2023 World Series of Poker

Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$402,054
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,979
Prize Pool
$2,495,776
Entries
1,417
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,417
Players Left
150

Bodrogi Eliminates One

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The short stack in middle position moved all in for 10,400 and was called by Peter Bodrogi in the cutoff.

Middle Position: A8
Peter Bodrogi: 55

A fair fight, but middle position couldn't connect with the board of 104296 and headed to the rail, while Bodrogi chipped up.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Bodrogi hu
Peter Bodrogi
75,000

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Deeb Wins One Without Showdown

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

Action caught up to a hand between Shaun Deeb on the button and a player in middle position on a board reading 587KA.

The middle position player checked and after a moment of deliberation, Deeb moved all-in for around a pot-sized bet of 34,000, with the middle position player making the fold.

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
60,000
WSOP 6X Winner

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Silicon Valley's Chamath Palihapitiya Returns to the WSOP After a Decade

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Chamath Palihapitiya
Chamath Palihapitiya

For many part-time players, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a chance to get away from work and spend some time in Las Vegas playing poker and chasing a bracelet.

One of those part-time bracelet hopefuls is venture capitalist and longtime poker player Chamath Palihapitiya, an early Facebook executive and the founder and CEO of the investment firm Social Capital. After more than a decade off of the WSOP felt, the billionaire returned to the World Series to take his shot at winning a bracelet in Event #29: $100,000 High Roller.

PokerNews caught up with Palihapitiya earlier in the series as he battled in a Day 1 field that included Chance Kornuth, Alex Foxen, Chris Brewer plenty more of the world's top high-roller players.

Read About Chamath's Return to the WSOP!

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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Lin Causes Carnage to Bust and Perelman to Triple Up

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Ren Lin
Ren Lin

Under-the-gun blind raised to 1,000 and Ren Lin announced "Double-straddle!" and blind raised to 2,000 in early position. The cutoff called and Garett Mayberry on the button raised to 7,000.

Rob Perelman in the small blind raised to 26,300, leaving 100 behind. Lin took the first look at his cards and his eyes lit up and moved all in for 37,300 and added a $100 bill to the pot as a bounty. Mayberry made the call and Perelman threw in his last 100 chip.

Rob Perelman: AK
Ren Lin: 109
Garett Mayberry: KQ

Perelman was ahead when the cards were turned over with ace-high, but the queen on the Q73 flop gave Mayberry the lead. The 2 on the turn left Lin drawing dead but gave Perelman a flush draw.

The J on the river gave Perelman the flush to secure a triple up, while Lin laughed his way to the exit and Mayberry took in the side pot as well as a $100 bill.

Player Chips Progress
Rob Perelman us
Rob Perelman
76,000
44,200
44,200
Garett Mayberry us
Garett Mayberry
30,500
30,500
30,500
Ren Lin cn
Ren Lin
Busted

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Yarchever Cracks Chan's Kings

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan

In a hand relayed to PokerNews by Jeff Yarchever, Johnny Chan raised to 800 from middle position and Yarchever three-bet to 2,800 from late position.

Chan then put in the four-bet to 6,800 and Yarchever made the call.

Yarchever checked-called a bet of 4,000 from Chan on the 8A2 flop, with both players checking the J turn.

Yarchever then led out for 10,000 on the J river, which sent Chan went into the tank.

After a few moments of deliberation, Chan folded KK face up, with Yarchever showing 88 for the full house.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Yarchever us
Jeff Yarchever
56,000
56,000
56,000
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
35,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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