Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 3 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-20-2023 17:18 UTC-8

Johnson Spikes River to Bust Klodnicki

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15

Limit Hold'em

Marco Johnson opened on the button and then called after Chris Klodnicki three-bet out of the small blind.

Klodnicki continued on a flop of 7♠J♣6♠. Johnson responded with a raise only to see Klodnicki move the remainder of his chips into the middle. Not needing to call much more, Johnson duly put his opponent at risk.

Chris Klodnicki: K♠J♠
Marco Johnson: A♠7♥

Klodnicki was in excellent position to secure a full double, needing to fade a non-spade ace or seven. The 8♣ turn changed nothing but the A♦ river was a dagger to Klodnicki, sending him to the rail short of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	1,500,000 50,000	50,000

Chris Klodnicki	Busted

Tags: Chris Klodnicki Marco Johnson

06-20-2023 17:22 UTC-8

Dehkharghani Cannot Bounce Hellmuth

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15

Limit Hold'em

Phil Hellmuth raised from under the gun and earned a customer in Ray Dehkharghani out of the big blind. On a 6♣4♥2♣ flop, Dehkharghani checked and Hellmuth bet to earn a call. That led them to the 4♦ turn on which Dehkharghani checked again.

Hellmuth bet with two full bets behind and Dehkharghani eyeballed his stack before raising, then called the all-in of Hellmuth.

Phil Hellmuth: J♥J♦
Ray Dehkharghani: A♦8♥

The river was the K♦ and Hellmuth doubled his short stack once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Dehkharghani	1,550,000 300,000	300,000

Phil Hellmuth	450,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Ray Dehkharghani

06-20-2023 17:23 UTC-8

Tong Gets Some Back from Arieh and Others

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Mike Patrick

Level 15

Stud Hi-Lo

Kristopher Tong: XxXx/8♦7♦Q♣A♠
Josh Arieh: XxXx/J♣5♦4♥Q♠ - folded sixth street
Hal Rotholz: XxXx/4♦J♠ - folded fourth street
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx/10♠2♦ - folded fourth street

After Hal Rotholz brought it in, Kristopher Tong, Josh Arieh, and Dzmitry Urbanovich all limped in behind, leading ta a four-way fourth street.

Action was checked to Tong who had the only two-card low showing and he bet. This got folds from Urbanovich and Rotholz, but Arieh stuck around with a call.

On fifth street, Tong now checked to Arieh, who bet, with Tong calling to see sixth street. Picking up an ace, Tong now bet first with Arieh not loving the developments on that street and opting to fold his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	2,300,000 400,000	400,000

Hal Rotholz	2,000,000 100,000	100,000

Kristopher Tong	1,400,000 440,000	440,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	890,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Hal Rotholz Josh Arieh Kristopher Tong

06-20-2023 17:29 UTC-8

Alaei Chips Up at the Expense of Monnette

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

What had kicked off as a single-raised three-way pot with Daniel Alaei as the pre-draw aggressor, picking up calls from Ray Dehkharghani on the button and John Monnette, ended up in a set-back for the latter. The draw had been completed already with Monnette and Alaei both having discarded one. Monnette led for 60,000, Alaei raised to 225,000 for Dehkharghani to fold and Monnette instantly called.

Monnette was shown the 8x6x5x4x3x and mucked his 8x7x4x3x2x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Alaei	1,800,000 325,000	325,000

Ray Dehkharghani	1,500,000 50,000	50,000

John Monnette	700,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Daniel Alaei John Monnette Ray Dehkharghani

06-20-2023 17:30 UTC-8

Urbanovich and Tong Clash in Three-Bet Pot, Urbanovich Left Short

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Jim Murray

Level 15

2-7 Triple Draw

Kristopher Tong raised from middle position and was three-bet by Dzmitry Urbanovich on the button. Tong made the call and drew three to Urbanovich's one, then check-raised a bet from Urbanovich after the first draw.

Tong was pat and Urbanovich drew one. The second betting round saw Tong bet, Urbanovich raise and Tong three-bet, with Urbanovich calling.

Both players were pat on the final draw and Tong bet. Urbanovich would again put in a raise and Tong would again put in a three-bet, but this time Urbanovich would make the fold, leaving him with under 200,000 left in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristopher Tong	1,150,000 250,000	250,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	190,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Kristopher Tong

06-20-2023 17:37 UTC-8

Urbanovich Eliminated by Arieh

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Mike Patrick

Level 15

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Josh Arieh raised in the hijack and a short-stacked Dzmitry Urbanovich put in a three-bet from the cutoff. Arieh called and then drew two to Urbanovich's one.

Arieh then check-raised a bet from Urbanovich, and the Polish star called, leaving just 40,000 back.

After they each drew one, Arieh bet, and Urbanovich called to put himself at risk, then the players revealed their hands.

Dzmitry Urbanovich: 5x4x3x2x/Xx
Josh Arieh: 8x7x6x2x/Xx

Arieh showed first and revealed a king, meaning anything but an ace, pair, or six would keep Urbanovich alive.

Unfortunately for him, he drew a 6x, giving him a straight to end his day shy of the money, leaving 17 players in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	2,695,000 395,000	395,000

Maxx Coleman	1,330,000 130,000	130,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	Busted

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Josh Arieh

06-20-2023 17:44 UTC-8

Obst Takes From Barbero

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15

Pot-Limit Omaha

Nacho Barbero limped in the small blind and James Obst checked his option out of the big blind.

Action checked to Obst on a flop of 6♠J♣6♣ and he tossed 25,000 into the middle. Barbero responded with a raise to 75,000, which Obst quickly called.

The 4♥ turn saw Barbero check and then fold after Obst made it 65,000 to go.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	1,500,000 815,000	815,000

Nacho Barbero	1,450,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: James Obst Nacho Barbero

06-20-2023 17:45 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15

The remaining 17 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. Soft hand-for-hand play will continue when they return.

06-20-2023 17:53 UTC-8

Last Pot Before Dinner to Alaei

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15

Stud Hi-Lo

Daniel Alaei: XxXx / 3♣4♥6♦7♣ / Xx
Ray Dehkharghani: XxXx / 2♦8♣4♣10♣ / Xx

Daniel Alaei bet from fifth to seventh street and earned two rather swift calls from Ray Dehkharghani as the clock ran down for level 13. On seventh street, Alaei bet once more and Dehkharghani then suddenly went deep into the tank. More than six minutes passed before he sigh-folded and went into his now shortened dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Alaei	2,240,000 440,000	440,000

Ray Dehkharghani	1,370,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Daniel Alaei Ray Dehkharghani

06-20-2023 17:59 UTC-8

Dinner Break Counts for the Final 17

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	4,360,000 260,000	260,000

Josh Arieh	3,120,000 425,000	425,000

Matthew Ashton	2,425,000 825,000	825,000

Daniel Alaei	2,240,000

Hal Rotholz	2,200,000 200,000	200,000

Talal Shakerchi	1,925,000 100,000	100,000

Kristopher Tong	1,750,000 600,000	600,000

Brian Rast	1,650,000 40,000	40,000

James Obst	1,520,000 20,000	20,000

Nacho Barbero	1,465,000 15,000	15,000

Ray Dehkharghani	1,370,000

Maxx Coleman	1,300,000 30,000	30,000

Marco Johnson	1,235,000 265,000	265,000

Johannes Becker	1,220,000 215,000	215,000

John Racener	725,000 400,000	400,000

John Monnette	655,000 45,000	45,000

Phil Hellmuth	535,000 85,000	85,000