Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack Day 3 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-19-2023 09:50 UTC-8

Wong Makes Right Call

Kirk Brown

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a heads-up completed board of 2♣6♦J♣J♠A♦, there was around 450,000 in the middle when Chunlung Wong led out for 50,000 from late position.

His opponent in the hijack, Lester Edoc, then announced he was all in, covering Wong.

Wong then went deep into the tank for several minutes, at which point a player called the clock on him and he was given 30 seconds to act.

As his timer reached zero, Wong made the call and was shown K♦Q♠ for king-high by Edoc while he proudly turned over A♥Q♦ for top two-pair.

"Wow, 100% you're never folding there!" Tablemate Frederic Normand commented, "You have top pair!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Chunlung Wong	1,250,000 875,000	875,000
Lester Edoc	975,000 605,000	605,000

Tags: Chunlung Wong Frederic Normand Lester Edoc

06-19-2023 09:51 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jairo Nunez	Busted
Anthony Nguyen	Busted
Denis Mcdonald	Busted
Mario Fata	Busted
Charles Eison	Busted
Sven Bindrich	Busted
Manelic Minaya	Busted
Sandy Tran	Busted

Daniel Buzgon	Busted
Sergio Larrain	Busted
Evgenii Fidchuk	Busted
Hugo Tavares Dos Santo	Busted

Nikzad Cracks Pocket Aces to Triple Up

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Chris Bean

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Three players had all of their chips in the middle with Ashton Nikzad on the button with 320,000 and Karl Moris with 650,000 in the hijack at risk against Thomas Ratkovich in the cutoff who covered both players.

Ashton Nikzad: Q♦9♦
Karl Moris: A♥10♥
Thomas Ratkovich: A♠A♦

Ratkovich was in a dominant position, but the flop of 9♥7♣5♠ produced some light for Nikzad by pairing a nine.

The K♠ turn left Moris drawing dead, but the Q♠ river gave Nikzad two pair and completed a triple up. Moris headed to the exit and Ratkovich gathered in the 660,000 side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Ratkovich	1,085,000 145,000	145,000
Ashton Nikzad	1,035,000 585,000	585,000
Karl Moris	Busted

Tags: Ashton Nikzad Karl Moris Thomas Ratkovich

06-19-2023 10:00 UTC-8

351st - 386th Place Finishers

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Mickey Doft

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The following players earned $5,296 for their showings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Torpoco	Busted
Daniel Buzgon	Busted
Rene Delacova	Busted
Hao Zhou	Busted
Patricia Robinson	Busted
Rodolfo Jr Solorzano	Busted
Radoslav Stoyanov	Busted
Adam Walton	Busted
Kenneth Warner	Busted
Sam Jaddi	Busted

Mark Ross	Busted
Sandy Tran	Busted

Jairo Nunez	Busted
Joseph Couden	Busted

Evgenii Fidchuk	Busted
Tongguang Sun	Busted
[Removed:426]	Busted
Mario Fata	Busted
Wook Kim	Busted
Florian Ribouchon	Busted
Charles Eison	Busted
Dalton Hobold	Busted
Ao Chen	Busted
Robert Chow	Busted
Sven Bindrich	Busted

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06-19-2023 10:00 UTC-8

Laise Levels Up

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Kirk Brown

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 3♥6♠5♠, Tiffany Henize led out for 145,000 but then Vincent Laise moved all in for 375,000 total.

After some thought, Henize made the call to put him at risk and the cards were tabled.

Vincent Laise: 8♣8♥
Tiffany Henize: A♥6♥

Laise was ahead at the moment with his over pair of eights, but Henize could still catch any ace, six, or running hearts to win.

Fortunately for Laise, the board ran out 3♠J♦ to secure his victory for the double-up to 1,200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Laise	1,200,000 535,000	535,000
Tiffany Henize	450,000 660,000	660,000

Tags: Tiffany Heniz Vincent Laise

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

06-19-2023 10:07 UTC-8

More Early Bust Outs

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Chris Bean

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hung Nguyen	Busted
Daniel Jones	Busted
Robert Urbatsch	Busted
Lindsey Kludt	Busted
Florian Ribouchon	Busted
Ao Chen	Busted
Luciano Nardi	Busted
Dalton Hobold	Busted
Ivan Zhechev	Busted
Kenneth Warner	Busted
Liming Chu	Busted
Cord Garcia	Busted

Radoslav Stoyanov	Busted
Jason Mirza	Busted
[Removed:426]	Busted

06-19-2023 10:10 UTC-8

Moore’s Pocket Pair Holds Up

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Herbie Teope

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Charles Moore was in middle position and involved in a postflop hand against Richard Peterson, who was on the button.

Moore, however, dug in throughout the hand in the face of aggression on a board showing 3♥5♥3♠. The player in the big blind was also in the hand, and he and Moore checked to Peterson, who bet 150,000, which both players called.

The 2♦ appeared on the turn, and the action once again checked to Peterson, who fired 275,000. The big blind folded, but Moore called.

The dealer placed Q♣ on the river, leading to Moore and Peterson checking.

Peterson tabled 5♠4♠, but saw his hand wasn’t good when Moore showed 9♣9♠ for the wining hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Moore	1,600,000 600,000	600,000
Richard Peterson	1,435,000 280,000	280,000

Tags: Charles Moore Richard Peterson

06-19-2023 10:15 UTC-8

320th - 350th Place Finishers

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Mickey Doft

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

These players collected $5,982 for their showings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spencer Heckwolf	Busted
Ryan Hollaender	Busted
Kenny Lay	Busted
Sebastiaan Dejonge	Busted
Jeffrey Metcalfe	Busted
Jerod Smith	Busted
Ihor Kotyk	Busted
Xai Vang	Busted
Sebastian Lobo	Busted
Brandon Lombardo	Busted
David Montgomery-Zott	Busted
Sultan Khair	Busted
Karl Moris	Busted
Thomas Brown	Busted
Jason Acosta	Busted
Lindsey Kludt	Busted
Anthony Nguyen	Busted
Linglin Zeng	Busted
Matthew Levine	Busted
Michael Panos	Busted
Liming Chu	Busted
Luciano Nardi	Busted
Ivan Zhechev	Busted
Daniel Blum	Busted
Denis Mcdonald	Busted

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06-19-2023 10:25 UTC-8

Jaffee Caught in the Blender

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Kirk Brown

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On a multi-way flop of 7♦9♦3♥, action checked to Jared Jaffee who led out for 155,000 and was only called by Koveh Waysei to his left.

The two then went heads-up to the turn 10♦ which saw another continuation from Jaffee for 365,000, but then Waysei moved all in for over 2,000,000, covering Jaffee.

Jaffee then went into the tank for a good while, checking and re-checking his cards, throwing his hands up, and counting his chips over and over.

Eventually, he decided to throw it away, and based on the table talk that followed, Jaffee admitted to having an over pair while Waysie held nine-ten for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koveh Waysei	3,150,000 150,000	150,000
Jared Jaffee	1,400,000 670,000	670,000

Tags: Jared Jaffee Koveh Waysei