Online Event #7: $500 PLO 6-Max | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-18-2023 20:07 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts and Eliminations After Break #5

Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph "Kolebear" Hebert	504,012 272,753	272,753
Ian "IanMa" Matakis	278,201 10,625	10,625

Steve "gborooo" Gross	267,281 157,245	157,245

Michael "BrockLesnar" Holtz	219,092 54,982	54,982
Tom "lultaxpayers" Hall	191,625 148,025	148,025
Phil ”Lumestackin” Hellmuth	118,150 118,150	118,150

Dylan "Aurelius" Smith	86,925 214,695	214,695
Javier "BradCoultas" Zarco	64,526 5,642	5,642
Matt "ChickenGhost" Vengrin	51,567 55,233	55,233

vHatch	45,361 88,000	88,000
Toby "DustPistons" Lewis	Busted

06-18-2023 19:57 UTC-8

Break Time

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Players are currently on their fifth five-minute break of the day. There are 151 players remaining.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

06-18-2023 19:51 UTC-8

Players Are in the Money

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

The bubble has burst in Event #7: $500 Plo 8-Max. Jordan "Hfneon" Spurlin was the unfortunate bubble boy. There are currently 167 players remaining, all of whom are guaranteed at least a min-cash of $706, but will be vying for the top prize of $93,911 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

06-18-2023 19:35 UTC-8

Matakis and Pohnke Collide in Titanic Pot

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 1,250/2,500, 0 ante

Thomas "Pohnkemon" Pohnke opened from the hijack to 7,500 and received a call from Ian "IanMa" Matakis, the winner of Online Event #2: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder.

Both players checked the 2♥4♣5♥ flop leading to the K♠ on the turn. Pohnke bet 7,500 and Matakis raised to 30,312 and Pohnke three-bet to 109,686. Matakis moved all in for 135,038 and Pohnke called off with a covering stack to put Matakis at risk in a pot worth nearly 300,000.

Ian "IanMa" Matakis: A♥A♠7♣3♦
Thomas "Pohnkemon" Pohnke" A♣A♦K♣3♠

Both players had made a wheel on the flop for the second-nuts, but Matakis was freerolling his opponent as he also had a gutshot to a higher straight. The 6♠ river was exactly what Matakis needed to take down a gargantuan pot and leave Pohnke with a short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian "IanMa" Matakis	288,826 174,057	174,057

Thomas "Pohnkemon" Pohnke	22,650 22,650	22,650

Tags: Ian Matakis Thomas Pohnke

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,250/2,500

Ante: 0

06-18-2023 19:19 UTC-8

Zarco Finds a Double Up

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Javier "BradCoultas" Zarco opened to 4,000 from under the gun and received a call from "Joji_" in the small blind.

The flop came 9♦5♠4♦ and "Joji_" checked. Zarco fired a 10,000 pot-sized bet and Joji_ reraised enough to put Zarco all in with a covering stack. Zarco made the call and was at risk.

Javier "BradCoultas" Zarco: A♥9♥7♣5♣
"Joji_": 9♣8♥7♥6♦

Zarcos had a made hand with two pair, nines and fives, but had to fade a lot of outs from "Joji_". The K♣ turn and A♠ river were bricks for "Joji_" and Zarco received a key double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joji_	110,942 110,942	110,942
Javier "BradCoultas" Zarco	70,168 70,168	70,168

Tags: Javier Zarco

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

06-18-2023 19:07 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts and Bustouts After Fourth Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 800/1,600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan "Aurelius" Smith	301,620 301,620	301,620
Joseph "Kolebear" Hebert	231,259 46,600	46,600
Charles "CherryHillPD" Hook	187,689 63,407	63,407
Michael "BrockLesnar" Holtz	164,110 152,760	152,760
vHatch	133,361 133,361	133,361
Ian "IanMa" Matakis	114,769 114,769	114,769

Steve "gborooo" Gross	110,036 75,053	75,053

Matt "ChickenGhost" Vengrin	106,800 34,671	34,671

Toby "DustPistons" Lewis	68,058 24,278	24,278

Tom "lultaxpayers" Hall	43,600 28,600	28,600
Jamie "DanBilzerian" Kerstetter	14,000 14,000	14,000

Scott "Rumcake" Ball	Busted

Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani	Busted
Nick "NickyP1010" Palma	Busted
Yueqi "anoob" Zhu	Busted

Phil "HeyGuys" Galfond	Busted

Jack "mansnotbot" Sinclair	Busted

Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu	Busted