Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 4 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-10-2023 11:35 UTC-8

Tang Takes Wang Out Before Hand-For-Hand Play

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jing Wang was getting up from his seat while Yu Tang was adding a bunch of chips to his stack.

Wang's 10♦9♦ were still visible and so were Tang's J♥7♥ while the board read 7♠10♣2♣7♦3♥ as Wang had flopped a pair of tens while Tang had turned trip sevens to knock Wang out of the tournament and get closer to the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yu Tang	1,540,000 616,000	616,000
Jing Wang	Busted

Tags: Jing Wang Yu Tang

07-10-2023 11:32 UTC-8

Gravlien Busts versus Vijayaratnam in Massive Pot

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The board 10♦4♥9♠3♥7♣ was already dealt with a pot containing around 500,000. Senthuran Vijayaratnam moved a pile of chips in front of him for a bet worth 500,000, putting Bjorn Gravlien at risk for a remaining stack around 290,000.

After a few minutes of thinking, Gravlien eventually called, but only to see 3♠3♦ in Vijayaratnam's hand for a set of threes.

Gravlien quickly made his way to the exit while the dealer showed he held A♣10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	1,750,000 551,000	551,000
Bjorn Gravlien	Busted

Tags: Bjorn Gravlien Senthuran Vijayaratnam

07-10-2023 11:31 UTC-8

Pochat Doubles Through Pavlov

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Shirley Ang

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Manuel Pochat's stack was being counted with his Q♠Q♦ still in front of him in the under-the-gun position. Atanas Pavlov was sitting on the button and looking along as the dealer was counting out Pochat's stack of 296,000.

Pavlov had the 9♥5♠ on the 9♠7♠K♣K♥A♦ board, which couldn't beat the higher two pair Pochat held to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Pochat	612,000 336,000	336,000
Atanas Pavlov	345,000 255,000	255,000

Tags: Atanas Pavlov Manuel Pochat

07-10-2023 11:28 UTC-8

Bland Doubles Through Sanders

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was caught when Daniel Bland, in an early position, was all in for 92,000 with his cards already flipped against Terrance Sanders in the cutoff.

Daniel Bland: Q♠Q♣
Terrance Sanders: A♠K♦

At risk close to the bubble, Bland's queens held on 2♦10♦5♥5♣4♣, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terrance Sanders	649,000 92,000	92,000
Daniel Bland	204,000 112,000	112,000

Tags: Daniel Bland Terrance Sanders

07-10-2023 11:28 UTC-8

Valdez Hits Miracle River to Score Double-Up

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Andrew Knowles

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action folded to Fausto Valdez in the small blind, who opened for 32,000, leaving 23,000 behind. Allen Shen made the call in the big blind and the flop fanned out 9♠6♠4♠.

Valdez tanked for a while until the clock was called and then led out for 15,000. Shen moved all in and Valdez again went deep in the tank. After a second clock was called, Valdez eventually tossed in his last 8,000 and the cards were shown.

Fausto Valdez: K♠K♦
Allen Shen: J♠8♠

Shen flopped a flush and had the cowboys of Valdez in rough shape, but when the board ran out 10♣3♠, it was the river that saved the day for Valdez to make a bigger flush and score the double-up close to the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Shen	520,000 98,000	98,000
Fausto Valdez	120,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Allen Shen Fausto Valdez

07-10-2023 11:28 UTC-8

Tubi Chops With Moneymaker for Tournament Life

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chris Moneymaker opened to 16,000 with the A♦2♦ and Kfir Tubi went deep into the tank out of the big blind with just the 6♣ showing. Tubi eventually called and they headed to the A♠10♣5♦ flop. Tubi tanked for more than a minute before checking and Moneymaker bet 15,000.

Tubi tanked more thereafter and asked "you hit the ace?" before he eventually called all-in as his A♥6♣ was finally revealed.

The 4♠ turn was a "fun card" according to Dominik Nitsche but the 4♣ river ensured a split pot.

In the background, the hand-for-hand announcement could be heard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	740,000 6,000	6,000

Kfir Tubi	37,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Dominik Nitsche Kfir Tubi

07-10-2023 11:26 UTC-8

Hand-For-Hand Announced

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The WSOP Main Event has now reached it's hand-for-hand stage as only 1,510 players are showing on the clock, with 1.507 of them getting paid.

07-10-2023 11:26 UTC-8

Dunkle Eliminated, Table 539 Put on the Clock

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Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Adam Dunkle shipped all in for 27,000 in early position and the action eventually folded around to Andrew Hawksby in the big blind after a few minutes. Hawksby quickly called and the cards were tabled.

Adam Dunkle: J♠J♣
Andrew Hawksby: Q♠Q♥

The board ran out 9♣4♣3♦10♦4♠ and Hawksby's pair of queens were just good enough to eliminate Dunkle and his jacks. After the hand, the tournament director instructed the entire table that they would be on a 10-second shot clock because of the excessive tanking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Hawksby	185,000 31,000	31,000
Fabian Quoss	24,000 5,000	5,000
Thomas Tomczyk	12,000 4,000	4,000
Adam Dunkle	Busted

Tags: Adam Dunkle Andrew Hawksby

07-10-2023 11:22 UTC-8

Clock Called Twice on Grogan, Heelis Shows the Bluff

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Ollie Garland

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The pot stood at approximately 60,000 with two players looking at a board that read A♥9♥10♦2♦.

In the big blind was Danny Grogan, who checked the action to Connor Heelis on the button. Heelis bet out 55,000.
Grogan thought for long enough that the clock was called. In the final remaining seconds that his hand was live, he made the call.

Grogan checked again on the 5♠ river. Heelis bet out 170,000, the remainder of Grogan's stack. Deciding for his tournament life, Gorgan had the clock called on him on back-to-back streets. As the floor counted down his final five seconds, he made the fold.

Heelis tabled J♣8♠ to show he made the move with just jack-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Heelis	709,000 164,000	164,000
Danny Grogan	170,000 94,000	94,000

Tags: Connor Heelis Danny Grogan

07-10-2023 11:22 UTC-8

Pentefountas: "Keep it Clean!"

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with the board reading 7♠8♣2♣ and players heads up. Ioannis Pentefountas had bet 55,000 from the big blind and Hajime Watanabe moved all in with a covering stack, applying maximum pressure with the money bubble being only a few eliminations away. With a pained expression on his face, Pentefountas flicked in the call and was at risk.

Ioannis Pentefountas: 8♠8♥
Hajime Watanabe: K♣J♣

Pentefountas had flopped the nuts with top set, but Watanabe was very live with the possibility of catching any club for a flush or running cards for a straight.

"Keep it clean. Keep it clean," Pentefountas beckoned as the board ran out to decide his fate.

"Good card" Pentefountas commented as the K♦ came on the turn, removing the runner straight possibilities for Watanabe.

The river was the 10♠ and Pentefountas stayed alive, securing a full double-ip while Watanabe's stack was cut in half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Pentefountas	810,000 385,000	385,000
Hajime Watanabe	410,000 381,000	381,000

Tags: Hajime Watanabe Ioannis Pentefountas