Event #20: $1,500 Badugi Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

Event #20: $1,500 Badugi

Day 1 Completed

06-08-2023 02:37 UTC-7

Adam Owen Among Big Stacks in Event #20: $1,500 Badugi

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15

Day 1 of Event #20: $1,500 Badugi at the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas concluded after 12 hours and 15 levels of play. Out of a starting field of 516, a total of 183 players were able to find a bag for Day 2, with British pro Adam Owen (192,000) among the big stacks at the end of the night.

William Toh (239,000) clinched the chip lead, while Yingui Li (217,500), Adam Clegg (212,500), and Jon Turner (198,500) also bagged substantial stacks.

End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	William Toh	United States	239,000	80
2	Yingui Li	China	217,500	73
3	Adam Clegg	United States	212,500	71
4	Jon Turner	United States	198,500	66
5	Adam Owen	United Kingdom	192,000	64
6	Roberto Marin	United States	183,500	61
7	Patrick Moulder	United States	157,500	53
8	Antonio Payne	United States	152,500	51
9	Valentin Vornicu	United States	147,000	49
10	Paul Martino	United States	146,000	49

Given this was the first time the WSOP put on a bracelet event dedicated solely to Badugi, there were doubts as to the level of interest there would be in the variant. The entry numbers, however, entirely put those doubts to rest as they compare favourably with other mixed game $1,500 buy-in fields, even surpassing such events as the $1,500 Dealer's Choice and $1,500 Stud in size.

The 516 entrants generated a prize pool of $688,860 that will be split among the top 78 finishers, each of whom is guaranteed $2,409, although all eyes will be on the $144,678 and WSOP gold bracelet that go the eventual winner's way.

Among the many to take their seat at some point during the day and still be there at the end of the final level included three-time $10,000 Dealer's Choice champion Adam Friedman (126,500), 2022 WSOP POY Daniel Zack (120,500), and six-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings (118,000).

Other well-known names to take their shot but fall short included Poker Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein, Allen Kessler and birthday boy Benny Glaser.

The remaining players return to their seats at 1:00 p.m. on June 8 to play ten 60-minute levels, with blinds resuming in Level 16 at 1,500/3,000 with limits of 3,000/6,000. The money bubble has not yet burst, so there is everything to play for as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to provide live coverage throughout this three-day tournament.

Tags: Adam Friedman Adam Owen Allen Kessler Barry Greenstein Benny Glaser Brian Hastings Daniel Zack Jon Turner Roberto Marin Valentin Vornicu William Toh Yingui Li

06-08-2023 02:26 UTC-7

Seat Draw for Day 2

Matthew Pitt

Level 15

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Horseshoe	600	1	Phillip Hui	United States	55,000	18
Horseshoe	600	2	Timothy Frazin	United States	76,000	25
Horseshoe	600	3	Kyle Miholich	United States	1	0
Horseshoe	600	4	Benjamin Eilers	United States	88,500	30
Horseshoe	600	5	Shigeho Yoshioka	Japan	87,500	29
Horseshoe	600	6	Koray Aldemir	Austria	45,000	15

Horseshoe	601	1	Walter Chambers	United States	107,500	36
Horseshoe	601	2	Shawn Buchanan	Canada	33,000	11
Horseshoe	601	3	David Bach	United States	107,500	36
Horseshoe	601	4	Travis Pearson	United States	56,000	19
Horseshoe	601	5	Christopher Claassen	United States	61,500	21
Horseshoe	601	6	James Newberry	United States	113,000	38

Horseshoe	602	1	Sachin Bhargava	United States	89,000	30
Horseshoe	602	2	James Hoeppner	United States	19,500	7
Horseshoe	602	3	Rupesh Pattni	United States	53,500	18
Horseshoe	602	4	Andrew Barber	United States	20,000	7
Horseshoe	602	5	Renan Bruschi	Brazil	50,500	17
Horseshoe	602	6	Michael Coombs	United States	34,000	11

Horseshoe	603	1	Nghia Do	United States	27,000	9
Horseshoe	603	2	William Taylor	United States	83,000	28
Horseshoe	603	3	Serhii Popovych	United States	145,500	49
Horseshoe	603	4	William Marsh	United States	67,500	23
Horseshoe	603	5	Alan Myerson	United States	91,000	30
Horseshoe	603	6	Austin Srur	United States	64,000	21

Horseshoe	604	1	Alfie Adam	United Kingdom	56,500	19
Horseshoe	604	2	Arthur Boson	United States	60,500	20
Horseshoe	604	3	Kristan Lord	United States	103,000	34
Horseshoe	604	4	Christopher Kostoulas	United States	110,500	37
Horseshoe	604	5	Travis Burch	United States	27,500	9
Horseshoe	604	6	Richard Bai	United States	129,000	43

