Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1a | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-03-2023 19:28 UTC-8

Maximum Pressure from Ibañes

Tyler Foran

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three players saw the K♣J♣9♦ flop, creating a pot of about 3,000, and the action checked to Johann Ibañes who bet 1,500. Only one opponent made the call.

The 3♦ fell on the turn and Ibañes' opponent check-called a bet of 5,200.

When the K♥ completed the board, it was checked to Ibañes once again before he announced all-in for his stack of about 60,000. His opponent had roughly 18,000 behind and decided not to put it in the middle as he gave his cards back to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johann Ibañes	79,000

Tags: Johann Ibañes

07-03-2023 19:28 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts from the Gold Section

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Colby Covington	123,500 38,600	38,600
Juha Helppi	107,500 40,500	40,500

Esther Taylor	104,000 52,000	52,000

Jack Sinclair	100,500 500	500

Tony Gregg	92,400 30,400	30,400

Leon Sturm	92,000 7,000	7,000

Sean Winter	90,400 27,400	27,400
Lewis Spencer	87,300 18,500	18,500
James Calderaro	60,000 60,000	60,000

Garett Maybery	60,000 4,800	4,800
Jacob Ferro	40,500 12,500	12,500
Artur Martirosian	31,500 14,000	14,000

Shaun Deeb	21,600 25,400	25,400

Joseph Cheong	Busted

Ryan Leng	Busted

07-03-2023 19:28 UTC-8

Bowe Doubles in Style

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Clayton Fletcher raised to 1,300 from under the gun and James Reisman called in the hijack. Patrick Bowe was on the button and three-bet jammed for 13,600. Fletcher asked for a count and made the call thereafter while Reisman got out of the way.

Patrick Bowe: 8♠8♥
Clayton Fletcher: A♣3♣

Bowe flopped a set on K♦9♣8♦ and had Fletcher drawing dead on the Q♠ turn. The 8♣ river even upgraded him to quads, and he raked in the much-needed double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Reisman	108,500 108,500	108,500
Clayton Fletcher	93,500 8,500	8,500
Patrick Bowe	29,800 29,800	29,800

Tags: Clayton Fletcher James Reisman Patrick Bowe

07-03-2023 19:35 UTC-8

Housenbold Folds Second Nuts

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Paul Wong and Jeffrey Housenbold were playing for an 11,000 pot on a board of 4♠8♣5♣7♥. Housenbold bet 6,500 from early position and Wong raised it to 31,500, enough to put Housenbold all in.

Housenbold thought about it for a while, trying to get some information from his opponent. Wong would not budge, however, and eventually Housenbold folded his Ax6x with visible frustration, choosing to preserve his tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Wong	116,000 116,000	116,000
Jeffrey Housenbold	22,500 22,500	22,500

Tags: Jeffrey Housenbold Paul Wong

07-03-2023 19:35 UTC-8

Three Barrels From Dolan

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Truyen Nguyen opened from middle position and was called by the cutoff. In the small blind, John Dolan squeezed to 5,500. Nguyen called, but not the cutoff.

On J♦5♦6♥, Dolan bet 4,000 and received another call. The K♣ came on the turn, and Dolan fired a second barrel for 7,000. Nguyen kept calling.

After the river J♠, Dolan continued his story by moving all in to 27,000. Nguyen looked at his cards, facing them up, and showed 8♦7♦ for a missed flush and straight draw. He folded, of course, and Dolan took the pot and is back at the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Truyen Nguyen	71,000 71,000	71,000
John Dolan	63,000 63,000	63,000

Tags: John Dolan Truyen Nguyen

07-03-2023 19:40 UTC-8

Hughes' River Call Gets a Muck

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three ways on a flop of 8♣2♣9♦, Ryan Hughes checked from the small blind and another player checked in middle position. The player in the hijack bet 2,500 and both players called.

Everyone checked on the 2♦ turn; however, the player in middle position bet 5,000 on the K♠ river after Hughes checked to him. The hijack then raised to 14,000 and Hughes called cold. The initial bettor folded and Hughes' opponent opted to muck his hand rather than show — conceding the pot to Hughes without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hughes	93,000 49,500	49,500

Tags: Ryan Hughes

07-03-2023 19:40 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth's Bracelet Record is Even More Impressive Than You Realized

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Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Phil Hellmuth now has 17 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, seven more than anyone else. He's won enough bracelets to likely hold onto that record throughout his lifetime. But he'll almost certainly tack on some more before he calls it a career.

The record alone is tournament poker's greatest accomplishment, and yet there's so much more to his WSOP resume than perhaps you even knew. Take, for starters, the fact that he's the only player to win bracelets in five separate decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s) and one of two players, along with Josh Arieh, to win at all three host venues (Binion's, Rio, and Bally's/Horseshoe).

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07-03-2023 19:46 UTC-8

Dayan Tops the Counts in the Silver Section

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yehuda Dayan	364,000 189,000	189,000

Nawaung Maran	304,000 9,000	9,000
Doug Polk	172,000 2,000	2,000

John Hennigan	122,000 5,500	5,500

Roman Hrabec	111,400 20,400	20,400

Barny Boatman	95,000 3,000	3,000

Ryan Hughes	91,600 48,100	48,100

Mohsin Charania	82,300 29,200	29,200

Billy Baxter	66,900 6,600	6,600

Eli Elezra	57,300 15,700	15,700

Mikki Mase	53,200
Vincent Moscati	22,500 31,300	31,300

07-03-2023 19:50 UTC-8

Hunter's Full House Gets Paid

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Tyler Foran

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three players saw the turn of A♠J♦3♠A♥, and Cynthia Hunter led out 5,000 into the 12,000. The middle position player folded and the button made the call.

The 9♦ fell on the river and Hunter fired again, this time for 10,000. Her opponent snap-called by dropping a single purple chip across the line. Hunter showed A♦J♥ for the nut full house and she dragged the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cynthia Hunter	104,000

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07-03-2023 19:50 UTC-8

Fragoso Misclicks With Top Set

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Francisco Fragoso opened to 1,000 from under the gun and Gary Ware called in the hijack before the cutoff also called.

Jame Wilkerson then three-bet to 3,000 on the button and action folded back to Fragoso, who four-bet to 12,000. Ware and Wilkerson both called, while the cutoff folded.

All three players checked on the flop of Q♥4♣7♥ and Fragoso then bet 28,000 on the J♦ turn as he threw out three yellow 1,000-chips and one green 25,000-chip.

"Oops, I meant to make it 3,500!" cried Fragoso.

Both opponents folded and Fragoso showed the nuts with Q♣Q♠ for top set.