Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

Jul 13, 2023

Confirmed Payouts for Hall of Fame Bounty

Chris Bean

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The payouts have been confirmed for the Hall of Fame Bounty. The winner will receive $402,054 as well as the prestigious WSOP Gold Bracelet.

A total of 313 players of the 1,417 entrants will get paid with a minimum cash of $3,135. Currently, 504 players will remain and it will be touch and go if the bubble will burst tonight.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$402,054	27-35	$11,298
2	$248,502	36-44	$9,493
3	$179,593	45-53	$8,086
4	$131,324	54-62	$6,983
5	$97,174	63-71	$6,116
6	$72,773	72-80	$5,434
7	$55,165	81-89	$4,897
8	$42,336	90-98	$4,479
9	$32,897	99-116	$4,158
10-11	$25,887	117-143	$3,918
12-13	$20,633	144-178	$3,429
14-17	$16,659	179-213	$3,135
18-26	$13,628

Jul 13, 2023

Heimiller Eliminated by Nikitin

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Jim Murray

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Dan Heimiller moved all-in for 20,000 from early position and was called by Anatoly Nikitin in the big blind.

Dan Heimiller: K♠Q♥
Anatoly Nikitin: A♦2♦

Heimiller would need some help to stay alive, but the final runout of 7♠4♦3♥10♦9♥ would not suffice and send Heimiller to the rail.

Tags: Anatoly Nikitin Dan Heimiller

Jul 13, 2023

Peters Doubles

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Jim Murray

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player in late position raised to 5,000 and David Peters moved all in for 30,000 from the button, with the late position player making the call.

David Peters: A♣8♣
Late Position Player: Q♠Q♣

Peters needed to play catch up against the late position player's queens and the 8♠2♥J♥ flop opened the door to additional outs for Peters.

The 10♠ on the turn wasn't much help, but the 8♥ on the river vaulted Peters into the lead with trips and secured the double.

Tags: David Peters

Jul 13, 2023

Zamani Claims Billy Baxter's Bounty

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Chris Bean

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Hall of Famer Billy Baxter moved all in from under the gun for 29,500, which prompted the early position player to move all in for 62,000. Martin Zamani also moved all in for 72,000 from the hijack. Everyone else folded and the cards went on their backs.

Billy Baxter: K♠J♦
Early Position: A♥Q♦
Martin Zamani: A♦5♦

Both Zamani and early position hit an ace on the A♣10♦8♠ flop, but Zamani went runner-runner when the J♦2♦ hit the board to give him a flush to take out two players, but more importantly, claim the $2,006 bounty on Baxter's head.

Baxter has enjoyed an Indian summer this year after finishing second in the Seniors Championships for $473,212 for the highest recorded cash of his glittering career.

Tags: Billy Baxter Martin Zamani

Jul 13, 2023

Hall of Fame Bounties - State of Play

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Chris Bean

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

From the 15 bounties that started the day, only four remain. They are 17-time WSOP Bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, Three-time WSOP Bracelet winner Barbara Enright, four-time WSOP Bracelet winner Eli Elzera and five-time WSOP Bracelet winner John Juanda, who recently secured another double-up.

Currently, 315 players remain and are 102 eliminations away from the bubble.

Tags: Barbara Enright Eli Elzera John Juanda Phil Hellmuth

Jul 13, 2023

Sangannagari Building a Stack

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Chris Bean

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

David Peters bet 8,000 from under the gun and was called by early position, Sridhar Sangannagari in the cutoff and the big blind.

Action was checked round to Sangannagari after the monotone flop of A♦10♦2♦ and he bet 21,000. This gained quick folds from the big blind and Peters, while the early position player took a little bit longer to throw his cards into the muck.

The early position player asked "Did you have it?" Sangannagari wryly responded "It was a very good flop" as he added chips to his stack.

Tags: Sridhar Sangannagari David Peters

Jul 14, 2023

Weisner Gets the Double After Beat From Hansen

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Jim Murray

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A player from early position raised to 10,000, and Melanie Weisner moved all-in for 85,000 from late position, getting the call from the original raiser.

Melanie Weisner: A♣J♥
Early Position Player: J♠J♦

Weisner was well behind the jacks of the early position player heading into the flop but would take over the lead after the dealer rolled out the 7♥A♠6♣ board.

The 3♥ on the turn and the 8♦ on the river would be of no help to the early position player, and secured Weisner the much-needed double.

Tags: Melanie Weisner

Jul 14, 2023

Hall of Famer Enright Triples Up

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Chris Bean

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The player in middle position bet 10,000 and was shoved on by Barbara Enright on the button for 20,000. The small blind moved all in for 157,000 and put the middle position player deep into the tank. They precisely said, "I need about 43 seconds." When that time elapsed, they folded.

Barbara Enright: A♣Q♥
Small Blind: A♠10♠

Enright had their opponent dominated, and there was no help for the small blind on the board of K♥8♦5♣A♦J♠ as Enright secured the triple-up.

Tags: Barbara Enright

Jul 14, 2023

Grech Bubbles the Hall of Fame Bounty

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Chris Bean

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Zachary Grech bet 93,000 leaving 1,000 behind from under the gun. Josh Palmer stalled until it was announced that dealers should stand up once the hands they were dealing were completed. He eventually moved all in for 123,000.

Grech used up all of the goodwill time bank from the table and put his last chip over the line before the clock was called.

Zachary Grech: A♦Q♠
Josh Palmer: 10♣10♦

A classic bubble flip was won by Palmer as Grech did not improve their hand after the board of J♦7♥4♦K♣2♣. Palmer dragged in the pot, while Grech was the last person to leave without any cash.

Tags: Josh Palmer Zachary Grech

Jul 14, 2023

Enright Eliminated Shortly After Bubble, Yahya Picks Up the Bounty

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Jim Murray

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a hand relayed to PokerNews by Adnan Yahya, Barbara Enright moved all-in from early position for 40,000 and Adnan Yahya called from the big blind.

Barbara Enright: K♦Q♦
Adnan Yahya: Ax4x

Yahya was a slight favorite to scoop the bounty and the final runout of 10x9x3x3x3x would send Enright to the payout desk and put the $2,007 bounty in Yahya's pocket.

Tags: Adnan Yahya Barbara Enright