Horseshoe	605	1	John Esposito	United States	40,000	13
Horseshoe	605	2	Michael Lang	United States	86,500	29
Horseshoe	605	3	Cary Katz	United States	43,000	14
Horseshoe	605	4	Grant Hansen	United States	21,500	7
Horseshoe	605	5	Frank Athey	United States	21,000	7
Horseshoe	605	6	Michael Sortino	United States	35,500	12

Horseshoe	606	1	George Wolff	United States	49,500	17
Horseshoe	606	2	Matthew Leverty	United States	31,000	10
Horseshoe	606	3	Troy Evans	United States	78,000	26
Horseshoe	606	4	Valentin Vornicu	United States	147,000	49
Horseshoe	606	5	Bradley Butcher	United States	116,500	39
Horseshoe	606	6	Joseph Wagganer	United States	33,500	11

Horseshoe	607	1	Dara Taherpour	United States	133,000	44
Horseshoe	607	2	Hugh Joiner	United States	43,500	15
Horseshoe	607	3	David Prociak	United States	80,500	27
Horseshoe	607	4	Brendan Taylor	United States	111,000	37
Horseshoe	607	6	Scott Numoto	United States	101,000	34

Horseshoe	608	1	Yong Wang	China	38,500	13
Horseshoe	608	2	George Jannes	United States	46,000	15
Horseshoe	608	3	Michael Garner	United States	59,000	20
Horseshoe	608	4	Jeff Madsen	United States	62,000	21
Horseshoe	608	5	Adam Kipnis	United States	46,500	16
Horseshoe	608	6	Robert Shuptrine	United States	82,500	28

Horseshoe	609	1	Adam Friedman	United States	126,500	42
Horseshoe	609	2	Matt Vengrin	United States	41,000	14
Horseshoe	609	3	Keita Yamashiro	Japan	69,000	23
Horseshoe	609	4	Andrew Brown	United States	18,500	6
Horseshoe	609	5	Christopher Clark	United States	89,500	30
Horseshoe	609	6	Yifan Tang	United States	75,500	25

Horseshoe	610	1	Michael Dreese	United States	59,000	20
Horseshoe	610	2	DJ Buckley	United States	92,000	31
Horseshoe	610	3	Antoine Chuzeville	France	39,500	13
Horseshoe	610	4	Craig Fishman	United States	22,500	8
Horseshoe	610	5	Jason Gola	United States	143,000	48
Horseshoe	610	6	Rami Boukai	United States	55,500	19

Horseshoe	611	1	Ahmed Amin	United States	81,000	27
Horseshoe	611	2	Michael Trivett	United States	45,000	15
Horseshoe	611	3	Varun Sah	United States	20,500	7
Horseshoe	611	4	Appalarju Jampana	United States	70,500	24
Horseshoe	611	5	David "ODB" Baker	United States	93,000	31
Horseshoe	611	6	John Bergendahl	United States	97,500	33

Horseshoe	612	1	Nick Guagenti	United States	25,500	9
Horseshoe	612	2	Daniel Zack	United States	120,500	40
Horseshoe	612	3	Vladislavs Petrovs	United States	115,500	39
Horseshoe	612	4	Patrick Moulder	United States	157,500	53
Horseshoe	612	5	Andy Jeh	United States	25,500	9
Horseshoe	612	6	Kelly Wolfe	United States	13,000	4

Horseshoe	613	1	Daniel Strelitz	United States	113,000	38
Horseshoe	613	2	Tom Tong	Canada	65,000	22
Horseshoe	613	3	Craig Chait	United States	48,500	16
Horseshoe	613	4	Matthew Mullins	United States	76,000	25
Horseshoe	613	5	Ben Tang	United States	50,500	17
Horseshoe	613	6	Roland Israelashvili	United States	60,000	20

Horseshoe	614	1	David Bell	United States	121,000	40
Horseshoe	614	2	Bradley Jansen	United States	77,000	26
Horseshoe	614	3	Steve Zolotow	United States	23,500	8
Horseshoe	614	4	Philip Sternheimer	United States	93,500	31
Horseshoe	614	5	Owais Ahmed	United States	108,500	36
Horseshoe	614	6	Roberto Marin	United States	183,500	61

