Event #56: $500 Salute to Warriors Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-26-2023 21:36 UTC-8

David Shmuel Eliminated in 23rd Place ($8,053)

Chris Land

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

In the same hand that David Elisofon eliminated Christopher Perkins, David Shmuel had called off from the button with A♣Q♥.

The runout of 2♠K♣4♦5♣6♣ offered no help to Shmuel either, keeping Elisofon's 10♣10♥ in the lead and sending Shmuel to the rail in 23rd place for $8,053.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Elisofon	15,200,000 4,700,000	4,700,000
David Shmuel	Busted

Tags: Christopher Perkins David Elisofon David Shmuel

Level: 33

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

06-26-2023 21:44 UTC-8

Tony Huang Eliminated in 22nd Place ($8,053)

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Chris Land

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Action folded to Youssef Hicham in the small blind who open-jammed into Tony Huang's short stack in the big blind. Huang called, putting himself at risk and sending both players to a runout.

Tony Huang: A♠9♥
Youssef Hicham: A♣Q♥

The board ran out 3♠8♣2♠2♥6♣, offering no improvement to Huang and sending him to the rail in 22nd place for $8,053.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youssef Hicham	15,700,000 2,200,000	2,200,000
Tony Huang	Busted

Tags: Tony Huang Youssef Hicham

06-26-2023 21:50 UTC-8

Prashray Rai Eliminated In 21st Place ($8,053)

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Florence Mazet

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Jacques Ortega opened in early position and Prashray Rai moved all in from the small blind. Ortega called.

Prashray Rai: A♣9♠
Jacques Ortega: K♥Q♦

The board ran out 7♥7♠10♦K♣2♥ and Ortega found a king on the turn to eliminate Rai in 21st place for $8,053).

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacques Ortega	13,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Prashray Rai	Busted

Tags: Jacques Ortega Prashray Rai

06-26-2023 21:56 UTC-8

Friedrich Martin Eliminated in 20th Place ($8,053)

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Mickey Doft

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

William Butcher jammed from under the gun. Action folded around to Friedrich Martin in the cutoff who called off for slightly less to put himself at risk and send the pair to a runout.

Friedrich Martin: A♠J♠
William Butcher: A♣Q♣

The board ran out K♥4♥4♠7♥2♠, giving Butcher the pot and sending Martin home in 20th place for $8,053.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Butcher	8,100,000 1,275,000	1,275,000
Friedrich Martin	Busted

Tags: Friedrich Martin William Butcher

06-26-2023 22:17 UTC-8

Andreas Putz Eliminated in 19th Place ($8,053)

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Florence Mazet

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Argentinian player Andreas Putz moved all in from the small blind for around 4,500,000 and Steven Genovese snap called from the big blind.

Andreas Putz: K♦8♦
Steve Genovese: A♦A♣

The board ran out Q♠Q♥8♠7♦K♣ and Genovese knockout Andreas Putz in 19th place for $8,053.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Genovese	11,000,000 3,400,000	3,400,000

Andreas Putz	Busted

Tags: Andreas Putz Steve Genovese

06-26-2023 22:30 UTC-8

Final Two Tables Redraw (full)

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Florence Mazet

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

The field is now down to 18 players left.

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
513	1	Michael Hernandez	United States	11,000,000	28
513	2	Kelly Gall	United States	13,000,000	33
513	3	Dejuante Alexander	United States	14,600,000	37
513	4	Steven Genovese	United States	13,000,000	33
513	5	Timothy Deering	Canada	14,000,000	35
513	6	Raffaello Locatelli	Italy	12,000,000	30
513	7	Lucas Lew	Portugal	13,500,000	34
513	8	Youssef Hicham	Morocco	22,000,000	55
513	9	Jacques Ortega	Brazil	10,500,000	26

533	1	Ali Alawadhi	United States	15,600,000	39
533	2	Michael Lin	United States	5,000,000	13
533	3	Adel Kabbani	France	3,675,000	9
533	4	Harold Harvey	United States	10,095,000	25
533	5	David Elisofon	United States	14,000,000	35
533	6	Ryan Stephens	United States	22,500,000	56
533	7	Levi Berger	Canada	6,075,000	15
533	8	Rajesh Goyal	United States	4,200,000	11
533	9	William Butcher	United States	8,175,000	20

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Stephens	22,500,000 3,600,000	3,600,000

Youssef Hicham	22,000,000 6,300,000	6,300,000
Ali Alawadhi	15,600,000 4,800,000	4,800,000
Dejuante Alexander	14,600,000 9,400,000	9,400,000

Timothy Deering	14,000,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
David Elisofon	14,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Lucas Lew	13,500,000 6,000,000	6,000,000
Kelly Gall	13,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Steven Genovese	13,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Raffaello Locatelli	12,000,000 4,000,000	4,000,000
Michael Hernandez	11,000,000 4,900,000	4,900,000
Jacques Ortega	10,500,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Harold Harvey	10,095,000 1,005,000	1,005,000
William Butcher	8,175,000 75,000	75,000
Levi Berger	6,075,000 5,925,000	5,925,000

Michael Lin	5,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Rajesh Goyal	4,200,000 175,000	175,000
Adel Kabbani	3,675,000 2,325,000	2,325,000