Event #42: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (8-Handed) | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-19-2023 10:28 UTC-7

Kenower Gets Sarb to Lay Down Same

Ryan Gray

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In a three-bet pot, Andrew Kenower bet 150,000 on a 4♦7♦5♣ flop. John Sarb contemplated, moving his cards toward the muck, then pulling them back, before finally flipping the ace king face up.

Kenower smiled and turned over A♦K♣. "You had outs," Sarb noted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kenower	1,100,000 75,000	75,000
John Sarb	780,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Andrew Kenower John Sarb

06-19-2023 10:30 UTC-7

Hooshmand Runs Into Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Dennis John opened from under the gun to 65,000, but he was raised by Ahmad Hooshmand on his left, who moved all in for a total of 430,000 chips. All the other players folded to Steve McCluskey in the big blind, who also said "all in" with way more chips. Seeing this action, John folded.

Ahmad Hooshmand: A♦K♠
Steve McCluskey: A♥A♠

It was bad timing for Hooshmand, who couldn't do much against the best possible hand. After the board 5♣10♣K♦Q♠3♥, he stood up and went to collect his payout. Finishing 193rd, he won $2,223.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Mccluskey	1,300,000 675,000	675,000
Ahmad Hooshmand	Busted

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

06-19-2023 10:38 UTC-7

Quarto's First All-in

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Roslyn Quarto raised on the button to 60,000 and Xie Haoqi called from the small blind.

The flop came A♠3♣5♦ and Quarto bet 100,000 and Haoqi reraised all in for 240,000. Quarto quickly called and stood up to sweat the incoming cards.

The turn brought the K♥ and the river brought the Q♠ and Quarto celebrated her win, saying "This was my first all-in all tournament."

Player	Chips	Progress
Roslyn Quarto	530,000 150,000	150,000
Xie Haoqi	180,000 870,000	870,000

Tags: Roslyn Quarto Xie Haoqi

06-19-2023 10:42 UTC-7

Some Early Bustouts

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Florence Mazet

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom McCormick	Busted
Michael Mosley	Busted
Mateo Maturana	Busted
Zach Schwanke	Busted
Thomas Gabriel	Busted
Kelvin Kerber	Busted

Tomoyuki Yoshimiya	Busted
Henry Menard	Busted
Trang Dang	Busted
Alan Snow	Busted

06-19-2023 10:44 UTC-7

Pizarro Does Not Have Seven Deuce

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Ryan Gray

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Tyler Pizarro bet 65,000 on a 10♥3♦A♦ flop. Jacky Lee folded in the big blind, and Charles Johnson in the big blind put in the check raise to 250,000.

Pizarro counted his chips, and then declared all in for 1,100,000, enough to put Johnson all in. Johnson grimaced at the flop before eventually releasing. "Trips?" he asked, but Pizarro didn't answer.

"Show seven deuce," goaded a tablemate.

"I didn't have seven deuce," smiled Pizarro. "Not this time."

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Pizarro	1,350,000 615,000	615,000
Charles Johnson	925,000 525,000	525,000
Jacky Lee	665,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Charles Johnson Jacky Lee Tyler Pizarro

06-19-2023 10:50 UTC-7

Guertler's Pair Holds

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Down to only three blinds, Florian Guertler had no choice but to move all-in with a pair in early position. In the big blind, Yota Yamaguchi saw an Ace in his hands and called.

Florian Guertler: 5♥5♣
Yota Yamaguchi: A♥8♥

Stress was clearly visible on Guertler's face. But on a Q♠2♦K♦10♥5♦ board, he could take a deep breath as he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yota Yamaguchi	700,000 345,000	345,000
Florian Guertler:	320,000

Tags: Florian Guertler Yota Yamaguchi

06-19-2023 10:54 UTC-7

Balleur Doubles Up

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Florence Mazet

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With less than 170 players left, Gaetan Balleur found an important double-up.

The Frenchman held Ax10x against KxQx and stayed ahead to climb to 650,000.

Meanwhile another Frenchman in contention, Sebastien Comel, is off to a good start with 2,300,000 chips in front of him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Comel	2,300,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Gaetan Balleur	650,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Gaetan Balleur Sebastien Comel

06-19-2023 10:59 UTC-7

More Early Bustouts

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Florence Mazet

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Freeze	Busted
Henry Fischer	Busted
Peter Hengsakul	Busted
Justin Turkat	Busted
Vikrom Souvannavong	Busted
Raul Yunusov	Busted
Salomon Eskenazi	Busted
James Urbanic	Busted
David Pham	Busted

Alan Sternberg	Busted

John Miller	Busted
Benjamin Teng	Busted
Brian Essenter	Busted
Jason Beck	Busted
Adam Swan	Busted

Alejandro Funes	Busted
Carlos Tomas Leal Kinil	Busted
Bert Poling	Busted
Tsubasa Sasaki	Busted
Gianluca Petrone	Busted

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000