Event #88: $1,500 The Closer | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-16-2023 18:48 UTC-7

Two Table Redraw

Alek Gillies

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips
Horseshoe / 485	1	Shouyi Gao	ARLINGTON, VA, US	4,300,000
Horseshoe / 485	2	Roongsak Griffeth	COLUMBUS, GA, US	9,500,000
Horseshoe / 485	3	Ronald Sims	NEWARK, NJ, US	2,780,000
Horseshoe / 485	4	Lisa Hamilton	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	4,525,000
Horseshoe / 485	5	Peter Hengsakul	PASADENA, CA, US	22,000,000
Horseshoe / 485	6	Sanjeev Kapoor	IRVING, TX, US	14,100,000
Horseshoe / 485	7	Peter Nigh	SAINT LOUIS, MO, US	17,000,000
Horseshoe / 485	8	Shaotong Chang	BEIJING, CN	4,100,000
Horseshoe / 485	9	Yuchung Chang	VERO BEACH, FL, US	6,000,000

Horseshoe / 493	1	Mateus Carrion De Moraes	US	18,500,000
Horseshoe / 493	2	Jixue Yin	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	10,500,000
Horseshoe / 493	3	Oliver Biles	CHRISTCHURCH, GB
Horseshoe / 493	4	Pierre Shum	Jamaica	6,700,000
Horseshoe / 493	5	Mihai Niste	RO	12,400,000
Horseshoe / 493	6	Preston McEwen	MURFREESBORO, TN, US	7,800,000
Horseshoe / 493	7	Jack Duong	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, US	23,200,000
Horseshoe / 493	8	Amirpasha Emami	NORTH YORK, CA	1,300,000
Horseshoe / 493	9	Chris Moorman	BENFLEET, GB	5,200,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Duong	23,200,000

Peter Hengsakul	22,000,000
Mateus Carrion De Moraes	18,500,000
Peter Nigh	17,000,000
Sanjeev Kapoor	14,100,000 -4,800,000	-4,800,000
Mihai Niste	12,400,000
Jixue Yin	10,500,000
Roongsak Griffeth	9,500,000
Preston McEwen	7,800,000
Pierre Shum	6,700,000

Oliver Biles	6,500,000
Yuchung Chang	6,000,000
Chris Moorman	5,200,000

Lisa Hamilton	4,525,000

Shouyi Gao	4,300,000
Shaotong Chang	4,100,000
Ronald Sims	2,780,000
Amirpasha Emami	1,300,000

07-16-2023 18:54 UTC-7

Oliver Biles Eliminated in 18th Place (24,060)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Oliver Biles and Preston McEwen were both all in and at risk preflop against Jack Duong, who covered them both.

Oliver Biles: Q♦Q♣
Preston McEwen: A♠K♣
Jack Duong: A♥K♥

The board ran out 3♠A♦K♦3♥3♣. Biles' pocket queens were no good against McEwen and Duong who had both flopped an ace, resulting in them chopping up the last of Biles' chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Duong	25,500,000 2,300,000	2,300,000

Preston McEwen	13,400,000 5,600,000	5,600,000
Oliver Biles	Busted

Tags: Jack Duong Oliver Biles Preston McEwen

07-16-2023 18:59 UTC-7

Shouyi Gao Eliminated in 17th Place ($29,910)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Shouyi Gao was all in and at risk preflop against Mihai Niste who covered.

Shouyi Gao: Q♥J♠
Mihai Niste: A♠Q♣

The board ran out 8♣5♠4♣8♠7♠, resulting in Gao's elimination and Niste collecting a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Niste	13,000,000 600,000	600,000
Shouyi Gao	Busted

Tags: Mihai Niste Shouyi Gao

07-16-2023 19:08 UTC-7

Yuchung Chang Eliminated in 16th Place ($29,910)

Roxanne Johnson

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Peter Nigh raised all in from the button with a 10,000,000 stack. The blinds were both much shorter and Yuchung Chang called from the big blind for his last 3,900,000.

