Event #57: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Giorno 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-27 00:44 UTC-8

Kornuth Continues the Summer of Chance

Livello 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Day 2 of Event #57: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas ended registration with 449 entries and a total Prize pool of $10,551,500 making this the largest WSOP pot-limit omaha event in history.

After 10 levels of play, 31 players remained. Chance Kornuth appeared to bag the chip lead with 7,245,000. Others to bag big stacks were Dylan Weisman (4,355,000), Day 1 chip leader Firas Kashat (4,185,000), and 2023 bracelet winner Isaac Haxton (4,320,000).

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Chance Kornuth	United States	7,245,000	145
2	Dylan Weisman	United States	4,355,000	87
3	Isaac Haxton	United States	4,320,000	86
4	Firas Kashat	United States	4,185,000	84
5	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	3,890,000	78
6	Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	Spain	3,870,000	77
7	Mads Amot	Norway	3,465,000	69
8	Bradley Anderson	United States	3,225,000	65
9	Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Ukraine	2,305,000	46
10	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	2,290,000	46

Also making it through on Day 2 were multiple players that have already won a bracelet this year, including Jeremy Ausmus (2,290,000), Yuri Dzivielevski (1,065,000), Ben Lamb (1,795,000), and Chad Eveslage (1,230,000).

Despite all the stars and accomplishments named above it would be hard to ignore Kornuth’s 2023 summer so far. Two high roller final tables, an online bracelet final table, and a win at the Wynn Mystery Bounty just a few days ago. He will ride into Day 3 in one of the biggest spots of his career as he and the other remaining players chase the coveted gold bracelet and staggering $2,294,756 top prize.

Unfortunately, not everyone was so fortunate as Kornuth. Among those to bust on Day 2 before the money were Stephen Chidwick, Shaun Deeb, Nacho Barbero, Erik Seidel, and Nick Schulman.

Day 3 of Event #57: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha will kick off at 1 p.m. on June 27. The day will start on Level 21 with blinds at 25,000/50,000/50,000 and will play down to the final five players that will compete for bracelet glory on Day 4.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates straight from the tournament floor of Event #57: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha.

Tags: Andriy Lyubovetskiy Bradley Anderson Chance Kornuth Dylan Weisman Firas Kashat Isaac Haxton Jeremy Ausmus Ka Kwan Lau Mads Amot Sergio Martinez Gonzalez

2023-06-27 00:20 UTC-8

Quadruple Up for Katz; Seat Open for Boulden and Double for Lau

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Livello 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

During the final hands of the night, the action exploded and several all-in showdowns took place in quick succession.

Cary Katz had been all-in preflop after a raise by Firas Kashat and two calls. He was looked up three ways and it checked to the J♥7♥6♣7♦J♣ river. Yuri Dzivielevski bet 125,000 and his two active opponents folded.

The Brazilian only briefly flashed his cards but Katz quadrupled with the J♠10♣8♣5♣.

On the same table, Matthew Boulden was then all-in after a K♣6♠3♣ flop against Mads Amot.

Matthew Boulden: A♠K♥9♣6♥
Mads Amot: Q♥6♣5♠4♥

Amot had a wrap and got there instantly with the 7♦ turn, the 3♦ river sent Boulden to the payout desk with the words "at least I don't have to come back tomorrow".

Ka Kwan Lau then got it in for 1,505,000 post flop against Ben Lamb with the flop showing Q♣6♥3♠.

Ka Kwan Lau:A♥K♠K♣J♥
Ben Lamb: K♦Q♦10♥3♥

Lamb was ahead with the top and bottom pair and that remained to be the case on the 7♦ turn. However, the 6♦ river counterfeited Lamb's two pair and he vaulted out of the chair in disgust.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ka Kwan Lau	3,900,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Firas Kashat	3,800,000 -200,000	-200,000

Ben Lamb	1,800,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	1,275,000 425,000	425,000

Cary Katz	875,000 475,000	475,000

Matthew Boulden	Eliminato

Tags: Cary Katz Firas Kashat Mads Amot Matthew Boulden Yuri Dzivielevski

2023-06-26 23:51 UTC-8

Arieh Eliminated by Kashat

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Livello 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, the short stack of around 450,000 by Josh Arieh in the big blind went into the middle preflop and he was ahead versus Firas Kashat.

