Event #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-11-2023 12:58 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	1,160,000 47,000	47,000

Joey Couden	680,000 164,000	164,000

Galen Hall	570,000 -173,000	-173,000

Nicholas Palma	450,000
Ben Keeline	360,000 49,000	49,000
Kane Kalas	326,000 -97,000	-97,000

Marc Macdonnell	290,000 -83,000	-83,000
Ren Lin	253,000 77,000	77,000

David Peters	240,000 67,000	67,000

Bernabeu Bets, Wins

Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On a four-way flop of K♥9♦3♠, the action checked to Samuel Bernabeu on the button who bet out 40,000 and found one call from Viet Vo.

The turn came the J♠ and Vo checked to Bernabeu who fired again for 100,000. This got the job done as Vo promptly folded to award him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bernabeu	1,000,500 710,500	710,500

Viet Vo	625,000 -125,000	-125,000

Tags: Samuel Bernabeu Viet Vo

07-11-2023 13:06 UTC-7

Serock Loses A Flip

Liam Gannon

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Joe Serock moved all in for 280,000 from the hijack and on the button, Samuel Bernabeu moved all in for more which saw all subsequent action fold.

Joe Serock: A♠Q♣
Samuel Bernabeu: J♣J♦

The board ran out 10♥9♣4♦8♣9♦ and Serock's ace-queen was unable to find any help against Bernabeu and he exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bernabeu	1,320,000 319,500	319,500

Joe Serock	Busted

Tags: Joe Serock Samuel Bernabeu

07-11-2023 13:09 UTC-7

Comeback for Truntsev

Roxanne Johnson

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

According to Fedor Truntsev PokerNews missed the hands where his stack got diminished so at this point he was building back his stack and he managed to double up two hands in a row.

The first hand Rafael Reis raised from late position to 27,000 and Truntsev moved all in for his last 103,000 and Reis made the call.

Fedor Truntsev: 7♦7♥
Rafael Reis: K♣10♦

The first board ran out in favor of Truntsev with 6♦8♥J♦A♦5♥ and Truntsev survived the first one with his pair of sevens.

The second one was versus Matias Gabrenja who raised from early position for 27,000 and Truntsev shoved from the big blind for 103,000. Gabrenja made the call and Truntsev was at risk again.

Fedor Truntsev: A♦2♣
Matias Gabrenja: 6♠6♥

The board ran out 5♠A♠J♠Q♦K♦ and Truntsev doubled his stack again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matias Gabrenja	560,000 -140,000	-140,000
Fedor Truntsev	210,000 -50,000	-50,000
Rafael Reis	209,000 -266,000	-266,000

Tags: Fedor Truntsev Matias Gabrenja Rafael Reis

07-11-2023 13:10 UTC-7

Reis Knocked out in Three Way All in

Roxanne Johnson

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Rafael Reis pushed his stack in for 210,000 and the button Can Miral called and the big blind Ali Zebarjad also shoved for 320,000. Miral made the second call as well.

Rafael Reis: A♥Q♠
Ali Zebarjad: 8♠8♣
Can Miral: A♦K♥

The board ran out J♥8♥5♦9♣4♠ and the eights of Zebarjad knocked out Reis and took a big chunk from Miral.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Zebarjad	660,000 551,000	551,000
Can Miral	310,000 237,000	237,000
Rafael Reis	Busted

Tags: Ali Zebarjad Can Miral Rafael Reis Reis Knocked

07-11-2023 13:15 UTC-7

More Eliminations

Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Grace Zhang	Busted
Andy Su	Busted
Jesse Solano	Busted
George Kenny	Busted
Mike Linster	Busted
Lukas Chiciak	Busted
Federico Castaing	Busted
Jared Ingles	Busted
Robert Brobyn	Busted
Matt Stout	Busted
Tommy Nguyen	Busted

Julian Bonorris	Busted
Michael Sklenicka	Busted
Mo Zhou	Busted
Nishant Sharma	Busted
Gianluca Speranza	Busted
Michael Monicatti	Busted
Michael Marder	Busted
Keanon Simon	Busted
Grzegorz Glowny	Busted
Ali Shahni	Busted
Salah Nimer	Busted
Wook Kim	Busted
Alan Fine	Busted
Tyler Kelley	Busted

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Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

07-11-2023 13:26 UTC-7

Lam Races Out Gofman

Liam Gannon

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A player opened to 40,000 in the hijack which saw Vincent Lam call on the button. In the small blind, Aleksandr Gofman moved all in for 290,000 which saw everyone fold back around to Lam who called.

Aleksandr Gofman: A♥K♥
Vincent Lam: 7♣7♦

The board ran out 7♠4♠2♦A♦J♣ and the sevens held up as the best hand to send Gofman out of the tournament.

At another table, Nicholas Seward was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Lam	915,000 867,000	867,000
Aleksandr Gofman	Busted
Nicholas Seward	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Gofman Nicholas Seward Vincent Lam

07-11-2023 13:26 UTC-7

Nicholas Rigby Talks "Dirty Diaper" Strategy in the 2023 WSOP Main Event

Connor Richards

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Pittsburgh's Nicholas Rigby made a name for himself in the poker community in 2021 when he ran deep in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event by playing deuce-three offsuit at every given opportunity. Known as the "The Dirty Diaper" in his local games, Rigby kept his opponents guessing by bluffing, value betting and doing everything else in between with the less-than-premium holding.

Two years later, Rigby again finds himself making a deep run in poker's most prestigious event. And for those wondering, he hasn't forgotten about The Dirty Diaper, a hand he used to build up a Day 1d chip lead that further grew on Day 2d to see him bag the second biggest stack in the room.

PokerNews caught up with Rigby on Day 3 to talk about his tried-and-true loose-aggressive strategy in the WSOP Main Event. Heading into Day 5, Rigby finds himself with a stack of 3,655,000 near the top of the chip counts.

Tags: Nicholas Rigby