Horseshoe	615	1	Michael Rodrigues Pires Santos	Portugal	75,000	25
Horseshoe	615	2	Terrence Chan	Canada	119,000	40
Horseshoe	615	3	Michael Dorsch	United States	139,000	46
Horseshoe	615	4	Bradley Helm	United States	102,500	34
Horseshoe	615	5	Andrew Kelsall	United States	32,000	11

Horseshoe	616	1	Alexandr Orlov	Russia	70,000	23
Horseshoe	616	2	Sean Yu	United States	58,500	20
Horseshoe	616	3	Jerry Miller	United States	32,000	11
Horseshoe	616	4	Ian Chan	Canada	41,500	14
Horseshoe	616	5	Kai Hicks	United States	44,500	15
Horseshoe	616	6	Matthew Beinner	United States	49,000	16

Horseshoe	619	1	Junhyoung Ki	South Korea	133,500	45
Horseshoe	619	2	Jaekyung Sim	United States	108,500	36
Horseshoe	619	3	Schuyler Thornton	United States	68,500	23
Horseshoe	619	4	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	52,500	18
Horseshoe	619	5	Joseph Ranciato	United States	58,500	20
Horseshoe	619	6	Brian Hastings	United States	118,000	39

Horseshoe	620	1	Paul Lenkeit	United States	27,500	9
Horseshoe	620	2	Marcel Vonk	Netherlands	99,500	33
Horseshoe	620	3	Jason Faircloth	United States	96,500	32
Horseshoe	620	4	Russell "Rusty" Clayton	United States	96,500	32
Horseshoe	620	5	Scott Bohlman	United States	110,500	37
Horseshoe	620	6	Yingui Li	China	217,500	73

Horseshoe	621	1	Ryan Ko	United States	53,000	18
Horseshoe	621	2	Alex Livingston	Canada	59,500	20
Horseshoe	621	3	Steven Novak	United States	106,500	36
Horseshoe	621	4	Jason Pedigo	United States	20,500	7
Horseshoe	621	5	Haresh Thaker	United Kingdom	60,000	20
Horseshoe	621	6	Jesse Hampton	United States	77,500	26

Horseshoe	622	1	Shaun Deeb	United States	88,500	30
Horseshoe	622	2	Joel Tushnet	United States	55,000	18
Horseshoe	622	3	Mark Roland	United States	52,000	17
Horseshoe	622	4	Joshua Faris	United States	81,500	27
Horseshoe	622	5	Daniel Nicewander	United States	98,500	33
Horseshoe	622	6	Anthony Zinno	United States	77,000	26

Horseshoe	623	1	Tom Schneider	United States	40,500	14
Horseshoe	623	2	Lee Horton	United Kingdom	72,500	24
Horseshoe	623	3	Andrew Park	United States	128,000	43
Horseshoe	623	4	Daniel Ezekiel	United Kingdom	16,000	5
Horseshoe	623	5	Daryl Oppelt	United States	20,500	7

Horseshoe	624	1	Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Bolivia	18,000	6
Horseshoe	624	2	Gary Fritz	United States	26,500	9
Horseshoe	624	3	Maria Ho	United States	10,000	3
Horseshoe	624	4	Noah Goldman	United States	44,500	15
Horseshoe	624	5	James Calder Knight	United States	81,000	27
Horseshoe	624	6	Antonio Payne	United States	152,500	51

Horseshoe	625	1	Senh Cong	United States	29,500	10
Horseshoe	625	2	Chad Eveslage	United States	109,000	36
Horseshoe	625	3	Hisashi Yamanouchi	Japan	57,000	19
Horseshoe	625	4	Sarah Howell	United States	19,000	6
Horseshoe	625	5	Jack O'Neill	United Kingdom	60,500	20
Horseshoe	625	6	Robert Ricciuti	United States	106,000	35

Horseshoe	626	1	Daniel Weinman	United States	107,000	36
Horseshoe	626	2	Max Hoffman	United States	32,000	11
Horseshoe	626	3	Robert Wells	United Kingdom	23,000	8
Horseshoe	626	4	Daryl Jendraszkiewicz	United States	69,000	23
Horseshoe	626	5	Chris Bell	United States	80,000	27
Horseshoe	626	6	William Toh	United States	239,000	80

Horseshoe	627	1	Anita Perl	United States	27,000	9
Horseshoe	627	2	Didier Eugene	France	42,500	14
Horseshoe	627	3	Thor William Morstoel	Norway	27,500	9
Horseshoe	627	4	Paul Fehlig	United States	34,500	12
Horseshoe	627	5	Ryan Demeter	United States	88,000	29
Horseshoe	627	6	Dennis Eichhorn	United States	39,500	13

