Event #57: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-25-2023 20:12 UTC-7

Kashat Raises Out Lee

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Five ways to the Q♣7♥6♣3♠ turn, Chris Lee bet 8,000 from under the gun. Defending champion Tong Li folded, while Firas Kashat then raised to 33,000 on the button. Lautaro Guerra got out of the way in the blinds and Lee followed suit.

Kashat revealed the A♦J♣2♣ and inquired whether or not a flush draw was good before raking in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Firas Kashat	280,000 130,000	130,000

Tong Li	145,000 -5,000	-5,000

Thomas Zanot	125,000 -35,000	-35,000
Chris Lee	120,000 -45,000	-45,000
Lautaro Guerra	30,000 -120,000	-120,000

Tags: Chris Lee Firas Kashat Lautaro Guerra Tong Li

06-25-2023 20:10 UTC-7

Assorted Counts After Dinner

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Morgenstern	620,000 165,000	165,000
Danny Hannawa	295,000 130,000	130,000
David Coleman	290,000 80,000	80,000

Robert Salaburu	200,000 60,000	60,000
Aaron Katz	195,000 135,000	135,000

LaDarren Banks	180,000
Phil Ivey	150,000

Chris Brewer	150,000 -26,000	-26,000

Vanessa Selbst	144,000 59,000	59,000

Allan Le	130,000 40,000	40,000

Dominique Mosley	110,000
Brandon Schaefer	67,000

Sean Troha	32,000

Elias Harala	Busted

06-25-2023 20:06 UTC-7

Teska Takes From Michailidis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a duel big blind versus button, the turn showed A♠10♠5♥2♥ and Jonathan Azoulay checked. Roger Teska bet 20,000 and received a call. On the 6♦ river, Azoulay checked again and Teska now bet 25,000. That ended up winning the pot for Teska without showdown as his opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Teska	310,000 -75,000	-75,000
Jonathan Azoulay	85,000

Tags: Jonathan Azoulay Roger Teska

06-25-2023 20:00 UTC-7

Ben on Ben Violence

Kirk Brown

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ben Yu opened to 7,000 from early position and was called by Ben Lamb in the cutoff and the small blind came along as well.

The flop came out A♠J♣J♦ and action checked to Lamb who then announced a bet of 4,000. The small blind got out of the way but Yu stuck around to see the J♥ appear on the turn.

Yu checked to Lamb once more who fired for 25,000 and once again, Yu called.

The river came the blank 2♦ and Yu checked for a third time and Lamb decided to check back. Yu then spread out his cards to reveal K♣K♠6♥6♦ for Jacks full of kings and Lamb quickly threw away his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	206,000

Ben Lamb	197,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Ben Yu

06-25-2023 19:54 UTC-7

Chen Takes From Zinno

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

James Chen checked the 6♥5♥2♣8♠Q♠ river out of the blinds and Anthony Zinno checked behind to get shown the A♣8♥7♣4♥ for a straight. That won the pot as Zinno mucked his cards.

Jeffrey Hakim sat down on the table while Ian Bradley was no longer in contention and had re-entered. The Brit said he had seen his aces cracked in a big pot and the now biggest stack on his former table belongs to Christopher Frank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Frank	475,000 355,000	355,000
James Chen	280,000 75,000	75,000

Anthony Zinno	275,000 65,000	65,000

Ian Bradley	150,000 -170,000	-170,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Christopher Frank Ian Bradley James Chen Jeffrey Hakim

06-25-2023 19:51 UTC-7

Assorted Counts and Re-Entries After Dinner

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Winter	515,000 320,000	320,000

Aaron Mermelstein	485,000 70,000	70,000
Eric Kurtzman	410,000 180,000	180,000
Peng Shan	210,000 30,000	30,000
Bryn Kenney	150,000

Tyler Brown	150,000

Henrik Hecklen	150,000 90,000	90,000
Tong Li	150,000 -110,000	-110,000

Daniel Alaei	150,000

Iaroslav Boiko	150,000
Jeffrey Hakim	150,000

06-25-2023 19:44 UTC-7

Cohen Folds Out Negreanu

Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After a raise and a call, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 18,000 on the button. Only Nir Cohen called in middle position.

"Good luck, buddy," Negreanu told his opponent.

Cohen and Negreanu both checked on the 9♦7♥5♦ flop and they checked again on the Q♦ turn. Cohen then bet 30,000 on the Q♣ river and Negreanu used a time bank as he thought through a decision.

"Queen-nine? Do you have a full house? You're betting like you have a full house. Queen and nine, now that makes sense. What else makes sense?"

Negreanu, who is playing an online bracelet event on a tablet and has two phones in front of him, including one attached to a selfie stick, eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nir Cohen	260,000 140,000	140,000
Daniel Negreanu	130,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Nir Cohen

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

06-25-2023 19:12 UTC-7

Poker Pro Ali Imsirovic Admits to Multi-Accounting, Denies Some Cheating Allegations

Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In a 28-minute YouTube video released on Sunday, accused poker cheater Ali Imsirovic wanted to "set the record straight," and in doing so he admitted to some of the allegations against him, but also denied others.

Within 15 seconds after the video began, the 2021 GPI Player of the Year admitted that starting in 2020, he ended up "making a really bad mistake and began multi-accounting MTT's at that time."

Imsirovic, along with Jake Schindler, was accused in 2022 by many of his high-stakes peers of multi-accounting online and colluding during live events. Months later, they were barred from PokerGO Tour events.

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06-25-2023 19:04 UTC-7

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With its ever-growing backlog of deserving players and industry professionals waiting for their time to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, some players are calling for changes to the nomination and induction process.

One of those players is Daniel Negreanu, poker's biggest ambassador and himself a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who was inducted in 2014. Negreanu has long called for overhauls to the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process and renewed his calls this week on his daily vlog during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

"How I would fix the Hall of Fame is this: every single year, two players get in — players, not contributors," Negreanu told his vlog viewers. "Every single year, two players get in. Every third year ... we add an additional third person who is a contributor to the game. That would be the Isai Scheinbergs and the Matt Savages of the world. Every three years, one of them would get in. That way, we don't have to constantly compare apples to oranges."

Read About Negreanu's Proposed HOF Changes