Level 38
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
Hand #19: Juan Maceiras raised to 2,500,000 with A♣Q♥ and Adam Walton called from the hijack holding the 2♠2♥. They checked to the 5♦4♠3♥Q♠ turn on which Maceiras bet 3,000,000 and Walton called. The 9♥ river then saw Maceiras bet another 6,000,000 and Walton tank-folded.
Hand #20: Walton opened to 2,400,000 and won the pot uncontested with his K♦Q♣.
Hand #21: Daniel Holzner raised to 2,400,000 with the A♥A♣ and received a call from Jan-Peter Jachtmann in the small blind with the 10♦10♣. They headed to the 10♠8♠4♣ flop on which Jachtmann checked, prompting a bet worth 1,800,000 by Holzner and the call by Jachtmann.
The 7♦ fell on the turn and Jachtmann checked once more, Holzner checked back to see the 7♥ for free.
Jachtmann now bet 9,000,000 and Holzner went deep into the tank, having counted the chips he had at his disposal. The Italian called and mucked when Jachtmann showed his 10♦10♣ for a full house, tens full of sevens.
After a day of rest for the nine remaining hopefuls, the final table of the record-breaking $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is upon us.
All remaining players aside from Toby Lewis, arguably the most accomplished player left in the field, are guaranteed their largest-ever poker payday with a minimum of $900,000 locked up for the ninth-place finisher. Should they make a pay jump, all players will receive at least seven figures with a record eight-figure of score of $12,100,000 up top for the winner.
Toby Lewis
2023 WSOP Main Event Final Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Steven Jones
United States
90,300,000
75
2
Juan Maceiras
Spain
68,000,000
57
3
Daniel Holzner
Italy
31,900,000
27
4
Adam Walton
United States
143,800,000
120
5
Ruslan Prydryk
Ukraine
50,700,000
42
6
Dean Hutchison
United Kingdom
41,700,000
35
7
Toby Lewis
United Kingdom
19,800,000
17
8
Daniel Weinman
United States
81,700,000
68
9
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
Germany
74,600,000
62
Seattle resident turned Las Vegas transplant Adam Walton is in familiar territory as he finished 42nd in the 2021 WSOP Main Event and now finds himself as chip leader at his first WSOP final table. Arizona's Steven Jones is next in the counts and behind him is a pair of bracelet winners in Germany's Jan-Peter Jachtmann and Georgia's Daniel Weinman, who will likely have the support of his good friends and recent six-time bracelet winners Shaun Deeb and Josh Arieh.
Day 7 chip leader Juan Maceiras dipped to the middle of the counts on Day 8 but now looks to add to his family's poker legacy that started with his father, Juan Antonio "Vietcong01" Maceiras, after a day of rest that may have involved some artillery.
"I might go shooting, I don’t know," he told PokerNews on Day 8 when asked what he was going to do on his off day. "I don’t know what to do, we’ll see. But no poker, for sure.”
Juan Maceiras
Rounding out the counts are Ukraine's Ruslan Prydryk, Scottland's Dean Hutchison and Italy's Daniel Holzner, who perhaps has the most interesting Main Event story as he was staked by his friends and family as a birthday gift. A big party for them is surely in the works as the Italian farmer will likely return to the farm with seven figures.
Action on Day 9 will pick up at 1:30 p.m. local time on Level 38 with blinds of 600,000/1,200,000/1,200,000 with 1:49:10 left in the level. PokerNews will be reporting hand-for-hand coverage on an hour-long delay to prevent any spoilers of the PokerGO stream.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team provides updates every step of the way until a champion is crowned in the record-breaking 2023 WSOP Main Event.
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