and then both players paired their ace when A♠ arrived on the turn. The river saw 10♥ hit the board, and Morales’ seven kicker played to win the hand.

Coppola was sent to the rail in ninth place for $33,274.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Morales	12,100,000 4,200,000	4,200,000
Fabio Coppola	Busted

Tags: Andres Morales Fabio Coppola

06-05-2023 21:10 UTC-7

Andres Morales Eliminated in 8th Place ($33,274)

Tyler Foran

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Ka Chun Kan raised to 2,300,000 in the cutoff and Andres Morales jammed for 11,700,000 on the button. The blinds quickly folded and Kan made the call.

Andres Morales: 9♥9♠
Ka Chun Kan: Q♠Q♥

Morales had run into a bigger pair and couldn't find a nine on the A♦7♥5♠J♥7♠ run out, sending him to the payout desk in eighth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Chun Kan	41,700,000 18,700,000	18,700,000
Andres Morales	Busted

Tags: Andres Morales Ka Chun Kan

06-05-2023 21:11 UTC-7

Break Time

Tyler Foran

Level 38 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Just seven players remain as they reach another 15-minute break.

Level: 39

Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000

Ante: 1,200,000

06-05-2023 21:29 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Tyler Foran

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Chun Kan	40,000,000 -1,700,000	-1,700,000
Jefferson Guerrero	37,100,000 -300,000	-300,000
Robert Gittelman	32,300,000 4,100,000	4,100,000
Aaron Georgelos	28,200,000 -500,000	-500,000
Kenneth O'Donnell	18,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Manuel DeAlmeida	16,500,000 -600,000	-600,000
Eric Pfenning	8,200,000 -5,800,000	-5,800,000

06-05-2023 21:42 UTC-7

The Two Failed Bluffs in One Week that Cost Doug Polk $700k

Yori Epskamp

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Chris Moneymaker had the Bluff of the Century in 2003. This past week, Doug Polk had perhaps the Failed Bluff of the Century.

On Sunday, heads-up for a bracelet, Polk bluffed off a significant portion of his stack at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) less than one week after his infamous bluff attempt that didn't get through on Hustler Casino Live's $1 million game.

In both instances, the Upswing Poker founder had a busted draw and attempted to use aggression to coerce his opponents into folding somewhat marginal holdings in massive pots. Both times, however, his efforts were unsuccessful and quite costly.

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