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

Jul 11, 2023

Hoover Catches a Miracle

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Fortunes can change with the turn of a card in the Main Event, and that's exactly what just happened to Logan Hoover.

Hoover was all in for 2,385,000 from early position and up against Aditya Systla in middle position.

Logan Hoover: A♣K♦
Aditya Systla: Q♣Q♥

"Hold up," Hoover cried out as he stood up from his seat to await the flop. He hit the K♥, but the rest of the flop came Q♠7♣ and Systla made a set as Hoover turned away in disgust.

The turn, though, gave him some hope as it came K♣. "Ace one time," he yelled out. He didn't hit an ace, but the dealer did turn over the K♠ as Hoover made running quads.

"Yes," Hoover yelled as he ran away from the table. A big crowd gathered around the table and took photos of the board as Hoover returned to rake in the pot.

"Excuse me, I just made quads in the Main Event," Hoover said.

"That's the sickest thing I've ever seen," a tablemate told him.

Tags: Aditya Systla Logan Hoover

Jul 11, 2023

Duek Chips Up Against Santos Rodriguez

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Michael Duek raised for Lorenzo Santos Rodriguez to defend the big blind. On a K♠10♣6♦ flop, Santos Rodriguez check-called for 125,000 to then do so again on the 8♦ turn for 350,000.

Both checked the K♣ river and Santos Rodriguez tabled his 9♣8♥, which Duek had beat with the 10♠8♠ for superior two pair.

Tags: Lorenzo Santos Rodriguez Michael Duek

Jul 11, 2023

Dyachenko Gets Value

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Calum Grant

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Pavel Dyachenko opened the action from under the gun and was called by Tinay Aksoy and Ethan Bennett from the button and big blind.

Dyachenko made it 125,000 on the K♦Q♥2♦ flop and only Aksoy called.

The A♣ turn checked through to the 4♠ river. Dyachenko bet 300,000 and was called.

Dyachenko tabled A♠K♥ for two pair and his opponent mucked.

Tags: Ethan Bennett Pavel Dyachenko Tinay Aksoy

Jul 11, 2023

Pham Felts Sebesfi

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Cong Pham open-raised from the cutoff and his David Sebesfi jammed all-in from the small blind. Pham made the call and the pair showed down, with Sebesfi being at risk.

David Sebesfi: A♠7♥
Cong Pham: A♦K♥

Sebesfi was caught trying to steal Pham's raise, and when the board ran out 3♠9♠A♦8♠Q♦, he was severely punished for it.

Sebesfi was eliminated and Pham recovered some lost chips from the previous hand.

Tags: Cong Pham David Sebesfi

Jul 11, 2023

Paytas Leaves Ohannessian Short

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Connor Richards

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Arthur Ohannessian opened from middle position and Nathan Paytas three-bet to 275,000 from the cutoff. Ohannessian four-bet to 680,000. Paytas five-bet jammed for around 2,400,000 and Ohannessian quickly called with around the same stack.

Arthur Ohannessian: K♦K♥
Nathan Paytas: Q♥Qx

Paytas had the lower pocket pair and couldn't hit a queen as the board ran out 8♣4♣6♥9♥K♠ to improve Ohannessian to a set. An extensive count that required some assistance from the floor confirmed that Paytas had Ohannessian covered and was left with a meager 70,000.

As the lengthy chip count took place, Oscar Alache took some selfies with a nicely constructed chip tower.

Tags: Arthur Ohannessian Nathan Paytas

Jul 11, 2023

Majed Makes Two Pair to Survive

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Over on the right hand feature table, a very short-stacked Rene Majed was all-in out of the big blind with the 10♦8♣. Clemen Deng had him dominated with K♦K♥ in early position but the German rail had reason to celebrate on the J♥10♠8♠6♥3♠ runout.

Tags: Clemen Deng Rene Majed

Jul 11, 2023

Jeffrey Gets the Last Laugh

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Glenn Fishbein raised to 105,000 in the cutoff and was called by Simon Lindell and James Jeffrey in the blinds.

The flop fell Q♦7♦3♠ and Lindell led out with a bet of 125,000. Jeffrey raised to 275,000 and Fishbein three-bet to 800,000. Lindell got out of the way but Jeffrey four-bet shoved all in for around 4,000,000. Fishbein thought for a brief moment but decided to lay his hand down.

Tags: Simon Lindell James Jeffrey Glenn Fishbein

Jul 11, 2023

Villa Scores Massive Double Against Marchington

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Tyler Foran

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Alexander Villa already had 300,000 across the line on the button and was faced with another raise of 750,000 from Nick Marchington. After a long tank, Villa moved all-in for 2,725,000 and Marchington snap-called.

Alexander Villa: Q♠Q♥
Nick Marchington: 10♠10♣

The 9♣8♣3♣ flop was quite the sweat for Villa as Marchington picked up a flush draw to go with his pair of tens. The 4♦ turn and 9♦ river were no improvement though, sending the pot to Villa.

Tags: Alexander Villa Nick Marchington

Jul 11, 2023

Das Bets Into Harder and Livshitz

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Three-handed on a flop of 9♥10♦3♥, Anirban Das bet 175,000 from middle position and Gabi Livshitz called on the button, as did big blind Christian Harder.

The turn came the 7♦ and Das fired out another 365,000. Livshitz folded this time, but Harder stuck around to see the 8♠ river.

He checked again and Das checked back, showing 10♠7♠. Harder mucked in frustration as Das took in the pot.

Poker streamer Patrick Tardif is also seated at this table.

Tags: Anirban Das Christian Harder Gabi Livshitz

Jul 11, 2023

Waysei Puts Geilich to the Test

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Koveh Waysei opened to 100,000 from under the gun and received calls from Amit Makhija on the cutoff and Ludovic Geilich in the small blind.

All three players checked the K♥7♠8♥ flop leading to the Q♦ on the turn. Geilich bet 295,000 and Waysei responded by moving all in for approximately 1,800,000, sending Geilich deep into the tank after Makhija got out of the way.

"Makes me think you got a big combo draw" Geilich thought out loud, regarding the big overbet.

"Ace-Jack of hearts... Jack-Ten of hearts..."

After about two and a half minutes Gelich released his cards into the muck.

"Show the Jack of Hearts" Geilich requested of his opponent.

Waysei revealed the K♠ and told Geilich he had him crushed as he collected the pot.

Tags: Amit Makhija Koveh Waysei Ludovic Geilich