Event #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Giorno 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-27 17:25 UTC-8

Gibson Doubles Through Altomonte; Eliminates Holtz

Livello 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

After a series of raises, Michael Holtz was all-in before the flop for 15,200 and both Joseph Altomonte in the cutoff and Joshua Gibson in the small blind called.

When the K♦Q♥8♥ flop hit the felt, Gibson shoved for 23,200 and Altomonte wasted no time making the call.

Josh Gibson: A♣K♥4♥3♥
Joseph Altomonte: Q♠J♥8♣5♠
Michael Holtz: J♠J♦4♥4♦

The board completed with the 10♥ on the turn and the 5♣ on the river for Gibson to improve to a flush and eliminate Holtz while doubling through the 2023 $600 Pot-Limit Omaha champion.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Joshua Gibson	92,000 92,000	92,000
Joseph Altomonte	26,800 -33,200	-33,200

Michael Holtz	Eliminato

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2023-06-27 17:28 UTC-8

Neneth Takes One in PLO

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Livello 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Andrew Nemeth was in position against a middle position player, deciding on whether to call a bet of 5500 on a 3♦A♦10♣ flop.

Nemeth made the call and both players would check down the 7♦ turn and the Q♦ river.

Nemeth tabled A♣10♦K♠4♥ for two pair aces and tens, which would be good enough to beat the pair of kings of his opponent, showing down A♥K♣K♥4♣.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Nick Palma	118,000 118,000	118,000
Andrew Nemeth	40,500 40,500	40,500

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2023-06-27 17:29 UTC-8

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Vivian Saliba	204,500 14,500	14,500

Shaun Deeb	155,100 74,900	74,900

Chris Moorman	102,000 45,000	45,000

Lexy Gavin-Mather	87,500 77,100	77,100

Scott Eskenazi	77,200 29,200	29,200
Leonid Yanovski	68,500 1,200	1,200
Naor Slobodskoy	68,400
Uri Reichenstein	49,200 -18,100	-18,100
Florencio Bunal	41,300 -56,200	-56,200
Sylvain Naets	36,500 -16,500	-16,500
Tim Van Loo	33,600 19,600	19,600
Chino Rheem	25,500 25,500	25,500
Robert Mather	21,800 -6,200	-6,200

Players Will be on a 60-Minute Dinner Break

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Livello 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players will be going on a one-hour dinner break and in the meantime, the floor staff will color off the 100-denomination chips.

Registration will remain open until the end of the break.

2023-06-27 18:13 UTC-8

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

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Livello 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With its ever-growing backlog of deserving players and industry professionals waiting for their time to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, some players are calling for changes to the nomination and induction process.

One of those players is Daniel Negreanu, poker's biggest ambassador and himself a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who was inducted in 2014. Negreanu has long called for overhauls to the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process and renewed his calls this week on his daily vlog during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

"How I would fix the Hall of Fame is this: every single year, two players get in — players, not contributors," Negreanu told his vlog viewers. "Every single year, two players get in. Every third year ... we add an additional third person who is a contributor to the game. That would be the Isai Scheinbergs and the Matt Savages of the world. Every three years, one of them would get in. That way, we don't have to constantly compare apples to oranges."

Read About Negreanu's Proposed HOF Changes

2023-06-27 18:30 UTC-8

Players are Back From Break

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Livello 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are back from their one-hour dinner break and are returning to Level 10, with blinds 1000/15000 and a 1500 big blind ante.

Registration has closed and we'll be updating the final number of entries as well as the total prize pool shortly.

Livello: 10

Bui: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

2023-06-27 18:42 UTC-8

Schwartz Asks Hu to Show One

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Livello 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A pot of about 20,500 had been brewed on the turn of J♠9♠3♣4♣ and Jake Schwartz check-called a bet of 10,000 from Renyong Hu.

The 3♥ fell on the river and Schwartz checked before Hu fired out a bet of 20,000. Schwartz thought about it for a couple of moments and pitched his cards into the muck.

"Show one!" Schwartz yelled before Hu mucked his hand.

Hu let him pick which one and the J♦ was shown.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Renyong Hu	127,500
Jake Schwartz	80,000

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2023-06-27 18:50 UTC-8

Trapped Aces End in Elimination by Yau

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Livello 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Ethan "Rampage" Yau raised to 3,000 from early position and was called by a player in the big blind.

The player in the big blind lead into Yau for 5,000 on a 4♥3♠7♠ flop and Yau put in a raise big enough to commit the player all-in, which was called.

Big Blind Player: A♣A♦
Ethan Yau: A♠9♠

Yau was behind the slow-played aces of the player in the big blind, but could take the lead with any of the nine remaining spades in the deck, to which he didn't have to wait long, as the dealer rolled over the 5♠ on the turn.

The K♣ on the river was inconsequential and the player in the big blind would head for the rail.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ethan Yau	62,000 38,700	38,700

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2023-06-27 18:56 UTC-8

Hui Smokes a Set to Double

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Livello 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Loni Hui raised to 4,000 in early position and the button called before the big blind pushed a pile of reds across the line for a raise to about 70,000. Hui snap-called her stack of 31,000 and the button got out of the way.

Loni Hui: 10♥10♣
Big blind: A♣4♣

The ace came in the window as the dealer fanned the A♥10♠2♥ flop, but the ten was right behind it. The board completed with the 3♦ on the turn and the 9♣ on the river, sending the double up to Hui with her set of tens.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Loni Hui	67,500

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