Event #41: $1,500 Big O Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-18-2023 14:37 UTC-7

Rodgers Holds Against Roholt

Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Michael Rodgers raised in the cutoff to 20,000 and on the button, Thom Roholt potted to put himself all in for 76,000 and Rodgers called.

Thom Roholt: A♥2♣3♦4♥10♥
Michael Rodgers: A♠K♠K♥8♣5♣

The board ran out 3♦9♠10♠9♦Q♦ and despite Roholt flopping two pair, Rodgers turned kings up and it held on the river to eliminate Roholt from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rodgers	454,000 454,000	454,000
Thom Roholt	Busted

Tags: Michael Rodgers Thom Roholt

06-18-2023 14:26 UTC-7

Updated Counts Around The Room

Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Casey Wassell	831,000 633,000	633,000
Owais Ahmed	670,000 233,000	233,000

Jeff Lisandro	531,000 370,000	370,000

Mike Gorodinsky	500,000 118,000	118,000

Casey Carroll	463,000 342,000	342,000
Ari Engel	461,000 29,000	29,000

Robert Williamson III	321,000 109,000	109,000

Adam Owen	301,000 -39,000	-39,000
Nathan Gamble	293,000 -31,000	-31,000

Johnny Chan	263,000 116,000	116,000

Lawrence Brandt	259,000 184,000	184,000

Yuval Bronshtein	169,000 -102,000	-102,000

Robert Mizrachi	126,000 117,000	117,000

Dylan Weisman	94,000 -5,000	-5,000

Brad Ruben	89,000 -123,000	-123,000

Loni Hui	71,000 71,000	71,000

Kenneth Po	46,000 6,000	6,000

06-18-2023 14:10 UTC-7

More Eliminations

Dominic Clementson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Donovan	Busted
Nick Kost	Busted

Mike Wattel	Busted

Bradon Bowers	Busted
Wendy Weissman	Busted
Sanders Tran	Busted
David Israelite	Busted
Jeffrey Kostyniuk	Busted
Joe Aronesty	Busted
Robert Bullock	Busted
Jeffrey Hayashi	Busted
Ian Steinman	Busted

Anthony Ruggieri	Busted
Adam Nattress	Busted
Kao Saechao	Busted
James Ipser	Busted
Marcus Agne	Busted
Sean Baker (TN)	Busted
Michael Moncek	Busted

Seamus Cahill	Busted
Carlos Guerrero	Busted
Philipp Eirisch	Busted
Matthew Kursar	Busted
Michael Leal	Busted
Alexandr Orlov	Busted

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Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

06-18-2023 14:06 UTC-7

Yanovski Knocks Out Winterink

Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Aaron Duczak raised to 13,000 in first position which saw Robrecht Winterink call on the button. In the small blind, Leonid Yanovski potted to 54,000 and Duczak folded while Winterink called for slightly less to put himself at risk.

Robrecht Winterink: A♣Q♣Q♠6♥4♠
Leonid Yanovski: A♥K♥10♣5♥2♥

The board ran out K♦K♣6♥8♠6♣ and the three kings were good for Yanovski to take down the pot while Winterink exited the tournament area.

At another table, David Bach was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Duczak	612,000 2,000	2,000
Leonid Yanovski	145,000 -34,000	-34,000
Robrecht Winterink	Busted
David Bach	Busted

Tags: Aaron Duczak Robrecht Winterink Leonid Yanovski David Bach

06-18-2023 14:05 UTC-7

Duczak on the Attack

Dominic Clementson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Michael Donovan opened the betting to 20,000 from the small blind and was called by Aaron Duczak in the hijack.

The chips went flying on a flop of 6♠7♠10♣ with both players ending up all in and Donovan covered.

Michael Donovan: A♦K♠7♦4♠2♠
Aaron Duczak: A♣A♠10♠9♠8♥

The turn fell 6♣ and the river J♥, offering no low hand. Duczak took the pot with a straight, knocking out Donovan in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Duczak	610,000 335,000	335,000
Michael Donovan	Busted

Tags: Aaron Duczak Michael Donovan

06-18-2023 13:47 UTC-7

Early Eliminations

Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Vail	Busted
Heiko Hinklemann	Busted
Shaurabh Sharma	Busted
William Imhoff	Busted
Patrice Baton	Busted
Thomas Scarber	Busted
John Ma	Busted
Evengenia Shestakova	Busted
Cody Lutz	Busted
David Skilling	Busted
Evan Avery	Busted
Tom Koral	Busted

Jason Stockfish	Busted
Dimitrios Melissourgos	Busted
David Beyl	Busted

06-18-2023 13:39 UTC-7

Kessler Gets It In "Dead" But Gets There To Scoop

Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was recapped by Allen Kessler as his stack had grown significantly since the start of the day.

Kessler had seen a flop from the button and both players had gotten in their chips on a flop reading A♣2♠9♦, with Kessler having put himself all in for 38,000.

Allen Kessler: A♠Q♣7♣3♣2♥
Opponent: A♦9♠5♥4♦3♥

Kessler needed to catch a queen, running sevens, or running clubs to survive and he caught that on the Q♦A♥ runout to double up.

"Wow," he exclaimed, "I got it in drawing basically dead."

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	98,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Allen Kessler

06-18-2023 13:31 UTC-7

Vaughn Fills Up On Orlov

Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs on a flop reading 8♥8♣6♠ in a pot containing 83,000.

Alexander Orlov: A♠A♣J♣4♠3♣
Jeffrey Vaughn: A♥6♦6♥4♣2♠

The board ran out Q♦7♠ and the sixes full of eights and nut low was good enough for Vaughn to take both halves of the pot and Orlove was eliminated from the tournament.