A three-way all-in saw Renet Tornero triple up after all the chips went in preflop.
Mid Position: A♠K♣
Hijack: 10♥10♦
Renet Tornero: A♣A♦
The board ran out 5♦Q♥7♥9♣J♠ and Tornero won the lot, knocking out the mid position player in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000 |
The action was relayed to PokerNews after the fact. A player in early position limped in and it folded to Mikki Mase on the button who raised it up to 4,000, which only the limper called.
The flop fanned out A♦A♥10♦ and both players checked their options to the A♣ turn. The early position player tossed out a bet of 5,000 and Mase came along to the 8♣ river.
The early position player slowed down with a check and Mase bet out 15,000, which his opponent quickly called. Mase tabled Q♦Q♥ for a full-house and his opponent flashed the 10♥ to show he had a full-house as well.
A few hands later Mase opened the action to 3,600 from under the gun and only the small blind called.
On the flop of K♠Q♠7♥, the small blind check-called a bet of 7,000 from Mase. The 10♥ hit the turn and both players tapped the table for a check to the 10♣ river.
The small blind checked a third time and Mase slid out a bet of 15,000, which was enough to fold out his opponent and take down another pot to put his stack over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
75,000
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75,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
In a three-way pot of just under 10,000 on a flop showing 7♣6♥7♠, a player in the big blind led out for 3,000 and Michael Monicatti bumped it up to 13,000 next to act. Stephen Soulsby was on the button and moved all in for 51,600. The big blind called for less to put themselves at risk and Monicatti went deep in the tank.
After close to a minute of deliberation, Monicatti tabled 8♣8♠ to show the fold and the other two players hands were opened.
Opponent: A♣A♠
Stephen Soulsby: A♥7♥
It was a cooler flop for the aces against the trips for Soulsby, and when the board ran out 5♦7♦, it was the quads that put salt on the wound for the big blind as they made their way to the exit.
Soulsby told PokerNews as he scooped in the pot that it's his first time in Las Vegas and his first ever WSOP event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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115,000
115,000
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115,000 |
|
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95,000
95,000
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95,000 |
Action was checked four ways on a flop of J♦9♣3♠.
The turn came down the K♥. Michael Wang in late position, bet 3,000 and was called by the big blind.
The river was the 10♦. Wang bet again, elicited a fold and raked in a pot of around 12,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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The field now stands 4,200 and has comfortably passed last year's tally of 4,062 — with four levels of late registration still remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,000 | |
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46,000 | |
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45,000 | |
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45,000 | |
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41,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
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22,500 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Five-time bracelet winner and 1998 Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen will miss the first half of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as the Vietnamese-American poker icon recovers from surgery.
Nguyen, always a fan-favorite of WSOP, took to Twitter earlier this week to announce he was undergoing surgery for slipping rib syndrome, a condition that can cause severe chest pain in addition to "a slipping, clicking, or popping sensation in the lower chest," according to an article published in Psychopharmacology Bulletin.
But it's not all over, baby. Nguyen tweeted today to let his fans know that the surgery was a success and that he hopes to recover in time for the second half of the WSOP.
slipped rib syndrome surgery recovery update baby! thanks you all for the continued love and support baby! https://t.co/b4MEvhxyWn
— Scotty Nguyen (@TheScottyNguyen)
“I want to let you guys know the surgery (recovery) is going so well," Nguyen said in a video. "Right now, on both sides (it) is sore and swollen and I have trouble to get in and out of bed. But I have my wife, Julie, she (is) right there to help me sitting up or standing up.”
“I love all of you, baby. See you in the second half at the World Series in Vegas.”
The competetitors have retired for their second break of the day. Play resumes in 20 minutes.
