Event #51: $1,000 Tag Team Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

Event #51: $1,000 Tag Team

Day 1 Completed

06-23-2023 01:20 UTC-7

Non-Stop Action on Day 1 of Event #51: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em

Roxanne Johnson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Play has concluded on Day 1 of Event #51: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em at the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

A total of 1,282 teams participated, which surpassed last year’s entry total of 913 teams, and this year's field generated a prize pool worth $570,490, with first place being $95,331 for each person in the Team. Day 2 will start close to the bubble, with only 252 teams remaining and 193 making the money.

Mark Evangelista and his teammate bagged up a tournament-leading stack of 462,000 chips, with four other teams cramming more than 300,000 chips into their overnight bag. Kenneth Gallo (382,000), Richard Ali (325,000), the duo of Amber Donatelli - Marcus Stein (325,000), and the paring of Jeremy Palvini - Jean-Paul Pasqualini (305,000) being those teams.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player/Team	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mark Evangelista	United States	462,000	185
2	Kenneth Gallo	United States	382,000	153
3	Richard Ali	United States	325,500	130
4	Amber Donatelli - Marcus Stein	United States	325,000	130
5	Jeremy Palvini - Jean-Paul Pasqualini	France	305,000	122
6	Peter Zolnai - Patrik Ciklamini	United States	286,500	115
7	Jesse Sylvia - Ashley Sleeth	United States	281,500	113
8	Ronald Phipps	United States	273,000	109
9	Eduardo Nejaim - Marcello Serioz	Brazil	266,000	106
10	Shahin Shayesteh	United States	261,000	104

After 11 levels of action, several teams bagged big numbers. Aside from the teams mentioned above, Peter Zolnai - Patrick Ciklamini (286,500), Jesse Sylvia - Ashley Sleeth (281,500), Roland Phipps (273,000), Eduardo Nejaim - Marcello Serioz (266,000), and Shahin Shayesteh (261,000) finished in the top ten of the chip counts.

The exciting start of the day was electric, especially with people in costumes, and all the teammates on the rail cheering on their partners. Phil Hellmuth made an appearance at the end of the night wearing a Pokémon costume and one team, Lou Salinas and Pyzza Teston, were wearing colonial costumes resembling Beethoven.

Some of the notables to look out for in our Day 2 updates include Alejandro Lococo - Martin Pineiro (205,000), Julie Marriott - Dara O'Kearney (191,000), Sarah Stefan - Kyna England (190,000), and the dangerous-looking duo of Sebastian Pauli and Jonas Lauck (165,000).

Victor Fryda - Paul Amsellem (157,000), Jessica Teusl - Stefan Lehner (152,500), Kenny Hallaert - Sylvain Loosli (122,000), Igor d'Ursel - Martin Jacobson (81,500), Nick Palma - Brandon Hamlet, Team Now We Are Cooking (71,000), and Jarred Gabin - Shaundle Pruitt (66,000) also made it through to Day 2.

Other duos that weren’t fortunate enough to make it through Day 1 included the team of Phil Hellmuth - Dan Cates, Brad Owen - Amber Laird, Tim Duckworth - Donnie Peters, and Benjamin Spragg - Henrik Hecklen.

Day 2 of the three-day tournament will commence on Friday, June 23, at 12 p.m. local time. Action begins on Level 12 with blinds at 1,000/2,500/2,500 and the day will break after 11 one-hour levels of play. There are no breaks except for color-ups since one member of each team is always on a "break." The player that bagged at the end of the night is the player that must start when play resumes.

Don’t go far, as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back, bringing you all of the updates from this event.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Amber Donatelli Amber Laird Ashley Sleeth Benjamin Spragg Brad Owen Brandon Hamlet Dara O'Kearney Donnie Peters Eduardo Nedaim Henrik Hecklin Jarred Gabin Jean-Paul Pasqualini Jeremy Palvini Jesse Silvia Jessica Teusl Jonas Lauck Julie Marriott Justin Pechie Kenny Hallaert Kyna England Lou Salinas Marcello Seiroz Marcus Stein Martin Jacobson Martin Pineiro Nick Palma Patrik Ciklamini Paul Amsellem Peter Zoinai Phil Helmuth Pyzza Teston Ronnie Bardah Sarah Stefan Sebastian Pauli Shaundle Pruitt Stefan Lehner Sylvain Loosli Timothy Duckworth Victor Fryda

