Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 5 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-11-2023 17:42 UTC-8

Field Nears 200 Hopefuls Left on Dinner Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Three out of the five scheduled levels on Day 5 of the 2023 WSOP Main Event have been completed inside the Horseshoe Event Center. So far, an initial field of 441 hopefuls has been cut into more than half as some 211 players still have chips at their disposal.

They will be back at approximately 7:57 p.m. local time for level 24, which features blinds of 25,000-50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000.

New chip leaders were crowned in Bryan Obregon and Glenn Fishbein while Nikita Luther continued her deep run as one of the big stacks as well. Below are some of the highlights during the previous two hour session at the tables.

Tags: Bryan Obregon Glenn Fishbein Nikita Luther

07-11-2023 17:40 UTC-8

Obregon Spikes the Turn to Cross Ten Million

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Bryan Obregon has been on a relentless tear up the chip count leaderboard today, and his latest victim was Christopher Ahrens.

Obregon and Ahrens were heads-up on a flop of 3♣J♣7♠ when Ahrens moved all in for 300,000 from the big blind and Obregon called from early position.

Christopher Ahrens: J♠10♥
Bryan Obregon: 10♣9♦

Ahrens was ahead with a pair of jacks, but his hope proved short-lived as the 8♣ turn improved Obregon to a straight. The river fell the Q♦ and Obregon sent Ahrens to the rail and his stack up past 10,000,000 heading to the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Obregon	10,500,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Christopher Ahrens	Busted

Tags: Bryan Obregon Christopher Ahrens

07-11-2023 17:38 UTC-8

Westmorland Lets It Go

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Bryan Obregon raised to 100,000 from under the gun and Jordan Westmorland called from the cutoff. From the button, Ahmad Popal came along as well while the blinds folded.

On the Q♦2♥3♠ flop, Obregon checked and Westmorland made a bet of 175,000. Popal called and Obregon folded.

The 6♣ turn then fell and Westmorland bet another 650,000. Popal then went all-in for 1,485,000 and sent Westmorland into the tank. After asking for a count, he ultimately decided to fold and save the 800,000 chips.

Popal would show 3♦3♣ to the table for a flopped set as he raked in his newly acquired chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Obregon	9,450,000 450,000	450,000
Jordan Westmorland	5,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Aditya Systla	5,405,000 495,000	495,000
Charles Melton	5,250,000 550,000	550,000
Ahmad Popal	2,885,000 2,185,000	2,185,000
Thomas Gabriel	675,000 275,000	275,000

Tags: Ahmad Popal Bryan Obregon Jordan Westmorland

07-11-2023 17:38 UTC-8

Betito Among the Leaders

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Adam Lamers

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Pol Vela raised to 80,000 in early position and was called by Matthias Auer. Liran Betito three-bet to 330,000 on the button and Vela took a minute before shoving all in for around 1,600,000. Auer got out of the way and Betito quickly called.

Pol Vela: A♥Q♦
Liran Betito: A♠K♣

Betito held a dominating advantage and the board of 10♠9♠5♠3♦9♦ changed nothing as Vela was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liran Betito	7,810,000 1,860,000	1,860,000
Pol Vela	Busted

Tags: Pol Vela Matthias Auer Liran Betito

07-11-2023 17:37 UTC-8

More Bust Outs

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Calum Grant

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oghenovo Constare	Busted
Hilton Lourenco	Busted
Zachary Walker	Busted
Frank Wyville	Busted
Raul Manzanares	Busted
Raymond Krouse	Busted
Franco Amorelli	Busted
Jules Dickerson	Busted
Douglas Lang	Busted
Kojiro Mizukami	Busted
Hang Xu	Busted

07-11-2023 17:36 UTC-8

Jaka Whiffs Against Boghean

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 5♣3♠3♣, Andrei Boghean bet 300,000 from the button before Faraz Jaka, in the hijack, raised to 700,000.

Boghean spent a few moments counting out his stack before reraising to 1,300,000. It was then Jaka's time to tank before he announced he was all in. Boghean instantly flung in a chip to signify a call.

