2023 World Series of Poker
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on their first twenty minute break in Day 2d of the main event. Play will resume with blinds at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. Action kicked off to a hot start today with highlights from the first level below.
Jung Woo raised in early position to 2,000 and received a call from a late position player and the big blind. The flop came out 8♦A♠9♣ and after the big blind checked Woo made a continuation bet of 2,000 and only the late position player made the call.
The turn brought the Q♠ and Woo continued the aggression and bet 2,500 and got the call.
On the river 10♦ Woo placed the bet of 13,500 and the late position player called quickly and mucked just as quickly when Woo turned over J♦J♥. Woo had rivered the straight for the best hand.
The player under the gun raised to 2,000 and Anatolii Zyrin was in the hijack and placed a three-bet to 7,500. The player under the gun made the call. The flop came out 4♦2♣3♣ with all kinds of possibilities and Zyrin placed the continuation bet of 9,000 after it was checked to him.
The turn 5♦ slowed the action with a check from both players.
The river 8♦ had the initial player check and Zyrin placed the bet of 4,400 and received the call. Zyrin flipped over A♣A♦ with authority and the other player mucked. Zyrin held the straight with his rockets.
Daniel Custodio, Mark Newhouse, and Jesse Rosen went three-ways to a flop of 3♣4♣5♠. With around 4,300 chips in the middle, Custodio led out from the big blind for 1,500. Newhouse raised to 5,000 from under the gun before Rosen three-bet to 12,200 from the hijack.
Custodio quickly got out of the way, but Newhouse committed his entire stack of 39,000. Rosen snap called and a showdown was had.
Mark Newhouse: A♣10♣
Jesse Rosen: 5♥5♣
Newhouse had a combo draw to the nut flush and a wheel, while Rosen was sitting on top set. The K♣ turn saw Newhouse hit his flush, and the board remained free of pairs when the 8♠ river completed the hand.
Newhouse doubled up in his efforts to finally better his back-to-back ninth-place finishes in 2013 and 2014.
With the cards turned over in a preflop all-in, Frankie Muzzio was the player at risk with the A♣J♠. Mihai Isar revealed the 9♣9♠ and the Q♣6♦4♠2♥2♣ board kept the pair in the lead for Muzzio to depart.
Four players, including Chris Da-Silva in the cutoff, went to the turn on a board of 10♣4♥10♦K♦ when the big blind led out for 2,200.
Only Da-Silva stuck around to the 3♣ river, where the big blind fired out another 5,300. Da-Silva peered over at his opponent and rechecked his cards before raising to 14,000.
The big blind mucked his hand as Da-Silva took the pot. "I had a pair. Knowing you, you probably hit the ten," he told Da-Silva following the hand.
Takuma Bergeron raised 2,000 in early position and he was called by the hijack, Scott Hempel on the button, the small blind and Benjamin Gross in the big blind.
When the flop came K♠9♣5♥, the blinds checked to Bergeron who continued for 3,000. Only Hempel made the call.
The J♠ hit the turn and both players checked.
When the 6♦ landed on the river, Bergeron dropped two red chips across the line while announcing a bet of 9,500.
Hempel went wide-eyed as he stared at Bergeron and tanked for about two minutes before surrendering the pot.