2023 World Series of Poker

Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 2
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Event Info
2023 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87432
Prize
$1,324,747
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$4,727,250
Entries
99
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
81
Players Left
32
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Yockey Gets Short and Recovers Some Chips

Level 9
Bryce Yockey
Bryce Yockey

Omaha Hi-Lo

On a board of 843JQ, Bryce Yockey was all-in and earned one quarter of the pot with the A1042 for a pair of fours and the nut low. Kristopher Tong earned three quarters with AJ52 for the superior pair and same nut low, leaving Yockey on a very short stack.

One hand later, Tong earned the full pot in a medium-sized pot versus Daniel Alaei with AAQ5 on a board of KQ748.

Alaei and Yockey then tangled in a heads-up pot when Alaei bet the A97 flop and called a raise by Yockey. They checked the Q turn and Alaei check-called the J river. Yockey tabled his K1032 for a flush and won the pot.

One table over, Keith Lehr was down to even fewer chips than Yockey and bowed out moments later.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
1,220,000
290,000
290,000
Defending Champion
GTO Wizard
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Chris Brewer us
Chris Brewer
810,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
475,000
235,000
235,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Kristopher Tong us
Kristopher Tong
275,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
133,000
317,000
317,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyDaniel AlaeiKristopher Tong

More Updated Chip Counts

Level 9
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of James Obst au
James Obst
1,350,000
50,000
50,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
900,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
762,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
710,000
340,000
340,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
640,000
138,000
138,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Cohen ca
Jonathan Cohen
546,000
171,000
171,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ray Dehkharghani us
Ray Dehkharghani
540,000
250,000
250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
388,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Tommy Hang us
Tommy Hang
382,000
168,000
168,000
Profile photo of Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
270,000
105,000
105,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Diebold Eliminates Moncek

Level 9
Michael Moncek
Michael Moncek

Pot-Limit Omaha

After raises were exchanged preflop, Michael Moncek was all in from late position for 86,000 against Ben Diebold in early position with cards on their backs on the flop of 6A3

Michael Moncek: QJ109
Ben Diebold: AKQ9

Moncek's aggression had been picked off by Diebold's top pair, which held up through the 310 runout to send Moncek to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Diebold
578,000
253,000
253,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Moncek us
Michael Moncek
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Ben DieboldMichael Moncek

Updated Chip Counts

Level 9
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
860,000
605,000
605,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
370,000
148,000
148,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Yong Wang cn
Yong Wang
315,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Alex Livingston ca
Alex Livingston
275,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
230,000
45,000
45,000
GGPoker
Profile photo of Eric Wasserson us
Eric Wasserson
215,000
65,000
65,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
205,000
19,000
19,000
Team Lucky
Profile photo of Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
110,000
130,000
130,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
96,000
84,000
84,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
68,000
72,000
72,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
52,000
103,000
103,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

Urbanovich Takes From Hellmuth

Level 9
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Joining the action prior the second draw, Phil Hellmuth bet out of the small blind and Dan Smith raised from the big blind for Dzmitry Urbanovich to call in the cutoff as Hellmuth also stuck around. They each discarded one and it checked to Urbanovich, who bet. Hellmuth check-raised and Smith tank-folded while Urbanovich called.

Hellmuth patted to Urbanovich, who took one, and Hellmuth then check-called a bet.

As Urbanovich rolled over his 7x6x5x4x2x, Hellmuth tossed his cards in disgust towards the middle of the table and started rambling.

"This fuckin game has cost me three Players Championships," ... before becoming more uplift and adding a "let's go ... this fuckin game" shortly after.

While the hand played out, Ben Yu sat down in the three seat and Matt Vengrin walked by towards the exit as he had been eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
650,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
330,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
300,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
50,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Matt Vengrin us
Matt Vengrin
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ben YuDan SmithDzmitry UrbanovichMatt VengrinPhil Hellmuth

Blom Builds in Triple Draw

Level 9
Viktor Blom
Viktor Blom

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Picking action up on the first draw in a raised pot, Michael Noori drew two under the gun, Viktor Blom drew one in the cutoff and Talal Shakerchi took two on the button.

