2023 World Series of Poker
Easily the biggest bad beat of the tournament so far took place at Table 642. Steven Piper had A♦A♣ on a board of K♠A♠4♣K♥7♦, losing to only one holding, and that is the K♦K♣ that Gary Horn held for quads.
"That's about how my summer's been going," Piper said glumly after taking the tremendous beat as players headed to dinner break.
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8:05 p.m. local time.
Here are some highlights from the past level:
Players have returned from dinner break and the cards are back in the air!
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Doug Polk raised to 1,500 on the button and was called by Mike Smith in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
Smith led out for 1,600 on the 3♦5♣4♥ flop and only the big blind called.
Action then checked down on the J♠ turn and 9♥ river and Smith tabled A♠4♦ for a pair of fours. His opponent mucked and Smith added to his stack.
"I just want you to know that I would have made a big hand," Polk said. "And the table feels bad for me."
Joe Cada opened to 1,200 in middle position and Robert Nur three-bet to 2,800 in the big blind. Cada called.
Nur bet a small 1,500 on the A♣10♣5♦ flop and Cada called. Nur then bet 6,500 on the 6♠ turn and the 2009 Main Event champion folded.
Xuan Liu was just getting back to her seat after the dinner break, citing that the parking lot was extremely busy which caused her to miss a couple of hands. Liu sat down and instantly raised it up to 1,200 in early position. Roberto Betbese defended from the big blind and the dealer fanned the flop of 8♠4♠2♥.
Betbese checked to Liu who continued with a bet of 1,500 and Betbese called. The A♥ landed on the turn and Betbese check-called another bet of 5,000 from Liu. The river was the 10♥ and Betbese checked for the final time. Liu put together a bet of 10,000 and Betbese thought for over a minute before making the call. Liu tabled A♦Q♠ for top pair and that was enough to scoop the pot.