Horseshoe	628	1	Jake Schwartz	United States	17,000	6
Horseshoe	628	2	Michael Zhan	United States	73,500	25
Horseshoe	628	3	Shirley Rosario	United States	76,500	26
Horseshoe	628	4	Timothy Kennedy	United States	52,500	18
Horseshoe	628	5	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	32,500	11
Horseshoe	628	6	Justin Turner (SC)	United States	112,500	38

Horseshoe	629	1	Jon Turner	United States	198,500	66
Horseshoe	629	2	Evgeni Tourevski	United States	51,000	17
Horseshoe	629	3	Richard Monroe	United States	5,500	2
Horseshoe	629	4	Lawrence Berg	United States	57,500	19
Horseshoe	629	5	Leonid Kvecher	United States	24,500	8
Horseshoe	629	6	Kiryu Masaya	United States	36,500	12

Horseshoe	630	1	Phuong Tran	United States	13,500	5
Horseshoe	630	2	Jonathan Pastore	France	89,500	30
Horseshoe	630	3	Paul Martino	United States	146,000	49
Horseshoe	630	4	Burke Delange	United States	4,500	2
Horseshoe	630	5	Michael Balan	United States	72,000	24
Horseshoe	630	6	Gary Mccoy	United States	48,500	16

Horseshoe	631	1	Nikolaos Raptis	United States	1	0
Horseshoe	631	2	Adam Clegg	United States	212,500	71
Horseshoe	631	3	Nate Silver	United States	25,000	8
Horseshoe	631	4	Jason Phamolivo	United States	32,500	11
Horseshoe	631	5	Kevin Gerhart	United States	40,000	13
Horseshoe	631	6	David Levi	United States	40,500	14

Horseshoe	632	1	Adam Owen	United Kingdom	192,000	64
Horseshoe	632	2	Brett Skolnick	United States	60,500	20
Horseshoe	632	3	Nathan Rosenberg	United States	43,500	15
Horseshoe	632	4	John Shuler	United States	65,000	22
Horseshoe	632	5	Jeffery Stepaniuk	Canada	91,500	31
Horseshoe	632	6	Vincenzo Cesarano	France	113,000	38

06-08-2023 02:19 UTC-7

Official End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Matthew Pitt

Level 15

Player	Chips	Progress
William Toh	239,000
Yingui Li	217,500
Adam Clegg	212,500	135,500
Jon Turner	198,500
Adam Owen	192,000	82,000
Roberto Marin	183,500
Patrick Moulder	157,500
Antonio Payne	152,500
Valentin Vornicu	147,000
Paul Martino	146,000
Serhii Popovych	145,500
Jason Gola	143,000
Michael Dorsch	139,000
Junhyoung Ki	133,500
Dara Taherpour	133,000
Richard Bai	129,000
Andrew Park	128,000
Adam Friedman	126,500	102,500
David Bell	121,000	61,000
Daniel Zack	120,500	100,500
Terrence Chan	119,000
Brian Hastings	118,000
Bradley Butcher	116,500
Vladislavs Petrovs	115,500
Vincenzo Cesarano	113,000

Read full

06-08-2023 01:14 UTC-7

End of Day

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15

Play has conclude for the night with 192 players able to find a bag. Stay tuned for a recap of the day to follow shortly.

06-08-2023 01:01 UTC-7

Aldemir Finds Late Double

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15

Koray Aldemir opened from middle position and then called after the big blind three-bet.

On the first draw, the big blind took one card while Aldemir decided to take one after which the big blind bet and was called.

The second draw saw both players take one card. The big blind then bet enough to force Aldemir all in with the German pro quickly putting his last few chips into the middle.

As on the previous draw, the big blind and Aldemir drew one card with the big blind tabling 7♦6♠2♥ before flipping over the J♥ for the three card seven. Aldemir, showing down 4♣3♠A♥ knew even before he peeled the K♠ that he would be the beneficiary of a late double to keep his tournament alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	32,000	22,000

Tags: Koray Aldemir

06-08-2023 00:57 UTC-7

Final Three Hands

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15

The tournament director has just announced that three more hands will take place before the remaining players bag for the night.

06-08-2023 00:49 UTC-7

Bergendahl Puts a Dent in Aldemir's Stack

Dominic Clementson

Level 15

With one pull remaining, former Main Event champ Koray Aldemir found himself heads up with John Bergendahl.

Aldemir bet and Bergendahl called. Both players stood pat and Aldemir tossed a 5000 chip into the middle. Bergendahl called again and showed 8♣7♠6♥3♦.

Aldemir mucked and the chips were pushed to Bergendahl.