2023 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed)
Day: 1
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Event Info
2023 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦k♦
Prize
$938,244
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$5,046,200
Total Entries
1,199
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,089
Players Left
381
Players Left 1 / 1,199
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All the Helppi for Yokosawa

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Masato Yokosawa
Masato Yokosawa

Juha Helppi opened to 3,000 from under the gun and Masato Yokosawa three-bet to 10,000 in the cutoff. The action was back on Helppi who four-bet to 26,000 and Yokosawa five-bet all in. Helppi called off his stack of around 65,000 and the cards were on their backs.

Juha Helppi: A♥A♦
Masato Yokosawa: K♥K♣

It was a cooler spot with both players waking up with premium hands. The flop fell K♠10♥5♦ and Yokosawa spiked a set of kings to take the lead. The 4♦ and 7♠ runout changed nothing and Helppi was sent to the rail.

Tags: Masato YokosawaJuha Helppi

Kirsch Forces Out the Big Stacks

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Richard Kirsch raised to 3,500 in the cutoff and was called by Uri Reichenstein and Mustapha Kanit in the blinds. The flop came 5♦3♦2♣ and the action checked to Kirsch who continued with a bet of 3,500. Both Reichenstein and Kanit still called.

The turn brought the Q♦ and the blinds checked once more. Kirsch sized up a bet of 20,000 this time and both Reichenstein and Kanit quickly mucked their cards.

Tags: Mustapha KanitRichard KirschUri Reichenstein

Quietly On a Rampage

Claudio Elizalde
Claudio Elizalde
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Ethan "Rampage" Yau
Ethan "Rampage" Yau

Heads up to a flop of K♣9♥4♦, an opponent checked to Ethan "Rampage" Yau, prompting him to bet 2,000.

His opponent called and the turn peeled the 4♠ and first to act checked again. This time Yau sized up to 10,000 and his opponent did fold.

Yau has mostly been keeping to himself as he grinds away and builds up his stack.

Tags: Ethan Yau

Updated Counts and New Arrivals

Claudio Elizalde
Claudio Elizalde
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Updated Chip Counts

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Aldemir Triples, Jorstad Loses Out on Side Pot

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

There was a limp from under the gun and Espen Jorstad raised to 6,000 on the button. Koray Aldemir flicked in the last of his 4,000 chips from the big blind and the player under the gun made it 18,000 to go. Jorstad called which created a side pot going to the 6♥4♦2♠ flop.

Jorstad was faced with a bet of 14,000 and he called to see the 6♠ on the turn. His opponent jammed all in on the turn and Jorstad dumped his cards into the muck.

Koray Aldemir: 8♥3♥
Opponent: Q♥Q♣

The river was the 5♥ and Aldemir made a straight to triple up and stay alive.

Tags: Koray AldemirEspen Jorstad

Selbst Finds a Favorable River

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A completed board of 7♣4♥2♦6♠4♦ was spread across the table with Vanessa Selbst and Kazuhiko Yotsushika heads-up. Selbst checked to Yotsushika who tossed in a bet of 25,000 into a pot of around 35,000. Selbst instantly called and Yotsushika tabled 7♥6♦ for two pair. Selbst showed J♠J♦ for a better two pair as the river paired the board.

Yotsushika thought he won the pot at first until he realized that there was a pair on the board.

"I was just hoping you were bluffing but I guess you were value-betting," Selbst noted about Yotsushika's misread.

Tags: Vanessa SelbstKazuhiko Yotsushika

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Barstool Nate Goes For Five

Claudio Elizalde
Claudio Elizalde
Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Eric Nathan
Eric Nathan

Evgenii Fidchuk raised to 2,500 under the gun, was called by Maria Ho on his left, and when it folded to Eric "Barstool Nate" in the big blind, he also made the call.

Three ways, they saw the 4♦J♠10♣; they all tapped the table and Fidchuk checked the 4♥ on the turn. Maria Ho went for a bet of 4,000 which was called by Nathan and Fidchuk.

The river brought the 5s and everyone tapped the table again. Nathan turned over 7♠4♠ for the turned trips, saying, "You don't have to write that one down...", as his opponents' hands hit the muck.

The very next hand, Nathan raised the button to 2,100, Fichuk raised him to 8,000 from the small blind and Nathan came back with a raise to 18,000 that garnered him a fold.

Nathan drove the action preflop yet again, but ended up checking down heads up and winning the pot with ace high.

He won one more pot uncontested after that, then raised yet again before the flop but was three bet by his opponent in late position. Yet again they checked it down, but they both showed ace-queen high to chop the pot, making it five hands in a row that Nathan didn't lose a pot.

Tags: Eric NathanEvgenii FidchukMaria Ho

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