Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:50 AM Local Time
Dayan Leads, Polk Close Behind After Day 1a of $10,000 WSOP Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
The most anticipated poker tournament of the summer is upon us as Day 1a of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) kicked off today and drew more than a thousand players through five two-hour levels of action.
Leading the way is Israel's Yehuda Dayan with a monstrous stack of 389,900, as he looks to add to his mere $10,504 in reported live earnings. He is followed by other big stacks including bracelet winner Shota Nakanishi (360,100) and poker personality and recent Heads-Up Championship runner-up Doug Polk (282,000).
Doug Polk
Four Main Event champions played Day 1a and all four managed to bag: Joe Cada (2009), Martin Jacobson (2014), Damian Salas (2020) and Jamie Gold (2006), who WSOP Vice President Jack Effel joked was the only person who doesn't want the Main Event attendance record broken this year.
Some of the notables who will return for Day 2abc on July 7th include Poker Hall of Famers John Hennigan and Billy Baxter, four-time bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche, six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb, poker coach Faraz Jaka, poker author Jim McManus, and high rollers David Peters, Sean Winter, and Jake Schindler.
End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Yehuda Dayan | Israel | 389,900 | 487 |
| 2 | Shota Nakanishi | Japan | 360,100 | 450 |
| 3 | Hai-Chi Ho | China | 297,400 | 372 |
| 4 | Doug Polk | United States | 281,900 | 352 |
| 5 | Neville Costa | Brazil | 275,000 | 344 |
| 6 | Samuel Gagnon | Canada | 271,000 | 339 |
| 7 | Todd Collins | United States | 250,400 | 313 |
| 8 | Rick Mechammil | United States | 247,600 | 310 |
| 9 | Christine Do | Canada | 237,300 | 297 |
| 10 | Anirban Das | Italy | 236,900 | 296 |
Gold Kicks Off a Day Full of Bad Beats & Heartbreak
There was high energy going into the first day of an event that is expected to break the attendance record of 8,773 set in 2006 when Gold won the Main Event for $12 million. It was fitting then that Gold kicked things off with a shuffle up and deal announcement where he wished this year's Main Event players good luck "except when you're the last person at the final table against me, then I do not wish you so well."
Jamie Gold underneath his 2006 Main Event banner
It didn't take long for dreams to be crushed in poker's most prestigious event. Israel's Idan The One started his first Main Event off nicely by taking down a decent pot preflop with a four-bet. But things turned quickly in another four-bet pot where The One held kings only to run into the aces of Ruben Correia.
Shortly after losing half his stack, the two tangled once again as The One five-bet shoved for his tournament life as Correia called. The One's nightmare had come true as his pocket kings were again dominated by the same opponent's aces to send the Main Event hopeful out in just the second level of play. The One was in visible agony and spent an hour against the wall with his head in his hands as he processed the devastating beat and realized he will not be the one to win the 2023 Main Event.
Idan The One
That wasn't the only cooler of the day. In one of the final hands before dinner break, Steven Piper managed to make aces full of kings holding pocket aces, losing only to pocket kings for quads. That's exactly what Gary Horn had as he sent the Piper singing.
There were also success stories on Day 1a, including from none other than Gold, who managed to chip up nicely throughout the day as he battled in the Silver section of Horseshoe. Poker coach Faraz Jaka, meanwhile, got well above starting stack after picking up aces to eliminate Tyler Matzen.
In the same section, Polk built up a stack at a table that included young poker star Landon Tice, who wasn't as fortunate and busted not long after a boat over boat collision against Michael Wilklow that may have resembled the literal car crash Polk was in today.
Other players who didn't survive the day include 2021 Poker Players Championship runner-up Ryan Leng, Casino Employees Event runner-up James Urbanic, Utah all-time money leader Jared Griener, sports card specialist Jared Bleznick and 2010 Main Event third-place finisher Joseph Cheong.
On the lighter side of things, Player of the Year contender Shaun Deeb, known by his peers as a king of slow rolls, got a bit of karma when he was accidentally slow rolled by Juha Helppi. The Finnish bracelet winner hadn't realized he had the best hand after calling a river bet from Deeb, who warned the table that "you know I'm still going to slow roll any of you any chance I get."
Juha Helppi
There are still three starting flights that need to play out before Day 2 of the Main Event. Day 1b will kick off at noon local time on July 4th and will follow the same structure as Day 1a with five two-hour levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 3.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is out in full force and will be back tomorrow for more coverage of what will likely be a historic WSOP Main Event.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:32 AM Local Time
