Event #93: $10,000 Short Deck Championship Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-17-2023 18:29 UTC-7

Shota Nakanishi Eliminated in 14th Place ($19,636)

Kirk Brown

Level 13 : Blinds 0/0, 3,000 ante

Shota Nakanishi moved all in from under the gun for 57,000 and action folded around to Adam Friedman on the button.

After debating the decision for a full minute, Friedman decided to make the call to put Nakanishi at risk.

Shota Nakanishi: K♦J♥
Adam Friedman: Q♠J♦

Although Nakanishi had his opponent dominated, the board of 9♥8♠Q♦6♥9♠ gave Friedman the win with his queen and the defending champ was eliminated in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	265,000 100,000	100,000

Shota Nakanishi	Busted

Tags: Adam Friedman Shota Nakanishi

07-17-2023 18:17 UTC-7

Felipe Ramos Eliminated In 15th Place ($16,792)

Andrew Knowles

Level 13 : Blinds 0/0, 3,000 ante

All the chips hit the middle preflop between John Juanda and Felipe Ramos, who was all in for his last 165,000.

Felipe Ramos: J♠J♣
John Juanda: A♣Q♣

It was a coin-flip preflop, but when the board ran out 9♠8♠7♣Q♠8♥, it was the turned queen for Juanda that scored the pot to send Ramos out in 15th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	1,010,000 245,000	245,000

Felipe Ramos	Busted

Tags: Felipe Ramos John Juanda

07-17-2023 18:00 UTC-7

Dong Chen Eliminated in 16th Place ($16,792)

Ollie Garland

Level 12 : Blinds 0/0, 2,500 ante

Eric Wasserson limped in under the gun, Dong Chen jammed from middle position for 68,000 and Nobuaki Sasaki called in the hijack. Action back on Wasserson, he moved all in for 243,000 and Sasaki called.

Dong Chen: Q♠Q♣
Eric Wasserson: K♠K♣
Nobuaki Sasaki: 10♠9♠

The board ran out 6♣7♠9♥J♦7♣. Wasserson held to eliminate Chen and scoop a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nobuaki Sasaki	700,000 -130,000	-130,000
Eric Wasserson	569,000 264,000	264,000

Dong Chen	Busted

Tags: Dong Chen Eric Wasserson Nobuaki Sasaki

07-17-2023 18:00 UTC-7

Nielsen Doubles With Quads Over Flush

Kirk Brown

Level 12 : Blinds 0/0, 2,500 ante

On a flop of Q♥9♥6♠, Dong Chen and Martin Nielsen got all of the chips in the middle, with Nielsen at risk.

Martin Nielsen: 6♣6♦
Dong Chen: 8♥10♥

Nielsen was currently ahead with his set of sixes, but he was only a 55% favorite against Chen's massive straight and flush combo draw.

The turn came the 6♥, and Nielsen groaned as Chen hit the flush, but then he realized he had quad sixes! But he still wasn't out of the woods yet, as Chen could still hit the 7♥ or J♥ for a straight flush.

Fortunately for Nielsen, the river came the brick Q♦ and he scored a massive double-up from Chen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Nielsen (FI)	855,000 330,000	330,000

Dong Chen	98,000 -642,000	-642,000

Tags: Dong Chen Martin Nielsen (FI)

07-17-2023 17:40 UTC-7

Riess Hits The Rail To Burst Money Bubble

Andrew Knowles

Level 12 : Blinds 0/0, 2,500 ante

Martin Zamani limped in from early position and Ryan Riess moved all in for 17,500 in the cutoff. John Juanda made the call on the button and Zamani came along as well.

The flop fanned out Q♥Q♦7♠ and Zamani led out for 10,000, which Juanda called. On the A♥ turn Zamani bet again, this time for 20,000 and Juanda called.

The 7♦ completed the board and both played tapped the table to a showdown. Zamani rolled over 8♥8♦ for a pair of eights, but Juanda tabled K♠Q♠ for a full house to take the pot. Riess revealed A♠K♣ as he made his way to the exit.