Yuchung Chang: K♦3♠
Peter Nigh: K♣10♣

The board came out 4♥5♥K♠9♥10♠ and Nigh got scored the victory and knocked out Chang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Nigh	13,000,000 -4,000,000	-4,000,000
Yuchung Chang	Busted

Tags: Peter Nigh Yuchung Chang

Level: 36

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 1,000,000

07-16-2023 19:16 UTC-7

Chris Moorman Eliminated in 15th Place ($29,910)

Roxanne Johnson

Level 36 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Chris Moorman was in the small blind and moved all in for 2,300,000 and Mateus Carrion De Moraes in the big blind made the call.

Chris Moorman: Q♦10♠
Mateus Carrion De Moraes: K♠3♣

The board ran out with K♠2♣2♦J♣7♥ and De Moraes hit the king for the two pair and eliminated Moorman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateus Carrion De Moraes	15,800,000 -2,700,000	-2,700,000
Chris Moorman	Busted

Tags: Chris Moorman Mateus Carrion De Moraes

07-16-2023 19:24 UTC-7

Shaotong Chang Eliminated in 14th Place ($29,910)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 36 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Shaotong Chang moved all in from the hijack for her last 5,600,000 and Roongsak Griffeth raised all in with a covering stack, folding out all other players.

Shaotong Chang: A♦J♥
Roongsak Griffeth: A♠K♣

Chang was in bad shape with a dominated ace and found no improvement on the 10♠3♠4♥10♥7♠ run out, resulting in her elimination while Griffeth received a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roongsak Griffeth	19,100,000 9,600,000	9,600,000
Shaotong Chang	Busted

Tags: Roongsak Griffeth Shaotong Chang

07-16-2023 19:29 UTC-7

Mateus Carrion De Moraes Eliminated in 13th Place (37,437)

Roxanne Johnson

Level 36 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Mateus Carrion De Moraes moved all from under the gun for 1,075,000 and Jixue Yin called from early position and everyone else folded.

Mateus Carrion De Moraes: K♠10♣
Jixue Yin: A♦K♣

The board played out with Q♦3♠4♠K♥6♣ and big slick prevailed for Yin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jixue Yin	30,300,000
Mateus Carrion De Moraes	Busted

Tags: Jixue Yin Mateus Carrion De Moraes

07-16-2023 19:35 UTC-7

Ronald Sims Eliminated in 12th Place ($37,437)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 36 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Ronald Sims moved all in from early position for 9,400,000 and Peter Nigh raised all in from the small blind with a covering stack, folding out all other players.

Ronald Sims: Q♦J♦
Peter Nigh: A♠K♣

Sims pulled ahead on the 3♦Q♠10♠ flop but that was reversed when Nigh hit top pair on the A♣ turn. The river was the 2♥, resulting in Sims elimination while Nigh surpassed thirty million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Nigh	31,000,000 18,000,000	18,000,000
Ronald Sims	Busted

Tags: Peter Nigh Ronald Sims

07-16-2023 19:36 UTC-7

PokerNews Podcast: Josh Arieh Talks Hot 2023 WSOP; David Williams on Bracelet Stolen in Home Robbery

Chad Holloway

Level 36 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

In the penultimate show of the summer, Chad & Jesse welcome two guests to the show starting with Josh Arieh, who has won two bracelets this summer and was nominated for the Poker Hall of Fame. Arieh talked about the WSOP back in the late 1990s, his career resurgence, Poker Stake, and shares a fun story involving Ted Forrest and the late Layne Flack.

The other guest is 2004 WSOP Main Event runner-up David Williams, who was fresh off winning a Flip & Go. He talks about his history in that event, how his WSOP gold bracelet and diamond toothpick were stolen in a home robbery, and why he wouldn’t do Master Chef again.

Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.”

Listen to the New PokerNews Podcast Here!