Event #70: $400 Colossus Day 1a | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-30-2023 16:44 UTC-8

Turner on a Burner

Claudio Elizalde

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Heather Turner raised to 3,100 in early position and received a call from middle position, late position, and the big blind.

Four ways, they saw the flop of Q♣4♣4♦ and this time Turner bet 12,000 and her competition folded all in a row.

"Flopped a four, huh?!", joked the first caller of the bunch as she scooped the pot. She cracked a smile, implying it was very unlikely she had a four in her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Heather Turner	290,000 25,000	25,000

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06-30-2023 16:46 UTC-8

Break Time and Color Up

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Players in Paris will be going on a 50-minute break.

The black chips will be raced off and colored up in the mean time.

06-30-2023 16:47 UTC-8

Wierzbicki Finds a Double Up

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Alek Gillies

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Horseshoe Section - Level 8: 600/1200

Middle position bet 4,200 and the following player made the call. Damien Wierzbicki jammed all in from the small blind for 28,100, while the middle position jammed all in over the top. The other player folded and both players revealed their holdings.

Damien Wierzbicki: 4♦5♦
Opponent: A♣J♣

The board ran out 2♦7♣5♣7♦7♥ for Wierzbicki to get the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damien Wierzbicki	62,800 62,800	62,800

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06-30-2023 17:11 UTC-8

Smith Bets Big to Take it Down

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Alek Gillies

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Horseshoe Section - Level 9: 800/1,600

Action was caught after the flop of 5♠4♥J♣, and all four players checked around.

After the 2♥ peeled off on the turn, Danette Smith fired 13,000 into the middle. Two players folded, and Jeffery Constyniuk showed 7x7x as he mucked, too.

With this pot, Smith has more than doubled her starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Saakian	112,000 112,000	112,000
Danette Smith	90,000 90,000	90,000

David Corkett	70,000 70,000	70,000
Jeffery Costyniuk	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Danette Smith Jeffery Constyniuk

06-30-2023 17:23 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Burcu Dagli	120,000 63,000	63,000
Matt Affleck	67,000 22,000	22,000
Francisco Valencia	62,000
Lexy Gavin-Mather	54,000 12,500	12,500

Benjamin Spragg	53,000 53,000	53,000

Garry Gates	52,000 20,600	20,600
Olga Iermolcheva	45,000 8,000	8,000
Gregory Liow	37,000 3,000	3,000
Frank Harrington	32,000 3,600	3,600

06-30-2023 17:29 UTC-8

Liu Finds Calamity with Aces

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Alek Gillies

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Horseshoe Section - Level 9: Blinds 800/1,600

Action was caught during a three-way all in preflop.

Late Position: 10♦10♥
Early Position: Q♣Q♠
Diena Liu: A♦A♠

The board ran out 8♦6♠Q♦7♠5♦ for the early position player to take the pot. Even after getting her aces cracked, Diena Liu still has almost double the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diena Liu	71,100 8,900	8,900

Tags: Diena Liu

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

06-30-2023 17:35 UTC-8

Poker Face Until It's Over

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Horseshoe Sections - Level 9: Blinds 800/1600

Ashley "PokerFaceAsh" Frank was all in and at risk against a bigger stack; she audibly gasped when she saw her opponent's holdings.

Ashley Frank: Q♣Q♦
Big Stack: A♦J♣

The flop was clean for the popular YouTube vlogger, as the dealer presented the 8♣6♣K♦, but a sigh of frustration escaped Frank as the A♥ spiked on the turn. The 10♠ was no help to her and she was left to congratulate her opponent, "Amazing hand, sir," she said stoically before getting up to leave the table. "At least I might make PokerNews."

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Frank	Busted

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06-30-2023 17:49 UTC-8

Crane's Second Barrel Gets it Done

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Tyler Foran

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Michael Crane raised to 4,500 on the button and the big blind defended.

When the flop came J♠6♥5♦, the big blind check-called a continuation bet of 4,500 from Crane.

The K♦ peeled off on the turn and the big blind checked again before Crane fired a second bullet for 11,000. His opponent took a few seconds before pitching his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Crane	124,000 124,000	124,000

Tags: Michael Crane

06-30-2023 18:05 UTC-8

Orozco Sends Two Out with Kings

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Tyler Foran

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A player in early position jammed for about 30,000 and the action folded around to the small blind who called off his 15,500. Jose Orozco was in the big blind and snap-called.

Early Position: J♣J♦
Small Blind: A♥K♠
Jose Orozco: K♦K♣

Orozco's kings were in great shape and the board ran out Q♣8♦3♠9♠8♠, eliminating both opponents from the tournament.