06-23-2023 00:20 UTC-7

Seat Draw for Day 2

Matthew Pitt

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Horseshoe	600	1	Benjamin Armstrong	United States	40,000	16
Horseshoe	600	2	Jacob Hobday	Canada	66,000	26
Horseshoe	600	3	Jeffrey Stellwagon	United States	209,000	84
Horseshoe	600	4	Liam Murphy	United States	112,000	45
Horseshoe	600	5	Masato Yokosawa	Japan	141,000	56
Horseshoe	600	6	Stewart Meredith	United States	49,000	20
Horseshoe	600	7	Richard Ali	United States	325,500	130
Horseshoe	600	8	Eric Nguyen	United States	62,000	25
Horseshoe	600	9	Dylan Wilkerson	United States	95,000	38

Horseshoe	601	1	Marle Spragg	United States	54,500	22
Horseshoe	601	2	Wayne Brown	United States	91,000	36
Horseshoe	601	4	Joshua Mcdougall	United States	157,000	63
Horseshoe	601	6	William Sluder	United States	114,500	46
Horseshoe	601	7	Bradley Maniccia	Canada	52,500	21
Horseshoe	601	8	Mark Evangelista	United States	562,000	225
Horseshoe	601	9	Michael Savakinas	United States	126,000	50

Horseshoe	602	1	Michael Oar	United States	34,000	14
Horseshoe	602	2	Ashish Ahuja	India	139,500	56
Horseshoe	602	3	Dong Wang	United States	81,500	33
Horseshoe	602	4	Galya Zhekova	Bulgaria	61,500	25
Horseshoe	602	5	Danny Grogan	United Kingdom	80,000	32
Horseshoe	602	6	Bogdan Munteanu	Romania	109,000	44
Horseshoe	602	7	Viktorija Tolkaciova	Lithuania	52,500	21
Horseshoe	602	8	Albert Gorelik	United States	61,500	25
Horseshoe	602	9	Miguel Silva	Portugal	71,000	28

Horseshoe	603	1	Adam Foster	United States	145,000	58
Horseshoe	603	2	Kannapong Thanarattrakul	Thailand	129,000	52
Horseshoe	603	3	Adam Myers	United States	98,000	39
Horseshoe	603	4	Brian Jackson	United States	55,500	22
Horseshoe	603	5	Anthony Pepe	United States	171,000	68
Horseshoe	603	6	Justin Grady	Canada	24,000	10
Horseshoe	603	7	Vinicius Souza	United States	141,000	56
Horseshoe	603	8	Ashley Sleeth	United States	281,500	113
Horseshoe	603	9	Xavier Brezniak	United States	83,500	33

Horseshoe	604	1	Geoffrey Prins	Canada	76,000	30
Horseshoe	604	2	Nick Palma	United States	67,000	27
Horseshoe	604	3	Jordan Cutter	United States	71,000	28
Horseshoe	604	4	Derek Alley	United States	103,000	41
Horseshoe	604	5	Andrew Mackenzie	United States	34,000	14
Horseshoe	604	6	Jay Lu	United States	84,000	34
Horseshoe	604	9	Michael Hauptman	United States	101,000	40

Horseshoe	605	1	Fabio Oka Da Silva	United States	138,500	55
Horseshoe	605	2	David Williams	United States	139,000	56
Horseshoe	605	3	Joe Brindle	United Kingdom	207,500	83
Horseshoe	605	4	Daniel Jones	United States	199,000	80
Horseshoe	605	5	Robert Hurst	United States	60,000	24
Horseshoe	605	6	Jared Belzer	United States	56,500	23
Horseshoe	605	7	Masato Horiuchi	United States	62,500	25
Horseshoe	605	8	Rachel Miller	United States	87,000	35
Horseshoe	605	9	DID NOT REPORT 1		1	0

Horseshoe	606	1	Lorenc Puka	United States	64,000	26
Horseshoe	606	3	Francis Fazzina	United States	71,500	29
Horseshoe	606	5	Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	United Kingdom	107,000	43
Horseshoe	606	6	Weston Mizumoto	United States	87,500	35
Horseshoe	606	7	Andrew Glauberg	United States	25,500	10
Horseshoe	606	8	Chien Chih Weng	Taiwan	93,000	37
Horseshoe	606	9	Mike Kaplitz	United States	1	0