Play Done For The Day
Players are now bagging and tagging for the day.
Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1a of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:32 AM Local Time
Official End of Day 1a Chip Counts
| Yehuda Dayan | 389,900 | -38,100  |
| Shota Nakanishi | 360,100 | 24,100  |
| Hai-Chi Ho | 297,400 | 297,400 |
| Doug Polk | 281,900 | 4,900 |
| Neville Endo Costa | 275,000 | 275,000 |
| Samuel Gagnon | 271,000 | 271,000 |
| Todd Collins | 250,400 | 250,400 |
| Rick Mechammil | 247,600 | 247,600 |
| Christine Do | 237,300 | 42,300 |
| Anirban Das | 236,900 | 18,500 |
| Thomas Eychenne | 225,500 | 75,500 |
| Dennis Toms | 225,100 | 225,100 |
| Bertrand Rosique | 225,000 | 225,000 |
| Kevin Henderson | 221,800 | 221,800 |
| Tom Rafferty | 214,300 | 56,300 |
| Faraz Jaka | 213,100 | -16,900 |
| Erik Friberg | 212,800 | 10,800 |
| Gerald Morrell | 210,400 | 210,400 |
| Jeremy Palvini | 210,000 | 210,000 |
| Jose Ferro | 209,400 | 209,400 |
| Sebastin Kolman | 208,500 | 3,500 |
| Dimitrii Kamalov | 206,700 | 206,700 |
| Johannes Lehner | 205,300 | 43,300 |
| Nawaung Maran | 204,700 | -83,300 |
| Gianna Avdic McIntire | 201,200 | -800 |
| Bin Weng | 200,000 | 27,000 |
| Adam Richardson | 199,500 | 151,500 |
| Dario De Paz | 199,500 | 199,500 |
| Leon Sturm | 199,000 | 39,000 |
| Victor Chu | 198,600 | 27,600 |
| Joseph Gallagher | 197,400 | 122,900 |
| Lei Lei | 197,000 | 197,000 |
| Jose Zaragoza | 196,500 | 196,500 |
| Yen Chen | 189,700 | -5,300 |
| Charles He | 188,400 | 188,400 |
| Kurt Lichtman | 188,300 | 188,300 |
| Stefan Lehner | 188,100 | 15,100 |
| Yuri Ishida | 187,600 | -2,400 |
| Jordan Ramirez | 185,000 | 185,000 |
| David Luong | 184,100 | 184,100 |
| Ronald Birmingham | 182,400 | 182,400 |
| David Moses | 182,300 | 37,300 |
| Yifu He | 181,000 | 181,000 |
| Jerry Allen | 179,900 | 179,900 |
| Juan Marcos Lopez | 178,400 | 178,400 |
| Narongsak Dhanjaichon | 177,900 | 177,900 |
| Dalton Hobold | 176,900 | 176,900 |
| Maxime Chilaud | 174,700 | 174,700 |
| Jose Jaraiz | 174,000 | 174,000 |
| Tomas Teran Paredes | 174,000 | 174,000 |
| Christian Risco Alegria | 172,300 | 172,300 |
| John Hennigan | 171,000 | 4,500 |
| Matthew Gillingham | 169,800 | 169,800 |
| Joseph Dipascale | 168,800 | 168,800 |
| Michael Arellano | 166,200 | 166,200 |
| Ignas Jasinevicius | 166,000 | 166,000 |
| Yilu Yuan | 165,600 | 165,600 |
| William Plitz | 163,500 | 163,500 |
| Jamie Gold | 163,500 | 0 |
| Connor Heelis | 163,100 | 73,000 |
| Timothy Chang | 163,100 | 37,100 |
| Jorn Walthaus | 160,800 | -700 |
| John Riordan | 160,700 | 160,700 |
| Roman Hrabec | 159,800 | 48,400 |
| Anton Suarez | 158,900 | 63,900 |
| Fazel Dawood | 158,800 | 34,800 |
| Jesse Mason | 157,200 | 157,200 |
| Josh Kay | 156,500 | 156,500 |
| Richard Bai | 156,000 | 156,000 |
| Todd Ivens | 155,600 | 5,600 |
| Yannik Hofmann | 155,400 | 155,400 |
| Aryeh Orloff | 155,000 | 155,000 |
| Tony Gregg | 154,600 | 81,600 |
| Martin Jacobson | 154,600 | 27,600 |
| Ariel Silveira | 154,000 | 154,000 |
| Loc Nguyen | 153,500 | 153,500 |
| Christopher Battenfield | 152,900 | 152,900 |
| Concetta Rinaldi-Sorscher | 152,000 | 72,000 |
| Austin Srur | 151,900 | 151,900 |
| Gary Tomas | 151,700 | 151,700 |
| Emmanuel Houssais | 151,500 | 151,500 |
| Evgeni Tourevski | 151,200 | 151,200 |
| Luis Dorneles | 150,400 | 150,400 |
| Wenchao Liang | 149,800 | -37,700 |
| Tim Schimmel | 149,600 | 149,600 |
| Dominik Nitsche | 149,600 | 75,100 |
| Jorge Postigo | 149,000 | 4,000 |
| Vasken Ken Demlakian | 148,700 | 148,700 |
| Kyna England | 146,300 | -16,700 |
| Doron Sadeghan | 145,800 | 145,800 |
| William Merlino | 145,600 | 145,600 |
| David Farber | 145,300 | 145,300 |
| Matthew Roberts | 145,100 | 145,100 |
| Serhii Popovych | 145,000 | 47,000 |
| Eric Worre | 143,800 | 50,800 |
| Michael Wilklow | 141,700 | 24,400 |
| Brian Xie | 141,400 | 141,400 |
| Calogero Morreale | 141,000 | 141,000 |
| Amy Fontaine | 141,000 | 36,000 |
| Cody Rich | 140,100 | 0 |
| Casey McCarrel | 139,700 | 139,700 |
| Marius Leroux | 138,000 | 138,000 |
| David Ivers | 137,600 | 137,600 |
| Andrew Hulme | 137,500 | 137,500 |
| Francisco Perez Moreno | 136,300 | 136,300 |
| Jason Kinman | 136,300 | 136,300 |
| Jean Souprayenmestry | 136,200 | 42,200 |
| Sam Chartier | 135,800 | 63,300 |
| Harrison Gimbel | 135,800 | 135,800 |
| Francisco Carreira Pacheco | 135,500 | 135,500 |
| Paul Wong | 135,400 | 19,400 |
| Martins Adeniya | 135,000 | 135,000 |
| Antonio Galiana | 135,000 | 22,200 |
| Eden Anzio | 134,900 | 134,900 |
| Preben Stokkan | 134,500 | 67,500 |
| William Bradbury | 134,500 | 134,500 |
| Chris Cornell | 134,000 | 134,000 |
| Kenneth O'Donnell | 133,200 | 133,200 |
| Nishant Sharma | 133,000 | 133,000 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 132,800 | -8,200 |
| Renan Aziz | 132,600 | 132,600 |
| Richard Tatalovich | 132,000 | 132,000 |
| Alex Petrosian | 130,900 | -6,800 |
| Ryan Dodd | 130,500 | 130,500 |
| Duane Graff | 130,400 | 130,400 |
| Harijs Broza | 130,400 | 130,400 |
| Clemen Deng | 130,000 | 130,000 |
| Zyad Qasem | 129,700 | 51,700 |
