Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-18-2023 19:05 UTC-8

Cash Register for Pocket Nines

Roxanne Johnson

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

David Register was in middle position and he raised to 40,000 and the player in late position three-bet to 85,000. Register bumped it to all in for 230,000 and the late position player called.

David Register: 9♠9♦
Late position player: A♠Q♦

The board rolled out with 7♣6♠5♦K♥2♥ and the nines held for the much-needed chip boost.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Register	230,000 41,500	41,500

Tags: David Register

06-18-2023 19:10 UTC-8

Zawadzki Nails Straight on River to Eliminate Opponent

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Herbie Teope

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Mikolaj Zawadzki put his opponent in the blender.

The completed board showed J♦A♦4♣9♥10♥, and Zawadzki moved all in on the river.

Zawadzki’s opponent was clearly not in a good spot, as a call put his tournament life on the line. He ran his fingers through his hair multiple times and put his right hand on his forehead. He did those actions multiple times for more than a minute, while periodically peeking at his cards and glancing at the board.

Meanwhile, Zawadzki was motionless. And if his challenger was looking for a read, Zawadzki offered no hints.

Ultimately, the opponent made the call to put his tournament at stake and got the bad news when Zawadzki tabled K♠Q♠ for the nut straight. Zawadzki’s adversary then tossed A♥10♦ face up in the air before grabbing his belongings as the rest of his stack went the other way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikolaj Zawadzki	2,007,000 682,000	682,000

Tags: Mikolaj Zawadzki

06-18-2023 19:10 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Lobo	1,600,000 1,474,000	1,474,000
Nicholas Thompson	1,200,000 1,004,500	1,004,500
Joseph Couden	1,200,000 992,500	992,500

Renji Mao	990,000 10,000	10,000

Aleksei Istomin	950,000 604,500	604,500
Jeff Madsen	770,000 50,000	50,000

Zachary Duce	420,000 155,000	155,000

06-18-2023 19:21 UTC-8

Garcia Shows How its Done

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Kirk Brown

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Cord Garcia opened to 40,000 and was called only by Dalton Hobold on the button. The two went heads up to a flop of 3♣9♦10♣ and both players checked to see the 3♠ on the turn.

Garcia checked once more to Hobold who then reached for 60,000 and set it across the line. Garcia made the call and went to the river A♥.

Garcia then grabbed a stack of green 25,000-chips and set them in the middle, as Hobold hastily mucked to award Garcia the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cord Garcia	1,650,000 1,354,000	1,354,000

Dalton Hobold	900,000 601,000	601,000

Tags: Cord Garcia Dalton Hobold

06-18-2023 19:25 UTC-8

Recent Bustouts

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Chris Bean

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Park	Busted
Elijah Ruffin	Busted
Benjamin Spragg	Busted

Tzur Levy	Busted
[Removed:499]	Busted
Amie Martini	Busted
Jareth East	Busted
Jonathan Pastore	Busted

Terence Reid	Busted
Ryan Depaulo	Busted

06-18-2023 19:26 UTC-8

Final Break

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Kirk Brown

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The remaining players are now on their final break of the night and will return to battle it out on the felt shortly.

The yellow 1,000-chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.

06-18-2023 19:28 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	3,100,000 3,047,000	3,047,000
John Riordan	2,300,000 1,605,000	1,605,000

Jonathan Kramer	2,090,000 1,715,000	1,715,000
Men Nguyen	303,000 22,000	22,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-18-2023 20:16 UTC-8

Gilmore’s Nut Flush Provides Double Up

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Herbie Teope

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

The bustouts continue as the short-stacked players enter Level 20, which carries an unforgiving 10,000/20,000 blind structure with a 20,000 ante.

But for some like Michael Gilmore, scoring a double-up means hope remains alive. Gilmore got his chance when he looked down at his cards and moved all in to put his tournament life at stake against an opponent to his right, leading to the cards being tabled.

Michael Gilmore: A♠Q♠
Opponent: J♣J♦

Gilmore was behind when the dealer fanned 8♠3♦10♠ on the flop, but the texture gave him the nut flush draw to go along with pairing any of his two over cards. The 4♥ on the turn didn’t help his cause, but the 7♠ on the river kept him alive for the double.