Horseshoe	607	1	Nathaniel Perry	United States	87,500	35
Horseshoe	607	2	Tyler Hirschfeld	United States	54,000	22
Horseshoe	607	3	Ryan Caviness	Ireland	57,000	23
Horseshoe	607	4	Clement Kerrien	France	98,000	39
Horseshoe	607	5	Joe Warling	United States	74,500	30
Horseshoe	607	6	Jinho Hong	South Korea	43,500	17
Horseshoe	607	7	John Deeb	United States	132,500	53
Horseshoe	607	8	Tejas Patil	United States	130,500	52
Horseshoe	607	9	David Bernal	United States	71,000	28

Horseshoe	608	1	Peter Zolnai	United States	286,500	115
Horseshoe	608	2	Nicholas Wehrle	United States	98,000	39
Horseshoe	608	3	Feng Qu	China	133,000	53
Horseshoe	608	4	Arne Olsen	United States	35,500	14
Horseshoe	608	5	Zachary Gruneberg	United States	32,500	13
Horseshoe	608	6	DID NOT REPORT 2	United States	1	0
Horseshoe	608	7	Mable Rollins	United States	1	0
Horseshoe	608	8	Matthew Pierce	United States	90,500	36
Horseshoe	609	1	Steve Garfinkle	United States	83,000	33

Horseshoe	609	3	Eduardo Nejaim	Brazil	266,000	106
Horseshoe	609	4	Victor Fryda	France	157,000	63
Horseshoe	609	5	Kevin Lee	United States	80,000	32
Horseshoe	609	6	Matthew Stahl	United States	48,500	19
Horseshoe	609	7	Joseph Ward	United States	30,000	12
Horseshoe	609	8	Zachary Shelton	United States	114,500	46
Horseshoe	609	9	Jarred Gabin	United States	66,000	26

Horseshoe	610	1	Harrison Brown	United States	101,000	40
Horseshoe	610	2	Sylvain Loosli	France	122,000	49
Horseshoe	610	3	Niall Duffy	United Kingdom	74,000	30
Horseshoe	610	4	Macduff Kuhnert	United States	82,000	33
Horseshoe	610	5	Dhiraj Sharma	Canada	50,000	20
Horseshoe	610	6	Jason Wheeler	United States	72,000	29
Horseshoe	610	7	George Knauer	United States	59,500	24
Horseshoe	610	8	Vincent Lay	United States	137,000	55
Horseshoe	610	9	Evan Hu	United States	68,000	27

Horseshoe	611	1	Thiago Monteiro	Brazil	74,500	30
Horseshoe	611	2	Eshaan Bhalla	United States	165,500	66
Horseshoe	611	4	Charlemagne Benjamin	United States	10,400	4
Horseshoe	611	5	Alberto Villapudua	United States	55,000	22
Horseshoe	611	6	Aditya Agarwal	India	19,500	8
Horseshoe	611	7	Caleb Shumard	United States	33,000	13
Horseshoe	611	8	Matthew Sullivan	United States	54,500	22
Horseshoe	611	9	Kristin Brotherton	United States	40,000	16

Horseshoe	612	1	Trishelle Cannatella	United States	68,000	27
Horseshoe	612	2	Jesus Bertoli	Venezuela	38,500	15
Horseshoe	612	3	David Lataille	United States	125,000	50
Horseshoe	612	4	Troy Parkins	United States	89,500	36
Horseshoe	612	5	Jackson Traub	United States	61,500	25
Horseshoe	612	6	Bud Lavassani	United States	145,000	58
Horseshoe	612	7	Latif Berisha	Germany	75,000	30
Horseshoe	612	8	Christopher Maguire	United Kingdom	114,000	46
Horseshoe	612	9	Leo Sigurdsson	Iceland	93,500	37

Horseshoe	613	2	Stephen Gilbert	United States	110,000	44
Horseshoe	613	3	Nicola Tassone	Canada	77,000	31
Horseshoe	613	4	Thomas Barden	United States	65,500	26
Horseshoe	613	5	Chenyu Li	United States	163,500	65
Horseshoe	613	6	Dongwoo Ko	Canada	69,500	28
Horseshoe	613	7	Gary Jbara	United States	27,500	11
Horseshoe	613	8	Ken Giberson	United States	29,500	12
Horseshoe	613	9	Shigeki Hirano	United States	54,000	22

Horseshoe	614	1	Wing Yam	United States	25,500	10
Horseshoe	614	2	Zinan Xu	China	84,500	34
Horseshoe	614	3	Francois Scapula	France	77,000	31
Horseshoe	614	4	Jerod Smith	United States	7,000	3
Horseshoe	614	5	Jonathan Pastore	France	110,000	44
Horseshoe	614	6	Joseph Cheong	United States	37,500	15
Horseshoe	614	7	Dennis King	United States	61,000	24
Horseshoe	614	8	Rick Whitesell	United States	184,500	74
Horseshoe	614	9	Naomi Pazol	United States	86,500	35