After Noori checked, Blom bet and got called in both spots. Noori and Shakerchi still needed a card while Blom stood pat.

Following another check by Noori, Blom bet again, and still couldn't shed either opponent.

Blom remained pat after a one draw by Noori, and Shakerchi took one after him as well.

After a final check by Noori, Blom bet again, getting a fold from Shakerchi, but a call from Noori.

Blom fanned 8x7x5x4x3x and Noori mucked his hand to send the pot to Blom.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
902,000
117,000
117,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
800,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Michael Noori us
Michael Noori
571,000
67,000
67,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Michael NooriTalal ShakerchiViktor Blom

Ashton Continues to Chip Up

Level 9
Matthew Ashton
Matthew Ashton

Stud Hi Lo

Matt Ashton: XxXx/373A
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx/8442
Paul Volpe: XxXx/J567

Matthew Ashton brought it in, Dzmitry Urbanovich completed and Paul Volpe made it two bets. Both Urbanovich and Ashton called.

Fourth street landed and action checked through. Fifth street landed and again action checked through.

Sixth street saw a check from Urbanovich and Volpe but Ashton decided to stick out the bet. He would face no resistance, drag the pot, and continue to chip up towards the top of the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
1,295,000
105,000
105,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
500,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
290,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Dzmitry UrbanovichMatthew AshtonPaul Volpe

Berman Gets a Shove Through

Level 9
Lyle Berman
Lyle Berman

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Phil Ivey raised to 12,000 and Mike Gorodinsky on the button three-bet to 35,000. Felipe Ramos called in the small blind and Lyle Berman then jammed for 239,000 in the big blind. Ivey and Gorodinsky folded while Ramos was pained by the decision.

"Can you feel the pain?" he asked the dealer who shook his head.

"I want to know what you would do with this hand," Ramos then asked after he had folded and tossed the cards towards Phil Ivey.

"I don't want to see it," Ivey replied and tossed them back towards the middle of the table from where Ramos grabbed them and exposed his 10x7x6x3x2x.

"Call for sure," Gorodinsky replied while Berman then sweated his cards with Matthew Schreiber and Johannes Becker. He had mentioned during the hand not to remember what he had and exposed the 8x5x4x3x first. Very slowly, he peeled the final card which was an ace before collecting the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Johannes Becker de
Johannes Becker
1,160,000
230,000
230,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
772,000
282,000
282,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global
Profile photo of Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
340,000
125,000
125,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Matthew Schreiber us
Matthew Schreiber
255,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
185,000
275,000
275,000
GGPoker
Profile photo of Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
140,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Felipe RamosJohannes BeckerLyle BermanMatthew SchreiberMike GorodinskyPhil Ivey

Ono Out Right After the Break

Level 9
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Dzmitry Urbanovich

No Limit 2-7 Single Draw

When all players rushed back to their seats just in time after the break, Matthew Schreiber asked Saya Ono if she had chips.

"I have 30,000. I lost 200,000 in a PLO pot against the guy to my right where I should have folded. Don't know who it is," Ono replied.

When the action resumed, Ono jammed for said 30,000 and was looked up by Dzmitry Urbanovich, the aforementioned player. Ono patted while Urbanovich took one and she revealed her KxQxJx9x4x with the words "I was bluffing".

Urbanovich was drawing live with the 8x5x3x2x and caught the Jx to knock out Ono.

The field was balanced shortly after since there were two open seats and Phil Hellmuth entered.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
1,190,000
95,000
95,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
675,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
Team Lucky
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
600,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
350,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
300,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
150,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Saya Ono us
Saya Ono
Busted

Tags: Dzmitry UrbanovichMatthew SchreiberSaya Ono