https://twitter.com/phil_hellmuth/status/1677850861912084480
https://twitter.com/phil_hellmuth/status/1677850861912084480
https://twitter.com/drew_amato/status/1677838908984545281
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8:05 p.m. local time with the blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante.
Below are some highlights from the third level of play
In a three-way pot, Vitor De Souza Coutinho bet 3,500 from the cutoff on a flop of 10♥K♥4♦ before the button raised to 8,200. Action folded back around to Coutinho, and he called to see the 8♣ turn.
Both players checked and the 7♠ fell on the river. Coutinho then led out for 32,000 and his opponent tanked for about two minutes before giving up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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280,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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271,300
10,300
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10,300 |
Over on the left feature table, Fedor Holz in the hijack checked the Q♠9♦5♣A♣10♥ river and then faced the all-in of Andrew Wisdom on the button. Holz had 36,300 behind and eventually called it off with the Q♥6♥ and Wisdom revealed K♥J♥ for broadway to score the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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194,000
76,100
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76,100 |
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Busted | |
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In the last hand prior to the break, Alex Queen three-bet to 10,000. He then faced the four-bet jam for 60,500 by Hrachya Ohanyan and opted to call after brief consideration.
Hrachya Ohanyan: A♣K♥
Alex Queen: A♥Q♣
The A♠6♦3♥10♠Q♥ board provided the help eventually as Queen spiked a queen for the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000
145,000
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145,000 |
|
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210,000
8,700
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8,700 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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412,400
231,000
|
231,000 |
|
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311,200
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
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302,000
77,500
|
77,500 |
|
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232,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
191,900
63,600
|
63,600 |
|
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||
|
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189,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
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166,200
48,200
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48,200 |
|
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||
|
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145,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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|
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137,000
15,400
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15,400 |
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|
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131,200
200
|
200 |
|
|
99,500
20,300
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20,300 |
|
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88,900
15,100
|
15,100 |
|
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|
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76,500
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
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|
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47,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
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|
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15,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
William Kassouf, Joseph Liberta, and Stoyan Madanzhiev arrived on a flop of 4♠K♦3♠. With around 8,000 chips in the middle, the action checked through.
The 9♣ turn then came and Kassouf led for 4,600 out of the small blind. Liberta, who had amassed a big stack of 455,000 thus far, folded the big blind but Madanzhiev called from the button.
The river then fell the Q♠ and Kassouf waited a while before betting another 15,000. This time, Madanzhiev made the fold and Kassouf chipped up to above starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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455,000
262,600
|
262,600 |
|
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92,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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62,200
6,200
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6,200 |

Phil Hellmuth will not be the winner of the 2023 Word Series of Poker Main Event as the all-time leading bracelet winner was eliminated around an hour ago on Day 2d.
The player to send 'The Poker Brat' to the rail was Nicholas "Dirty Diaper" Rigby, who rose to fame in the poker community in the 2021 Main Event after getting into the mix several times with 3x2x.
Hellmuth, who won the Main Event in 1989, has failed to make the money in poker's crown jewel tournament for the last eight years. His last Main Event cash came in 2015, where he finished in 417th for $21,786.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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282,000
143,200
|
143,200 |
|
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270,000
135,600
|
135,600 |
|
|
220,000
102,300
|
102,300 |
|
|
204,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
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|
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200,000 | |
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68,000
37,800
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37,800 |