Horseshoe	615	1	Jo Yong Son	South Korea	110,000	44
Horseshoe	615	2	Brantzen Wong	United States	113,500	45
Horseshoe	615	3	Howard Chen	United States	100,000	40
Horseshoe	615	4	Amit Sharma	United States	80,000	32
Horseshoe	615	6	Jonathan Wil Pardy	Canada	55,500	22
Horseshoe	615	7	Robert Arsenault	United States	76,500	31
Horseshoe	615	8	Rayo Kniep	Germany	42,500	17
Horseshoe	615	9	Benjamin Primus	United States	145,500	58

Horseshoe	616	1	Alain Fernandez	United States	132,500	53
Horseshoe	616	4	Zachary Vansolkema	United States	203,000	81
Horseshoe	616	5	Jeffrey Mathews	United States	77,500	31
Horseshoe	616	7	Matthew Sesso	United States	41,000	16
Horseshoe	616	8	Stephen Huang	United States	72,500	29
Horseshoe	616	9	Nicholas Tango	United States	139,000	56

Horseshoe	620	1	Alan Myerson	United States	104,000	42
Horseshoe	620	2	Roni Tal	United Kingdom	36,500	15
Horseshoe	620	4	Gregory Katayama	Canada	40,000	16
Horseshoe	620	5	Dustin Wills	United States	103,000	41
Horseshoe	620	6	Courtney Webb	United States	161,000	64
Horseshoe	620	7	Alexis Lucarini	France	29,500	12
Horseshoe	620	8	Evan Thomas	Canada	145,500	58
Horseshoe	620	9	Hana Jo	United States	46,000	18

Horseshoe	621	1	Nicholas Jager	United States	87,500	35
Horseshoe	621	2	Kristen Nyman	United States	52,000	21
Horseshoe	621	3	Daniel Wagner	United States	84,500	34
Horseshoe	621	4	John Monaco	United States	122,500	49
Horseshoe	621	5	Dylan Cechowski	France	42,500	17
Horseshoe	621	6	Riki Kobayashi	United States	163,000	65
Horseshoe	621	7	Connor Stuewe	United States	32,000	13
Horseshoe	621	8	Anthony Ditaranto	United States	132,500	53
Horseshoe	621	9	Nigel Quelch	United Kingdom	103,000	41

Horseshoe	622	1	Collin Wilson	Canada	72,500	29
Horseshoe	622	2	Christopher Bolio	United States	1	0
Horseshoe	622	3	Jeremy Detamore	United States	81,000	32
Horseshoe	622	4	Jeremy Palvini	France	305,000	122
Horseshoe	622	5	Luigi Curcio	United States	189,000	76
Horseshoe	622	6	Julie Marriott	United States	196,000	78
Horseshoe	622	7	Christopher Frank	Germany	40,000	16
Horseshoe	622	8	Chris Oconnor	Ireland	63,000	25
Horseshoe	622	9	Lok Chan	Hong Kong	103,500	41

Horseshoe	623	1	Mark Grosvenor	United States	128,500	51
Horseshoe	623	2	Ramon Kropmanns	Brazil	107,500	43
Horseshoe	623	3	Jonathan Snyder	United States	24,500	10
Horseshoe	623	4	Yinglei Chen	China	37,000	15
Horseshoe	623	5	Michael Apaga	United States	143,000	57
Horseshoe	623	6	Dien Le	United States	124,500	50
Horseshoe	623	7	Kasey Mills	United States	70,000	28
Horseshoe	623	8	Alexandru Vasilescu	United States	71,500	29
Horseshoe	623	9	Jiawei Mao	United States	41,500	17

Horseshoe	624	1	James Collins	United States	69,000	28
Horseshoe	624	2	Justin Pechie	United States	71,500	29
Horseshoe	624	3	Kyna England	United States	190,000	76
Horseshoe	624	4	Nobuaki Sasaki	Japan	103,000	41
Horseshoe	624	5	Ylan Taieb	France	160,500	64
Horseshoe	624	6	Steven Mckuin	United States	1	0
Horseshoe	624	7	Gerald Dunn	United States	54,000	22
Horseshoe	624	8	David Moore	United States	24,000	10
Horseshoe	624	9	Max Tavepholjalern	United States	60,500	24

