Event #75: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-03-2023 19:52 UTC-8

Some Updated Counts After Dinner

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Kamel	700,000 50,000	50,000

Anton Smirnov	520,000
Kane Kalas	470,000 237,000	237,000
Long Tran	425,000 40,000	40,000
Ben Yu	420,000 40,000	40,000

Taylor Wilson	350,000 10,000	10,000
Ben Grundy	260,000
Dan Heimiller	200,000 95,000	95,000

Phil Hellmuth	155,000

Paul Tedeschi	135,000 60,000	60,000
Vincas Tamasauskas	125,000 3,000	3,000
George Wolff	120,000 5,000	5,000

Ky Nguyen	100,000 5,000	5,000
Stephen Chidwick	65,000 285,000	285,000

07-03-2023 19:57 UTC-8

Monnette Scooped By Rapaski

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Down to the last 66,000 and on the button, John Monnette was all in and at risk against Ryan Rapaski.

John Monnette: 10♠9♣8♥4♥
Ryan Rapaski: A♠A♦K♣7♦

The 6♥6♦5♠ flop gave Monnette straight draws and he picked up more outs with the 10♦ turn. However, the 2♥ river brought no help as the aces of Rapaski held up and he held the superior low, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Rapaski	520,000 190,000	190,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	430,000 55,000	55,000
Dylan Wilkerson	280,000 135,000	135,000
Patrick Leonard	260,000 110,000	110,000

Dan Shak	250,000 55,000	55,000
Felipe Ramos	190,000 20,000	20,000

John Monnette	Busted

Tags: John Monnette Ryan Rapaski

07-03-2023 20:04 UTC-8

Trio of Knockouts

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Josh Noy

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With the field closing in on the bubble, the knockouts have come quickly after dinner.

Jared Jaffee was all in against Randen Honigman and James Obst, with Honigman folding after the 5♦5♥7♦ flop. Jaffee was at risk heads-up, but his pocket queens could not catch up to Obst's A♣A♥A♦5♣ after the 9♥ turn and J♣ river completed his exit.

At the same time, Taylor Paur fell to the two pair and low of Yingui Li on a runout of 6♠5♥A♠3♦J♣.

Stephen Chidwick was also exiting the tournament area after falling to the A♣A♥7♥6♣ of Martin Zamani.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	590,000 80,000	80,000

Yingui Li	565,000 395,000	395,000

Randen Honigman	455,000 325,000	325,000
James Obst	270,000 70,000	70,000

Jared Jaffee	Busted

Taylor Paur	Busted

Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Tags: James Obst Jared Jaffee Martin Zamani Randen Honigman Stephen Chidwick Taylor Paur Yingui Li

07-03-2023 20:13 UTC-8

Li Chips Up In Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Edward Han raised to 25,000 from under the gun and was called by Yingui Li in the big blind.

The flop came 10♥9♣7♣ and Li opted to check-call for 27,000. No betting action followed on the J♥ turn and 5♥ river as Li revealed the A♠10♠9♠2♠ for tens and nines, which was good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yingui Li	590,000 25,000	25,000

Martin Zamani	525,000 65,000	65,000

Joao Simao	400,000 170,000	170,000

Edward Han	340,000 204,000	204,000
Maxx Coleman	285,000 25,000	25,000

Tony Cousineau	230,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Edward Han Yingui Li

07-03-2023 20:18 UTC-8

The Bubble is Drawing Closer

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Another two players busted in Phillip Hui and Paul Tedeschi to reduce the field to the last 45 hopefuls with 42 of them making the money. One further all-in showdown took place in which Day 1 chip leader Michael Banducci was facing James Obst.

Obst raised on the button and called the pot-sized three-bet to 104,000 by Banducci in the big blind. They got it in after the Q♠5♥2♥ flop with Obst at risk.

James Obst: A♦Q♥J♥5♠
Michael Banducci: A♠A♣8♣7♣

The J♠ turn gave Obst a slight improvement for his hand but the 8♠ river ensured the split pot.

On the same table, Daniel Negreanu then raised for Randen Honigman to call and both invested one big blind on the Q♥Q♣6♠ flop. Negreanu checked the 2♠ turn to call a bet worth 70,000 before they checked the 6♥ river.

Negreanu tabled his A♣Q♠10♥4♦ and that won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Kamel	800,000 100,000	100,000

Daniel Negreanu	525,000 161,000	161,000

Randen Honigman	490,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Banducci	275,000 111,000	111,000

James Obst	190,000 80,000	80,000

Paul Volpe	190,000 82,000	82,000

Calen McNeil	165,000 55,000	55,000

Luis Velador	75,000 65,000	65,000
Paul Tedeschi	Busted
Phillip Hui	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu James Obst Michael Banducci Paul Tedeschi Phillip Hui Randen Honigman

07-03-2023 20:28 UTC-8

Kihara Chips Up; Grundy Gets Short

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Christopher Vitch limped from the small blind and faced a pot-sized raise by Naoya Kihara in the big blind. After verifying the stack size of Kihara, Vitch came along to the A♣9♦7♥ flop and checked. Kihara bet the pot and Vitch snap-folded.

