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

07-07-2023 11:37 UTC-8

Demlakian Fights for the First Pot of the Day

Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Vasken Ken Demlakian raised from early position to 1,700 finding three callers; Leon Sturm to his direct left and both the blinds, including Joaquin Beretta in the big blind.

The board came A♦7♦10♣ and once checked to, Demlakian continued for 3,600. Only Beretta called.

The turned 9♦ checked through to the K♦ on the river. Beretta took the lead for 9,300. Demlakian thought on his decision before raising to 28,500, forcing a fold from his opponent and winning this pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasken Ken Demlakian	173,200 24,500	24,500
Joaquin Beretta	43,000 23,100	23,100

Tags: Joaquin Beretta Leon Sturm Vasken Ken Demlakian

07-07-2023 11:36 UTC-8

Stival Raises the Turn on Devidal

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Theo Devidal raised to 1,700 from middle position and Cristian Stival called in the hijack.

The flop came 6♣9♠4♥ and Devidal continued for 3,400. Stival called to see the 5♦ turn, where Devidal bet another 7,000.

Stival paused for a moment before coming back with a raise to 18,000. Devidal, sitting with a large yellow ball in front of his stack, quickly mucked as Stival collected an early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristian Stival	135,000 11,100	11,100

Theo Devidal	85,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Cristian Stival Theo Devidal

07-07-2023 11:36 UTC-8

Denick Shows One

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with the board reading A♠3♣8♦. A player in the big blind checked and Andrew Denick bet 2,100, receiving a call from his opponent.

Both players checked the 3♦ turn leading to the J♦ river. The big blind checked and Denick fired a second barrel, this time for 3,200. The big blind thought for about a minute before making the fold.

Denick flashed the A♦ for top pair before scooping an early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Denick	114,000 5,900	5,900

Tags: Andrew Denick

07-07-2023 11:35 UTC-8

Update Your Chip Counts with the MyStack App

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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07-07-2023 11:34 UTC-8

Bohn Wins a Three-Bet Pot to Start Day 2

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Fernando Gutierrez raised it up to 2,000 in the hijack and Blake Bohn three-bet to 8,500 on his left in the cutoff. The action folded back to Gutierrez who peeled a flop of J♠8♠5♣.

Gutierrez checked to Bohn who continued with a large bet of 12,000. Gutierrez thought for a brief moment but opted to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Gutierrez	161,700 8,500	8,500
Blake Bohn	63,300 10,900	10,900

Tags: Fernando Gutierrez Blake Bohn

07-07-2023 11:33 UTC-8

Casey Improves Stack Without Showdown Against Urodlivchenko

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three ways to the Q♣J♦5♣ flop, Julien Martini checked and Stanislav Urodlivchenko bet 2,500 for Jeffry Casey on the button and Martini to call. That led them to the 10♠ river and Martini checked again. Urodlivchenko bet 8,000 and Casey's raise to 20,000 earned the pot without resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	284,000 2,000	2,000

Stanislav Urodlivchenko	150,000 14,600	14,600
Jeffry Casey	65,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Jeffry Casey Julien Martini Stanislav Urodlivchenko

07-07-2023 11:30 UTC-8

Paris Green Day 2 Notables

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Ryan Gray

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Valerstein	273,300
Daniel Kirsch	252,800
Thomas Cannuli	248,100
Quan Qiu	234,000
Stanislav Halatenko	231,000
Robert Russ	228,900
Thomas Zanot	222,000
Boutros Awad	205,100
Philip Yeh	203,000
Joseph Wagganer	199,400
Samuel Bifarella	136,500
Chip Jett	108,500
Jim Bechtel	108,300

Adam Friedman	104,500

David Simon	101,500

Tom McEvoy	90,400

Ryan Riess	68,100

Steve Zolotow	65,900

07-07-2023 11:29 UTC-8

What Did the 2022 Main Event Final Table Players Bag After Day 1?

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Yori Epskamp

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

If you bagged Day 1 and want to know what the final table players had last year at this stage, check out this post below.

It's a reminder that anything can happen at this stage --- 2022 World Champion Espen Jorstad famously bagged only 17,600 on Day 1 before going on a tear.

https://twitter.com/ZGregJennings/status/1677383320961949696

07-07-2023 11:25 UTC-8

Scheck Beats Reixach in Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three ways to the K♦8♥6♠2♣ turn, Sergi Reixach bet 2,000 and was called only by Glenn Scheck. That led a duo to the A♣ river on which Reixach checked and called a bet worth 2,500. Scheck tabled the 6♣6♥ for a set and that won the pot.