Horseshoe	625	1	Allan Mello	United States	196,500	79
Horseshoe	625	2	Arthur Eldin	United States	91,500	37
Horseshoe	625	3	Shirin Oskooi	United States	207,500	83
Horseshoe	625	4	Robert Winsler	United States	40,500	16
Horseshoe	625	5	Diana Allen	United States	135,000	54
Horseshoe	625	6	Erkut Yilmaz	United States	169,500	68
Horseshoe	625	7	Ryan Hutchinson	United Kingdom	28,500	11
Horseshoe	625	8	Yuki Sako	Japan	187,500	75
Horseshoe	625	9	Xingbiao Zhu	United States	174,500	70

Horseshoe	626	1	Ramin Kaikhah	United States	39,500	16
Horseshoe	626	2	Paul Mattioda	United States	104,500	42
Horseshoe	626	4	Jon Van Fleet	United States	56,000	22
Horseshoe	626	5	Sean Cosgrove	United States	244,000	98
Horseshoe	626	6	Anthony Fields	United States	10,650	4
Horseshoe	626	7	Maxx Holland	United States	173,500	69
Horseshoe	626	8	Jeremy Payne	United States	41,000	16
Horseshoe	626	9	Jorge Machado	United States	134,000	54

Horseshoe	627	1	Neil Rodvold	United States	83,000	33
Horseshoe	627	2	Aleksandar Trajkovski	Macedonia	73,000	29
Horseshoe	627	3	James Miller	United States	34,000	14
Horseshoe	627	4	Gabriel Lopez	United States	78,500	31
Horseshoe	627	5	Isabella Arango Patino	Canada	74,000	30
Horseshoe	627	6	Roger Jaeger	United States	140,500	56
Horseshoe	627	7	Jason Clarke	Canada	121,500	49
Horseshoe	627	8	Ronald Phipps	United States	273,000	109

Horseshoe	628	1	Jie Su	United States	96,000	38
Horseshoe	628	2	Joshua Suyat	United States	53,500	21
Horseshoe	628	3	Furkan Beg	United States	133,500	53
Horseshoe	628	4	Marcus Stein	United States	325,000	130
Horseshoe	628	5	Peter Mavro	United States	69,000	28
Horseshoe	628	6	Julie Klein	Norway	114,000	46
Horseshoe	628	7	Stanley Lee	United States	144,500	58
Horseshoe	628	8	Dimitre Dimitrov	United States	140,000	56
Horseshoe	628	9	Shahin Shayesteh	United States	261,000	104

Horseshoe	629	1	Dane Garnica	United States	112,500	45
Horseshoe	629	2	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	205,000	82
Horseshoe	629	3	Christian Pham	Vietnam	70,000	28
Horseshoe	629	4	Roberto Valdez	United States	134,000	54
Horseshoe	629	5	Jessica Teusl	Austria	152,500	61
Horseshoe	629	6	Chris Wallace	United States	57,500	23
Horseshoe	629	7	Jacob Ferro	United States	89,500	36
Horseshoe	629	8	Aurora Palafox	United States	51,500	21
Horseshoe	629	9	Diana Anchondo	United States	66,500	27

Horseshoe	630	1	Tanner Bibat	United States	185,000	74
Horseshoe	630	2	Anton Lu	Australia	88,000	35
Horseshoe	630	3	Benjamin Teston	United States	96,000	38
Horseshoe	630	4	Igor d'Ursel	Belgium	81,500	33
Horseshoe	630	5	Caleb King	United States	87,500	35
Horseshoe	630	6	Enrico Mosca	Italy	70,000	28
Horseshoe	630	7	Riley Stahley	United States	40,500	16
Horseshoe	630	8	Jeffrey Hathaway	United States	146,000	58
Horseshoe	630	9	Giovanni Petroni	Italy	119,000	48

Horseshoe	631	1	Kultida Berman	United States	89,000	36
Horseshoe	631	2	Evgeny Urubkov	United States	12,500	5
Horseshoe	631	3	Kyle Phillips	United States	208,000	83
Horseshoe	631	4	Julien Loire	France	79000	32
Horseshoe	631	5	Zhaoyue Luo	China	157,000	63
Horseshoe	631	6	Luis Hiert	Brazil	64,000	26
Horseshoe	631	7	Jiaqi Han	United States	58,000	23
Horseshoe	631	8	Steven Loftis	United States	74,500	30

