Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-22-2023 22:57 UTC-8

Bunal Makes Hendrix Question His Fold

Ollie Garland

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Florencio Bunal limped under the gun. Roman Verenko in the cutoff raised to 55,000. Adam Hendrix called from the small blind and Bunal tagged along.

The flop came 2♥A♥5♠. Once checked to, Verenko continued for 65,000 and both players called.

The 7♥ fell on the turn. Hendrix checked once again while Bunal now chose to move all in for his last 173,000. Verenko folded and the decision was back on Hendrix. After some time in the tank, Hendrix folded sending the pot to Bunal.

Bunal showed Q♥8♥ as he raked in the pot, visibly frustrating Hendrix.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florencio Bunal	650,000 570,000	570,000
Adam Hendrix	470,000 154,000	154,000
Roman Verenko	343,000 209,000	209,000

Tags: Adam Hendrix Florencio Bunal Roman Verenko

06-22-2023 23:09 UTC-8

Set of Ducks for Hu

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Six players limped in from various positions to see a flop of 2♣Q♠9♦. Action checked around to Maurice Kraiem who bet 85,000 from the cutoff. Action then folded around to Anthony Hu who announced "pot" from the big blind, folding out all other players except for Kraiem and committing 336,000 of his 348,000 stack. Kraiem raised to put Hu all in and Hu quickly called, putting himself at risk.

Anthony Hu: A♣Q♥2♠2♦
Maurice Kraiem: Q♣J♠9♠3♣

Hu's bottom set was ahead of Kraiem's two-pair and remained so on the 8♠ turn and 3♦ river. Hu dragged in a major pot while Kraiem was left short-stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Hu	776,000 511,000	511,000
Maurice Kraiem	153,000 222,000	222,000

Tags: Anthony Hu Maurice Kraiem

06-22-2023 23:11 UTC-8

Weisman Puts Castillo in the Bin

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Tyler Foran

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With 99,000 in the middle, the board read 7♦7♠3♥3♠, and Dylan Weisman checked to Jose Castillo, who pushed out a bet of 35,000. Sonny Franco called, and Weisman check-raised to 140,000. Only Castillo called.

The 9♠ completed the board, and Weisman announced a pot-sized bet of 414,000, putting Castillo to the test for most of his chips. About four minutes went by before a tablemate called the clock.

The floor man came to the table and gave a countdown from 30 seconds. The entire 30 seconds went by, and Castillo's hand was declared dead as the dealer pushed the pot to Weisman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	1,155,000 995,000	995,000

Shiva Dudani	702,000 482,000	482,000
Sonny Franco	600,000 335,000	335,000
Jose Castillo	442,000 38,000	38,000
Arie Ori Miller	437,000 274,000	274,000
Eemil Tuominen	323,000 15,000	15,000
James Mendoza	256,000 177,000	177,000

Tags: Dylan Weisman Jose Castillo Sonny Franco

06-22-2023 23:12 UTC-8

Break Time

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Ollie Garland

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Players are on their final 15-minute break.

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

06-22-2023 23:34 UTC-8

Kampen Takes it on the River

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Tyler Foran

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

David Wang raised 56,000 in middle position and Elliott Kampen came along in the big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of Q♠J♦5♥ and Kampen check-called a bet of 50,000.

When the 4♠ hit the turn, Kampen checked and Wang checked back.

The 6♦ completed the board and Kampen fired a bet of 150,000. Wang took only a couple of seconds before surrendering the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Wang	1,005,000 112,000	112,000
Elliott Kampen	870,000 476,500	476,500

Tags: David Wang Elliott Kampen

06-22-2023 23:46 UTC-8

Lau's Aggressive Line Wins Him the Pot

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Ollie Garland

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Two players remained in the pot as the board read 2♠4♥2♣.

Ka Kwan Lau in the big blind check-raised the continuation of Johann Ibanez in the cutoff from 30,000 to 90,000. Ibanez called.

The turn brought the 10♦ and Lau bet again for 150,000. Ibanez was undeterred.

The 6♠ on the river saw Lau shove all in for the remainder of his stack, more than enough to put Ibanez at risk for his tournament life. After much deliberation, Ibanez folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	1,120,000 565,000	565,000

Johann Ibanez	315,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Johann Ibanez Ka Kwan Lau

06-22-2023 23:47 UTC-8

Zinno's Flop Bet Takes it

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Tyler Foran

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Sebastian Trisch raised to 40,000 in the hijack and Anthony Zinno three-bet to 140,000 in the small blind. Trisch called.

The dealer spread a flop of 10♥7♣4♦ and Zinno announced a bet of 192,000. Trisch snap-mucked and the dealer shipped the pot to Zinno.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar Danchev	3,692,000 2,292,000	2,292,000

Stanislav Halatenko	1,250,000 1,460,000	1,460,000

Sebastian Trisch	665,000 597,000	597,000
Juha Helppi	508,000 358,000	358,000

Alan Reyf	472,000 93,000	93,000
Anthony Zinno	465,000 333,000	333,000

David Kim	197,000 131,000	131,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Sebastian Trisch

06-22-2023 23:53 UTC-8

Chip and a Chair for Konstas

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jay Harwood bet 35,000 from early position and received calls from Peng Shan in middle position and Venkata Chita in the cutoff. Ionnis Angelou Konstas announced "pot" and bet 183,000. Harwood and Shan folded leaving players heads up. Chita moved all in with a covering stack and Konstas made the call to put himself at risk.

Ioannis Angelou Konstas: A♠K♠J♥J♣
Venkata Chita: K♦Q♠10♠9♦

The board ran out K♣7♣4♠4♣8♣. Both players had two-pair, Kings and Fours but Konstas had the best kicker with an ace to take down a key pot. Chita was left short-stacked and would bust out shortly after.

Konstas mentioned after the hand that he was down to a single yellow 1,000 chip earlier in the tournament when the big blind was 2,500. He has increased his stack more than twenty fold since then.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Harwood	1,245,000 272,000	272,000

Peng Shan	835,000 702,000	702,000
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	520,000 337,000	337,000
Venkata Chita	Busted

Tags: Ioannis Angelou Konstas Jay Harwood Peng Shan Venkata Chita

06-23-2023 00:00 UTC-8

Kwan Lau Sends Ibanez Out

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Tyler Foran

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On the A♣J♦8♦ flop Johann Ibanez jammed for his last 158,000. Ka Kwan Lau was the only opponent in the hand and after asking for a count he made the call.

Johann Ibanez: A♠Q♥Q♣7♠
Ka Kwan Lau: K♦J♣5♦4♣

Kwan Lau had flopped a pair of jacks and a flush draw and the 10♥ turn and J♠ river improved him to trip jacks as Ibanez was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Capitan	2,300,000 2,037,000	2,037,000
Sam Soverel	1,700,000 630,000	630,000

Ka Kwan Lau	1,470,000 350,000	350,000

Ren Lin	666,000 476,000	476,000

Sterling Savill	330,000 34,000	34,000
Johann Ibanez	Busted

Tags: Johann Ibanez Ka Kwan Lau