Action began preflop with Arnuld Encinia jamming all in for 105,000. The under the gun position player jammed all in over the top causing all other players to fold as both players revealed their holdings.
Arnuld Encinia: A♦Q♠Q♥9♦
Opponent: K♥J♠10♣8♥
The board ran out 10♦9♥4♠5♣3♣ as Encinia's Queens held to scoop the pot.
The button moved all in for 46,000 and was called by Taz Malik in the big blind.
Button: K♦K♥J♦10♠
Taz Malik: A♣A♠9♠3♠
There was no help for the button on the board of J♣8♦2♥8♣7♣ as they headed to the payout line. Malik is chipping up and is one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Action began with a raise from the dealer button for 35,000 with both blinds finding a call.
The flop came J♦7♣5♦ with all the player checking around.
After a quick check from the small blind, Kasey Orr bet 30,000 as the turn peeled 8♦. The player in the small blind called to the river.
The river came the 6♠ with Orr again betting this time for the pot of 200,000. His opponent took his time and folded. Orr showed A♦9♦J♣3♠ for the nut flush.
Action began preflop with a raise from the middle position player for 50,000. Sri 50k made the call from late position with the big blind also having called to the flop.
The flop came K♣2♣9♥ as the middle position player opted to check. 50k fire for 110,000 with the middle position player making the call.
The turn is the 4♠ and 50k opted to bet again for pot at 400,000. His opponent folded as 50k took down the pot.
Day 1 of Event #31: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em & Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack at the 2023 World Series of Poker is in the books, with Troy Nowlin the chip leader with a massive stack of 2,200,000. Nowlin returns to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2 on June 14 with every chance of bagging some poker gold.
Nowlin, a resident of Lynchburg, Virginia was towards the top of the leaderboard throughout the day along with Ukrainian Ruslan Nazarenko and Hassan Tahsildar who will both take 1,860,000 into Day 2.
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Troy Nowlin
United States
2,200,000
73
2
Hassan Tahsildar
United States
1,860,000
62
3
Ruslan Nazarenko
Ukraine
1,860,000
62
4
Ramiro Garcia
Mexico
1,790,000
60
5
Sridhar Sangannagari
United States
1,645,000
55
6
Scott Dulaney
United States
1,575,000
53
7
Peter Ng
United States
1,555,000
52
8
Kasey Orr
United States
1,550,000
52
9
Dave Banerjee
United States
1,520,000
51
10
Jason Stockfish
United States
1,450,000
48
It was another record-breaking event, with an incredible 2,758 players packing out both ballrooms at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas] creating a prize pool of $1,406,580. Only 122 remain to play for the lion's share of the remaining prize pool, with $194,155 going to the winner, along with the coveted WSOP Gold Bracelet.
Other notables making it to Day 2 are Barny Boatman (900,000), Matthew Wantman (870,000), Jason Stockfish (1,450,000), and Patrick Clarke (675,000).
Barny Boatman
It was a crazy day with thrills and spills along the way. The United Kingdom's Jon Shoreman scored a huge pot after turning quad queens when three players hit a set on an ace-queen-four board. Jeff Sluzinski managed to cash for $961 to help quell their unfortunate run of form.
Action will resume on June 14 at 10:00 a.m. local time in the Silver section of Horseshoe and is scheduled to play down to a winner. Be sure to check in with PokerNews for all of the latest updates and action from the 2023 World Series of Poker.
