2023 World Series of Poker
Sriharsha Doddapaneni was first to act and raised to 16,000 finding Jack Sinclair in middle position who called.
The flop came 9♦J♥A♣. Doddapaneni check-called a bet of 16,000 from Sinclair.
The turn came the 5♥ and again Doddapaneni checked. Sinclair bet out 80,000 this time, almost a pot-sized bet, to which Doddapaneni raised all in over the top. Sinclair snap folded and Doddapaneni claimed this pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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502,000
224,000
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224,000 |
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200,000
144,000
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144,000 |
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Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
A bounty collected by Artur Martirosian was one of the two $100,000 bounties in the treasure chest.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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715,000
285,000
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285,000 |
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Short stacked to start Day 2, 2022 WSOP Main Event Champion Espen Jorstad went all in and was called by Yang Wang.
Espen Jorstad: 8♦8♣
Yang Wang: Q♥Q♦
Tony Lin, as if summoned by the siren call of "Lady Gaga," came to sweat Wang as the flop came 4♦9♦7♥. Another "Gaga" on the turn Q♠ sealed it for Wang, and the champion was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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625,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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235,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Busted | |
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Axel Hallay limped under the gun. Michael Jozoff was to his immediate left and raised to 40,000. Hallay called.
The flop came 2♣2♥8♠. Once checked to, Jozoff continued for 25,000. In response, Hallay raised to 75,000 and Jozoff went into the tank.
After some time, Jozoff decided to three-bet all in and Hallay called.
Michael Jozoff: J♥J♦
Axel Hallay: 9♣8♣
The turn came the 8♦. Hallay's turned trips pulled ahead against the overpair of Jozoff. The 6♠ changed nothing and Jozoff was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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850,000
142,000
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142,000 |
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Busted |
Action folded to Junqiang Lyu in middle position who opened to 22,000. Action then folded to Justin Bonomo on the button who went into the tank for about a minute before going all in. Bonomo had Lyu covered. With action back on Lyu he didn't think for long before putting the chips in and the cards hit their backs.
Junqiang Lyu: J♠J♣
Justin Bonomo: A♣4♣
Lyu yelled "Yes!" as he saw the jack in the window. The board ran out 10♦3♠J♥K♥7♣ and Lyu scored the pure double through Bonomo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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120,000
323,000
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323,000 |
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Nadya Magnus shoved all in from the button and Lander Lijo and Andre Akkari called from the blinds.
Lijo and Akkari both checked down a board of A♣7♥8♣A♠J♠. Lijo revealed 6♠8♥, but Magnus showed ace three for trip aces and scooped the triple up, and held onto her bounty.

| Player | Chips | Progress |
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390,000
168,000
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168,000 |
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270,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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130,000
66,000
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66,000 |
Action folded to Sriharsha Doddapaneni in late positon who opened to 25,000. Next to act was Ren Lin who went all in for his tournament and his bounty. Lin looked over at Doddapaneni who was contemplating a call and said "You will only have one out, I promise!" Doddapaneni didn't think for long and flicked in a call.
The cards were rolled over.
Ren Lin: A♦K♥
Sriharsha Doddapaneni: A♥J♣
The board ran out 2♣8♦2♦K♣9♣ and Lin got the full double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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375,000
127,000
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127,000 |
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300,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Chris Klodnicki raised from middle position to 22,000, John Pannucci in the hijack called, as did Adam Hendrix in the big blind.
Three to the flop that came J♣7♠8♣, which checked through to the 9♦ on the turn. Hendrix now took the lead for 45,000. Klodnicki folded and Pannucci called.
The river came the A♦, slowing down Hendrix as he checked the action to Pannucci. Pannucci slid out a whole stack of reds betting 100,000 and forcing Hendrix to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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489,000
138,000
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138,000 |
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375,000
264,000
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264,000 |
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192,000
181,000
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181,000 |
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