Event #56: $500 Salute to Warriors Giorno 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-25 22:31 UTC-8

Barry Greenstein Doubles as Final Level of the Day Approaches

Livello 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

A player in late position raised to 21,000 and to his direct left in the cutoff, Barry Greenstein called off his last 7,000 chip.

Action folded to the big blind who opted to go all in for over 100,000. The player in late position folded and Greenstein was at risk and headed to a runout with the big blind.

Barry Greenstein: K♣K♠
Big Blind: J♦J♥

The flop came 3♦K♦3♣, essentially flopping the pocket jacks of the big blind dead.

The turn came the Q♠ making it official before the dealer put the inconsequential 8♥ out on the river, securing over a triple up for Greenstein as the last level of play for the day gets ready to begin.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Barry Greenstein	38,000 -52,000	-52,000

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2023-06-25 22:30 UTC-8

Collins Four Bet Wins

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Livello 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Mitchell Collins opened in the cutoff and the player in the big blind three-bet to 55,000.
Collins decided to four-bet to 190,000 and he took the pot preflop to climb to 430,000.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Mitchell Collins	430,000 130,000	130,000
Qiang Xu	220,000

Samy Boujmala	Eliminato
Andrea Rocci	Eliminato
Bart Lybaert	Eliminato

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2023-06-25 22:21 UTC-8

Gunn Pulls the Trigger

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Livello 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The player in the cutoff raised to 17,000. Action folded to Aaron Gunn in the big blind who counted out raising chips and tossed in a three-bet to 50,000.

Not to be outdone, the player in the cutoff tossed out a four-bet to 111,000. Gunn made the call and sent the pair to a Q♦2♥9♠ flop.

Gunn paused very briefly then grabbed a stack of chips and announced all in, placing the chips on the table out in front of him.

His opponent in the cutoff seemed very much like he wanted to call and spent about three minutes in the tank contemplating his decision.

Eventually he folded, stating the he believed he was likely to be laying down the best hand. He offered a cash incentive of $100 to Gunn to show his hand, but Gunn slid his cards towards the muck face down and went about stacking his newly acquired chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Aaron Gunn	750,000

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2023-06-25 22:18 UTC-8

Riess Hits The Rail

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Livello 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Vladas Tamasauskas opened to 21,000 in middle position and Ryan Riess with a short stack called from the big blind.

On the flop 3♥9♣8♥, all the chips went in the middle.

Ryan Riess: 8♣6♦
Vladas Tamasauskas: A♥K♥

The turn 6♥ and the river 10♥ gave Tamasauskas a flush and 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess was eliminated.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Vladas Tamasauskas	570,000 -80,000	-80,000
Ryan Riess	Eliminato

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Livello: 16

Bui: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

2023-06-25 21:32 UTC-8

Last Break of The Day

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Livello 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The last 890 players are now on their last break. Initially planned to last 15 minutes, this break has been extended to 20 minutes.

2023-06-25 21:28 UTC-8

Jouault Out Of Time

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Livello 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A player in early position limped and Jeremy Jouault squeezed to 21,000 in the next seat.
All folded to the limper who called.

On the flop 4♦A♦A♥, the limper bet 20,000 and Jouault raised it to 45,000.
His opponent snap said all in for around 130,000 and Jouault went deep in the tank.

The clock was called and Jouault folded his hand at the last second.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Leo DeBruycker	200,000 200,000	200,000
Jeremy Jouault	150,000 150,000	150,000
Maria Konnikova	Eliminato

Jonathan Guez	Eliminato

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2023-06-25 21:18 UTC-8

Huge Bluff Leads to Huge Call and a Chopped Pot

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Livello 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

PokerNews was called over to the table during a massive confrontation that was reaching it's pinnacle on the river.

On a completed board reading 4♦2♠4♥10♠4♣, Yuchen Jiang in the small blind had checked over to Renji Mae in middle position. For context, there had been a raise pre-flop by Mae and a call from Jiang with at least one large bet on the turn that was made by Mae and check-called by Jiang.

Now on the river, Jiang had checked over to Mae again who jammed for a little over 200,000 which represented just over what was already in the pot.

Jiang then entered the tank and spent a full four to five minutes there. No one at the table wanted to call the clock because it was such a big decision, but eventually, a player did call the clock.

Before tournament staff could get to the table to count Jiang down, he had tossed in a calling chip, which Mae didn't seem super happy about.

Much to his delight, Jiang turned up the A♠Q♥, allowing Mae to breathe a sigh of relief and turn over the A♣Q♠.

The table let out a collective gasp as it became clear just how big an all in bluff Mae had made and how huge a bluff catch call Jiang had made.

Each took their half of the pot and both were happy to be out of the blender and onto the next hand.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Yuchen Jiang	340,000 340,000	340,000
Renji Mae	290,000 290,000	290,000

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2023-06-25 21:15 UTC-8

Rolle Faces A Raise

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Livello 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Benjamin "bencb" Rolle opened to 12,000 in middle position and the small blind three-bet to 31,000.

German crusher and streamer decided to let it go and kept a 120,000 chips stack.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Benjamin Rolle	120,000 70,000	70,000

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2023-06-25 20:59 UTC-8

Ditaranto Triples Up in Three-Way Pre-Flop All In

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Livello 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Allen Kessler jammed for around 115,000 from early position and James Ditaranto jammed for around 56,000. A player in middle position called to put both Kessler and Ditaranto at risk and headed to a runout.

James Ditaranto: A♥K♥
Allen Kessler: Q♣Q♥
Middle Position: J♠J♣

The board ran out A♣7♥7♦6♣2♦, giving Ditaranto the full triple up with Kessler breaking even on the hand by taking the side pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
James Ditaranto	175,000 175,000	175,000
Allen Kessler	112,000 27,000	27,000

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