| Samuel Jones | 128,900 | 128,900 |
| Sergi Reixach | 128,400 | -7,600 |
| German Dansker | 127,500 | 127,500 |
| Jose Noboa | 127,300 | 127,300 |
| Raymond Taylor | 126,900 | 126,900 |
| Kim Lars Hultman | 126,900 | 126,900 |
| Misael Iadisernia | 126,530 | 126,530 |
| Andrew Hitch | 126,200 | 126,200 |
| Kevin Gerhart | 126,200 | -3,800 |
| Cynthia Hunter | 125,500 | 30,500 |
| Justin Jones | 125,000 | 125,000 |
| Tomislav Peric | 125,000 | 125,000 |
| Erik Bystrom | 124,900 | 124,900 |
| Shawn Puri | 124,700 | 11,200 |
| Jimmy Williams | 124,500 | 124,500 |
| Andreas Klatt | 124,400 | 124,400 |
| Danielle Micallef | 124,100 | 44,100 |
| Sohale Khalili | 123,900 | 123,900 |
| Mathew Moore | 123,000 | 123,000 |
| William Cruse | 122,600 | 122,600 |
| Nicholas Michael | 121,100 | 121,100 |
| Jack O'Neill | 120,600 | 120,600 |
| Liyingxue Ji | 120,500 | 120,500 |
| Georgi Sandev | 120,500 | 120,500 |
| Iraklis Manikaros | 120,100 | 120,100 |
| Shashi Ramakrishna | 120,100 | 120,100 |
| Ryan Hiller | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Thi Nguyen | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Alexis Lucarini | 119,300 | 75,300 |
| Ildoopeter Jun | 118,100 | 45,100 |
| Shane Douglas | 118,100 | 0 |
| Jack Salter | 118,000 | 5,500 |
| Hermogenes Gelonezi | 117,800 | 117,800 |
| Bawoo Yun | 117,500 | 117,500 |
| Ari Shin | 116,600 | 116,600 |
| Colin Mchugh | 116,100 | -27,900 |
| Harlan Karnofsky | 116,000 | 116,000 |
| Julien Labussiere | 115,800 | 50,800 |
| Landen Lucas | 115,600 | 115,600 |
| Daniel Scroggins | 115,600 | -4,400 |
| Jong Kim | 115,100 | 115,100 |
| Joe Cada | 115,100 | 45,100 |
| Yair Kimhi | 115,000 | 115,000 |
| Kenji Harada | 115,000 | 37,700 |
| Evan Paushter | 114,400 | 114,400 |
| Daehyung Lee | 114,400 | 114,400 |
| Colby Covington | 113,800 | -9,700 |
| Juha Helppi | 113,800 | 21,800 |
| Achille Samaran | 113,700 | 113,700 |
| Kevin Holderread | 113,600 | 113,600 |
| Bradley Owen | 113,600 | 113,600 |
| Ronan Gilligan | 113,500 | 58,500 |
| Steven Merwin | 113,300 | 3,300 |
| Cedric Schwaederle | 113,000 | 113,000 |
| Leo Sigurdsson | 112,900 | 112,900 |
| Kyle Frey | 112,800 | 112,800 |
| Adam Ross (TX) | 112,200 | 112,200 |
| Jeffrey Deegan | 112,100 | 112,100 |
| Leo Chen | 111,500 | 111,500 |
| Gary Thompson | 110,800 | 110,800 |
| Brian Hastings | 110,700 | 5,400 |
| Saber Salum | 110,300 | 110,300 |
| Ercan Hasan | 110,200 | 2,900 |
| Angelina Rich | 110,000 | 39,000 |
| Clemens Von Blanckenburg | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Ryan Depaulo | 109,800 | 9,800 |
| Robin Scory | 109,600 | -7,900 |
| Jorge Rios | 109,600 | 109,600 |
| Richard Wight | 108,900 | -1,100 |
| Rick Hollman | 108,600 | 108,600 |
| Alex Livingston | 108,600 | 31,600 |
| Dong Lee | 108,500 | 108,500 |
| Joao Rocha | 108,500 | 108,500 |
| Mark Nery | 107,900 | -42,100 |
| Mark Dube | 107,900 | 107,900 |
| Kenny Deffrasnes | 107,700 | 49,700 |
| Steve Kim | 107,600 | 107,600 |
| Alexander Debus | 107,300 | 107,300 |
| Zhen Cai | 107,100 | 107,100 |
| Cedrric Trevino | 106,700 | -19,400 |
| Leo Soma | 106,600 | 106,600 |
| Vladimir Kendenkov | 106,400 | 106,400 |
| Henry Strudwick | 106,300 | 106,300 |
| Tony Pham | 106,300 | 17,300 |
| Alexey Ivanov | 106,100 | 106,100 |
| Carmen Raiche-Marsden | 105,900 | 105,900 |
| Tony Dunst | 105,700 | 24,700 |
| Gerson Caldeira | 105,700 | 105,700 |
| Zhuo Xie | 105,600 | 105,600 |
| Roland Wakim | 105,400 | 105,400 |
| Pavel Spirins | 105,200 | 105,200 |
| James Juvancic | 105,200 | 105,200 |
| Antonio Mallol Heredia | 104,900 | 104,900 |
| Joseph Casale | 104,700 | 104,700 |
| Eyal Eshkar | 104,300 | 104,300 |
| Brad Ruben | 103,500 | 103,500 |
| Joseph Porto | 103,200 | 103,200 |
| Marc Emond | 103,200 | 103,200 |
| Walter Hrelja | 103,000 | 103,000 |
| Jack Sinclair | 102,800 | -2,200 |
| Matthew Su | 102,500 | 102,500 |
| Gabriel Aurelio de Moura | 102,000 | 102,000 |
| Robert Kuhn | 101,800 | 31,800 |
| Hayley Hanna | 101,600 | -23,900 |
| Jerome Zerbib | 101,600 | 101,600 |
| Esther Kim | 101,600 | 101,600 |
| Nicholas Zivolich | 101,300 | 101,300 |
| Benjamin Ané | 101,100 | 67,100 |
| Ralph Wong | 100,700 | 100,700 |
| Steven Warburton | 100,700 | 100,700 |
| Aaron Massey | 100,600 | 100,600 |
| Sean Winter | 100,600 | 20,600 |
| Clayton Maguire | 100,600 | 100,600 |
| Jeff Sluzinski | 100,200 | -10,800 |
| Feng Wang | 100,100 | 100,100 |
| Barny Boatman | 100,000 | -3,000 |
| Victoria Livschitz | 99,900 | 45,500 |
| Helen Ellis | 99,200 | 99,200 |
| Christian Paco Nagaki | 99,000 | 99,000 |
| Denis Pisarev | 98,700 | 98,700 |
| Paul Houvener | 98,400 | 98,400 |
| Levi Taylor | 97,900 | 97,900 |
| Jonathan Cohen | 97,800 | 97,800 |
| Jonathan Ronsonpearl | 97,700 | 97,700 |
| Jeffrey Kostyniuk | 97,500 | -2,700 |
| James Hundt | 97,500 | 97,500 |
| Shaun Deeb | 97,300 | -7,700 |
| Francisco Picasso | 97,300 | 97,300 |
| Paul Zappulla | 97,200 | 97,200 |
| Abraham Faroni | 97,000 | 97,000 |
| Marvin Rowe | 96,900 | 96,900 |
| Robert Brobyn | 96,900 | 96,900 |
| DID NOT REPORT 1 | 96,800 | 96,800 |
| Peter Thelander | 95,600 | 95,600 |
| Sameh Elamawy | 95,000 | 95,000 |
| James Hankins | 94,400 | 94,400 |
