Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 2abc | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-07-2023 15:33 UTC-8

Kerstetter Hits the Rail

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lester Edoc started the action in the hijack with a raise to 2,000 and Jamie Kerstetter called in the cutoff. Fernando Rodriguez three-bet to 6,000 in the big blind and after Edoc called, Kerstetter shoved for 38,000.

Rodriguez didn't take long to call and Edoc got out of the way for the following showdown:

Jamie Kerstetter: A♣J♠
Fernando Rodriguez: A♥K♣

Kerstetter was in bad shape for her tournament's life, and busted after the board brought her no help with 8♦7♦6♥Q♦3♠

Player	Chips	Progress
Lester Edoc	270,000 4,000	4,000
Fernando Rodriguez	160,000 64,000	64,000
Jamie Kerstetter	Busted

Tags: Fernando Rodriguez Jamie Kerstetter Lester Edoc

07-07-2023 15:31 UTC-8

Jun Cracks Keating's Aces

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Three ways to the 10♣4♥4♦ flop, the action checked to Jack Sinclair on the button and he bet 2,000. Jia Jun called out of the big blind before Alex Keating in the hijack check-raised to 7,000 off a short stack. Sinclair folded whereas Jun raised big to 75,000, which had Keating's stack of around 28,000 easily covered.

The call by Keating followed and the cards were exposed.

Alex Keating: A♥A♦
Jia Jun: 4♣3♣

Neither the 8♠ turn nor the K♦ river came to the rescue of Keating, who quickly left the tournament area. Farhad Jamasi was also no longer found on the same table either.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jia Jun	210,000 113,900	113,900
Jack Sinclair	60,000 5,000	5,000

Alex Keating	Busted

Farhad Jamasi	Busted

Tags: Alex Keating Farhad Jamasi Jack Sinclair Jia Jun

07-07-2023 15:28 UTC-8

No Title Defense For Jorstad

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Liam Gannon

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up in a multiway pot as one player raised to 2,000 which saw four players call including Julian Aguirre on the button and Espen Jorstad in the big blind.

The flop rolled out 10♦6♦9♠ and action checked around to Aguirre who bet 8,700. In the big blind, Jorstad raised to 26,300 and all other players folded. With action back on Aguirre, he moved all in for 64,000 effective and Jorstad shook his head.

"I'm not happy about it," Jorstad responded while reluctantly putting his chips in the middle to put himself at risk.

Espen Jorstad: 6♥6♣
Julian Aguirre: 8♥7♦

The board ran out A♥8♦ and the straight held up for Aguirre against Jorstad's set of sixes.

The pot was pushed to Aguirre while Jorstad wished his table luck as the 2022 WSOP Main Event champion exited the field, ensuring that a new champion would emerge.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Aguirre	256,000
Espen Jorstad	Busted

Tags: Espen Jorstad Julian Aguirre

07-07-2023 15:27 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Event Center

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Banks	355,000 15,000	15,000
Anirban Das	270,000 65,000	65,000
Joseph Druetto	270,000 95,500	95,500
Hayley Hanna	170,000 50,000	50,000
Yang Zhang	170,000 65,000	65,000

Alexandre Vuilleumier	165,000 58,000	58,000

Abraham Faroni	105,000 8,000	8,000
Henri Puustinen	85,000
Ben Diebold	85,000

Bruno Fitoussi	83,000 16,500	16,500
David Kahan	82,000 3,000	3,000
Jeff Blenkarn	80,000 20,700	20,700

Angela Jordison	71,000 14,000	14,000

Pavel Plesuv	65,000 32,000	32,000

Marcin Horecki	50,000 23,100	23,100

Karina Jett	45,000 7,000	7,000
Muskan Sethi	32,000 4,500	4,500

07-07-2023 15:26 UTC-8

River Helps Jasinevicius More

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David Salituro

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ignas Jasinevicius and an opponent in early position built a pot of around 30,000 heading to the turn on a board of 5♠5♥6♣4♣. Jasinevicius, on the button, bet 17,000 and his opponent called.

The river came the 5♣ and action checked to Jasinevicius again, who now checked back. His opponent showed 9♣8♣ for the rivered flush, but Jasinevicius turned over Q♣Q♥, making a full house on the same river card to take down the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ignas Jasinevicius	130,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Ignas Jasinevicius

07-07-2023 15:25 UTC-8

Nielson Hits Miracle River To Skyrocket His Stack

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Andrew Knowles

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The action was picked up in a pot of over 140,000 on a board that read Q♥8♥4♣9♠. A player in the hijack checked to Allen Nielson on the button who bet 65,000 and his opponent moved all in for roughly 96,000. Nielson quickly made the call to put his opponent at risk.

"Do you have queens," asked the hijack before the cards were turned over.

"Yep," replied Nielson

There was a bit of confusion before the cards were finally tabled because the hijack assumed that Neilson had pocket queens.

Hijack: K♦K♠
Allen Nielson: A♥Q♣

The hijack was so relieved to see his cowboys were way out front, however, the river fell like a ton of bricks when the Q♠ rolled off to give Nielson trips and send his opponent to the exit in brutal fashion.

Nielson scooped the massive pot to bring his stack well over the half a million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Nielson	585,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Allen Nielson

07-07-2023 15:23 UTC-8

Martirosyan falls to Yoon

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

As recounted to PokerNews from the other players at the table, Artur Martirosyan was recently eliminated from the main event.

Martirosyan had gotten into a preflop all in confrontation against Brian Yoon holding QxQx against Yoon's AxQx. The board ran out AxJx10x4xAx giving Yoon trip aces to send Martirosyan to the rail and accumulate his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	48,500 16,700	16,700

Artur Martirosyan	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosyan Brian Yoon

07-07-2023 15:22 UTC-8

Small Double Up for Gong

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

It folded to Jay Romano in the cutoff who raised to 3,000 before Jiachen Gong decided to shoved on the button for his last 13,500. It came back to Romano who tanked for a minute and made the call:

Jiachen Gong: 4♣4♠
Jay Romano: 7♦4♦

Gong had the best hand and found no bad surprise on the board J♥J♦9♠Q♦6♥ to take the needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Romano	212,000 105,000	105,000
Jiachen Gong	30,000 4,800	4,800

Tags: Jay Romano Jiachen Gong

07-07-2023 15:21 UTC-8

Lee Over-Bets the River

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Two players remained in the pot as the full board read 8♣6♦9♦4♠K♠.

The action was on Sung Lee in middle position who bet out for 40,000 into a pot of 34,500, which sent her opponent deep into the tank.

Lee's opponent contemplated for nearly four minutes before finally tossing their cards into the muck allowing Lee to claim this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sung Lee	200,000 20,100	20,100

Tags: Sung Lee

07-07-2023 15:20 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts From Paris Purple

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Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Deutsch	290,000
Alberto Cigliano	260,000
Robert Wilson	250,000
Ramon Kropmanns	225,000
Joao Vieira	188,000

Niall Farrell	141,000

Stephen Chidwick	115,000

Juan Pardo Dominguez	90,000
Abby Merk	43,000