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

07-11-2023 13:29 UTC-7

Villa Double Barrels

Tyler Foran

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

Alexander Villa opened 60,000 in middle position and Nick Marchington defended the big blind.

The flop came J♦3♦3♣, and Marchinton check-called a continuation bet of 40,000 from Villa.

When the 5♣ hit the turn, Marchinton checked to Villa for a second time before he fired a bet of 160,000. Marchington surrendered the pot, sending his cards back to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Johnson	2,600,000 45,000	45,000
Alexander Villa	2,280,000 170,000	170,000
Arthur Ohannessian	2,280,000 690,000	690,000
Maurice Hawkins	2,100,000 260,000	260,000

Nick Marchington	1,430,000 395,000	395,000
Jinwoo Kim	520,000 545,000	545,000
Minh Nguyen	235,000 255,000	255,000

Tags: Alexander Villa Nick Marchington

07-11-2023 13:28 UTC-7

Magnicari Flips Gorbacs Out of Main Event

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Calum Grant

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

Maksims Gorbacs opened to 55,000 from under the gun before Jason Magnicari made it 150,000 from the hijack. Gorbacs then moved all in for around 600,000 and was called.

Maksims Gorbacs: 9♣9♠
Jason Magnicari: A♠Q♠

Gorbacs was ahead going into the coin flip but was behind after the A♥K♦10♥ flop, the 8♥ turn was of no help and Magnicari improved to Broadway on the J♠ river to seal the checkmark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Magnicari	1,600,000 915,000	915,000
Maksims Gorbacs	Busted
Steven Cody	Busted

Tags: Jason Magnicari Maksims Gorbacs

07-11-2023 13:25 UTC-7

Nicholas Rigby Talks "Dirty Diaper" Strategy in the 2023 WSOP Main Event

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Connor Richards

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

Pittsburgh's Nicholas Rigby made a name for himself in the poker community in 2021 when he ran deep in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event by playing deuce-three offsuit at every given opportunity. Known as the "The Dirty Diaper" in his local games, Rigby kept his opponents guessing by bluffing, value betting and doing everything else in between with the less-than-premium holding.

Two years later, Rigby again finds himself making a deep run in poker's most prestigious event. And for those wondering, he hasn't forgotten about The Dirty Diaper, a hand he used to build up a Day 1d chip lead that further grew on Day 2d to see him bag the second biggest stack in the room.

PokerNews caught up with Rigby on Day 3 to talk about his tried-and-true loose-aggressive strategy in the WSOP Main Event. Heading into Day 5, Rigby finds himself with a stack of 3,655,000 near the top of the chip counts.

Tags: Nicholas Rigby

07-11-2023 13:25 UTC-7

Lead Jam Works Out for Kothari

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Frank Visser

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

Harsheel Kothari open-raised from early position before Tinay Aksoy three-bet from the hijack. Kothari called and a pot of 360,000 chips was ceated.

The flop was then dealt 6♣2♣7♦ and Kothari check-called a 225,000 bet from Aksoy. The J♦ turn subsequentially graced the felt and Kothari promptly led out for his entire stack, 1200000.

Aksoy tanked for a couple of minutes before eventually folding. Kothari was elated with winning the pot and claimed to have been bluffing.

"I'll bet my entire net worth that was not a bluff," Aksoy stated when the cards were already in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tinay Aksoy	2,150,000 550,000	550,000
Thomas Zanot	2,050,000 150,000	150,000
Harsheel Kothari	2,000,000 300,000	300,000
Clément Richez	1,830,000 1,723,000	1,723,000

Bohdan Slyvinskyi	1,450,000 150,000	150,000
David Gutfreund	920,000 530,000	530,000
Maryjo Zogman	920,000 210,000	210,000
Ahmed Nimer	600,000 120,000	120,000
Shijia Liu	Busted

Tags: Tinay Aksoy Harsheel Kothari

07-11-2023 13:24 UTC-7

No Peppin' In His Step

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Adam Lamers

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

Svetlana Gromenkova opened to 55,000 from under the gun and Daniel Weinman three-bet to 140,000 on her left. Stephen Peppin four-bet to 325,000 on the button and the action folded back to Weinman who five-bet shoved all in.

Peppin was put to the test with just over 700,000 chips behind. After going into the tank for around two minutes, Peppin finally decided to fold his K♥K♦ face up, sending the pot to Weinman.

"Wooow!" Sung Lee at the table was in shock.