| Alex Soares | 94,400 | 94,400 |
| Toya McLeod | 94,200 | 0 |
| James Jarvis | 94,000 | 94,000 |
| Ryan Hughes | 94,000 | 2,400 |
| Troy Quenneville | 93,800 | 93,800 |
| Zhiyuan Xu | 93,400 | 93,400 |
| Dylan Christiansen | 93,300 | 93,300 |
| Dana Muse | 93,300 | 93,300 |
| Joe Nalbandyan | 93,300 | 93,300 |
| Gary Ware | 93,000 | 62,000 |
| Nicholas Potts | 93,000 | 93,000 |
| Giuseppe Iadisernia | 92,900 | 22,900 |
| Krzysztof Mielnik | 92,200 | 92,200 |
| Felipe Ketzer | 92,000 | 51,000 |
| Nicholas Marsico | 92,000 | -3,600 |
| David Levi | 90,000 | 0 |
| Lucas Cabrera | 90,000 | 90,000 |
| Brandon Dickey | 89,700 | 16,700 |
| Matas Cimbolas | 89,600 | -42,400 |
| Abraham Passet | 89,600 | 89,600 |
| Matt Livingston | 89,000 | 89,000 |
| Linglin Zeng | 89,000 | 89,000 |
| Armando Caldera | 88,900 | 88,900 |
| Alexandre Vuilleumier | 88,500 | 88,500 |
| Joshua Ladines | 88,400 | 88,400 |
| Simon Wiciak | 88,100 | 88,100 |
| Angel Freytez-Vasquez | 88,000 | 88,000 |
| Mark Weil | 87,800 | 87,800 |
| Gevork Ketendjian | 87,800 | 87,800 |
| Eric Kim | 87,700 | 87,700 |
| Bjorn Bruns | 87,600 | -29,400 |
| Alex Fitzgerald | 87,500 | 87,500 |
| Thomas Garcia | 87,300 | 87,300 |
| Johann Ibanez | 86,800 | 86,800 |
| Gintautas Putinas | 86,600 | 86,600 |
| Austin Lewis | 86,000 | 86,000 |
| Gustavo Castro | 85,900 | 85,900 |
| Kevin Schulz | 85,800 | 85,800 |
| Greg Buonocore | 85,700 | 85,700 |
| Robert Donald | 85,600 | 85,600 |
| Neftali Rodriguez | 85,300 | 85,300 |
| Christopher Herrin | 85,200 | 85,200 |
| Tom Dekkers | 85,200 | 85,200 |
| Max Pescatori | 85,000 | 1,700 |
| Brandon Shane | 85,000 | 85,000 |
| Edward Hatzakortzian | 84,900 | 84,900 |
| Sergey Klementiev | 84,800 | 84,800 |
| Roger Jensen | 84,100 | 84,100 |
| Ruben Correia | 83,900 | -26,100 |
| Robert Borick | 83,800 | 17,300 |
| Vernon Bresenio | 83,400 | 83,400 |
| Matt Stout | 83,100 | 28,100 |
| Olivier Hardy | 83,000 | 83,000 |
| Theo Arnoldi | 82,800 | 82,800 |
| Fravy Collazo | 82,600 | 82,600 |
| Martin Finger | 82,300 | 14,300 |
| Tomoki Terashima | 82,000 | 82,000 |
| Thomas Torres | 82,000 | -48,000 |
| Greg Byard | 81,900 | 81,900 |
| Paul Fiore | 81,500 | 81,500 |
| Francisco Carey | 81,400 | 81,400 |
| James Currie | 80,700 | 80,700 |
| Michael Rappaport | 80,400 | 80,400 |
| Maximiliano Veyga | 80,400 | 80,400 |
| Matthieu Rodriguez | 80,400 | 10,400 |
| Martin Vialladesoleyrol | 80,300 | 80,300 |
| Tae Gon Kim | 80,200 | 19,200 |
| Julian Pineda | 80,100 | 14,100 |
| Mark Hammond | 79,600 | 79,600 |
| Pedro Neves | 79,600 | 5,600 |
| Joshua Rothberg | 79,500 | 79,500 |
| Brian Frasca | 79,300 | 79,300 |
| Michael Smith | 79,200 | 79,200 |
| Edmund Sexton | 79,100 | 79,100 |
| Hicham Mahmouki | 78,400 | 78,400 |
| Anthony Iacolino | 78,000 | 78,000 |
| Joshua Wolters | 77,900 | 77,900 |
| David Vida | 77,900 | 77,900 |
| Carl Brewington | 77,600 | 0 |
| Fabrice Triolet | 77,500 | 77,500 |
| Jean-Philippe Piquette | 77,500 | 17,900 |
| Dien Le | 77,200 | 77,200 |
| Aubrey Williams | 77,000 | 77,000 |
| Christopher Burr | 76,900 | 76,900 |
| Kevin Wan | 76,800 | 76,800 |
| Gary Horn | 76,700 | -23,300 |
| Marcello Delgrosso | 76,600 | 76,600 |
| Raphael Poss | 76,500 | 76,500 |
| Ian Drake | 76,400 | 20,800 |
| Kean Chin | 76,400 | 76,400 |
| Yuriy Starobinets | 76,200 | 76,200 |
| Andrea Buonocore | 76,000 | 76,000 |
| Rick Marting | 75,600 | 75,600 |
| Bret Maynard | 75,500 | 75,500 |
| Johnathan Tuck | 75,500 | 75,500 |
| Owen Whish | 75,400 | 75,400 |
| Delmiro Toledo | 75,200 | -2,300 |
| Dan Wilson | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| David Paik | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| Gabriel Andrade | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| Stefan Huber | 74,800 | 74,800 |
| Oleksii Kravchuk | 74,400 | 22,400 |
| Ivan Starostin | 74,200 | 74,200 |
| Eduard Burd | 74,000 | 74,000 |
| Adekunle Olonoh | 73,500 | 73,500 |
| Marc Weinstein | 73,500 | 73,500 |
| Sean Spector | 73,200 | 73,200 |
| Derek Sudell | 73,100 | 73,100 |
| Brian Haggerty | 73,000 | 73,000 |
| Mathew Frankland | 72,700 | 72,700 |
| Assad Kamran | 72,300 | 13,800 |
| Roger Soberon | 72,000 | 72,000 |
| Matthew Kiefer | 72,000 | 72,000 |
| David Roepke | 72,000 | 72,000 |
| Yiannis Liperis | 71,900 | 71,900 |
| Brian Harper | 71,500 | 8,500 |
| Orestis Kanakopoulos | 71,300 | 71,300 |
| Rene Acosta | 71,200 | 71,200 |
| Jessica Vierling | 71,100 | 71,100 |
| Ramon Colillas | 71,000 | 29,300 |
| Joe McGowan | 71,000 | 71,000 |
| Paul Cukier | 71,000 | 71,000 |
| Viktor Ustimov | 71,000 | 71,000 |
| Deshan Woods | 71,000 | 0 |
| Sergei Kislinskii | 71,000 | 71,000 |
| Hector Zayas | 70,900 | 70,900 |
| Ying Chan | 70,700 | 70,700 |
| Michael Phillips | 70,500 | 70,500 |
| Brandon Mueller | 70,400 | -29,600 |
| Wojciech Kic | 70,200 | 70,200 |
| Cameron Wheeler | 70,100 | 70,100 |
| Razvan Dumea | 70,100 | 70,100 |
| Aaron Ogus | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| James Calderaro | 69,700 | 9,700 |
| Alex Nguyen | 69,700 | 69,700 |
| Ji Park | 69,700 | 69,700 |
| Julio Torres Orpineda | 69,400 | 69,400 |
| Daniel Weinand | 69,400 | 69,400 |
| Seong Choi | 69,400 | 69,400 |
