Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-06-2023 22:13 UTC-7

Edwards Correctly Hero Calls the River

Ollie Garland

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tom Edwards started the hand by raising out of the hijack to 11,000. Both the button and the big blind called.

The flop came 2♦K♠3♦ and the board checked through to the K♥ on the turn. The big blind now took the lead for 9,000, Edwards called and the button folded.

The river landed the 4♥ and the big blind sized up to 40,000. Edwards didn't need much time to sniff this one out as he flicked in one chip for the call. The big blind showed 10♦8♦ for a missed flush draw while Edwards tabled the winning 7♦7♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Edwards	180,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Tom Edwards

06-06-2023 21:57 UTC-7

Bifarella Doesn't Believe O'Donnell

Ryan Gray

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Samuel Bifarella bet 6,000 into a flop of 10♠3♦7♣ and Kevin O'Donnell called. Both players declined to bet on the 2♠ turn.

On a Q♦ river O'Donnell overbet the pot, laying five pink 5,000 chips in front of him.

"I don't believe," said Bifarella as he mucked.

"If you don't believe why didn't you call?" asked O'Donnell.

"Some of your bluffs beat me!" laughed Bifarella.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bifarella	360,000 360,000	360,000
Kenneth O’Donnell	260,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: Kevin O'Donnell Samuel Bifarella

06-06-2023 21:55 UTC-7

Maas Pulls Through

Roxanne Johnson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Preflop action had the player in the cutoff Alex Maas shoving all his chips 66,000 into the pot and the player in the big blind called.

Alex Maas: J♥J♠
Big blind: A♣6♣

10♣K♠2♦9♣9♠ was the board and the Maas' jacks held up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Maas	137,000 137,000	137,000

Tags: Alex Maas

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

06-06-2023 21:49 UTC-7

Grax's Flop Check Gets Him Paid

Ollie Garland

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A player in the cutoff raised to 9,000, Sebastien Grax on the button called and the big blind defended.

On a flop of 3♣A♦2♠, all three players checked the hand through to the turn which came the 6♠. This was seemingly enough for the big blind to take a stand as he shoved all in for the remainder of his stack. While the cutoff folded, Grax snap-called and the cards were on their backs.

Big Blind: J♣6♥
Sebastien Grax: A♠J♦

The river did not change things and Grax claimed the pot and another tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Grax	330,000 330,000	330,000

Tags: Sebastien Grax

06-06-2023 21:39 UTC-7

Romero Busts Another Opponent

Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

James Romero raised from the hijack, the button went all in for 11,000, and the player in the big blind reraised to 27,000. Romero reshoved and the big blind folded.

Button: A♦Q♠
James Romero: K♥K♦

The board came down 9♠7♣5♠8♦2♠ which sealed the win for Romero.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Romero	250,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: James Romero

06-06-2023 21:29 UTC-7

The Bubble Has Burst

Ryan Gray

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The remaining 369 players are guaranteed $2,400.

06-06-2023 21:29 UTC-7

Flopped the Flush

Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The turn action was between the big blind Rohan Dhuper and the hijack position. The board read A♠10♠Q♠5♣ and Dhuper shoved his stack in the middle and the hijack called.

Hijack: A♥J♥
Rohan Dhuper: 2♠6♠

The river was the 3♠ and Dhuper raked the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rohan Dhuper	230,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Rohan Dhuper

06-06-2023 21:25 UTC-7

Lawson's Jacks Beat Queens

Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The pot contained 64,000 on a flop of 10♣3♠9♦ and the big blind bet 32,000. Zak Lawson reraised for all in for 130,000 from the hijack and the big blind went into the tank for a while and called.

Zak Lawson: J♣J♠
Big blind: Q♦Q♣

The turn came the 4♥ and the river was the J♦, which gave Lawson a set of jacks on the river to double up.