"Scared," Kihara said and Jeffrie Rine inquired "scared or skilled" from the other side of the table.

One table over, Ben Grundy bet the pot on the J♣10♠3♣5♥K♠ river to see Taylor Wilson call by sliding forward a stack of T-5,000 chips. Grundy instantly mucked his cards with a lot of force and dropped below 20 blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Holley	800,000 285,000	285,000
Christopher Vitch	635,000 5,000	5,000

Taylor Wilson	495,000 145,000	145,000
Dylan Weisman	465,000 25,000	25,000

Jeffrie Rine	348,000 128,000	128,000
Vladimir Belekhov	265,000 115,000	115,000
Naoya Kihara	257,000 43,000	43,000

Dan Heimiller	180,000 20,000	20,000

Ben Grundy	150,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Ben Grundy Christopher Vitch Jeffrie Rine Naoya Kihara Taylor Wilson

07-03-2023 20:30 UTC-8

Negreanu Knocks Out Velador

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Josh Noy

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Play is now hand for hand after Daniel Negreanu took out Luis Velador just short of the money.

Negreanu's A♣J♠10♠4♥ turned a straight flush draw on the board showing 6♣Q♦Q♠9♠ and connected on the 6♠ to make a flush.

Velador's elimination leaves 44 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	610,000 85,000	85,000

Luis Velador	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Luis Velador

07-03-2023 20:40 UTC-8

Smirnov on Fire; Grundy on Tilt

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ben Grundy raised to 25,000 in the hijack and Taylor Wilson called in the cutoff. Anton Smirnov potted to 115,000 on the button and Grundy folded, visibly annoyed. Wilson called rather swiftly and checked the 6♥6♠3♣ flop after which Smirnov waved with his hands to see the stack of the table neighbour.

Once Wilson revealed what he had behind, Smirnov bet the pot for 280,000 and Wilson folded.

"I had ace-king-five-six, how tilting is that ... and I cannot call," Grundy groaned.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Smirnov	750,000 230,000	230,000
Taylor Wilson	280,000 215,000	215,000
Ben Grundy	130,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Anton Smirnov Ben Grundy Taylor Wilson

07-03-2023 20:50 UTC-8

Wolff Loses Short Stack

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Josh Noy

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

George Wolff was down to his last 11,000 chips in the big blind, facing Martin Zamani for his tournament life. Play was halted while the other tables completed their hands, with Wolff in front as the cards were tabled.

George Wolff: K♣Q♠Q♣9♠
Martin Zamani: J♦7♥4♥2♦

Zamani connected with the 4♣4♦2♥ flop for trip fours, collecting a low on the 3♦ turn and improving to a full house on the 7♣ river. Wolff wished the table good luck as he exited just before the money.

Players are now on the direct bubble with 43 remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	635,000 110,000	110,000

George Wolff	Busted

Tags: George Wolff Martin Zamani

07-03-2023 20:56 UTC-8

Some Chip Changes on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Hassan Kamel three-bet the pot against an open raise and a call, forcing snap folds to reveal the A♣K♣2♥.

Anton Smirnov raised to 20,000 and was called by Long Tran on the button, Vincas Tamasauskas as one of the two table short stacks defended the big blind. The trio headed to the Q♦10♣5♥ flop and Tamasauskas checked, Smirnov bet 25,000 and Tran was the only caller.

The K♦ followed on the turn and Smirnov check-folded to Tran's bet.

Over on table 144, Ryan Rapaski had aces twice to win minor pots off Dylan Wilkerson and Dzmitry Urbanovich.

Last but not least, Ryan Hoenig raised to 25,000 and Stephen Deutsch called from the next seat. They checked the Q♥7♣7♦ flop before Hoenig check-raised the 9♠ turn and forced a fold from Deutsch.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Deutsch	990,000 480,000	480,000

Ryan Hoenig	900,000 30,000	30,000

Hassan Kamel	850,000 50,000	50,000

Anton Smirnov	740,000 10,000	10,000
Ryan Rapaski	550,000 30,000	30,000
Long Tran	550,000 125,000	125,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	360,000 70,000	70,000
Dylan Wilkerson	275,000 5,000	5,000
Vincas Tamasauskas	50,000 75,000	75,000
Ky Nguyen	45,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Anton Smirnov Dylan Wilkerson Dzmitry Urbanovich Hassan Kamel Long Tran Ryan Hoenig Ryan Rapaski Stephen Deutsch Vincas Tamasauskas