| Leonardo Desouza | 69,300 | 69,300 |
| Tom Shaham | 69,100 | 69,100 |
| Ying Wong | 69,000 | 19,500 |
| Karim Lehoussine | 69,000 | 69,000 |
| Christopher Brice | 69,000 | 69,000 |
| David Guay | 69,000 | 25,800 |
| Venkatara Ganne | 68,700 | 68,700 |
| Lawrence Pettit | 68,500 | 68,500 |
| Dimitri Joubert | 68,500 | 68,500 |
| Noah Schot | 68,400 | 68,400 |
| Tjan Tepeh | 68,300 | -14,700 |
| James Jeffrey | 68,200 | 68,200 |
| Yordan Mitrentsov | 68,200 | 68,200 |
| Bruno Sanzoni | 67,800 | 67,800 |
| Eric Levesque | 67,600 | 67,600 |
| Hal Marcus | 67,500 | 67,500 |
| Robert Skopalik | 67,500 | 67,500 |
| Jonathan Borenstein | 67,000 | 67,000 |
| Alex Keating | 67,000 | -16,000 |
| David Solomon | 66,900 | 66,900 |
| Eli Elezra | 66,800 | 9,500 |
| Michael Stephenson | 66,400 | 66,400 |
| Viet Vo | 66,400 | 66,400 |
| Linyang Jiang | 66,300 | 66,300 |
| Farah Galfond | 66,200 | -8,800 |
| David Cowling | 66,100 | 5,400 |
| Rytis Strigunas | 66,000 | 66,000 |
| Chao Tang | 65,700 | 65,700 |
| Giuseppe Ruvolo | 65,700 | 65,700 |
| James McManus | 65,600 | -11,400 |
| Manuel DeAlmeida | 65,400 | -37,300 |
| Esther Taylor-Brady | 65,400 | 65,400 |
| Lewis Spencer | 65,300 | -22,000 |
| Adan Barajas | 65,100 | 65,100 |
| Cary Koedyker | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Frederik Salari | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Joshua Adcock | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Wim Ben Verhaegen | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Asher Harel | 64,900 | -23,600 |
| Andrew Wang | 64,700 | 64,700 |
| Garett Maybery | 64,600 | 4,600 |
| Aylar Lie | 64,000 | 500 |
| Manuel Saavedra Nunez | 64,000 | 64,000 |
| Michael Price | 63,900 | 63,900 |
| Scott Roberts | 63,500 | 63,500 |
| Steven Ankerstar | 63,400 | 63,400 |
| Nghia Le | 63,400 | 63,400 |
| Dennis Aoki | 63,300 | -6,700 |
| Graham Mathews | 63,200 | 63,200 |
| Daniel DiPasquale | 63,200 | 63,200 |
| Ryan Slowik | 63,200 | 63,200 |
| Jaime Kaplan | 63,000 | -23,000 |
| Paul Krok | 62,900 | 62,900 |
| Leneillon Florent | 62,800 | 62,800 |
| Vitalijs Zavorotnijs | 62,600 | 62,600 |
| Finn Zwad | 62,200 | 62,200 |
| Hieu Luu | 62,100 | 62,100 |
| Christophe Defforey | 62,000 | 62,000 |
| Manny Tarich | 61,900 | 0 |
| Christian Conrad | 61,700 | 61,700 |
| Jakub Wojtas | 61,700 | 61,700 |
| Francisco Fragoso | 61,200 | -28,800 |
| Mike Gao | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Frank Wyville | 61,100 | 61,100 |
| Aaron Valencia | 61,000 | 61,000 |
| Kevin Towler | 61,000 | 61,000 |
| Eric Hicks | 61,000 | 61,000 |
| Mark Sherman | 60,800 | 60,800 |
| Brad Anderson | 60,800 | 60,800 |
| Alon Eldar | 60,700 | 8,400 |
| Richard Sciuto | 60,300 | 60,300 |
| Brandon Eisen | 60,200 | 60,200 |
| Jorge Alberdi | 60,200 | 60,200 |
| Sam Stein | 60,100 | 60,100 |
| Francisco Caballo | 59,800 | -10,200 |
| Dara Taherpour | 59,600 | 59,600 |
| Asher Conniff | 59,500 | -60,500 |
| Tony Tran | 59,500 | 59,500 |
| Daniel Tordjman | 59,500 | 59,500 |
| Christopher Bolio | 59,500 | 59,500 |
| Benoit Grobocopatel | 59,000 | 34,000 |
| Kevin Allen | 58,800 | 58,800 |
| David Williams (AL) | 58,500 | 58,500 |
| Luigi Shehadeh | 58,500 | 58,500 |
| Jeremy Pappano | 58,500 | 58,500 |
| Roberto Betbese | 58,300 | 10,300 |
| William Wolf | 58,300 | 58,300 |
| Ryan Franklin | 58,000 | 58,000 |
| Scott McKernan | 57,800 | -17,100 |
| Ari Dinov | 57,800 | 57,800 |
| Scott Mayfield | 57,700 | 57,700 |
| Anthony Fox | 57,000 | -44,500 |
| Matthew Davis | 56,800 | 56,800 |
| Merijn van Rooij | 56,600 | 10,600 |
| Eric Welch | 56,500 | 700 |
| Clayton Hardt | 56,500 | -45,500 |
| Pavel Ignatov | 56,400 | -8,600 |
| Jared Hemingway | 56,200 | 56,200 |
| Damian Salas | 56,200 | -37,300 |
| Paawan Bansal | 56,100 | -34,600 |
| Jordyn Miller | 55,900 | 55,900 |
| Romain Lotti | 55,900 | -1,300 |
| Joe Hindry | 55,700 | 55,700 |
| Rainer Kempe | 55,600 | 6,400 |
| Xuan Liu | 55,500 | 15,500 |
| Vlada Stojanovic | 55,300 | 55,300 |
| Simas Karaliunas | 55,200 | 55,200 |
| Clifford Neal | 55,200 | 55,200 |
| Ronald Jensen | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| Damien Collins | 54,800 | 54,800 |
| Stepan Mikhno | 54,600 | -2,400 |
| Shawn Sheikhan | 54,500 | -5,500 |
| Nicolas Betbese | 54,300 | 54,300 |
| Tim Hampus Grave | 54,200 | 54,200 |
| Guoliang Wei | 54,000 | 54,000 |
| Vinhlong Than | 53,700 | 53,700 |
| Brett Haggard | 53,400 | 53,400 |
| Guy Cicconi | 53,200 | 53,200 |
| Matthew Silva | 53,000 | 32,000 |
| Andrew Romeo | 53,000 | 53,000 |
| Ivan Govorov | 53,000 | 53,000 |
| Ryan Coon | 53,000 | 53,000 |
| David Van Reyk | 52,800 | 52,800 |
| Luisfabio Fonsecafreitas | 52,800 | 52,800 |
| Philip Beck | 52,700 | 52,700 |
| Florencio Bunal | 52,500 | -7,500 |
| Timo Kamphues | 52,500 | 8,400 |
| Joseph Gambino | 51,400 | 51,400 |
| Omer Leibovitch | 51,300 | 51,300 |
| Stacey Vaughn | 51,200 | 51,200 |
| Moshe Vaizman | 51,100 | 51,100 |
| Craig Varnell | 51,100 | 51,100 |
| Kevin MacPhee | 50,700 | 50,700 |
| Fabian Gutierrez | 50,300 | 50,300 |
| Mark Dickstein | 50,300 | 50,300 |
| Jimmy Guerrero | 50,300 | -59,700 |
| Andrew Mackenzie | 49,600 | 49,600 |
