Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-19-2023 17:43 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	159,800 29,800	29,800
Ryan Laplante	151,000 27,000	27,000

Maurice Hawkins	140,500 11,500	11,500
Andras Nemeth	130,500 57,800	57,800
Maria Konnikova	98,500 19,200	19,200

Ren Lin	80,000 11,800	11,800

David "ODB" Baker	75,500

Rayan Chamas	73,700 200	200
Robbi Jade Lew	65,300 65,300	65,300
Maria Ho	63,800 63,800	63,800
Upeshka De Silva	58,500 12,500	12,500

Sergio Fernandez	54,500 14,500	14,500
Joshua Faris	48,000 84,000	84,000
Chris Moorman	40,000

Espen Jorstad	38,000

Queen Has No Fear to Take the Pot

Alek Gillies

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Under the gun raised to 1,900 as a middle position player made the call. Alex Queen in the big blind raised to 9,000 with the under-the-gun player making the call to the flop.

The board came 4♦K♣2♠ as the last aggressor led out for 7,000 and his opponent made the call.

With the turn of the 7♣, Queen again bet for 17,000 and his opponent made the call.

The river was the K♠ as Queen jammed all in for 36,800 with his opponent eventually having made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Queen	80,000

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06-19-2023 17:55 UTC-8

Three Main Event Champions Joined the Field

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Ryan Riess and Martin Jacobson just joined the field while Chris Moneymaker is having a good start with his second bullet on this event, with 64,000 chips in front of him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinesh Alt	83,000 23,000	23,000
Julien Sitbon	75,000 52,500	52,500

Chris Moneymaker	64,000 16,000	16,000

Juha Helppi	59,000 16,000	16,000

Adam Levy	50,000 8,000	8,000

Ryan Riess	40,000 40,000	40,000

Martin Jacobson	40,000 40,000	40,000

Michael Hernandez	37,000 1,700	1,700
Jorge Hou	21,500 21,500	21,500
Adam Krach	21,500 15,500	15,500
Karim Lehoussine	19,000 4,000	4,000

06-19-2023 18:06 UTC-8

Juen Grabs Chips from Shaw

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Alban Juen raised on the button and got a call from Carl Shaw in the big blind to go see a flop A♥2♥9♠. Shaw check-called Juen's continuation for 1,200.

The turn fell the 5♠ and this time Shaw check-folded after Juen bet 3,100.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alban Juen	76,000 34,000	34,000
Carl Shaw	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Alban Juan Carl Shaw

06-19-2023 18:07 UTC-8

Affleck Spends Time in the Tank

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Matt Affleck raised it up in the hijack and was called by the big blind. The flop came J♦5♥4♦ and the big blind check-called a bet of 4,000 from Affleck.

The 5♠ paired the board on the turn and both players checked to the 7♦ on the river. The big blind checked once more and Affleck tossed in a bet of 7,500. The big blind jammed all in for 36,700 and Affleck asked for a count before diving into the tank. After a couple of minutes passed, Affleck finally dispatched his cards and his opponent collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Affleck	39,900 10,900	10,900

Tags: Matt Affleck

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-19-2023 18:10 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	159,800

Michael Jozoff	128,500 41,000	41,000
Niall Farrell	115,800 29,800	29,800

Kristen Foxen	101,000 63,000	63,000

Toby Lewis	99,000

James Rann	75,700
Frank Stepuchin	70,800
Christina Gollins	70,500 30,500	30,500
Anton Wigg	42,700 2,700	2,700
Ankush Mandavia	38,000

Nick Schulman	33,000 25,500	25,500

Brad Owen	31,200

Andrew Lichtenberger	22,800

06-19-2023 18:18 UTC-8

Misirian Doubles Through Foxen

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

John Misirian bet 2,200 from middle position and received a call from a player on the button before Kristen Foxen three-bet to 9,000 from the small blind. Misirian made the call and the player in the small blind got out of the way.

The flop came 3♦6♦5♣. Foxen bet 10,000 and Misirian raised all in for approximately 25,000. Foxen quickly called with a covering stack to put Misirian at risk.

John Misirian: 6♥6♠
Kristen Foxen: J♦J♠

Misirian had flopped a set to crack Foxen's overpair. The turn and river were bricks for both players and Misirian collected a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Misirian	73,000 73,000	73,000
Kristen Foxen	59,700 41,300	41,300

Tags: John Misirian Kristen Foxen

06-19-2023 18:18 UTC-8

Aggression Pays off for Ahuja

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Alek Gillies

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The middle position bet for 2,000 as the button made the call. The small blind three bet to 10,200 and was only called by the middle position player.

The flop came K♠2♣J♣ as both players were quick to check.

With the 8♣ on the turn, Ankit Ahuja led out for 7,500 as he was called by his opponent.

The river came the Q♦ as Ahuja jammed all in for 30,000. At risk of being all in, his opponent folded for Ahuja to sweep the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	80,200

Tags: Ankit Ahuja

06-19-2023 18:21 UTC-8

No 11th Bracelet As Johnny Chan Falls in 14th in WSOP $1,500 Big O

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

As ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey competes in Day 2 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), another Poker Hall of Famer was looking for his eleventh piece of WSOP gold with a deep run in Event #41: $1,500 Big O.

Johnny Chan entered the third and final day of the Omaha event toward the bottom of the counts with 18 players remaining as the 1987 and 1988 Main Event champion hoped to finally break the three-way tie between himself, Ivey and the late Doyle Brunson in second place on the all-time bracelet list.

Sadly for poker fans sweating the $1,500 buy-in event, "The Master" was eliminated 14th place for $13,982 after a confrontation with Scott Abrams.

Read About Chan's Elimination