2023 World Series of Poker

Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10x8x5x4x3x
Prize
$151,276
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$731,580
Entries
548
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
159
Players Left
24

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 7,500 ante
Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey
Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey

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

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 12,000

Paur Up

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Taylor Paur raised 17,000 from early position and Matt Vengrin called from middle position.

Each player discarded one, then Vengrin bet 35,000, and Paur check-raised all in for 111,000.

Vengrin tanked for two minutes and asked again how much the all-in was for, while Paur's stare burned a hole in the baize. Vengrin turned his cards face up in his hand briefly, grunted, and then tossed them aside.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Vengrin
215,000
60,000
60,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
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Taylor Paur
118,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Matt VengrinTaylor Paur

Friedman Applies Pressure

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Adam Friedman opened to 18,000 from early position, getting a call from Richard Mirin in the big blind.

Mirin took two to Friedman's one after which he checked to the initial raiser. Friedman responded by betting enough to force his opponent all in and Mirin quickly mucked to take a hit to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Adam Friedman
410,000
18,000
18,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
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Richard Mirin
90,000
130,000
130,000

Tags: Richard MirinAdam Friedman

More Hellmuth Anecdotes

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Brad Ruben raised 20,000 from early position and Jon Turner called from the big blind. Each drew one and when Turner led out for 53,000 Ruben folded.

While the hand was taking place Phil Hellmuth told an amusing anecdote. He and Daniel Negreanu were on a cruise ship, and Hellmuth was playing no-limit hold'em, while Negreanu sweated him.

"Daniel piped up that he would play my discards," said Hellmuth, "And after playing the session that way, he had won more than I did."

Player Chips Progress
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Jon Turner
555,000
18,000
18,000
$25K Fantasy
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Brad Ruben
290,000
10,000
10,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
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Phil Hellmuth
220,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

Tags: Brad RubenDaniel NegreanuPhil Hellmuth

Mercier Wields His Big Stack

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Jason Mercier, winner of the 2016 $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, raised to 16,000 from the button, and received calls from Alexander Kell called in the small blind and Brandon Nicholson from the big.

Kell drew one, Nicholson two, and Mercier one.

Kell led out for 24,000, Nicholson folded, and Mercier separated 71,000 from his stack and tipped it onto the felt.

Kell spent some time looking back and forth between his hand and his chips before letting the hand go.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Mercier
525,000
461,000
461,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
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Alexander Kell
255,000
148,500
148,500
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Brandon Nicholson
115,000
38,000
38,000

Tags: Alexander KellBrandon NicholsonJason Mercier

Neto Goes For It All

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

James Scott opened to 20,000 from middle position and then called after Joao Dorneles Neto three-bet to 70,000 on the button.

Both players declined to draw with Scott checking to Neto, who moved all in. Scott thought for some time before deciding to pick a better spot, sending his cards into the muck to keep Neto chipping up.

Player Chips Progress
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Joao Dorneles Neto
360,000
155,000
155,000
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James Scott
110,000
33,000
33,000