Josh Arieh: A♠K♣8♠7♣
Firas Kashat: A♣9♥5♥3♦

The 8♥3♠3♥ flop gave Kashat trips and the 9♣ turn made it a full house, leaving Arieh dead prior to the 5♣ river.

"Lucky, lucky, life is all about luck," Kashat grinned as he raked in the chips.

Moments later, Dimitrios Michailidis was knocked out by Ben Lamb one table over and the field dropped to 35 contenders with fewer than half an hour to go for the night.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ben Lamb	3,900,000 450,000	450,000

Firas Kashat	2,875,000 475,000	475,000

Dimitrios Michailidis	Eliminato
Josh Arieh	Eliminato

Tags: Ben Lamb Dimitrios Michailidis Firas Kashat Josh Arieh

2023-06-26 23:25 UTC-8

Kornuth Pulls Off Double Check-Raise

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Livello 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 7♣A♦Q♠, Chance Kornuth checked to Andriy Lyubovetskiy who bet 60,000. Kornuth then check-raised to 190,000 but Lyubovetskiy did not seem to like that much so he further increased the bet to 525,000.

Kornuth made the call and the dup went to the turn K♣ and he checked Lyubovetskiy once more.

Lyubovetskiy then fired off a bet of 650,000 and then Kornuth hit him with the double check-raise, which was all in for 2,160,000. Lyubovetskiy thought about it for a few seconds but then decided to toss it into the muck.

"I came here to play big pots, the payouts are super top-heavy," Kornuth said as he raked in his latest score.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Chance Kornuth	4,200,000 100,000	100,000

Andriy Lyubovetskiy	3,000,000 -1,550,000	-1,550,000

Tags: Andriy Lyubovetskiy Chance Kornuth

2023-06-26 22:49 UTC-8

Eveslage Gets the Knockout and the Double

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Livello 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Sean Winter opened the action to 85,000 from under the gun off a short stack. It folded to Joao Vieira in the small blind who reraised pot to 285,000. Next to act was Chad Eveslage who also announced "pot" and put in the remaining 695,000 in his stack. Winter and Vieira both called. The players were off to a full board.

Sean Winter: K♦Q♦Q♠9♠
Chad Eveslage: A♠A♦3♦2♠
Joao Vieira: K♥K♣5♠5♥

The full board would run out 9♦7♥A♣Q♥J♣ giving Eveslage top set, Winter middle set, and Vieira just a pair of kings. Winter hit the rail, Vieira's stack was punished, and Eveslage got over a pure double and a very healthy stack going into the final levels of the day.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Chad Eveslage	1,600,000 1,075,000	1,075,000

Joao Vieira	1,375,000 -500,000	-500,000

Sean Winter	Eliminato

Tags: Chad Eveslage Joao Vieira Sean Winter

2023-06-26 21:57 UTC-8

Nerenberg Nails Turn and River to Bust Gryko

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Livello 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Gregory Nerenberg arrived at his new table and didn't unrack his chips yet before he was involved in another all-in showdown.

On a flop of 10♦3♠2♣, Richard Gryko was all-in with the 5♥4♠3♦3♥ for the middle set and a straight draw.

"What you have, a set of treys? Sh*t," Nerenberg said. He then started cheering for spades on the J♠ turn.

"Wouldn't that be bad if I hit spades?" Nerenberg groaned and indeed hit the 5♠ on the river.

While Gryko was on the way out of the tournament area and to the payout desk, Nerenberg added "he is so mad ... what an idiot, middle set."

