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

07-11-2023 13:39 UTC-8

Li Rockets Up the Counts in Massive Three-Way All In

David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Yilu Yuan moved all in for 420,000 from early position and Thiago Crema called next to act. Action folded around to Pei Li on the button, and he announced a reshove for his last 1,520,000. Crema spent several minutes in the tank before he called, having Li barely covered.

Yilu Yuan: 9♦9♥
Pei Li: K♣K♠
Thiago Crema: J♠J♣

Li had woken up with kings and moved further in front on the K♦5♦2♥ flop with top set. The Q♠ turn left both opponents drawing dead, and he secured the massive pot following the Q♣ river. Yuan was eliminated, while Crema handed over most of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pei Li	3,500,000 1,900,000	1,900,000

Thiago Crema	650,000 1,270,000	1,270,000
Yilu Yuan	Busted

Tags: Yilu Yuan Pei Li Thiago Crema

07-11-2023 13:37 UTC-8

Villa Fires Two Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jinwoo Kim opened to 65,000 and Alexander Villa defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the K♦9♦3♣ flop leading to the A♦ turn. Villa bet 125,000 and received a call from Kim.

On the 8♠ river Villa bet again, this time for 350,000 which was enough to force a fold from Kim.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Johnson	3,560,000 960,000	960,000
Alexander Villa	2,530,000 250,000	250,000
Maurice Hawkins	2,275,000 175,000	175,000

Nick Marchington	2,125,000 695,000	695,000
Eric Schneider	1,315,000 135,000	135,000
Jinwoo Kim	940,000 420,000	420,000
Brian Arbaugh	400,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Alexander Villa Jinwoo Kim

07-11-2023 13:32 UTC-8

Botfeld Chips Up with the Elimination of Atkins

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Adam Lamers

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Amanda Botfeld raised it up from the hijack and Brandt Atkins shoved all in for around 500,000 on the button. The action folded back to Botfeld who called to put Atkins at risk.

Brandt Atkins: 3♠3♥
Amanda Botfeld: 8♣8♦

Botfeld had the better of the two pocket pairs and the board of Q♦9♥2♥4♦7♣ was clean, sending Atkins to the rail in the second level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amanda Botfeld	1,710,000 260,000	260,000
Brandt Atkins	Busted

Tags: Brandt Atkins Amanda Botfeld

07-11-2023 13:32 UTC-8

Day 5 Eliminations

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Calum Grant

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Lin	Busted
Ahmed Nimer	Busted
Aaron Mcevoy	Busted
Brian Pedroza	Busted
Albert Calderon	Busted
Doron Sadeghan	Busted
Diego Emperador	Busted
Thupten Thondup	Busted
Grant Thomas	Busted
Yunye Lu	Busted
Oleksii Ievchenko	Busted
Neil McFayden	Busted
Nicholas Howard	Busted
Rene Acosta	Busted
Tony Vo	Busted
Niall Farrell	Busted

Eduardo Amaral	Busted
Phillip Hui	Busted

Kamran Munaf	Busted
Daniel Tighe	Busted
Javier Agorreta	Busted
Kris Martin	Busted
Marcel Baskharon	Busted
Michael Banducci	Busted

Andreas Putz	Busted

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07-11-2023 13:25 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Chiu	4,980,000 620,000	620,000
Nikita Luther	4,500,000 950,000	950,000

Gabi Livshitz	4,100,000 500,000	500,000

Anirban Das	4,100,000 1,075,000	1,075,000
Logan Hoover	3,200,000 199,980	199,980
Allen Shen	3,200,000 590,000	590,000
Thomas Zanot	2,300,000 250,000	250,000
Masato Yokosawa	2,025,000 115,000	115,000
Andrei Boghean	1,975,000 245,000	245,000
John Duthie	1,925,000 105,000	105,000
Thiago Crema	1,920,000 20,000	20,000
Andrey Pateychuk	1,500,000 150,000	150,000
Robert Heidorn	1,125,000 185,000	185,000
Manh Nguyen	1,045,000 45,000	45,000
David Lappin	685,000 165,000	165,000

Jordan Grant	250,000 605,000	605,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

07-11-2023 13:05 UTC-8

First Break of the Day Underway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Upon completion of the first level on Day 5, an initial field of 441 hopefuls has been whittled down to just 351 contenders. A new WSOP Main Event champion will be crowned as Chris Moneymaker and Joe Hachem were among those to fall.

Find below some of the highlights the PokerNews live reporting team caught during the opening stages of the day.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Joe Hachem

07-11-2023 13:04 UTC-8

Becker Doubles Through Kornuth

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Chance Kornuth raised to 55,000 from early position and Jeremy Becker shoved all in for 740,000 from middle position.

The action folded back to Kornuth and he instantly put in the call with the covering stack.

Jeremy Becker: 9♣9♥
Chance Kornuth: A♠K♥

Becker had a slight lead with his pair of nines, and increased it when he flopped an open-ended straight draw on 10♠8♣7♥. The turn of J♥ made him his straight and Kornuth did not rebink Broadway when the J♠ paired the board on the river.

Becker doubled up and Kornuth finally forfeited some chips on Day 5.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	3,250,000 100,000	100,000

Jeremy Becker	1,540,000 620,000	620,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Jeremy Becker

07-11-2023 13:00 UTC-8

England Takes from Saraiva

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Heitor Saraiva opened to 60,000 from the hijack and was called by Kyna England in the cutoff.

The flop came Q♠4♦2♥ and Saraiva fired a continuation bet of 100,000. England made the call.

Saraiva slowed down with a check on the 3♣ turn. England bet 130,000 which was enough to force a fold from her opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Faro	2,170,000 585,000	585,000
Homan Mohammadi	2,050,000 790,000	790,000
Kyna England	1,300,000 450,000	450,000
Heitor Saraiva	875,000 685,000	685,000

Tags: Heitor Saraiva Kyna England

07-11-2023 12:58 UTC-8

Dieckhoff Runs Into Cleaver's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 2♦Q♦8♣, Ronald Cleaver bet 75,000 from the cutoff before Riley Dieckhoff shoved all in for around 400,000 in the small blind. Cleaver called to put him at risk.

Riley Dieckhoff: Q♣J♣
Ronald Cleaver: A♦A♥

Dieckhoff had flopped top pair but walked right into Cleaver's aces and was at serious risk of his Main Event coming to an end. The 10♣ turn gave him a flush draw, but he missed the K♠ river.

"You had to give me a pair," Dieckhoff said before collecting his payout slip.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Cleaver	2,700,000 2,525,500	2,525,500
Riley Dieckhoff	Busted

Tags: Riley Dieckhoff Ronald Cleaver