Ruslan Prydryk limped in from the small blind and Gabi Livshitz checked.
The flop came A♣2♣J♥ and Prydryk led out for 275,000. Livshitz called to the K♥ turn, where Prydryk fired out another 700,000.
Livshitz again called and the 3♠ fell on the river. Prydryk then bet 2,700,000 and Livshitz spent two minutes in the tank before he called.
Prydryk turned over 5x4x for the rivered straight and Livshitz mucked.
Steven Jones was one of the short stacks at the feature table and moved all in for 2,700,000 from under the gun. Alec Torelli just called from the hijack and the rest of the table folded.
Steven Jones: A♥K♥
Alec Torelli: A♣J♣
There was another dominating position for the at-risk player, but the flop of J♦9♣3♥ gave Torelli the lead with a pair of jacks. The roles reversed again on the K♣ turn, and Jones held on through the 9♠ river.
There wasn't much suspense this year. Brian Rast, the heavy favorite to be inducted, is the 2023 Poker Hall of Fame selection, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has revealed.
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Nicholas Gerrity raised to 550,000 once it folded to him in the cutoff. Henry Chan called from the button while the blinds got out of the way.
The flop was then dealt K♦6♣7♣ and Gerrity bet another 450,000. Chan made the call and did the same when Gerrity upped his sizing to 1,100,000 on the A♥ turn. The pair then both checked the 3♣ river, and Gerrity showed top two with A♦K♥ for the winner.
Richard Ryder opened to 500,000 from the cutoff and Juan Maceiras Lapido defended out of the big blind.
Lapido checked on the flop of 3♥5♠7♣ and Ryder checked back. Lapido then bet 800,000 on the 4♣ turn and Ryder called.
Lapido checked on the 2♠ river and Ryder checked back before turning over 4♠4♥ to win the pot with a set.
Anirban Das raised to 500,000 from under the gun and folded when Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi jammed for 5,000,000 on the button, flashing his 6♣6♠.
Jack O'Neill three-bet folded to a shove by Eric Schneider.
However, O'Neill more than made up for the losses following two showdown pots. He defended against a raise by Carlos Henrique Da Silva and check-called a bet on the J♣10♦7♠ flop. They checked the 5♣ turn and Q♣ river as O'Neill won the pot with the A♦J♥.
O'Neill also bet the heads-up river of Q♦Q♠J♦2♣6♥ against Ryan Tamanini for 700,000 to earn a call in a battle of the blinds. O'Neill's J♥8♠ for queens and jacks was good.
Gabi Livshitz opened to 500,000 from under the gun with K♣Q♠. The action folded to Ruslan Prydryk, who looked down at J♥9♥ and defended his big blind.
The flop came Q♥2♣5♥ and Livshitz bet 375,000. Prydryk called to the 8♣ turn and checked over to Livshitz again.
Livshitz then continued for 1,100,000, and Prydryk tanked for a moment before calling. The river came the 6♣, and Prydryk checked once more.
Livshitz spent more than a minute counting out his stack before moving all in for 4,050,000. Prydryk didn't take too long before folding.
Daniel Scroggins opened to 500,000 and Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi called from one seat over. Anirban Das then jammed for 4,700,000 and Scroggins folded while Ohulchanskyi instantly called with the covering stack.
Anirban Das: 7♦7♣
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi: A♥K♣
The Q♥J♦6♠4♠5♦ board missed Ohulchanskyi and he dropped to a severe short stack.
Alexander Villa opened to 525,000 from under the gun and was called by Bryan Obregon in the cutoff and Joshua Payne in the big blind. The flop came Q♣10♠5♠ and the action checked to Obregon who bet 475,000. Both Payne and Villa called.
The turn was the A♣ and Obregon fired out a second barrel of 1,300,000. Payne stepped aside this time and Villa thought for a minute but also laid his hand down.
Andrew Hulme raised to 525,000 from the hijack and Mark Teltscher flat-called from the small blind. Jan-Peter Jachtmann then made it 1,750,000 from the big blind and only Hulme made the call.
Hulme then called a 2,200,000 bet from Jachtmann on the 9♣K♠4♠ flop before the 2♣ turn was dealt. Jachtmann inquired about his opponent's stack before checking the action to him. Hulme responded with a bet of 3,000,000, and Jachtmann mucked his cards, forfeiting the pot to Hulme.
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