Event #2: $25,000 High Roller (6-Handed) Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

05-31-2023 17:15 UTC-7

Weng Bets Big on the River

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Chris Brewer opened to 40,000 from under the gun, then called when small blind Bin Weng three-bet to 160,000.

The flop came Q♣5♥5♣ and Weng continued for 82,000. Brewer called, then called another bet of 136,000 on the 10♦ turn.

The river came the 4♣ and Weng cut out a bet of 485,000 from his stack and slid it into the middle. Brewer immediately threw his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	1,000,000 150,000	150,000

Chris Brewer	840,000 -260,000	-260,000

Tags: Bin Weng Chris Brewer

05-31-2023 17:26 UTC-7

Vuilleumier Turns Rags Into Some Riches

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Heads-up on a board of 10♣9♥2♦A♠, Alexandre Vuilleumier bet 118,000 from the button and Chance Kornuth called in the small blind.

The river came the 7♦ and Kornuth checked again. Vuilleumier now checked behind and showed 7♠4♦ for a rivered pair of sevens. Kornuth could only smile and flash KxJx for a missed draw as he mucked.

"Did I see seven-four win that pot," Keith Lehr asked from across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Vuilleumier	1,200,000 300,000	300,000

Chance Kornuth	350,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tags: Alexandre Vuilleumier Chance Kornuth

05-31-2023 17:27 UTC-7

Hanging In There on the Bubble

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Weiran Pu	375,000 -253,000	-253,000

Espen Jorstad	340,000 -260,000	-260,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	330,000 -195,000	-195,000

Scott Eskenazi	320,000 -400,000	-400,000
Tyler Cornell	310,000 -110,000	-110,000

Aram Oganyan	250,000 -110,000	-110,000

05-31-2023 17:35 UTC-7

Riordan's Queens Run Into Katz' Kings

Ryan Gray

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

John Riordan, who had been nursing a short stack for several hours, finally found a hand to move his 180,000 stack into the middle from the cutoff. Cary Katz jammed over the top for 420,000 from the button. He could not entice the blinds to come along, and the two took the flop.

Riordan Q♠Q♣
Katz K♥K♦

Riordan blanked on every street of a A♥3♥6♣9♥A♠ board to bring the field one step closer to the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	600,000 362,000	362,000

John Riordan	Busted

Tags: Cary Katz John Riordan

05-31-2023 17:38 UTC-7

Justin Saliba Bubbles the $25,000 High Roller 6-Max

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Justin Saliba had whittled down to less a big blind and was forced all in as Ren Lin came over to give him a good luck pat on the back. Sam Soverel limped in from the button and Lin called the small blind as the flop came 5♠4♦7♠.

Lin checked, then folded when Soverel bet 20,000.

Justin Saliba: K♥J♠
Sam Soverel: A♦8♠

The 8♦ on the turn gave Soverel a pair of eights, and Saliba didn't catch any help on the 4♥ river and was eliminated as the unfortunate bubble boy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Soverel	1,600,000 200,000	200,000

Ren Lin	480,000 -140,000	-140,000

Justin Saliba	Busted

Tags: Justin Saliba Ren Lin Sam Soverel

05-31-2023 17:41 UTC-7

Break Time

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With the bursting of the bubble, players are now headed off on another 15-minute break.

Level: 13

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

05-31-2023 18:02 UTC-7

Post-Break Chip Counts (full)

David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	2,400,000 -100,000	-100,000

Sam Soverel	2,200,000 600,000	600,000

Brek Schutten	2,100,000 450,000	450,000

Sean Winter	2,000,000 200,000	200,000

Daniel Negreanu	1,700,000 -50,000	-50,000

Samuel Laskowitz	1,400,000 -190,000	-190,000

Bin Weng	1,300,000 300,000	300,000

Alexandre Vuilleumier	1,200,000

Jake Schindler	1,200,000 859,000	859,000

Chris Moore	1,200,000 200,000	200,000
Justin Liberto	1,000,000 -200,000	-200,000

John Hennigan	900,000 480,000	480,000

Axel Hallay	900,000 -10,000	-10,000

Bill Klein	850,000 50,000	50,000
Chris Brewer	800,000 -40,000	-40,000

Joey Weissman	650,000 50,000	50,000

Adrian Mateos	600,000 -175,000	-175,000

Cary Katz	600,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	500,000 170,000	170,000

Ren Lin	480,000

Espen Jorstad	450,000 110,000	110,000

Ethan Yau	450,000 -180,000	-180,000

Ben Lamb	450,000 -250,000	-250,000

Justin Bonomo	425,000 -125,000	-125,000

Chance Kornuth	400,000 50,000	50,000

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05-31-2023 18:04 UTC-7

World Series of Poker Addresses Solver Concerns, Clarifies RTA Policy

Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

In light of debate over the threat that real-time assistance (RTA) apps pose to live poker, World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials reiterated their rules for use of solvers at the poker table.

Players at the 2023 WSOP will be penalized if they are caught using or referencing a solver during a live hand. Additionally, the WSOP reserves the right to issue penalties to players who are using solvers between hands.

"If caught using RTA/GTO software during a hand, player will be subject to penalty up to and including DQ (disqualification) / trespass," WSOP said in a prepared statement. "We reserve the right to further penalize a player for using RTA/GTO in any other situation in our sole and absolute discretion. Players may continue to use their device to play wsop.com or use the Caesars Sportsbook app while in/out of a hand."

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05-31-2023 18:09 UTC-7