Event #8: $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-02-2023 13:59 UTC-7

Jaffe Leaves Destefano on Fumes

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Blinds 800/1,600

Dylan Destefano raised it up on the button and Jonathan Jaffe three-bet to 10,500 from the big blind. Destefano called and the flop of K♠J♠4♦ hit the felt. Jaffe fired out a bet of 7,000 and Destefano called.

The turn brought the 9♥ and Jaffe dropped in another bet of 12,000. Destefano still called and the 3♠ hit the river. Both players tapped the table and Jaffe turned over Q♠Q♦ for the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Jaffe	261,500 111,500	111,500
Dylan Destefano	38,500 -111,500	-111,500

Tags: Jonathan Jaffe Dylan Destefano

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

06-02-2023 13:52 UTC-7

Brewer On to the Next Round

David Salituro

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Chris Brewer has defeated William Stanford to advance to the next round.

According to Brewer, he check-raised the turn on a board of Jx5x3x8♦ with two diamonds and Stanford called for half his stack. The river came the 3♦ and Stanford was all in with 8♣4♣, but Brewer had rivered a flush with 9♦6♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Brewer	300,000 150,000	150,000

William Stanford	Busted

Tags: Chris Brewer William Stanford

06-02-2023 13:50 UTC-7

Chidwick Shoves the River

David Salituro

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Stephen Chidwick bet 21,000 on a board of 4♠6♦9♠Q♣ and Ben Yu called.

The river came the 8♦ and Chidwick now shoved all in for 113,000. Yu used up several time banks as he tanked for nearly two minutes before releasing his hand.

Chidwick has now opened up a sizeable chip lead in this match.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	185,000 33,500	33,500

Ben Yu	115,000 -33,500	-33,500

Tags: Ben Yu Stephen Chidwick

06-02-2023 13:48 UTC-7

Nitsche Doubles Into the Lead

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Dominik Nitsche raised to 4,000 on the button and Adrian Mateos reraised to 16,000 out of the big blind. Nitsche called and the dealer fanned the flop of A♥8♣2♦. Mateos continued with a bet of 6,500 and Nitsche just called.

The turn brought the 6♥ and Mateos sized up a bet of 20,000 this time. Nitsche still called and the 8♥ paired the board on the river. Mateos jammed all in and Nitsche snap-called for his last 37,000 chips. Mateos tabled A♣Q♣ but it was no match for the A♦8♦ of Nitsche who made a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	159,000 9,000	9,000

Adrian Mateos	141,000 -9,000	-9,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Adrian Mateos

06-02-2023 13:44 UTC-7

"Back to Even" for Tice vs Smith

Ollie Garland

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

As the full board read J♣8♣Q♥8♦K♠ Landon Tice could be seen counting out a stack of red chips in preparation to pay off what appeared to be a river jam from Dan Smith on the button. In front of Smith laid K♥K♦ for a rivered full house while Tice's card had already been mucked.

"We're back to even," Tice said as he finished counting his remaining chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Landon Tice	152,000 -48,000	-48,000
Dan Smith	148,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Dan Smith Landon Tice

06-02-2023 13:40 UTC-7

Seidel Out, Szabo, Kornuth Advance

David Salituro

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Erik Seidel could never recover after doubling up Gabor Szabo earlier in their match and just found himself all in for around 20,000.

Erik Seidel: Ax8x
Gabor Szabo: 10♣10♠

The board ran out 6♥Q♣4♦3♦9♠ and Seidel couldn't improve against Szabo's tens as Szabo moved on to the next round.

Elsewhere, Chance Kornuth was victorious in his match against Jeremiah Williams.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	300,000

Gabor Szabo	300,000 15,000	15,000
Jeremiah Williams	Busted
Erik Seidel	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Erik Seidel Gabor Szabo

06-02-2023 13:32 UTC-7

Heinzl's Five-Bet Gives Him the Lead

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Bernard Larabi raised it up on the button and Joshua Heinzl three-bet to 13,000 from the big blind. Larabi stuck in a four-bet to 28,500 and Heinzl responded with a five-bet to 63,000.

Larabi finally gave up the charade as he dumped his cards into the muck and Heinzl collected the pot along with the first significant lead in their match.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Heinzl	191,000 41,000	41,000
Bernard Larabi	109,000 -41,000	-41,000

Tags: Bernard Larabi Joshua Heinzl

Level: 5

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

06-02-2023 13:29 UTC-7

Perez Hero-Calls Against Soverel

Ollie Garland

Level 4 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Action between Sam Soverel and Roberto Perez brewed a pot of 51,000 by the river on a board that read 4♥7♣6♣10♠5♠.

Perez checked to Soverel who put out a bet of approximately half the size of the pot. Perez flicked in one chip for the call and Soverel tabled A♠Q♣, the losing hand against the A♦4♦ of Perez who correctly hero-called with bottom pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Perez	210,000 60,000	60,000
Sam Soverel	90,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Roberto Perez Sam Soverel