Action was opened under the gun to 8,000. Next to act was Tanupat Punjarojanakul who put in a three-bet to 22,000. There was then a cold-call from the cutoff and action made it to Aleksandr Gofman in the big blind who also cold-called. The original raiser called and the players were off to a flop four ways.
The Q♣10♣9♦ flop landed and Gofman went into the tank. After about a minute he led into the field for 75,000. under the gun folded and Punjarojanakul immediately moved all in. The rest of the players folded and Gofman snap-called.
The cards hit their backs.
Aleksandr Gofman: Q♦J♦
Tanupat Punjarojanakul: Q♠Q♥
Punjarojanakul had already drilled a set but Gofman was live with an open-ender.
The A♣ landed on the turn and the K♠ landed on the river giving Gofman the straight and leaving Punjarojanakul's stack smashed.
According to the table, Wenqing Cai raised and Seokjun Lee three-bet. Sameh Elamawy four-bet in the cutoff and it folded back to Lee who jammed. Elamawy decided to call with a stack slightly higher for the following showdown:
Seokjun Lee: A♣A♠
Sameh Elamawy: 9♣9♥
Lee was in great shape to scoop the pot but the board revealed 10♣7♠6♠4♥8♣ to give a straight to Elemawy while Lee made his way to the payout desk.
The board 5♥Q♦3♣6♠7♣ was already dealt with around 90,000 in the middle when Yang Zhang sent a bet worth 60,000. Anders Karlsen, seated on the button, tanked for a few minutes and eventually folded.
Day 2 kicks off at 10 a.m. local time for Event #85: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas and just 100 players remain.
Day 1 started with 987 hopefuls but by the time the dust settled an even 100 players won their tables and advanced to Day 2. They all return to play out ten ten-handed shootouts and after when all tables are done there will be just ten players remaining who will battle it out on the final table for the shootout title.
Every player that has advanced to Day 2 has already locked up $5,759 and will compete to win their next shootout to advance to the final table on Day 3 where the minimum payout for the final ten will be $19,003. The last player standing will be awarded the top prize of $237,367 and of course the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Many players came and went on Day 1, but some notable faces won their table and advanced to Day 2. Long time crusher and poker coach Faraz Jaka will return today for his shot at a bracelet. Brazilian mixed-game specialist Yuri Dzivielevski steamrolled his table to advance. Bracelet winner Frank Funaro was close to being the first winner on Day 1 but ended up having a much longer heads up match than he originally anticipated.
Faraz Jaka
The first player to win their seat was Canadian Pro Joshua Frazer James who took down his seat just five and half hours into the day. The eyes will be moving around the room to see who will be the first player on Day 2 to win their shootout table and lock up a seat at the final table.
The field will also see the controversial Ali Imsirovic, who made a late 2023 WSOP debut in this event. Imsirovic made quick work of his table and bagged early on Day 1. All eyes will undoubtedly be on him as he tries to earn a seat at the final table.
Ali Imsirovic
Day 2 will take place at 10 a.m. PDT and will be played until all tables are down to just one player. There will be 20-minute breaks after every three levels and a 60-minute optional dinner break after Level 9 (≈ 4:30 p.m.).
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