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

07-08-2023 20:56 UTC-8

Rash Takes it on the Turn

Ollie Garland

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Conor Rash raised from the cutoff to 3,500, the player in the small blind three-bet to 9,000 and Rash called.

The small blind continued for 15,000 on a board of 6♦6♠3♠. Rash responded with a raise to 41,000 earning a snap fold from his opponent.

Despite winning more than his fair share of pots on his table, one of the other players sat beside Rash insisted on telling PokerNews what a nice, young man they thought Rash was, despite the same player continuing to say Rash was "kicking all their asses" on the felt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Rash	274,000 185,300	185,300

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07-08-2023 20:55 UTC-8

Hwan's Second Barrel Takes it

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Tyler Foran

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

There was a limp in middle position before Park Kwang Hwan raised to 5,000. Only the limper made the call.

The dealer spread a flop of Q♥7♦6♦, and the middle position player check-called a bet of 4,000 from Hwan.

The A♣ fell on the turn, and the middle position player surrendered the pot as he check-folded to another bet of 16,000 from Hwan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Park Kwang Hwan	375,000

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07-08-2023 20:53 UTC-8

Munaf Makes Big Call on River

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The player in the cutoff raised to 2,000 and Kamran Munaf called from the big blind. The flop came out 9♠2♣4♣ and the cutoff made a continuation bet of 2,500 and Munaf called.

With the clubs starting to appear the turn was the 7♦ and the cutoff kept up his aggression and placed a bet of 15,000. Munaf made the call although it appeared reluctantly.

Now there were straight possibilities galore and the river was the 5♠. Munaf checked for the third time and the cutoff put his chips in the middle for 125,000.

Munaf said, "I knew that was coming". He then let out a big sigh and counted his chips slowly and suddenly made the call.

Kamran Munaf: J♥9♥ for the pair of nines.
Player in the Cutoff: 10♥8♥ for the missed straight draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kamran Munaf	192,500 67,100	67,100

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07-08-2023 20:47 UTC-8

Two Barrels Take it For Botez

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player in early position raised to 3,500 and was called by Alexandra Botez in middle position and the player in the big blind.

Action checked to Botez on the Q♣A♣J♦ flop and she bet 5,000. The big blind folded and the initial raiser called.

It was checked to Botez again on the 8♣ turn and she sized up for a 15,000 bet. This time her opponent folded and Botez dragged the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandra Botez	200,000 10,000	10,000

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07-08-2023 20:44 UTC-8

Pinkham Takes From Weisman

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Andrew Knowles

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Dylan Weisman opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and only Rodney Pinkham made the call from the big blind.

The flop came A♣8♦6♣ and both players checked their options to the J♠ turn. Pinkham took the lead with a bet of 4,500 and Weisman came along.

The K♠ completed the board and the action checked to a showdown. Pinkham quickly tabled K♥Q♥ for a rivered pair of kings and Weisman nodded as he tossed his cards into the muck and went back to his skipping rope off the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodney Pinkham	135,000 10,300	10,300
Dylan Weisman	72,000

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07-08-2023 20:42 UTC-8

Carey's Fairy Tale Continues

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Irene Carey had turned her 188,000 to start the day into a stack of nearly 300,000 when she got involved in a hand against Gerald Siemienas.

With 15,000 chips already in the pot on a flop 4♣K♦8♠, she led out for 4,500 from under the gun and Sieminis made the call. Carey then slowed down on the Q♠ turn and check-called an 8,000 bet from Siemienas instead.

On the 7♣ river, Carey retook the initiative and bet a whopping 27,500. This was enough to let Siemienas fold and Carey raked in another pot as her Day 2 keeps going swimmingly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Irene Carey	305,000 40,000	40,000
Gerald Siemienas	102,000 37,000	37,000

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07-08-2023 20:41 UTC-8

Updated Counts in the Horseshoe Event Center

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiina Okamoto	370,000 45,000	45,000

Brittney Stout	285,000 10,000	10,000
Richard Seymour	230,000
Iaron Lightbourne	210,000 55,000	55,000
Seun Oluwole	205,000 50,000	50,000
Alexandra Botez	190,000 5,000	5,000

Kevin Pollak	155,000 83,000	83,000
Ren Lin	145,000 5,000	5,000

Henrik Juncker	140,000 30,000	30,000
Davidi Kitai	135,000 5,000	5,000

Cliff Josephy	130,000 3,000	3,000

Georgios Vrakas	90,000 9,300	9,300
Jaekyung Sim	60,000 3,400	3,400
Roger Teska	45,000 20,000	20,000
Pavel Chalupka	18,000 18,000	18,000
Ashley Sleeth	Busted

07-08-2023 20:41 UTC-8

Jing Gets Ace-King Twice

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player moved all in for 23,000 from middle positon, Shan Jing reshoved from the button, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

All-In Player: K♣Q♣
Shan Jing: A♠K♦

"Clubs dealer," the at-risk player pleaded as he stood up from his seat and began filming the action with his phone. He instead saw the board come A♦3♣6♠5♥7♥ and Jing finish with top pair to send him to the rail.

"Good game, guys. It was fun while it lasted," he said on the way to the exit.

The next hand, Jing three-bet to 9,000 and received no callers, showing AxKx once again. "I'm only playing aces against you," a tablemate told him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shan Jing	90,000

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07-08-2023 20:39 UTC-8

Schroeder Finds Kings for the Knockout

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player opened to 4,000 from middle position and was called by a player in the cutoff. The button then moved all in for 38,000. Derek Schroeder in the big blind took some time before opting to make the call with chips behind. Both the middle position player and the cutoff got out of the way to put the button officially at risk.

Button Player: A♥Q♥
Derek Schroeder: K♠K♦

Schroeder had found kings at an opportune moment to put himself in good position to get the knockout. The J♣7♥10♥ flop immediately made things dicey for the cowboys as the at risk player could now hit a king, heart or ace to take the lead. Nothing changed on the 4♣ turn, though, with the J♠ river failing to improve the button and handing the pot to Schroeder.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Schroeder	375,000 76,000	76,000

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07-08-2023 20:39 UTC-8

Kotran Cracks Aces to Bust One

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With the cards already on their backs, Joshua Kotran had an opponent all-in and at risk with Q♦Q♥ versus A♠A♥.

The J♦10♠9♦ flop provided the open-ender and the K♦ turn improved Kotran to a straight, nothing then changed with the 7♣ river.

Kotran apologised for the suckout and his opponent leaned over to shake hands with the words "sh*t happens bro, take it down".

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Kotran	245,000 124,700	124,700

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