| Johannes Becker | 49,400 | -12,600 |
| James Brown | 49,400 | 49,400 |
| Daniel Zack | 49,200 | -10,800 |
| Evgenii Fidchuk | 49,100 | 49,100 |
| Lian Liu | 49,000 | -6,000 |
| Dilip Ravindran | 48,800 | 48,800 |
| Michael Aviv | 48,700 | 48,700 |
| Jared Zack | 48,700 | 48,700 |
| Aviv Meiri | 48,700 | 48,700 |
| Hao Sun | 48,500 | 48,500 |
| Martin Raus | 48,400 | 48,400 |
| Tongguang Sun | 47,900 | 47,900 |
| Maxwell Baren | 47,500 | 47,500 |
| Paulina Loeliger | 47,500 | -500 |
| Richard Sperberg | 47,200 | 47,200 |
| Ethan Gilbert | 47,100 | 47,100 |
| Mitchell Towner | 47,100 | 47,100 |
| Cole Keenan | 47,000 | 47,000 |
| Robert Rickermann | 46,600 | 46,600 |
| Nader Arfai | 46,500 | 46,500 |
| Michael Rossitto | 46,300 | 46,300 |
| Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | 45,900 | 45,900 |
| Jeffrey Stellwagon | 45,800 | 2,100 |
| Manuel Barcelona | 44,700 | 1,000 |
| Samy Boujmala | 44,700 | -18,900 |
| Chucai Huang | 44,400 | 44,400 |
| Mohsin Charania | 44,200 | -38,100 |
| Mikhail Zavoloka | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| Martin Carnero | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| Justin Yaker | 43,800 | 43,800 |
| Jing Wang | 43,800 | 43,800 |
| Gavin Munroe | 43,700 | -10,200 |
| Timothy Stanczak | 43,600 | 43,600 |
| Douglas Adkins | 43,600 | 43,600 |
| Zane Desilva | 43,300 | 43,300 |
| David Hu | 43,300 | -39,000 |
| Michael Schmitz | 43,300 | 43,300 |
| Jordan Westmorland | 43,200 | 43,200 |
| David Peters | 43,100 | 6,100 |
| Beverly Lange | 43,000 | 43,000 |
| Alessandro Siena | 43,000 | 43,000 |
| Chris Back | 42,800 | 42,800 |
| Stepas Tindziulis | 42,800 | 42,800 |
| Michael Wood | 42,700 | 42,700 |
| Sean Dempsey | 42,400 | 42,400 |
| Dale Michael | 42,300 | 42,300 |
| Julius Threadgill | 42,300 | 42,300 |
| Brian Yoon | 42,200 | 3,200 |
| Carson Ha | 42,100 | 42,100 |
| Jouni Kauppila | 41,800 | 41,800 |
| James Leinenbach | 41,600 | 41,600 |
| Nicholas Young | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| Vytautas Laurinaitis | 41,200 | 41,200 |
| Sasha Skalrud | 41,200 | 41,200 |
| Matthew Ackley | 40,800 | 40,800 |
| Knowlton Atterbeary | 40,200 | -6,300 |
| Ian Gavlick | 40,200 | 40,200 |
| Jeffry Casey | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Robert Samuels | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 39,400 | 20,400 |
| Jeffery Esterling | 39,400 | 39,400 |
| Enrique Rodriguez | 39,200 | 39,200 |
| Jeremy Maher | 38,700 | 38,700 |
| Teruhiro Aritake | 38,700 | 38,700 |
| Thomas Ackerman | 38,600 | 38,600 |
| Anastacio Baeza | 38,600 | 38,600 |
| Nenad Dukic | 38,500 | 38,500 |
| Hrisowalandi Milonas | 38,100 | 38,100 |
| Michael Rodrigues Pires Santos | 38,000 | 38,000 |
| Juan Perezsolari | 37,900 | -20,100 |
| Valentin Messina | 37,800 | 37,800 |
| Enrique Leigue | 36,800 | -25,200 |
| James Ohlweiler | 36,700 | 36,700 |
| Christopher Paolino | 36,500 | 36,500 |
| Joshua Palmer | 36,400 | 36,400 |
| Daniel Bailey | 36,300 | 36,300 |
| Jason Vogel | 36,100 | -25,400 |
| Maximiliano Castagnini | 35,800 | -6,000 |
| Ivan Jakovac | 35,600 | 35,600 |
| Jonathan Dwek | 35,500 | 35,500 |
| Gerard Reinhart | 35,200 | -9,800 |
| Marko Grujic | 35,100 | 35,100 |
| Jacob Fullerton | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Danny Panagatos | 35,000 | 4,000 |
| Aleks Dimitrov | 34,800 | 34,800 |
| James Millman | 34,700 | 34,700 |
| Asako Kitamura | 34,500 | -22,500 |
| Robert Fechser | 34,300 | 34,300 |
| Troy Sakaguchi | 34,000 | 34,000 |
| Michael Nugent | 34,000 | 34,000 |
| Nicholas Verderamo | 33,400 | 18,400 |
| Yahor Dambrouski | 33,200 | 33,200 |
| Charles Odell | 33,100 | 33,100 |
| Mathias Duarte | 32,900 | 32,900 |
| Albert Monte | 32,700 | 32,700 |
| Gary Booth | 32,400 | 32,400 |
| Scott Stewart | 32,000 | -8,000 |
| Thomas Woolen | 31,700 | -29,700 |
| Donny Carlton | 31,700 | 31,700 |
| Masao Watanabe | 31,500 | 31,500 |
| Joshua Thurman | 31,100 | 31,100 |
| Elaine Luo | 31,000 | 31,000 |
| Pengfei Wang | 30,800 | 30,800 |
| Jokin Blanco | 30,400 | 30,400 |
| Jason Wandling | 30,300 | 30,300 |
| Jordan Sparagana | 30,300 | -40,400 |
| Raymond Leone | 30,100 | 30,100 |
| Dalibor Dula | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Jason Pritchard | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Vlastimil Pustina | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Michael Marsh | 29,700 | 29,700 |
| Milen Stefanov | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| Rafi Elharar | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| Ray Thomason | 29,500 | 3,500 |
| Perry Friedman | 29,300 | -18,100 |
| Dewey Tomko | 29,300 | -35,700 |
| Franco Cupello | 29,200 | 29,200 |
| Jeffrey Scott | 28,000 | 28,000 |
| DID NOT REPORT 2 | 27,800 | 27,800 |
| Adam Goldberg | 27,500 | 27,500 |
| Clément Bonnant | 27,100 | -43,900 |
| John Corr | 27,100 | 27,100 |
| Yuichi Sumida | 26,800 | 26,800 |
| Stephen Mccann | 26,800 | 26,800 |
| Joon Yang | 26,700 | 26,700 |
| Benjamin Luber | 26,400 | -17,600 |
| Asa Smith | 25,300 | 25,300 |
| Joelle Parenteau | 25,100 | 25,100 |
| Michael Davis | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Alexander Fasheh | 24,500 | 24,500 |
