Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$4,632,450
Entries
1,735
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
1,511
Players Left
596
Some Updated Chipcounts
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
79,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
43,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
42,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
39,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
37,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
26,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Alt Calls Down Speranza
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Gianluca Speranza raised to 600 in the cutoff and Dinesh Alt flat-called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of 10♥6♦4♣ and both players checked to the 6♠ on the turn.
Speranze tossed in a bet of 500 on the turn and Alt stuck around to see the 9♥ on the river. Speranza fired out another bet of 1,700 and Alt thought for a moment before calling. Speranza showed 3♠3♣ but was no good against the 7♠7♦ of Alt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
37,800
-2,200
|
-2,200 |
Over 400 Entries
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
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|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
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|
40,000 | |
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|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
Gilsoo FInds a Set to Chip Up
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was caught after the board ran out 10♣Q♠4♣2♣J♠, with the middle position player having led out for 8,000.
Kin Gilsoo was quick to call as he revealed Q♣Q♦.
Top set was good as Gilsoo scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,200 |
Hudon Gets Paid with a Flush
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
A completed board of J♣5♥2♠3♠K♠ was spread across the felt with three players still in the hand. The action checked to Eliot Hudon on the button who bet 5,500 into a pot of around 4,000.
One of his opponent's called and Hudon flipped over A♠10♠ for the nut flush to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
Maguire Forces a Fold
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
An early position player limped in and a player from the hijack raised to 1,000. Christopher Maguire three-bet to 3,000, the early position limper got out of the way and the player in the hijack made the call.
The flop came 3♦4♦5♣. The hijack checked, Maguire bet 2,700 and was called by his opponent.
Both players checked the 4♠ turn leading to the 2♠ on the river. The player in the hijack checked, and after about one minute of deliberation Maguire fired a 6,000 bet. His opponent seemed to consider a call momentarily but ultimately threw his cards into the muck, awarding Maguire a decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,100
42,100
|
42,100 |
Alt Gets Value
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The action folded to the button who raised to 500 and Dinesh Alt called from the big blind. The flop came 6♣5♦6♥ and Alt check-raised to 1,500 after the button bet 500. The latter called.
On the 4♦ turn, Alt bet 3,700 and after some thinking, the button called again.
The 2♦ landed on the river and Alt fired 10,000, which was quickly called by his opponent. Alt announced, "full house," before showing 4♣4♠ and received the pot after the button tabled 6♦9♦ for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
Horniacek Risks it All to Stack Up
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was picked up after the flop of J♦6♥9♠, as the big blind player checked to Stephen Horniacek. He led out for 2,300 as his opponent made the call.
The turn was the 7♥ as the early player again opted to check. Horniacek bet 6,600 and received a call to the river.
With the river having came the 10♥ the big blind player checked. Horniacek jammed all in and received a fold from early player. After the hand, Horniacek disclosed that he had the 4♣4♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,200 |
Jennifer Harman Remembers Doyle: "He Was Like a Marshmallow Puppy Dog to Me"
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Poker Hall of Famer Jennifer Harman has seen the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in all of its iterations. Harman won two bracelets when the World Series played at Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas and made several final tables after the transition to Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in the mid-2000s.
Now, 27 years after her first WSOP final table in 1996, Harman finds herself at yet another World Series rendition at the rebranded Horseshoe Casino on the Strip. And while the golden U-shaped emblem outside the hotel is by and large the same, Harman said the modern venue doesn't compare to the WSOP's original home.
"It was such a cool atmosphere playing at Binion's; it's just nothing like that," Harman told PokerNews. "Now it's just like, you know, poker blew up and it's more ... it's still a really cool atmosphere, but it's just different. It's not a small room, musty, that kind of stuff. But it's still really cool. Poker's still really popular, so that's a pretty awesome thing."
PokerNews caught up with Harman last week as she played Day 1 of Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at the 2023 WSOP to ask about her summer schedule, pick for the Poker Hall of Fame and her memories with the late Doyle Brunson.