Event #71: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-30-2023 20:25 UTC-8

Moncek Doubles Through Le and Busts Maksimov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Michael Moncek raised to 16,000 from an early position and earned calls from Allan Le in the small blind and Artem Maksimov in the big blind. The A♦10♣2♦ flop brought a check from Le and Maksimov pushed all-in for the 33,000 he had left. Moncek called and then also called Le's check-raise to 110,000.

Le pushed all-in after the 8♣ turn and Moncek called all-in.

When the dealer pointed to Maksimov, the Russian instantly said "just run it, I am drawing dead" while he briefly showed his ace-king high combo.

Moncek had the A♣Q♣9♥6♥ for the nut flush draw and a double gutshot while Le was ahead with the 10♦5♠2♥2♣ for a set of deuces. The J♥ river gave Moncek a straight and he doubled for 238,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Moncek	810,000 510,000	510,000

Allan Le	240,000 290,000	290,000

Artem Maksimov	Busted

Tags: Allan Le Artem Maksimov Michael Moncek

Level: 11

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

06-30-2023 20:30 UTC-8

Frank Wins a Family Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Just before the blinds went up, six players limped on a seven-handed table and Dash Dudley in big blind joked "hey Micky, do you want your cards back?" as Michael Duek had folded.

The Q♠6♣5♦ flop was checked and Robert Cowen bet the 7♦ turn for 28,000. Only Christopher Frank called and Cowen checked the 8♠ river. Frank bet the pot for 114,000 and Cowen folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Cowen	1,150,000 230,000	230,000

Dash Dudley	885,000 40,000	40,000

Farhad Jamasi	385,000 155,000	155,000
Christopher Frank	350,000 75,000	75,000

Michael Duek	340,000 110,000	110,000
Erick Lindgren	265,000 25,000	25,000

Henrik Hecklen	45,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Christopher Frank Dash Dudley Michael Duek Robert Cowen

06-30-2023 20:33 UTC-8

Glaser and Deeb Show the Same Straight

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Benny Glaser and Shaun Deeb both limped in, while Eric Wasserson and Brian Rast came along from the blinds and they went four-handed to the A♣K♥10♦ flop.

Action checked to Glaser who fired out 17,000 and only Deeb called. The turn came the 3♥ and Glaser bet another 55,000.

Deeb again called to the K♣ river, where Glaser slowed down and checked. Deeb checked behind and Glaser turned over K♠Q♦J♥8♠ for the flopped straight. Deeb also showed Q♠J♦9♣5♠ for the same straight as they split the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	900,000 100,000	100,000

Brian Rast	320,000

Benny Glaser	310,000 100,000	100,000

Eric Wasserson	200,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Shaun Deeb Eric Wasserson Brian Rast

06-30-2023 20:40 UTC-8

Jouhkimainen Doubles Through Lonis

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jesse Lonis raised to 29,000 on the button and called a three-bet to 97,000 by Joni Jouhkimainen in the small blind. The 8♣5♣2♦ flop saw Jouhkimainen jam and Lonis call.

Joni Jouhkimainen: A♦Q♠9♠7♦
Jesse Lonis: K♣Q♣9♣7♥

Lonis flopped a gutshot and flush draw but the 5♥ turn and 5♦ river made sure that Jouhkimainen doubled with ace-queen high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	1,330,000 100,000	100,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	400,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Jesse Lonis Joni Jouhkimainen

06-30-2023 20:43 UTC-8

Ausmus Fills Up on Housenbold

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jeremy Ausmus and Jeffrey Housenbold built up a massive pot heading to the river on a board of Q♥K♠Q♠J♦J♣ when Ausmus made a pot-sized bet of 335,000.

Housenbold, with around 150,000 remaining, used a time bank before he called. Ausmus showed A♦Q♣J♥4♥ for queens full of jacks.

"I need pocket kings, right," Housenbold asked as he looked back at his hand, but he could only show A♥10♣7♥6♥ for the straight.

"I thought you were taking advantage of me," he told Ausmus as the Silicon Valley venture capitalist asked to take a picture with Ausmus before departing. Ausmus even held up his winning hand.

"That's a needle," a tablemate said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	750,000 665,000	665,000

Jeffrey Housenbold	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Housenbold Jeremy Ausmus

06-30-2023 20:47 UTC-8

Zack Doubles Through De Armas

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Daniel Zack was all-in after the 10♥8♠4♣ flop with a shorter stack and Conrad De Armas looked him up.

Zack's A♣K♣10♣6♦ was up against J♥J♣8♣7♥ and the A♥ turn gave Zack aces and tens. Nothing changed with the Q♦ river and Zack doubled to just shy of the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conrad De Armas	650,000 310,000	310,000
Daniel Zack	285,000

Tags: Conrad De Armas Daniel Zack

06-30-2023 20:53 UTC-8

Koliakoudakis Holds On With Aces

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Roussos Koliakoudakis bet 225,000 from the button on a flop of 5♥8♦2♦ before his opponent in early position called for the rest of their chips.

All-In Player: Q♦J♦4♥4♠
Roussos Koliakoudakis: A♦A♥5♣3♠

Koliakoudakis had two aces but needed to hold up against his opponent's flush draw. The board ran out J♥8♣ and Koliakoudakis stayed in front to bust a player and take in the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roussos Koliakoudakis	750,000 425,000	425,000

Tags: Roussos Koliakoudakis

06-30-2023 20:58 UTC-8

De Armas Gets Some Back

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Three ways to the K♦7♣6♥ flop, it checked to Sam Stein on the button and his bet of31,000 was check-called by Conrad De Armas and Daniel Zack. The 4♦ fell on the turn and De Armas checked, Zack bet 110,000 and Stein folded while De Armas came along.

The 2♦ river was checked again and De Armas won the pot with the 6♦6♣4♠2♣ for a set of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Stein	825,000 495,000	495,000
Conrad De Armas	775,000 125,000	125,000
Daniel Zack	345,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Conrad De Armas Daniel Zack Sam Stein

06-30-2023 21:05 UTC-8

Updated Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	1,650,000 100,000	100,000
Robert Emmerson	1,550,000 400,000	400,000
Jeremy Ausmus	1,000,000 250,000	250,000

Tom Marchese	850,000 620,000	620,000

James Wiese	750,000 275,000	275,000
Quan Zhou	625,000 55,000	55,000
Bogdan Capitan	550,000 130,000	130,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann	375,000 225,000	225,000

Ian Bradley	350,000 110,000	110,000
Tommy Le	285,000 25,000	25,000

Benny Glaser	250,000 60,000	60,000

Dylan Weisman	240,000 60,000	60,000

Karel Mokry	180,000 110,000	110,000
Cary Katz	160,000 140,000	140,000

Jason Koon	100,000 195,000	195,000

Henrik Hecklen	Busted