Horseshoe	632	1	Carlos Inukai	United States	153,500	61
Horseshoe	632	2	Kenneth Gallo	United States	382,000	153
Horseshoe	632	3	Arash Asadabadi	United States	152,000	61
Horseshoe	632	4	Christopher Cortez	United States	53,500	21
Horseshoe	632	5	Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz	Canada	130,500	52
Horseshoe	632	6	Jonas Lauck	Germany	165,000	66
Horseshoe	632	7	Brian Bobay	United States	46,000	18
Horseshoe	632	8	Camden Mariotti	United States	19,500	8
Horseshoe	632	9	Ebony Kenney	United States	29,500	12

06-23-2023 00:19 UTC-7

Official End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Roxanne Johnson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Evangelista - Mario Evangelista	562,000 562,000	562,000

John Ventre - Kenneth Gallo	382,000 382,000	382,000
Richard Ali - Dylan Lemery	325,500 325,500	325,500
Marcus Stein - Amber Donatelli	325,000 20,000	20,000
Jeremy Palvini - Jean-Paul Pasqualini	305,000 70,000	70,000
Peter Zolnai - Patrik Ciklamini	286,500 286,500	286,500
Jesse Sylvia - Ashley Sleeth	281,500 32,500	32,500
Nipun Java - Ronald Phipps	273,000 273,000	273,000
Eduardo Nejaim - Marcello Seiroz	266,000 266,000	266,000
Shahin Shayesteh - Conrad Simpson	261,000 261,000	261,000
Sean Cosgrove - John Lucas	244,000 244,000	244,000
Jeffrey Stellwagon - Alexander Zisiades	209,000 209,000	209,000
Kyle Phillips - Jeffrey Smith	208,000 208,000	208,000
Shirin Oskooi - Ian Steinman	207,500 207,500	207,500
Qibang Cheung - Joe Brindle	207,500 207,500	207,500
Alejandro Lococo - Martin Pineiro	205,000 55,000	55,000
Marc Vansolkema - Zachary Vansolkema	203,000 203,000	203,000
Daniel Jones - Flavio Palalon	199,000 199,000	199,000
Allan Mello - Kelvin Kerber	196,500 196,500	196,500
Julie Marriott - Dara O'Kearney	196,000 196,000	196,000
Steven McKuin - Dustin Dirksen	196,000 166,000	166,000
Sarah Stefan - Kyna England	190,000 190,000	190,000
Luigi Curcio - Savina Arcuri	189,000 189,000	189,000
Yuki Sako - Shunsuke Tokoo	187,500 187,500	187,500

Vincent Moscati - Tanner Bibat	185,000 185,000	185,000

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06-22-2023 23:40 UTC-7

Brian Rast Wins $50K PPC for Third Time -- Hall of Fame Locked?

Yori Epskamp

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Brian Rast capped off a dominant Day 5 performance to claim his third Poker Players Championship and sixth WSOP bracelet. Rast defeated Talal Shakerchi in a very brief heads-up match that lasted just five hands. Check out the winner's interview with PokerNews' Lara Neacy below.

06-22-2023 23:36 UTC-7

Bag And Tag

Florence Mazet

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Around 279 teams according to the clock are bagging and tagging for tonight. They will come back on Friday 12 p.m. in Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

06-22-2023 23:24 UTC-7

Team Donatelli Crosses 300,000 Chip Mark With Multi-Way Pot Win

Jim Murray

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Marcus Stein put out a bet of 8,500 from the small blind on a board reading A♣3♥9♠K♦ and was called by a player in middle position and a player on the button.

Stein fired out again on the K♥ river, this time for 17,000 and was called by the player on the button, with the middle position player folding.

Stein tabled K♠9♦ for a full-house, kings full of nines, and the player on the button showed down K♣Q♦ for trip kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcus Stein - Amber Donatelli	305,000

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06-22-2023 23:23 UTC-7

The Chainsaw Report is BACK

Yori Epskamp

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Watch the latest PokerNews highlights video straight from the Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas. Ben Lamb took down his second piece of WSOP hardware, Jans Arends helped himself to a $100,000 Super High Roller title, and Allen Kessler lets loose on WSOP online bracelets.

06-22-2023 23:14 UTC-7

Players are Playing Six More Hands and Then Bagging Up for the Night

Jim Murray

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Six more hands have been announced by the floor staff and then players will bag up and come back at 12 p.m. tomorrow for the re-start at the Horseshoe.

06-22-2023 23:12 UTC-7