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

06-26-2023 20:22 UTC-8

Alawadhi Finds A Double

Chris Land

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

A player in middle position raised to 500,000 and action folded around to Ali Alawadhi in the small blind who three-bet jammed for 3,425,000.

The middle position player made the call to send both players to a runout with Alawadhi at risk.

Ali Alawadhi: 10♣10♥
Middle Position: 7♠7♦

The board ran out Q♥9♦5♥6♠Q♠, staying safe for Alawadhi and securing him a full double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Alawadhi	7,000,000 6,553,000	6,553,000

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06-26-2023 20:28 UTC-8

Goyal Doubles Through Rai

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Florence Mazet

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Rajesh Goyal was at risk for 1,750,000 and Prashray Rai called.

Rajesh Goyal: A♠5♠
Prashray Rai: 9♠10♦

The board ran out A♥Q♠K♣4♥7♦ and Goyal doubled up with a pair of aces.

Meanwhile, Brian Solo took the 32nd place for $6,565.

Player	Chips	Progress
Prashray Rai	16,500,000 800,000	800,000
Rajesh Goyal	3,500,000 2,897,000	2,897,000
Brian Solo	Busted
Samuel Mullur	Busted

Tags: Brian Solo Prashray Rai Rajesh Goyal

06-26-2023 20:36 UTC-8

Lew Gives Linse the Rinse

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Chris Land

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Action folded to Cristian Linse in the cutoff who open jammed his remaining chips. Lucas Lew called from the small blind to send both players to a runout with Linse at risk.

Cristian Linse: 9♠9♦
Lucas Lew: K♣K♠

The board ran out 6♣2♣J♥6♦A♦, offering no improvement for Linse and sending him to the rail as Lew collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Lew	7,400,000 6,745,000	6,745,000
Cristian Linse	Busted

Tags: Cristian Linse Lucas Lew

06-26-2023 20:41 UTC-8

Three-Table Redraw To Come

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Florence Mazet

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

The 27 remaining players are redrawing for new seats at the final three tables.

A full seat draw with approximate chip counts will be posted soon.

Level: 32

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

06-26-2023 21:06 UTC-8

Final Three Tables Redraw (full)

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Florence Mazet

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

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
513	1	Michael Lin	United States	3,000,000	10
513	2	Dominick French	Canada	2,700,000	9
513	3	Steven Genovese	United States	7,600,000	25
513	4	Kelly Gall	United States	14,000,000	47
513	5	Youssef Hicham	Morocco	10,800,000	36
513	6	Tony Huang	United States	3,500,000	12
513	7	Timothy Deering	Canada	8,400,000	28
513	8	Adel Kabbani	France	10,800,000	36
513	9	Iury Wolf	Italy	1,200,000	4

523	1	Harold Harvey	United States	11,100,000	37
523	2	Friedrich Martin	Austria	5,400,000	18
523	3	Prashray Rai	United States	14,100,000	47
523	4	Ali Alawadhi	United States	10,800,000	36
523	5	Raffaello Locatelli	Italy	8,000,000	27
523	6	Jacques Ortega	Brazil	8,000,000	27
523	7	Michael Hernandez	United States	6,100,000	20
523	8	Levi Berger	Canada	12,000,000	40
523	9	Andreas Putz	Argentina	4,900,000	16

533	1	Ryan Stephens	United States	17,700,000	59
533	2	Lucas Lew	Portugal	7,500,000	25
533	3	Joel Toledo	United States	7,800,000	26
533	4	Christopher Perkins	United States	4,175,000	14
533	5	David Elisofon	United States	7,575,000	25
533	6	Dejuante Alexander	United States	5,200,000	17
533	7	Rajesh Goyal	United States	4,025,000	13
533	8	David Shmuel	United States	10,500,000	35
533	9	William Butcher	United States	9,375,000	31

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Stephens	17,700,000 17,587,000	17,587,000

Prashray Rai	14,100,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Kelly Gall	14,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Levi Berger	12,000,000 11,630,000	11,630,000

Harold Harvey	11,100,000 10,620,000	10,620,000
Ali Alawadhi	10,800,000 3,800,000	3,800,000
Youssef Hicham	10,800,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Adel Kabbani	10,800,000 10,316,000	10,316,000
David Shmuel	10,500,000 200,000	200,000

William Butcher	9,375,000 7,375,000	7,375,000
Timothy Deering	8,400,000 4,200,000	4,200,000
Raffaello Locatelli	8,000,000 7,387,000	7,387,000
Jacques Ortega	8,000,000 7,516,000	7,516,000
Joel Toledo	7,800,000 7,560,000	7,560,000
Steven Genovese	7,600,000 7,122,000	7,122,000

David Elisofon	7,575,000 7,403,000	7,403,000
Lucas Lew	7,500,000 100,000	100,000
Michael Hernandez	6,100,000 5,702,000	5,702,000
Friedrich Martin	5,400,000 5,205,000	5,205,000
Dejuante Alexander	5,200,000 2,300,000	2,300,000

Andreas Putz	4,900,000 3,820,000	3,820,000
Christopher Perkins	4,175,000 4,022,000	4,022,000
Rajesh Goyal	4,025,000 525,000	525,000
Tony Huang	3,500,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Michael Lin	3,000,000 2,413,000	2,413,000

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06-26-2023 21:14 UTC-8

Dominick French Eliminated in 27th Place ($6,565)

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Florence Mazet

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

As soon as the redraw was done, Dominick French moved all in and Youssef Hicham called.

Dominick French: 7♦7♥
Youssef Hicham: A♠6♠

The board ran out A♥9♣5♣8♣5♠ and Hicham found an ace to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youssef Hicham	13,500,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Dominick French	Busted

Tags: Dominick French Youssef Hicham

06-26-2023 21:19 UTC-8

Iury Wolf Eliminated in 26th Place ($8,053)

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Chris Land

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

Iury Wolf raised all in from under the gun and got called by Timothy Deering in the small blind, putting Wiolf at risk and headed to a runout.

Iury Wolf: K♥10♠
Timothy Deering: A♥8♠

The board ran out 3♥A♠7♥6♦4♥, sending Wolf home in 26th place for $8,053.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Deering	9,600,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Iury Wolf	Busted

Tags: Iury Wolf Timothy Deering

06-26-2023 21:24 UTC-8

Joel Toledo Eliminated in 25th Place ($8,053)

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Chris Land

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

Joel Toledo jammed from under the gun and action folded around to Ryan Stephens in the small blind who re-jammed. The big blind folded and the duo was headed to a runout with Toledo at risk.

Joel Toledo: 6♣2♥
Ryan Stephens: 10♠10♣

Toledo announced he hadn't looked before jamming and was going to need help.

The runout came 7♠K♥9♥5♣J♦, offering no help to Toledo and sending him home in 25th place for $8,053.