"I think it's a good fold," another player acknowledged.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Weinman	3,425,000 575,000	575,000

Stephen Peppin	700,000 785,000	785,000

Tags: Svetlana Gromenkova Sung Lee Stephen Peppin Daniel Weinman

07-11-2023 13:24 UTC-7

Assorted Chip Counts from Horseshoe Silver

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Liran Betito	5,225,000 2,970,000	2,970,000
Matthias Auer	4,600,000 150,000	150,000
Jack O'Neill	2,820,000 135,000	135,000
Sachin Joshi	2,400,000 150,000	150,000
Dean Lyall	2,200,000 335,000	335,000
Rafael Moraes	1,685,000 795,000	795,000

Pol Vela	1,230,000 45,000	45,000

Eduards Rakuss	1,100,000 5,000	5,000
Kyna England	1,085,000 85,000	85,000
Christopher Ruch	1,085,000 365,000	365,000
Paul Coveyou	815,000
Juan Lopez	750,000 725,000	725,000
Huy Nguyen	660,000 275,000	275,000
Zachary Walker	575,000 285,000	285,000
Leo Soma	515,000 155,000	155,000

Mario Lopez	Busted

07-11-2023 13:21 UTC-7

Vierling Misses Everything Against Kolev

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David Salituro

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

Boris Kolev raised to 50,000 from under the gun before Jessica Vierling, in middle position, three-bet to 125,000. The table folded back around to Kolev, who called to go heads-up to the flop.

The dealer turned over K♣3♥5♥ and Kolev checked over to Vierling, who bet 30,000. Kolev called to the 9♠ turn, where he check-called another bet of 200,000.

Kolev also checked the 2♣ river and this time Vierling checked back. Kolev turned over 8♦8♣.

"Aw, I had so many outs. Like a gazillion. Every ten, every jack, every heart," Vierling said as she mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	1,000,000 445,000	445,000

Jessica Vierling	350,000 885,000	885,000

Tags: Boris Kolev Jessica Vierling

07-11-2023 13:21 UTC-7

Becker Leads Two Streets, Can't Shake Lazaro Off Underpair

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Connor Richards

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

Rene Lazaro opened to from middle position and mid-stakes tournament prodigy Jeremy Becker defended out of the big blind.

Becker, seated aside fellow tournament crusher Chance Kornuth, checked on the 4♣J♥J♦ flop and called as Lazaro continued for 25,000. Becker then led out for 105,000 on the Q♠ turn and Lazaro called.

The 6♣ river completed the board and Becker sized up to 285,000. Lazaro counted out his stack before eventually calling. Becker sheepishly turned over a bluff with K♠9♣ for king-high and Lazaro tabled an underpair with 3♦3♥ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Lazaro	2,900,000 450,000	450,000
Jeremy Becker	920,000 350,000	350,000
Manish Vaswani	Busted
Brant Jolly	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Jeremy Becker Rene Lazaro

07-11-2023 13:20 UTC-7

Chiu Wins Large Pot Against Fineis

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Picking up the action on the 5♦3♣2♥ flop, Rhian Fineis bet 100,000 in the hijack and Charlie Chiu called on the button. That brought them to the A♣ turn on which Fineis check-called for 225,000.

The same action repeated on the 5♠ river as Fineis check-called for 575,000. Chiu tabled the 4♠4♦ for the wheel and Fineis mucked. His stack tumbled to a mere 100,000 and he bowed out soon after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabi Livshitz	4,550,000 50,000	50,000

Charlie Chiu	4,150,000 1,185,000	1,185,000
Thiago Crema	1,900,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Rhian Fineis	Busted

Tags: Charlie Chiu Rhian Fineis

07-11-2023 13:15 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Berko	4,950,000 250,000	250,000
Matthias Auer	4,450,000 1,035,000	1,035,000
Hermilo Garza	4,430,000 730,000	730,000
Andrew Hulme	3,750,000 1,620,000	1,620,000
Ludovic Geilich	3,340,000 1,370,000	1,370,000

Pier Papadia	3,000,000 755,000	755,000
Patrick Tardif	2,980,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Viliyan Petleshkov	2,690,000 10,000	10,000
Sung Lee	2,550,000 280,000	280,000
Rafael Moraes	2,480,000 600,000	600,000

Davidi Kitai	1,410,000 210,000	210,000

Senthuran Vijayaratnam	1,310,000 45,000	45,000
Mark Teltscher	1,090,000 355,000	355,000
Kyna England	1,000,000 465,000	465,000
Nicholas Lee	955,000 265,000	265,000