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.
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.
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.
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.
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Day 5 of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has provided some memorable moments, none more so than a huge pot played between Nicholas Rigby and Chance Kornuth, who busted in the hand.
Shortly after moving to the PokerGO feature table, Kornuth ran into a tough situation against one of the loosest and most aggressive players in the field, who also just so happened to be among the chip leaders.
Sokchheka Pho moved all in for 250,000 from under the gun and Yehuda Dayan called in the hijack.
Sokchheka Pho: Q♣9♠
Yehuda Dayan: A♦J♥
The board ran out 6♣4♦3♠10♥8♠ and Pho received no help as he tapped the felt and wished his now-former tablemates luck before heading for the exit.
On the river of a three-way pot with the board showing 10♥6♦4♦K♠2♥, Joe Ghio pushed all-in for 890,000. Christopher Kimmel folded and so did Masato Yokosawa.
Yokosawa then opened to 100,000 in the cutoff for all three players behind to call. The 10♥7♠6♣ flop was checked to Yokosawa and he bet 175,000. Only Ghio called and then led the Q♠ turn for 300,000, Yokosawa folded.
Yu Tang and Tim Van Loo were heads up on a completed board of 2♣J♠5♥J♣6♦. Tang led out for 140,000 into a pot 525,000.
Van Loo thought about it for a bit before he chucked in a call. Tang showed 8♦8♣ for two pair and took down the pot.
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