| William Donovan | 24,400 | 24,400 |
| Marc Rotter | 24,100 | 24,100 |
| Sebastian Harasim | 23,000 | 23,000 |
| Jeremy Achin | 22,500 | 22,500 |
| Martin Debruhl | 21,700 | 21,700 |
| Ema Zajmovic | 20,000 | -32,200 |
| Toni Bosch | 19,900 | -44,100 |
| David Su | 19,800 | -7,700 |
| Thomas Galusha | 19,800 | 19,800 |
| Mark Nagle | 19,100 | 19,100 |
| Chaudhary Irshad | 18,400 | 18,400 |
| Lars Hareid | 18,300 | 18,300 |
| Michael Meiterman | 18,100 | 18,100 |
| Danielle Noja | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| Bruno Fitoussi | 17,900 | -12,100 |
| Nick DiVella | 17,800 | 17,800 |
| Mrityunjay Jha | 17,800 | 17,800 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | 17,700 | 17,700 |
| Dong Kim | 17,200 | 17,200 |
| Trace Henderson | 16,600 | 16,600 |
| Deon Mills | 16,400 | 16,400 |
| Wendeen Eolis | 16,000 | -13,000 |
| Nicholas Sena-Hopkins | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Ahmed Nimer | 15,900 | 15,900 |
| Peter Drown | 15,700 | 15,700 |
| Joe Tehan | 15,200 | 15,200 |
| Xiaoqiang Yuan | 15,200 | 15,200 |
| Artur Martirosian | 14,200 | -17,300 |
| He Zhou | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| Conor Bergin | 13,700 | 13,700 |
| John Duci | 13,500 | 13,500 |
| Casimer Fijalkowski | 12,800 | 12,800 |
| Andrzej Rogowski | 12,400 | 12,400 |
| Assaph Aharoni | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Harrison Ashdown | 12,000 | -29,500 |
| Muhammad Abdel Rahim | 11,500 | 11,500 |
| Daniel Kusnerak | 11,300 | 11,300 |
| Brian Altman | 11,000 | 11,000 |
| Mehrdad Vahabi | 10,400 | 10,400 |
| Alexander Gonzalez | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Jose Ferreira | 8,600 | 8,600 |
| Roger Holder | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Peter Mugar | 7,800 | 7,800 |
| Ranae Warren | 4,600 | 4,600 |
| Sean Costa | 3,500 | 3,500 |
| Nicholas Faucher | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Raymond Moscoe | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Jutte | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Teltscher | 1 | -91,799 |
| Timothy Parisian | 1 | -85,499 |
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:19 AM Local Time
Bellande's Flush Gets Paid
Jean-Robert Bellande raised 1,500 in middle position, and he was called in three spots, including the button and Todd Ivens in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of , and Ivens checked to Bellande as he pushed 3,000 across the line. Only the button made the call.
When the hit the turn, Bellande continued with aggression, putting 8,000 in the middle, and his opponent tossed in a call.
When the completed the board on the river, Bellande fired 35,000, putting his opponent deep in the tank. Bellande casually took a sip of his drink and said, "Think about it."
After a little over two minutes, his opponent made the call, and Bellande instantly whipped his face up, making a flush, and his opponent mucked his hand.
| Todd Ivens | 150,000 | -6,200 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 141,000 | 78,000 |
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:17 AM Local Time
Dayan Cements His Place on Top
There was a raise to 1,400 in the hijack, and the button just called. Yehuda Dayan three-bet to 7,000 in the small blind and only the hijack called. The flop came and Dayan led out with a bet of 7,000, which his opponent called.
The turn was the , and Dayan checked this time. His opponent made a bet of 9,000 and Dayan instantly ripped all in, putting his opponent to the test for his remaining stack of 68,000 chips. He thought for a couple of minutes but decided to fold his face up.
"Good fold," Dayan confirmed. "Really, good fold. Ten more minutes, we go to sleep."
| Yehuda Dayan | 428,000 | 19,000 |
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:15 AM Local Time
Three More Hands
The tournament director has just announced that each table will be dealt three more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:09 AM Local Time
Gold Gets Bluffed, Maybe
There was a 17,000 pot brewing between Jamie Gold and Delmiro Toledo on a board of . Toledo check-called an extra 5,000 on the turn before the river was dealt.
Toledo now led for 8,000 and Gold lamented: "Really, you call me down for a diamond?"
Gold then folded with the words "If it's a bluff, it's a nice bluff", whereupon Toledo instantly showed the for an ambiguous card.
| Jamie Gold | 157,500 | 7,300 |
| Delmiro Toledo | 77,500 | 77,500 |
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:08 AM Local Time
King Enough For Levi
David Levi raised to 2,200 from the hijack and was called by the player in the cutoff.
Levi check-called an 1,800 bet from his opponent on the flop and then both players checked down on the turn and river.
Levi turned over for just two pair with a king kicker and his opponent mucked, awarding the pot to Levi.
| David Levi | 90,000 | 10,000 |
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:08 AM Local Time
England Shows the Key Card
On a completed board of , the action was checked to Kyna England who bet 12,000. Her opponent went in the tank for about 30 seconds before flashing his and tossing it in the muck.
