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

07-07-2023 15:17 UTC-8

Updated Chip counts from Paris Black

Ryan Lashmar

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Chan	234,000 19,000	19,000

Bryce Yockey	220,000 14,000	14,000

Brian Frenzel	210,000 6,000	6,000
Phil Laak	206,500 10,300	10,300

Aleksejs Ponakovs	159,000 24,500	24,500

Andrew Denick	151,000 33,000	33,000
Nikhil Arcot	134,000 28,000	28,000
Bryan Piccioli	125,000 28,000	28,000

Mike Matusow	95,000 10,200	10,200

Garry Gates	92,000 25,000	25,000
Axel Hallay	88,200 18,200	18,200
Allen Kessler	80,000 18,100	18,100
Eliot Hudon	75,500 16,500	16,500
Michael Rodrigues	67,100 67,100	67,100

Scott Blumstein	65,000 7,000	7,000

Jeremy Ausmus	58,000 3,000	3,000

Brian Kim	56,100 14,400	14,400

Ryan Riess	40,000 4,700	4,700

Ryan Slocum	35,000 36,600	36,600
Adam Hendrix	Busted

07-07-2023 15:15 UTC-8

Zhou Running Hot; Blackwood, McKuin Also Among Big Stacks

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David Salituro

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

"Aces three times," a tablemate said, pointing to the big stack of Quan Zhou across the table who has increased his stack past 350,000.

At another table, Gary Blackwood is also approaching 300,000 and notes he's doing a two percent Main Event giveaway on his YouTube channel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	360,000 226,000	226,000
Steven McKuin	320,000 90,000	90,000
Gary Blackwood	280,000 89,000	89,000
Toby Price	265,000 198,700	198,700
Quincy Borland	150,000 25,000	25,000

Andrew Moreno	85,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Gary Blackwood Quan Zhou

07-07-2023 15:15 UTC-8

Marques Gets a Triple Up

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Adam Lamers

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

Michael Latuf opened to 2,600 from under the gun and was called in two spots, including Barbara Sargent in middle position. Pedro Marques was one of the short stacks in the big blind and jammed all in for 17,400. Latuf called and Sargent reshoved all in as the big stack. Latuf thought for a minute but eventually decided to lay his hand down.

Pedro Marques: A♠A♥
Barbara Sargent: A♦K♠

"I folded the same hand," Latuf said to Sargent. As was the case, the board ran out 9♠8♣7♠Q♣4♦ and Marques tripled up with hardly any sweat at all.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barbara Sargent	131,000 24,600	24,600
Pedro Marques	56,300 21,300	21,300
Michael Latuf	37,600 35,100	35,100

Tags: Barbara Sargent Michael Latuf Pedro Marques

07-07-2023 15:14 UTC-8

Latest Chip Counts from Horseshoe Gold

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Hannes Speiser	340,000
Philip Chun	236,000 42,900	42,900
Jorn Walthaus	213,000 5,000	5,000
Benjamin Chalot	178,000 5,000	5,000
Julien Martini	156,000 139,000	139,000

Asher Neaman	148,000 54,000	54,000
Sai Ming Poon	126,000 81,500	81,500
Matthieu Rodriguez	109,000 28,600	28,600
Cedrric Trevino	107,000 3,000	3,000

Martin Jacobson	93,500 33,500	33,500

Angelina Rich	76,000 43,000	43,000
Ami Alibay	74,000 27,000	27,000
William Looper	73,000 33,600	33,600
Bruno Fitoussi	66,500 26,500	26,500
Muskan Sethi	36,500 8,500	8,500

07-07-2023 15:13 UTC-8

Cannuli Stays at the Top of the Leaderboard

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Ryan Gray

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Cannuli	410,000 121,000	121,000

07-07-2023 15:11 UTC-8

Foxen Busts One, Van der Spuy Also Gone

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Frank Visser

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

Alex Foxen raised to 2,000 from early position and Ronald Spooner called from the next seat over. Big blind Jordan Grant also came along and the flop of 7♦Q♣10♣ was dealt.

All players checked before Foxen was the one to put in a bet of 4,000 after another check from Grant. Spooner called and Grant folded, leaving a few big blinds behind.

The 6♥ river then fell and Foxen shoved all in, covering Spooner's 14,500 remaining chips. Spooner mulled it over before eventually putting in the call.

Foxen showed A♦A♣ for the overpair and they beat the K♦10♦ of Spooner by a wide margin. Spooner left the tournament area while Foxen raked in a nice pot to chip up.

Meanwhile, Day 1b chip leader Jean-Pierre van der Spuy has also exited Day 2abc, after a disappointing day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	389,000 8,000	8,000

Alex Foxen	189,000 46,500	46,500

Jordan Grant	7,000 31,000	31,000
Ronald Spooner	Busted
Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy	Busted

Tags: Alex Foxen Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy Jordan Grant Ronald Spooner

07-07-2023 15:10 UTC-8

Difficult Fold for Simao

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Joao Simao opened under the gun and Cristian Pernacastro called before Douglas Adkins three-bet to 5,500 in the cutoff. Simao replied with a four-bet to 23,000 and only Adkins stayed interested and called.

The flop gave 7♥4♦9♦ and Soma bet 5,600. Adkins announced all in for 70,600 and Simao went deep into the tank with a remaining stack worth 58,000.

"You really have nines?" asked Simao, not long before sending his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Douglas Adkins	125,000 81,400	81,400
Cristian Penacastro	106,000 49,800	49,800
Joao Simao	58,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Cristian Pernacastro Douglas Adkins Joao Simao

07-07-2023 15:10 UTC-8

Lakhdari Among the Big Stacks in Horseshoe

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Christian Zetzsche

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

As recalled by Kevin Gerhart, there had been a big pot unfolding on their table and it spelled the end for Nicolas Georgiadis. In a three-bet pot, he check-called a bet by Omar Lakhdari on the 10x8x2x flop and then check-raised big on the 5x turn. Georgiadis jammed the Kx river with pocket tens for flopped set only to get shown pocket kings for the superior set by Lakhdari.

Further assorted stacks from nearby tables can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar Lakhdari	375,000 190,600	190,600
Andre Akkari	190,000 94,700	94,700

Jean Gaspard	190,000 61,000	61,000

Andrew Hulme	150,000 12,500	12,500
Ori Hasson	135,000 16,300	16,300

Espen Jorstad	130,000 2,000	2,000

Kevin Gerhart	115,000 46,600	46,600

Ashley Frank	97,000 12,000	12,000
Ran Ilani	80,000 5,000	5,000
Tim Reilly	75,000 50,800	50,800
Nicolas Georgiadis	Busted
Thomas Carney	Busted

Tags: Kevin Gerhart Nicolas Georgiadis Omar Lakhdari

07-07-2023 15:01 UTC-8

Deegan Scores a Knockout

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The cards were already on their backs with Ante Kutlesa all-in and at risk. His A♠K♥ was crushed by the A♣A♥ of Jeffrey Deegan and the board ran out J♥10♣2♠4♣6♦ for Deegan to score the knockout.