Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-08-2023 13:35 UTC-8

Costa Grabs Pot with Flush

Herbie Teope

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Adrian Mateos opened in middle position, and was called by Ruben Costa, who had position on Mateos.

The dealer placed 4♥4♣5♥ on the board, which both players checked. The turn produced 7♦, drawing checks once again from the two opponents.

But the river brought some action when 10♥ appeared. Mateos checked, only to watch Costa bet 75,000. Mateos took a moment to study the board before making the call, and then finding out Costa held K♥Q♥ for a rivered flush, which prompted Mateos to muck his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Costa	1,090,000 931,000	931,000
Adrian Mateos	677,000 227,000	227,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Ruben Costa

06-08-2023 13:32 UTC-8

Uvaydov Doubles; Sowers Chips Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

David Uvaydov scored a double for 144,000 with A♥8♣ versus ace-king when he spiked the inferior kicker on a board of 8♠7♦5♦9♠4♠. "What do you mean, I had nine blinds ... I am done with the all-ins, I promise," he mentioned in the table chat.

In the meanwhile, Mike Sowers won a healthy pot off Romel Mendoza on a board of J♥3♣2♦K♥J♠ to see the latter muck what appeared to be AxQx when Sowers tabled the K♣10♣ on a checked through river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Sowers	1,100,000 150,000	150,000
Romel Mendoza	465,000 200,000	200,000
David Uvaydov	300,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: David Uvaydov Mike Sowers Romel Mendoza

06-08-2023 13:28 UTC-8

Another Knockout for Brenes

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

"Wow, you had so many outs to dodge ... ace ... seven ... jack," another player remarked as the chips were sent over to Humberto Brenes. He still had his K♦K♣ exposed while the cards of Manuel Machado were already in the muck. On a board of Q♠10♠8♥Q♥6♣, the pocket pair prevailed as Brenes notched up yet another knockout for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Humberto Brenes	775,000 245,000	245,000

Manuel Machado	Busted

Tags: Humberto Brenes Manuel Machado

06-08-2023 13:20 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Jaffee	1,150,000 370,000	370,000

Fabian Gumz	730,000 506,000	506,000
Jorge Ufano	700,000 583,000	583,000
Feng Qu	700,000 140,000	140,000
Ryan Messick	675,000 17,000	17,000
Thomas Zanot	650,000 138,000	138,000
Ankit Ahuja	600,000 125,000	125,000
Ori Hasson	575,000 25,000	25,000

Alexandre Reard	550,000 212,000	212,000

Stephen Song	550,000 50,000	50,000

Byung Eun Shin	450,000 347,000	347,000
Joseph Cheong	425,000 212,000	212,000

Sriharsha Doddapaneni	400,000 65,000	65,000
Ryan Leng	180,000 82,000	82,000

06-08-2023 13:18 UTC-8

Reading Doubles Through Czuczor

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

In the last hand before the break, Marton Czuczor had John Reading all-in and at risk for 201,000.

John Reading: Q♠Q♦
Marton Czuczor: 9♠9♥

Czuczor pointed to his nine of hearts after the A♣4♥2♦ flop and 10♠ turn. Instead, the Q♥ fell on the river as Reading was the one to further improve to a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Reading	425,000 200,000	200,000

Marton Czuczor	400,000 63,000	63,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

06-08-2023 13:00 UTC-8

First Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Some 72 players remain after two hours of poker action and they have been sent into the first scheduled 15-minute break.

06-08-2023 13:00 UTC-8

Korn Awarded Massive Pot, Doubles Up through Alt

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Herbie Teope

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dinesh Alt’s hot run hit an roadblock in Level 19.

PokerNews walked up to Alt’s table as the dealer was counting out Andres Korn’s stack, who was all in and called by Alt.

The board was obscured with chips, but Alt explained the action to PokerNews that there was an open raise, two flats, and then it was on Alt, who moved all-in with A♠Q♣ before being called by Korn, who held 7x7x.

Korn further explained to PokerNews that the player to his right opened, he flatted, a player to his left flatted before Korn shoved. Of the three players, Korn was the only to call and put his remaining 437,000 at risk against the chip leader.

But Korn won the race, as Alt couldn’t improve his hand.

“You can’t win every hand,” a player was overhead jokingly saying to Alt, who appeared to take the loss in stride.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinesh Alt	1,474,000 276,000	276,000

Andres Korn	980,000 530,000	530,000

Tags: Andres Korn Dinesh Alt

06-08-2023 12:55 UTC-8

More Recent Casualties at a Glance

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Nimer	Busted
David Evans	Busted
Philip Shing	Busted
Nick McAtee	Busted
Elliott Kampen	Busted
Nicolas Gola	Busted
Javier Gomez Zapatero	Busted
Jiang Qian	Busted
Mike Matusow	Busted

Romain Lewis	Busted

06-08-2023 12:50 UTC-8

Liu Continues to Chip Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Without any major action to the A♣7♠5♠A♦A♠ river, Taylor Paur in the big blind bet just 15,000. Ping Liu was his sole opponent who then raised to 120,000. Paur gave it some consideration and folded. All players at the table then racked up their chips as the field was down to the last 72 hopefuls, spread across eight tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Sakai	950,000 625,000	625,000
Xuming Qi	700,000 392,000	392,000
Timothy Miles	550,000 80,000	80,000
Ping Liu	470,000 325,000	325,000
Taylor Paur	350,000 274,000	274,000

Tags: Ping Liu Taylor Paur