England tabled the , letting him know she had it.
| Kyna England | 163,000 | 34,700 |
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 12:04 AM Local Time
Kim Cracks Aces Then Goes Down
The action was caught when Tae Gon Kim, on the button, and the player seated on his left had already flipped their cards on a board.
Tae Gon Kim:
Opponent:
According to Kim, he fired three barrels, with the last one being his last 12,000, and was called by the aces. Thanks to his set, Kim doubled up to 67,000.
Two hands later, Kim opened from the hijack to 1,500 and was called by Oleksii Kravchuk in the small blind.
On , Kim bet 1,300, and Kravchuk check-called. Then the landed on the turn, and Kravchuk check-called a 4,000 bet.
The came on the river, and both players checked. First to reveal his cards, Kravchuk showed . It appeared to be the winning hand as Kim mucked his cards.
| Tae Gon Kim | 61,000 | 61,000 |
| Oleksii Kravchuk | 52,000 | 52,000 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:57 PM Local Time
Water on Table 601! Too Many Beers for Polk
The action folded around to Doug Polk in the small blind while Mike Smith pleaded for a walk in the big blind.
"I'm definitely not folding," Polk said as he threw in chips to call. Smith checked his option and the flop of hit the felt. Both players checked and the landed on the turn.
Polk checked again and Smith made a bet of 1,100 which Polk called. The river was the and Polk checked again. Smith tossed in a bet of 1,900 and Polk looked him up. Smith turned over for the nut flush.
"Ahh ha! I got you!" Polk shouted as he tabled his and pushed the six forward showing his pair of sixes.
"I have the nuts!" Smith yelled back as he wiggled the .
"Oh f***! I didn't see four spades on the board," Polk replied as the table burst into laughter. "Water on Table 601, please!"
| Doug Polk | 277,000 | 27,000 |
| Mike Smith (US) | 68,500 | -3,500 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:53 PM Local Time
Lie Caught Speeding
Aylar Lie raised 1,200 under the gun and only Kenji Harada made the call in the cutoff.
The dealer fanned a flop of , and Lie continued for 800. Harada called.
The peeled off on the turn and Lie fired a second shell of 2,300 and Harada didn't go anywhere as he put in the call.
When the landed on the river, Lie fired 7,500 into the middle, and Harada snap-called.
Lie mucked her hand and Harada tabled for a pair of kings on the river.
| Kenji Harada | 77,300 | 18,300 |
| Aylar Lie | 63,500 | 5,500 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:52 PM Local Time
Deeb Chipping Up
Shaun Deeb opened to 1,200 from early position and got calls from the cutoff and the blinds.
Action checked to Deeb on the flop of and he continued for 1,500. All three of his opponents folded.
| Shaun Deeb | 105,000 | 31,000 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:52 PM Local Time
Chu Goes in the Tank with Aces
Victor Chu and Roman Emelyanov were heads up in a four-bet pot with around 35,000 in the middle already.
The dealer spread the flop of and the action checked to Chu who bet 15,000 in the cutoff. Emelyanov check-raised all in for 46,800 from the big blind and Chu went into the tank. It was nearly three minutes later that Chu finally decided to call and good thing he did.
Roman Emelyanov:
Victor Chu:
Chu was out front with his pocket aces, leaving Emelyanov drawing to just two outs. The and runout changed nothing and Emelyanov was eliminated late on Day 1a.
| Victor Chu | 171,000 | 108,000 |
| Roman Emelyanov | 0 | -38,000 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:44 PM Local Time
More Counts in Red Section
| Anirban Das | 218,400 | 35,200 |
| Todd Ivens | 156,200 | -14,300 |
| Kyna England | 128,300 | -21,700 |
| Lynne Ji | 111,800 | -3,200 |
| Brian Hastings | 105,300 | 23,800 |
| Brad Owen | 96,000 | -8,500 |
| Shawn Sheikhan | 60,000 | -16,000 |
| Virgile Latifou | 55,200 | -29,800 |
| Rainer Kempe | 49,200 | -8,800 |
| Brian Yoon | 39,000 | -12,800 |
| Danny Panagatos | 31,000 | -200 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:41 PM Local Time
Su Drags a Pot
With about 9,000 in the middle the board read and David Su was heads up with his opponent who checked to him. He put out a bet of 2,500 and his opponent thought about it for about 30 seconds before pitching his cards into the muck and the dealer pushed the pot to Su.
| David Su | 27,500 | 6,500 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:40 PM Local Time
Nitsche Joins Silver, Gets Gold
Dominik Nitsche has joined the silver tables of the main event for the last hour of Day 1a. A few hands after sitting down, he raised to 3,000 chips from middle position after a limp from an early position player.
James Jewell was next to act in the cutoff and three-bet jammed for 24,200. The limper folded while Nitsche eyed the all in, shrugged, and called.
James Jewell:
Dominik Nitsche:
Nitsche was a big dog, but that changed when the flop came . His top pair would remain the best hand on the runout and Nitsche scored a knockout in the final stages of Day 1a.
| Dominik Nitsche | 74,500 | -33,100 |
| James Jewell | 0 | 0 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:33 PM Local Time
Caballo Takes From Rodriguez
From under the gun, Francisco Caballo opened to 1,300. Matthieu Rodriguez three-bet to 4,500 from the next seat over. All the other players at the table folded to Caballo, who called.
On , Caballo checked to Rodriguez who continued to 3,200 and was called. The turn came, both players checked.
The landed on the river, and Caballo took 11,200 from his stack to bet. Seeing this move, Rodriguez folded and let Caballo take the pot.
| Matthieu Rodriguez | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| Francisco Caballo | 70,000 | 15,000 |
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:32 PM Local Time
Beer Level is Fully Activated!
Alex Livingston limped in from middle position which invited Jaime Kaplan along from the cutoff. Xuan Liu raised to 2,400 on the button and both Livingston and Kaplan called.
The flop came and the action checked to Liu who bet 1,500 which prompted two quick folds from her opponents.
As Liu raked in the pot, the waitress arrived at the table with a tray full of beers.
"Cheers," Livingston said with his beer in the air. "Five out of nine for beer level is not bad," referring to the five players that joined in the festivities.
Monday, July 3, 2023 11:31 PM Local Time
Kamphues Finds a Double with Aces
Merijn van Rooij raised 1,200 under the gun and the cutoff called before Timo Kamphues three-bet 4,400 on the button. The blinds and Van Rooij got out of the way and the cutoff jammed all-in. Kamphues had less, with 20,700 total and snap-called.
Timo Kamphues:
Cutoff:
The board ran out for Kamphues aces to hold as he dragged the pot.
| Merijn van Rooij | 46,000 | 18,600 |
| Timo Kamphues | 44,100 | -16,900 |