Online Event #13: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-07-05 12:51 UTC-8

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sam "ApesSonIMHO" Soverel	3,945,000 -155,000	-155,000

Yuval "Larrybird84" Bronshtein	2,430,000 120,000	120,000

Aleksejs "Aponakov" Ponakovs	1,175,000 -125,000	-125,000

Lingkun "CN_23" Lu	1,165,000 10,000	10,000
Gergely "wildace_hun" Kulcsar	785,000 10,000	10,000
Ethan "Rampunts" Yau	700,000 -390,000	-390,000

Soverel Raises the Turn and Takes It

Livello 32 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 6,000 ante

Sam Soverel opened to 120,000 from under the gun holding A♥6♣ and Yuval Bronshtein defended his big blind with A♠8♠.

Bronshtein hit top pair on the 4♣7♣8♦ flop and checked over to Soverel, who checked behind. The turn came the Q♣ and Bronshtein led out for 75,000.

Soverel, with straight and flush draws, raised to 300,000 and Bronshtein laid down his pair.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sam "ApesSonIMHO" Soverel	4,100,000 290,000	290,000

Yuval "Larrybird84" Bronshtein	2,310,000 -260,000	-260,000

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2023-07-05 12:41 UTC-8

Soverel Takes Another One

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Livello 32 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 6,000 ante

Sam Soverel opened to 120,000 from the hijack with J♦10♦ and it folded to Aleksejs Ponakovs in the small blind with A♦9♦, who put in a three-bet to 420,000. Soverel made the call and the flop fanned out J♥10♣6♣.

Ponakovs missed the flop and checked over to Soverel, who bet out 270,000. Ponakovs took a few seconds, but in the end tossed his cards in the muck and another pot was sent to the chip leader Soverel.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sam "ApesSonIMHO" Soverel	3,810,000 540,000	540,000

Aleksejs "Aponakov" Ponakovs	1,300,000 -295,000	-295,000

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2023-07-05 12:34 UTC-8

Bronshtein Has the Better Ace

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Livello 32 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 6,000 ante

Yuval Bronshtein raised to 125,000 from the cutoff with A♣Q♦ and Sam Soverel called on the button holding A♦9♦.

The flop came J♣4♣2♥ and Bronshtein bet another 85,000. Soverel called with ace-high as the 2♣ fell on the turn.

Bronshtein checked and Soverel bet 215,000. Bronshtein, with the nut-flush draw, peeked back at his cards before calling to the K♠ river, where he checked again.

Soverel checked behind and Bronshtein took the pot with his queen-kicker.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sam "ApesSonIMHO" Soverel	3,270,000 -430,000	-430,000

Yuval "Larrybird84" Bronshtein	2,570,000 430,000	430,000

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2023-07-05 12:25 UTC-8

Soverel Extends Lead With Three-Bet Pot

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Livello 32 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 6,000 ante

Yuval Bronshtein opened the action to 125,000 from the hijack with A♠10♥ and Sam Soverel three-bet to 350,000 on the button holding K♠Q♦. The rest of the table got out of the way and Bronshtein made the call.

On the flop of J♥9♠5♠ both players checked their options to the K♥ turn. Bronshtein checked again and Soverel came with a size of 475,000, which folded out Bronshtein and took down the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sam "ApesSonIMHO" Soverel	3,700,000 500,000	500,000

Yuval "Larrybird84" Bronshtein	2,140,000 -350,000	-350,000

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2023-07-05 12:19 UTC-8

The Chip Leaders Play a Small One

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Livello 32 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 6,000 ante

Action folded to Yuval Bronshtein on the button who raised to 125,000 with 7♠7♥. Sam Soverel called in the small blind holding 8♠8♣ and they went heads-up to the 2♣5♦9♥ flop.

Bronshtein continued for 75,000 and Soverel called to the 10♦ turn. Both players checked and the J♣ fell on the river.

Soverel checked again and Bronshtein tapped his chip stack before surrendering the pot to Soverel's higher pocket pair.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sam "ApesSonIMHO" Soverel	3,200,000 325,000	325,000

Yuval "Larrybird84" Bronshtein	2,490,000 -250,000	-250,000

Tags: Sam Soverel Yuval Bronshtein

Livello: 32

Bui: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 6,000

2023-07-05 12:10 UTC-8

Kulcsar Takes Early Pot From Yau

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Livello 31 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Gergely Kulcsar opened to 100,000 from under the gun with J♠J♦ and it folded to Ethan Yau who made the call in the big blind with 8♥6♥.

The flop came 7♠6♣2♠ and Yau checked to Kulcsar who continued for 75,000, which Yau called. On the 7♦ turn Yau checked again and Kulcsar checked back.

The A♠ hit the river and Yau checked a third time. Kulcsar pondered for a moment, but eventually tapped the table for a showdown. Kulcsar's jacks held up to score the early pot off Yau.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ethan "Rampunts" Yau	1,090,000 -220,000	-220,000

Gergely "wildace_hun" Kulcsar	775,000 250,000	250,000

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Livello: 31

Bui: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

2023-07-05 11:11 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal

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The six finalists have taken their seats on the feature table inside the Horseshoe Events Center and play is underway.

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