Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed) Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

05-31-2023 16:24 UTC-8

New Faces and Updated Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 5

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brown	43,000 43,000	43,000

Roland Israelashvili	33,000 8,000	8,000

Benny Glaser	33,000 8,000	8,000

David Bach	30,500 30,500	30,500

Eli Elezra	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tomasz Gluszko	27,000
Andrew Kelsall	26,000 26,000	26,000

Anthony Zinno	25,000 25,000	25,000

Phil Hellmuth	25,000 25,000	25,000

Chad Eveslage	25,000

Bob Mather	23,000 2,000	2,000
Allen Cunningham	22,500 22,500	22,500

Scott Abrams	22,000 3,000	3,000

Brad Ruben	21,000 21,000	21,000

Kevin Gerhart	20,000 5,000	5,000

Carol Fuchs	18,000 7,000	7,000

Barry Greenstein	17,000 8,000	8,000

05-31-2023 16:36 UTC-8

Hellmuth Fires Away, But Gets Half

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Mike Patrick

Level 5

Badeucey

Picking action up after the first draw, Phil Hellmuth bet from the small blind and got calls from the big blind and the cutoff, then patted his hand. The big blind drew two, while the cutoff drew three.

Hellmuth then bet again and received two more calls. He patted again, but this time his opponents drew one each.

Following that final draw, Hellmuth kept betting and got another pair of calls.

Hellmuth showed 7♠6♥5♦3♦2♦ for a seven-six low, and a three-card seven. The big blind held 10♦7♣6♦4♠3♥ for an inferior ten low, but a seven-six badugi to earn half the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	28,000 3,000	3,000

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05-31-2023 16:41 UTC-8

Gamble Makes Broadway

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Connor Richards

Level 5

Big O

In a heads-up pot on a flop of Q♦3♠J♣, Nathan Gamble bet from the hijack and the button called. Gamble bet again on the Q♠ turn and his opponent again called.

Gamble checked on the 10♦ river and his opponent checked back. Gamble showed A♠K♠J♦8♠7♦ for Broadway and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	50,000 17,000	17,000

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Level: 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 300-600, 600-1,200 Limits
Stud Games: 200-600, 600-1,200 Limits, 100 Ante
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 200-300, 300/500 Ante

05-31-2023 16:53 UTC-8

Greenstein Gets Paid With Trips

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Connor Richards

Level 6

Pot-Limit Hold'em

Poker Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein was in a heads-up pot against the big blind on a board of 9♥8♥3♦8♠.

The big blind bet on the turn and Greenstein called. The big blind then checked on the A♠ river and Greenstein bet 5,400. The opponent called, only to muck when Greenstein showed 8♦6♦ for trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Greenstein	40,000 23,000	23,000

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05-31-2023 17:08 UTC-8

World Series of Poker Addresses Solver Concerns, Clarifies RTA Policy

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Matt Hansen

Level 6

In light of debate over the threat that real-time assistance (RTA) apps pose to live poker, World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials reiterated their rules for use of solvers at the poker table.

Players at the 2023 WSOP will be penalized if they are caught using or referencing a solver during a live hand. Additionally, the WSOP reserves the right to issue penalties to players who are using solvers between hands.

"If caught using RTA/GTO software during a hand, player will be subject to penalty up to and including DQ (disqualification) / trespass," WSOP said in a prepared statement. "We reserve the right to further penalize a player for using RTA/GTO in any other situation in our sole and absolute discretion. Players may continue to use their device to play wsop.com or use the Caesars Sportsbook app while in/out of a hand."

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05-31-2023 17:14 UTC-8

Matusow Scoops a Badacey Pot

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Connor Richards

Level 6

Badacey

A player raised to 600 and Mike Matusow called and drew three as his opponent drew two.

Matusow led out with a bet and called when his opponent raised to 1,200. Matusow then drew two as his opponent stood pat.

Matusow check-called another bet of 1,200 and drew one as his opponent again stood pat. Both players then checked and Matusow showed 8♠7♣5♥3♦2♣ for an eight-seven low and an eight-five badugi to win the pot as his opponent showed 8♥7♠6♣4♦A♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	40,000 11,000	11,000

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05-31-2023 17:15 UTC-8

The Field Grows; More Updated Counts

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Mike Patrick

Level 6

Player	Chips	Progress
Kris Burchfield	50,000
Jon Shoreman	48,000 12,000	12,000

Joao Vieira	41,000 16,000	16,000

Hal Rotholz	37,000 12,000	12,000

Christian Roberts	37,000 12,000	12,000

Shirley Rosario	35,000 10,000	10,000
David Funkhouser	28,500

Brandon Shack-Harris	25,500 500	500

Ben Yu	25,500

Gina Hecht	24,500 500	500
Matt Vengrin	22,000

Max Pescatori	21,500

Brian Rast	21,000 4,000	4,000

Robert Mizrachi	21,000

Adam Friedman	17,000 8,000	8,000

Michael Trivett	16,000 9,000	9,000

Esther Taylor	12,000 9,000	9,000

Ryan Leng	11,000 14,000	14,000

Jordan Siegel	6,000

05-31-2023 17:25 UTC-8

Rosario Brings the Check-Raise

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Mike Patrick

Level 6

Omaha Hi-Lo

Shirley Rosario defended her big blind to a button raise and saw a flop of 8♥A♥10♠. She checked to her opponent who bet, which Rosario responded to with a check-raise.

The button called and the 3♥ fell on the turn. Rosario now led out and got a fold from the button to drag a pot that boosts her back over starting value.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shirley Rosario	28,500 6,500	6,500

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05-31-2023 17:27 UTC-8

Break Time

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Mike Patrick

Level 6

With 372 entries now in the field, players have been sent on their second 15-minute break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	53,000

Carol Fuchs	40,000

Dylan Linde	32,000

Craig Chait	30,000
Benny Glaser	28,000

John Cernuto	27,000

Robert Campbell	20,000

Bryan Micon	19,000
Kevin Gerhart	11,000

Brad Ruben	9,000

David Matsumoto	7,500