Faraz Jaka: 8♣7♣
Andrei Boghean: K♠K♣

Jaka was looking to complete his flush draw against Boghean's kings. The 8♥ turn gave him additional outs, but Jaka missed everything on the J♥ river. The stacks were counted down and Boghean narrowly had Jaka's remaining 1,800,000 covered to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Boghean	6,100,000 2,375,000	2,375,000
Faraz Jaka	Busted

Tags: Andrei Boghean Faraz Jaka

07-11-2023 17:35 UTC-8

Assorted Counts Before the Dinner Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On a three-way turn of A♠4♠3♥2♠, Masato Yokosawa checked out of the small blind. Jonathan Therme bet 200,000 in the big blind for just under half the pot.

Davidi Kitai went into the tank and eventually folded, Yokosawa came to the same conclusion.

Further assorted counts prior to the dinner break can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Weinman	6,900,000 450,000	450,000

Ryan Tosoc	6,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Masato Yokosawa	6,100,000 600,000	600,000
Mike Lancaster	5,600,000 2,925,000	2,925,000
Diego Ramos	5,400,000 100,000	100,000
Steven Spunt	4,500,000 200,000	200,000
Fabio Miranda	4,400,000 570,000	570,000
Jon Cohen	3,800,000 15,000	15,000

John Duthie	3,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Jonathan Therme	3,300,000 375,000	375,000

Sean Troha	2,900,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Daniel Dzian	1,890,000 750,000	750,000
Davidi Kitai	1,800,000 100,000	100,000

Ping Liu	1,600,000 50,000	50,000
Shijia Liu	1,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai Jonathan Therme Masato Yokosawa

07-11-2023 17:35 UTC-8

Eliminations Before the Dinner Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Shawn Beaupre was the last player to take home $50,900 for his efforts while Faraz Jaka, among others, made the pay jump to $58,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Cohen	Busted

Pol Vela	Busted

Faraz Jaka	Busted

Evgeni Tourevski	Busted
Lachezar Petkov	Busted

Gerardo Griffa	Busted
Kevin Gimble	Busted
Adrian Garduno	Busted
Shawn Beaupre	Busted
Carmelo Menechella	Busted
Jorge Postigo	Busted
Stephen Peppin	Busted
Frank Cucchiara	Busted
Jordan Grant	Busted

Tags: Faraz Jaka Shawn Beaupre

07-11-2023 17:34 UTC-8

Paper Wasted in the Silver Section

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Connor Richards

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Chris Lee opened to 80,000 from the hijack and the cutoff called before Matthias Auer three-bet to 285,000 on the button.

Action got back to Lee and he three-bet jammed a stack of around 2,600,000 to bring a quick fold from the hijack as Auer squirmed in his chair. Auer clearly didn't like the situation and put in a crying call as he quickly flipped his hand face-up as if ripping off a Band-Aid.

Chris Lee: A♠K♦
Matthias Auer: A♦K♠

Both players had ace-king and there were no sweats as the board ran out 10♦J♠7♣K♣J♣ for the two to chop the pot.

"Come on, Seat 1, you're never folding ace-king," a table mate teased Auer as others were ready to move onto the next hand.

"Four guys just wasted a page of paper," Chris Hak said after the anticlimactic ending to the hand that had the attention of several reporters and cameramen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Auer	4,900,000 500,000	500,000
Chris Lee	2,700,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Chris Hak Chris Lee Matthias Auer

07-11-2023 17:31 UTC-8

Speer Turns Two Pair for the Double

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Tyler Foran

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On the turn of Q♦9♠7♠5♣, Aaron Speer checked to Artem Metaladi who put in a bet of 280,000 into the pot of a little more than 400,000. Speer check-raised all-in for 870,000, putting Metalidi in the tank. After about three and a half minutes, Metalidi made the call.

Aaron Speer: 9♦5♦
Artem Metalidi: K♣Q♥

Speer turned two pair against Metalidi's top pair and was able to hold as the J♣ rolled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	2,770,000 1,460,000	1,460,000
Artem Metalidi	2,700,000 400,000	400,000
Carlos Henrique Da Silva	2,700,000 200,000	200,000
Aaron Speer	2,170,000 1,660,000	1,660,000
David Cossio-Ruiz	1,810,000 60,000	60,000
Dan Wilson	1,760,000
Sean Falcone	970,000 355,000	355,000
Jon Cohen	590,000 3,225,000	3,225,000

Tags: Aaron Speer Artem Metaladi