Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-18-2023 23:18 UTC-8

Williams Doubles Through Lamb

Mike Patrick

Level 6

No-Limit Hold 'em

A pot of over 100,000 was built on the river and Ben Lamb bet 74,000 from the big blind. David Williams then moved all in from the cutoff for just under 150,000.

Lamb went into the tank for a couple of minutes before spiking down a call.

Williams showed 7♥7♦ for a flopped set and turned full house which sent Lamb's card into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	425,000 137,000	137,000

Ben Lamb	161,000 239,000	239,000

Tags: Ben Lamb David Williams

06-18-2023 23:33 UTC-8

Updated Counts as the Night Winds Down

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Connor Richards

Level 6

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	760,000 270,000	270,000

John Monnette	700,000 30,000	30,000

Jeremy Ausmus	675,000 135,000	135,000

Bryce Yockey	630,000 117,000	117,000

Viktor Blom	620,000 255,000	255,000
Elior Sion	550,000 42,000	42,000

Michael Moncek	520,000 95,000	95,000

Christopher Vitch	500,000 100,000	100,000
Matt Glantz	480,000 10,000	10,000

Cary Katz	478,000 138,000	138,000

Paul Volpe	450,000 203,000	203,000

Jen Harman	419,000 129,000	129,000

Eric Wasserson	400,000 120,000	120,000

Tommy Hang	383,000 22,000	22,000
Felipe Ramos	375,000 34,000	34,000

Dan Smith	350,000 25,000	25,000

Yong Wang	320,000 20,000	20,000
Johannes Becker	308,000 71,000	71,000

Alex Livingston	296,000 114,000	114,000

Joao Vieira	290,000 155,000	155,000

Andrew Brown	270,000 10,000	10,000

Chris Moneymaker	240,000 80,000	80,000

Scott Bohlman	230,000 70,000	70,000

Tony Gregg	218,000 108,000	108,000

Philip Sternheimer	200,000 100,000	100,000

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06-18-2023 23:35 UTC-8

Arieh Pots the River

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Jeremy Geist

Level 6

Pot Limit Omaha

Action folded to Brian Yoon in middle position who opened to 8,000. It folded to Josh Arieh on the Button who called and everyone else folded.

The A♣3♣10♥ landed and action checked to Arieh who put out a bet of 13,000. Yoon made the call.

The turn brought a Q♥ and action checked through to a 2♥ river.

Yoon now led for 38,000. Arieh didn't waste much time before announcing "pot". Yoon mucked almost instantaneously and said "I was bluffing". Arieh tabled just three of his cards in the 6♣6♠7♠ and threw the other.

" I wonder what the other one was?" joked Yoon as Arieh smiled and dragged the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	650,000 110,000	110,000

Brian Yoon	110,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Brian Yoon

06-18-2023 23:43 UTC-8

Chip Updates From Around the Room

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Jeremy Geist

Level 6

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	910,000 20,000	20,000

James Obst	750,000 15,000	15,000

Julien Martini	705,000 265,000	265,000

Scott Seiver	505,000 105,000	105,000

Matthew Ashton	475,000 25,000	25,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	450,000 140,000	140,000

Roy Thung	435,000 145,000	145,000
Jonathan Cohen	420,000 110,000	110,000

Brian Rast	405,000 80,000	80,000

Nacho Barbero	405,000 185,000	185,000

Dan Cates	380,000 380,000	380,000

Marco Johnson	360,000 145,000	145,000

Talal Shakerchi	355,000 80,000	80,000

Keith Lehr	355,000 20,000	20,000

Lyle Berman	310,000 40,000	40,000

Ian Johns	300,000 75,000	75,000

Renan Bruschi	225,000 27,000	27,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	210,000 22,000	22,000
Anthony Zinno	180,000 20,000	20,000

Taylor Paur	83,000 112,000	112,000

Tags: Anthony Zino Brian Rast Daniel Cates Dzmitry Urbanovich Ian Johns James Obst John Cohen Jonathan Ashton Julien Martini Keith Lehr Lyle Berman Mark Johnson Nacho Barbero Phil Ivey Renan Bruschi Roy Thung Scott Seiver Talal Shakerchi Taylor Paur Yuri Dzivielevski

06-18-2023 23:54 UTC-8

Lamb Mauled by Rabid Katz

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Connor Richards

Level 6

Razz

Two-time bracelet winner Ben Lamb was after his second bracelet of the series after winning Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship earlier this week but will have to seek it elsewhere after being eliminated by Cary Katz.

The cards had already been mucked as Lamb left the tournament area and Katz stacked up his newly acquired chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	380,000 98,000	98,000

Ben Lamb	Busted

Tags: Ben Lamb Cary Katz

06-18-2023 23:55 UTC-8

Of Course "The Terminator" Has Bullets

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Mike Patrick

Level 6

Omaha Hi-Lo

Picking action up on a flop of Q♥K♠A♦, Phil Ivey checked in the big blind to Dan Cates under the gun to his immediate left.

Ivey called and the dealer dropped the 8♠ on the turn. Ivey check-called another bet, and the 4♦ came on the river.

Ivey check-called one more bet and Cates robotically declared "bullets," showing A♠A♣K♥8♥ for top set, while Ivey showed K♦Q♦7♦6♣ for a low to chop up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	920,000 10,000	10,000

Dan Cates	324,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Dan Cates Phil Ivey

06-18-2023 23:58 UTC-8

Deeb Doubles Through Wang

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Jeremy Geist

Level 6

No Limit Hold 'em

Action folded to Shaun Deeb in late position who opened to 7,500. Next to act was Jacky Wang on the button, who three-bet to 30,000. Deeb then four-bet ripped it for 67,000, and Wang called.

The cards hit their backs.

Shaun Deeb: K♥K♣
Jacky Wang: J♣J♦

The flop came K♦A♥Q♣. "That's not a good flop," Deeb said as he hit a set but Wang still had a gutter. No sweat though as the turn fell a 3♦ and the river an 8♣. Deeb got the pure double and Wang took a hit to his healthy stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yong Wang	310,000 10,000	10,000
Shaun Deeb	140,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Jacky Wang Shaun Deeb

06-18-2023 23:59 UTC-8

One In and Five Out Before Night's End

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Mike Patrick

Level 6

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cassidy	300,000

Aaron Katz	Busted

Nick Schulman	Busted

Michael Rodrigues	Busted

Greg Mueller	Busted

Wil Wilkinson	Busted

06-19-2023 00:10 UTC-8

Five More Hands

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Connor Richards

Level 6

The floor has instructed dealers to deal five more hands before players bag for the evening.

06-19-2023 00:19 UTC-8

Yockey Leads River

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Jeremy Geist

Level 6

No Limit Hold 'em

The action folded to Paul Volpe on the button who opened to 7,000. The small blind folded and Bryce Yockey defended his big blind.

The 2♦8♠3♦ flop landed and Yockey check-called a bet of 8,000. The 7♦ turn brought in the flush and action then checked through.

The 6♥ river brought in even more draws and Yockey went into the tank for a moment before putting out a bet of 30,000. Volpe didn't think for long before tossing his cards into the muck. Yockey added a solid pot to his already healthy stack as the last hands of the night were delt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	505,000 55,000	55,000

Bryce Yockey	495,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Paul Volpe