Also no longer in contention is Christopher Frank, as the field rapidly shrinks after the bubble had burst at the start of this level.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Gregory Nerenberg	2,650,000 1,125,000	1,125,000
Richard Gryko	Eliminato

Christopher Frank	Eliminato

Tags: Christopher Frank Gregory Nerenberg Richard Gryko

2023-06-26 21:52 UTC-8

Weisman Busts Barriocanal

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Livello 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of A♠5♦7♠, Dylan Weisman moved all in to cover the shorter-stacked Daniel Barriocanal.

Barriocanal went into the tank for a bit before he finally moved all in to put himself at risk.

Daniel Barriocanal: A♣J♥10♣7♥
Dylan Weisman: K♦7♦7♣3♥

Barriocanal had flopped top two-pair, but unfortunately for him, Weisman had flopped a set of sevens. The board ran out 10♦9♠ and was no help to Barriocanal and he was sent to the rail while Weisman increased his stack to 3,750,000.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Dylan Weisman	3,750,000 800,000	800,000

Daniel Barriocanal	Eliminato

Tags: Daniel Barriocanal Dylan Weisman

2023-06-26 21:44 UTC-8

Weisman Scores a Huge Double Through Nerenberg

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Livello 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The chips went flying on the K♥J♠6♠7♦ turn when Dylan Weisman ended up all-in and at risk for 1,200,000, and he was looked up by Gregory Nerenberg with the superior stack.

Dylan Weisman: A♣K♠Q♣7♠
Gregory Nerenberg: 8♥5♦4♥3♥

The wrap of Nerenberg missed with the J♣ river completed the board and Firas Kashat then joked to Weisman "you hit the lotto, you know what that means?"

Kashat had even more words to share, this time for table neighbour Nerenberg. "Somebody was gonna get the fish ... you are the fish," he said straight to the face of Kashat.

No reply followed and the next hand unfolded.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Dylan Weisman	2,950,000 1,950,000	1,950,000

Firas Kashat	2,140,000 -110,000	-110,000

Gregory Nerenberg	1,525,000 -1,275,000	-1,275,000

Tags: Dylan Weisman Firas Kashat Gregory Nerenberg

2023-06-26 20:22 UTC-8

Smith Eliminated Just Before the Bubble

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Livello 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Players were just two eliminations away from the money when action was joined on a 4♥6♣10♥ flop. Dan Smith was all in and at risk and Quan Zhou called.

The cards hit their backs.

Dan Smith: A♥A♣Q♥3♦
Quan Zhou: K♣Q♦10♦4♣

Zhou was leading with two pair, tens and fours, while Smith had a pair of aces with a flush draw.

The 9♣ turn gave Zhou a flush draw as well and the 2♣ river would give him the winning flush to send Smith to the rail in 70th place.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Quan Zhou	1,850,000 150,000	150,000
Dan Smith	Eliminato

Tags: Dan Smith Quan Zhou

2023-06-26 20:12 UTC-8

Old Age and Treachery

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Livello 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

On a heads-up turn of A♦6♣7♠2♥, Henry Hull checked to his opponent, Robert Cowen, who then bet 300,000 into the already large pot of 500,000.

Hull thought about it for a few moments, then announced a call and punctuated it by thumping his stack chips onto the felt.

The river fell the 3♣ and Hull gave a shrug and moved all of his chips into the middle, totaling 345,000, and Cowen went deep into the tank.

"I feel like you just have 7-8-9-10 here," he said to Hull after an intense staredown, but still could not quite make up his mind.

After using several time banks, Cowen finally made the could to award the pot to Hull.

"Show the bluff!" someone at the table said, and Hull proudly showed pocket kings, and then admitted he just had six-eight to go with it for a stone bluff. The player to his right corroborated this story and the table went nuts over his bluff., to which Hull responded with a quote from David Mamet...

"Old age and treachery will always beat youth and enthusiasm [exuberance]".

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Henry Hull	1,400,000
Robert Cowen	340,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Henry Hull Robert Cowen