Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's
Day 2 Completed
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$777
Prize Pool
$5,007,175
Entries
7,323
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
317
Players Left
5
Scarborough Leads At End of Day 2 of $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em
Level 40
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Day 2 of Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker has been completed and, at the end of the day, only five players remain battling it out for the bracelet and the $777,777 top prize.
Anthony Scarborough ended the day with an impressive chip lead, bagging 140,000,000. Julien Montois started to gain momentum near the end of the night after winning a favorable flip to eliminate Yizhou Huang.
He bagged the second-largest chip stack with 70,700,000. Montois has found his fourth cash in a WSOP event and will at least double his total tournament earnings with this result.
Final Five Seating and Chip Counts
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Daniels | United States | 47,400,000 | 19 |
| 2 | Charles La Boissonniere | Canada | 13,400,000 | 5 |
| 3 | Istvan Briski | Hungary | 32,400,000 | 13 |
| 4 | Julien Montois | France | 70,700,000 | 28 |
| 5 | Anthony Scarborough | United States | 140,000,000 | 56 |
Almost joining was Alexander Cole-Gardner, who was just shy of Day 3 after a very swingy Day 2 grind. He has only one other WSOP cash to his name, that coming in Event #70: $400 Colossus. Cole-Gardner said that he is “surprised to have stuck around, hovering between five and ten big blinds for the majority of the day”. Cole-Gardner banked $95,777 for his sixth-place finish.
Some 317 players began the action-packed Day 2 with many bracelet winners falling short of Day 3, including 2007 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang, 2021 Ladies Championship winner Lara Eisenberg, four-time bracelet winner David Peters, and three-time bracelet winner David “ODB” Baker.
The final five players will return at 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday, July 11th, to the Horseshoe Events Center. All five players are guaranteed a payout of $125,777, but all eyes are on the grand prize of $777,777 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Levels remain 40 minutes long and blinds will begin on Level 41, 1,250,000/2,500,000, with a 2,500,000 big blind ante. They will play down to a winner with a 15-minute break scheduled every three levels (two hours).
Follow PokerNews for all the updates from this event until a new champion is crowned.
Bag and Tag
Level 40
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Players have bagged for the night and will return tomorrow at Horseshoe at 11 a.m. local time to play for the WSOP Gold Bracelet and the top prize of $777,777.
A full recap of the days action will be available shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000,000
15,000,000
|
15,000,000 |
|
||
|
70,700,000
3,500,000
|
3,500,000 |
|
47,400,000 | |
|
||
|
32,400,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
13,400,000
-17,200,000
|
-17,200,000 |
Daniels Back on the Ascendency
Level 40
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Julien Montois bet 4,000,000 from the cutoff and Shawn Daniels moved all in from the small blind for 21,700,000. The Frenchman Montois made the call.
Shawn Daniels: K♣Q♥
Julien Montois: A♠Q♣
Daniels was in trouble as Montois had a dominating hand. Both players made top pair on the Q♦10♣3♥ flop. The 10♥ gave both players two pair, but the K♥ on the river improved Daniels to kings and queens to give Daniels a vital double up and deliver a devastating blow to Montois's stack
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,200,000
-7,600,000
|
-7,600,000 |
|
|
47,400,000
30,900,000
|
30,900,000 |
|
|
||
Alexander Cole-Gardner Eliminated in 6th Place ($95,777)
Level 40
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Alexander Cole-Gardner jammed all in for 12,100,000 from the button. Anthony Scarborough called from the big blind as both players revealed their hands.
Alexander Cole-Gardner: K♥J♣
Anthony Scarborough: A♥8♦
The board ran out A♣J♦10♦5♥4♠ for Scarborough to take it down. Cole-Gardner shared lots of excitement in laddering up as he had been battling as the short stack most of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000,000
15,200,000
|
15,200,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Yizhou Huang Eliminated in 7th Place ($72,777)
Level 40
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Julien Montois raised to 3,500,000 from the button. Yizhou Huang jammed all in from the big blind and was quickly called by Montois. Both players revealed their cards.
Yizhou Huang: Q♥J♦
Julien Montois: A♥10♣
The board ran out 10♥4♥2♥A♠7♥ for Montois to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,800,000
15,300,000
|
15,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 40
Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000
Ante: 2,000,000
Richard Tuhrim Eliminated in 8th Place ($55,770)
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Richard Tuhrim raised all in from late position, for 3,100,000. He was called in the cutoff, by Istvan Briski.
Richard Tuhrim: K♦9♥
Istvan Briski: A♣A♦
The board ran out 3♣10♠Q♠K♥8♠, sending Tuhrim to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
|
Busted |
Scarborough Takes Massive Chip Lead
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Anthony Scarborough bet 4,200,000 from middle position and was raised by Shawn Daniels from the cutoff to 10,000,000 which was called by Scarborough.
The flop came K♦6♥5♦ and Daniels bet 6,400.000. Scarborough responded by moving all in for 44,350,000 and was called pretty quickly by Daniels.
Anthony Scarborough: A♣A♥
Shawn Daniels: K♥Q♣
Daniels walked into the aces of Scarborough. Daniels couldn't improve after the 4♣8♦ finished the board and Scarborough become the commanding chip leader of the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
109,800,000
54,700,000
|
54,700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
16,500,000
-36,800,000
|
-36,800,000 |
|
|
||
Tuhrim Falls into the Dangerzone
Level 39
: 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Istvan Briski moved all in from early position for 13,700,000 and was called by Richard Tuhrim in the big blind who covered the Hungarian by 300,000 chips.
Istvan Briski: A♦4♦
Richard Tuhrim: Q♦J♦
No one connected to the board of 9♦8♥6♠7♣K♣ and Briski's ace-high was good enough to double up and to leave Tuhrim with a fifth of a big blind.
The very next hand Tuhrim managed to get back up to 2,800,000 after being forced all in on the small blind. His K♦7♦ beat Alexander Cole-Gardner's J♦J♣ after the board ran 9♠8♦2♣5♥6♦ for a straight to increase their stack sevenfold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,100,000
-4,600,000
|
-4,600,000 |
|
|
28,200,000
6,500,000
|
6,500,000 |
|
|
2,800,000
-12,400,000
|
-12,400,000 |