The remaining 16 players are in the money and guaranteed a min-cash of at least $16,792.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	765,000 15,000	15,000

Martin Zamani	725,000 135,000	135,000

Ryan Riess	Busted

Tags: John Juanda Martin Zamani Ryan Riess

07-17-2023 17:34 UTC-7

Chen Knocks Out Petitti

Kirk Brown

Level 12 : Blinds 0/0, 2,500 ante

Dong Chen opened to 11,000 preflop and Hong Wei Yu made the call as well as Nicholas Petitti, which put him all in.

Chen and Yu checked all the way to the 7♠K♥Q♥8♠A♣ river, but then Yu exposed A♠10♣ before Chen had a chance to act.

Chen then bet 25,000 and Yu quickly folded.

"Well, that's probably not good for you," Tablemate Eric Wasserson said to Petitti as they waited for the other table to finish, "If you can't beat ace-ten, you are in bad shape, there is no reason for him to bluff, no side pot."

"I have straight," Chen told Petitti, who did not look too happy to hear that. When the floor came over the two tabled their cards. Nicholas Petitti showed A♥10♠ for the same hand as Yu but then Dong Chen tabled 6♠9♠ for the bottom straight on the river to win the pot, eliminating Petitti near the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Chen	740,000 90,000	90,000

Hong Wei Yu	320,000 -65,000	-65,000
Nicholas Petitti	Busted

Tags: Eric Wasserson Dong Chen Hong Wei Yu Nicholas Petitti

07-17-2023 16:32 UTC-7

Brewer Hits Flush To Send Hellmuth Out

Andrew Knowles

Level 11 : Blinds 0/0, 2,000 ante

All the chips were in the middle on a flop showing K♠8♥7♠, between Chris Brewer and Phil Hellmuth, who was the player at risk for his roughly 60,000.

Phil Hellmuth: K♣Q♣
Chris Brewer: 10♠9♠

Hellmuth out-flopped Brewer with top pair but would need to dodge the many outs for Brewer. The turn came the K♥ to improve Hellmuth to trips, however when the river fell the J♠, it was the flush for Brewer that hit to send Hellmuth to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Brewer	360,000 146,300	146,300

Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Chris Brewer Phil Hellmuth

07-17-2023 15:53 UTC-7

Prize Pool and Payouts

Kirk Brown

Level 11 : Blinds 0/0, 2,000 ante

This tournament produced 106 runners to create a total prize pool of $985,300 that will pay 16 spots with a min-cash of $16,792 and a grand prize of $270,160.

Place	Payouts
1	$270,160
2	$167,340
3	$118,037
4	$85,124
5	$62,793
6	$47,406
7	$36,648
8-9	$29,028
10-11	$23,572
12-14	$19,636
15-16	$16,792

07-17-2023 15:02 UTC-7

Zamani Hits Boat To Send Tang Out

Andrew Knowles

Level 10 : Blinds 0/0, 1,500 ante

The action was picked up in a pot of close to 100,000 on a completed board showing 10♠6♣6♦Q♠10♥. Martin Zamani moved all in, covering the roughly 70,000 remaining for Danny Tang, who went deep in the tank.

After close to a minute, Tang made the call and Zamani quickly tabled Q♦10♣ for the top full house. Tang rolled over 8♥6♥ for sixes-full as he made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	502,000 442,000	442,000

Danny Tang	Busted

Tags: Danny Tang Martin Zamani

07-17-2023 14:50 UTC-7

Hellmuth Folds a Straight

Ollie Garland

Level 10 : Blinds 0/0, 1,500 ante

With every player at the table limping in, Ivan Ermin checked his option in the big blind.

All five players checked on a flop of 8♣10♦J♦ to reveal the Q♠ on the turn. Under the gun was Phil Hellmuth who led out for 13,000 and Martin Nielsen to his direct left raised to 35,000. All remaining players folded while Hellmuth elected to call.

The 7♥ fell on the river and Hellmuth checked. Nielsen put him in for his remaining 75,000 and Hellmuth went into the tank, before eventually folding. Hellmuth flashed the 9♦ and Nielsen claimed this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Nielsen (FI)	535,000 188,200	188,200

Phil Hellmuth	75,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Ivan Ermin Martin Nielsen Phil Hellmuth