2023 World Series of Poker

Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day: 2
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Event Info
2023 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣9♠
Prize
$435,924
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,529,825
Total Entries
1,139
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
144
Players Left
11
Players Left 1 / 1,139
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D'Ursel Bad Beats Reard for a Double

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Igor D'Ursel
Igor D'Ursel

Dinesh Alt lost the penultimate hand of the level against Jared Jaffee when the 8♠8♣ of the latter was good for a medium-sized pot with two streets of action on a 5♣5♦3♦9♠Q♥ board. In the last hand before the dinner break, Alt then opened to 60,000 and Alexandre Reard in cutoff three-bet to 180,000.

Igor D'Ursel four-bet jammed for 415,000 on the button and Alt folded, while Reard snap-called.

Igor D'Ursel: J♠J♦
Alexandre Reard: K♦K♠

The dominated pair flopped a set on Q♥J♣10♦ while Reard had an open-ended straight draw. Nothing changed on the 6♥ turn and 6♣ river as D'Ursel improved to a full house, cutting a dent into Reard's stack.

Right after that, the 31 remaining players went on a scheduled 60-minute dinner break. Action will resume at approximately 7.32 p.m. local time.

Tags: Alexandre ReardDinesh AltIgor D'UrselJared Jaffee

Song Eliminates Maguire

Herbie Teope
Herbie Teope
Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Christopher Maguire hung in as long as he could with a short stack, and then picked his spot to move all in for his remaining less than 100,000 chips.

Action folded to WSOP bracelet winner Stephen Song, who was in late position and called. The cards were tabled after the blinds folded.

Maguire: A♣8♥
Song: A♠8♠

The table laughed when they saw the hands, and even Maguire let out a chuckle. The mood, however, changed when the dealer fanned 10♠Q♠K♠ on the flop, giving Song the nut flush. The 5♣ on the turn and 4♦ on the turn were a formality, as Maguire was sent to the rail shortly before the dinner break.

Tags: Christopher MaguireStephen Song

Keeline Eliminated by Sakai

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Ben Keeline was down to around nine blinds when he three-bet jammed with his short stack and pocket nines. The initial raiser Stephen Sakai called and tabled the slightly inferior pocket pair in 8♠8♣.

However, the current chip leader instantly spiked a set on the 8♥4♦3♠ flop to take the lead. Nothing changed anymore with the 5♥ turn and Q♣ river to reduce the field by one.

Tags: Stephen SakaiBen Keeline

Swan Chips Up Further; Jaffee Slips Down the Pecking Order

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jared Jaffee had been one of the chip leaders for a while but he has since dropped into the middle of the pack with just under one million in chips. The latest hand saw Jaffee open raise to 60,000 and he then folded to a shove by Ruben Costa for 430,000.

Over on table 661, three-way action led to the A♠3♥2♦ flop and it checked to Feng Qu in the hijack who bet 60,000. Daniyal Gheba called in the cutoff and Adam Swan in the big blind then check-raised to 175,000. Qu folded after brief consideration and Gheba needed longer to come to the same conclusion.

Tags: Adam SwanDaniyal GhebaFeng QuJared JaffeeRuben Costa

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Marton Czuczor raised to 60,000 and Ben Keeline three-bet to 220,000 with 35,000 behind. That sent Czuczor into a brief tank before he opted to fold. In the meanwhile, Humberto Brenes saw his short stack of 15 blinds vanish as he had to settle for 34th place.

Tags: Ben KeelineHumberto BrenesMarton Czuczor

Ufano Among the Next Casualties

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Jorge Ufano
Jorge Ufano

Jorge Ufano had been nursing a short stack for a while and the clock had been called on him on numerous occasions. The same happened again before he then raised to 130,000 with very few chips behind. Andres Korn moved all-in out of the big blind and Ufano called it off.

Jorge Ufano: A♣5♠
Andres Korn: A♥Q♠

The kicker played on the 8♥3♦2♠10♦K♣ board to eliminate Ufano on the pay jump. One minute later, Ryan Messick was eliminated by Valentino Konakchiev and that reduced the field to the last 34 players.

Tags: Andres KornJorge UfanoRyan MessickValentino Konakchiev

Shin Sends Two to Rail in Consecutive Hands

Herbie Teope
Herbie Teope
Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Byung Eun Shin ran hot as the sun in two straight hands.

First, PokerNews walked up just after he knocked out Ari Shin, and then caught the second set of fireworks against Samy Boujmala, who moved all in after Shin raised in late position.

Shin: A♣K♠
Boujmala: 10♠10♣

It proved the classic poker race, and Shin surged ahead when the dealer placed K♣2♦2♥ on the flop. Boujmala stood up at this point to watch J♦ hit the turn and 5♦ on the river to end his tournament.

Tags: Ari ShinByung Eun ShinSamy Boujmala

Hasson and Song "Show Bluffs"

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a three-way turn of Q♦J♠8♠Q♥, Ori Hasson checked out of the small blind and Stephen Sakai bet 85,000 out of the big blind. Valentino Konakchiev called from an early position and Hasson then check-raised to 250,000. Sakai snap-folded and Konakchiev did so reluctantly.

"Good bluff," Hasson stated and flashed his 9♦9♥.

One table over, Stephen Song bet all but one last T-5,000 chip on the 6♣5♣3♥7♣A♠ river. It was a pot-sized effort for 465,000 and Niall Farrell sigh-folded. "Show the bluff," another player at the table demanded and added "you know you want to show it". Song obliged and flashed the 10♥ only.

"I had two pair," Farrell replied when asked what he had.

Tags: Niall FarrellOri HassonStephen SakaiStephen SongValentino Konakchiev

Gheba Gets a Shove Through

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Three ways to the A♦10♥3♣9♦ turn, Daniyal Gheba checked and Christopher Maguire bet 90,000. Stephen Song called on the button only for Gheba to check-shove for 355,000. Maguire quickly folded while Song asked for an exact count and sigh-folded.

The table no longer features Blaz Zerjav, who had been eliminated a few minutes ago.

Tags: Blaz ZerjavChristopher MaguireDaniyal GhebaStephen Song

Xu Successfully Bluffs Shin

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Picking up the action on the Q♥10♦6♣8♥ turn, Byung Eun Shin from under the gun and Qiang Xu in late position both invested 275,000 in chips. Shin then checked the Q♦ river and Xu bet only 125,000.

"I want to believe you, but you make it very hard," Shin grinned and several players at the table chuckled including his opponent.

"It feels like eights," ... Shin continued. Half a minute later, he folded and Xu revealed the A♥7♠ for a bluff.

Tags: Byung Eun ShinQiang Xu

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