Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-09 10:43 UTC-7

Qiang Xu Comes Back to the Chip Lead on Final Day of $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout

Qiang Xu will lead the 11 returning players headed back to Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today to play down to a winner in Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Freezeout at the 2023 World Series of Poker.

If Xu can close it out, he'll take home the first-place prize of $435,924 along with his first WSOP gold bracelet but with Alexandre Reard (4,800,000), Andres Korn (4,760,000) and Niall Farrell (1,700,000) all looking to add their second bracelet to their wrist, it will be no easy task.

Other notable players returning for Day 3 include Adam Swan, who won a massive double toward the end of Day 2 to bag 3,080,000, Timothy Miles, who will return to 3,775,000, and Valentino Konakchiev, who will un-bag 2,475,000 when play resumes.

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Horseshoe	FT 1	1	Andres Korn	Argentina	4,760,000	48
Horseshoe	FT 1	2	Ruben Costa	United States	2,185,000	22
Horseshoe	FT 1	4	Ankit Ahuja	India	3,505,000	35
Horseshoe	FT 1	6	Adam Swan	United States	3,080,000	31
Horseshoe	FT 1	9	Qiang Xu	China	7,760,000	78

Horseshoe	FT 2	1	Niall Farrell	United Kingdom	1,700,000	17
Horseshoe	FT 2	3	Girish Reknar	United States	4,285,000	43
Horseshoe	FT 2	4	Alexandre Reard	France	4,800,000	48
Horseshoe	FT 2	5	Valentino Konakchiev	Bulgaria	2,475,000	25
Horseshoe	FT 2	6	Byung Eun Shin	South Korea	1,475,000	15
Horseshoe	FT 2	9	Timothy Miles	United States	3,775,000	38

Players are scheduled to start at 12 p.m. in Level 28 with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante and will play 60-minute levels until a champion has been crowned.

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Tags: Adam Swan Alexandre Reard Andres Korn Ankit Ahuja Byung Eun Shin Girish Reknar Niall Farrell Qiang Xu Ruben Costa Timothy Miles Valentino Konakchiev

2023-06-09 13:50 UTC-7

Byung Eun Shin Eliminated in 11th Place ($26,926)

Livello 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Level 29 wasn’t kind to Byung Eun Shin, who had 30,000 behind by the time he posted the big blind and ante.

He watched as Timothy Miles raised 250,000 before the flop and then Valentino Konakchiev called in the small blind. Shin shrugged his shoulders and put his remaining chips in.

The dealer fanned K♥J♦10♠, which Konakchiev and Miles checked. The 7♣ appeared on the turn, prompting checks from Konakchiev and Miles. The dealer then placed 5♦ on the river, which Konakchiev bet and Miles folded. The cards were then tabled:

Byung Eun Shin: J♥2♣
Valentino Konakchiev: J♠9♠

Konakchiev’s 9♠ kicker played to eliminate Shin in 11th place for $26,926.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Valentino Konakchiev	3,030,000 -1,195,000	-1,195,000

Timothy Miles	2,300,000 -600,000	-600,000
Byung Eun Shin	Eliminato

Tags: Byung Eun Shin Timothy Miles Valentino Konakchiev

2023-06-09 14:53 UTC-7

Timothy Miles Eliminated in 10th Place ($26,926)

Livello 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Action folded to Timothy Miles on the button who moved all in with his remaining 300,000 chips.

Niall Farrell three-bet the small blind to 680,000, prompting a fold from the big blind and sending Miles and Farrell to a run out with Miles at risk.

Timothy Miles: K♦6♦
Niall Farrell: Q♠Q♦

The board ran out J♦7♠6♥3♥2♥, offering no improvement to Miles and sending him to the rail in tenth place for $26,926.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Niall Farrell	2,000,000 500,000	500,000

Timothy Miles	Eliminato

Tags: Niall Farrell Timothy Miles

2023-06-09 15:00 UTC-7

Qiang Xu Eliminated in 9th Place ($34,210)

Livello 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Andres Korn opened from under the gun to 325,000. Action folded around to Qiang Xu in the big blind who elected to call and see a flop of 6♣3♣5♦.

Xu checked to see Korn continue with another bet of 325,000. Xu gave it some thought before raising the rest of his chips all in and Korn snap-called to put Xu at risk with two cards to come.

Qiang Xu: A♠7♥
Andres Korn: Q♦Q♠

Xu needed help from the turn or the river to pair his ace or complete his straight but the J♣ turn and the 5♥ river did neither and instead sent Xu to the rail in ninth place for $34,210.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Andres Korn	10,500,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Qiang Xu	Eliminato

Tags: Andres Korn Qiang Xu

2023-06-09 15:11 UTC-7

Adam Swan Eliminated in 8th Place ($44,087)

Livello 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

WSOP bracelet winner Alexandre Reard, who was in the small blind, raised 300,000. Adam Swan responded by moving all in, and Reard, who had Swan covered, immediately called.

Adam Swan: A♣4♣
Alexandre Reard: A♠A♥

The dealer ran out J♥6♦6♥5♠4♦, which gave Reard the win. Swan finished in eighth place for $44,087.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alexandre Reard	3,880,000 1,855,000	1,855,000

Adam Swan	Eliminato

Tags: Adam Swan Alexandre Reard

2023-06-09 15:35 UTC-7

Niall Farrell Eliminated in 7th Place ($57,620)

Livello 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Valentino Konakchiev raised 330,000 in late position and action folded to WSOP bracelet winner Niall Farrell, who was in the big blind and short stacked with less than 1,000,000 in front of him.

Farrell re-raised to 500,000, prompting Konakchiev, who had Farrell covered, to re-raise all in. Farrell called to put himself at risk.

Niall Farrell: A♣2♣
Valentino Konakchiev: K♠J♠

The dealer fanned Q♥10♥10♦. Farrell remained ahead with his ace, but the board gave Konakchiev an open-ended straight draw. The 4♥ appeared on the turn, and then 9♣ on the river gave Konakchiev a straight to send Farrell out in seventh place for $57,620.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Valentino Konakchiev	3,900,000 870,000	870,000

Niall Farrell	Eliminato

Tags: Niall Farrell Valentino Konakchiev

2023-06-09 16:55 UTC-7

The Two Failed Bluffs in One Week that Cost Doug Polk $700k

Livello 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Chris Moneymaker had the Bluff of the Century in 2003. This past week, Doug Polk had perhaps the Failed Bluff of the Century.

On Sunday, heads-up for a bracelet, Polk bluffed off a significant portion of his stack at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) less than one week after his infamous bluff attempt that didn't get through on Hustler Casino Live's $1 million game.

In both instances, the Upswing Poker founder had a busted draw and attempted to use aggression to coerce his opponents into folding somewhat marginal holdings in massive pots. Both times, however, his efforts were unsuccessful and quite costly.

Read all details here

2023-06-09 17:31 UTC-7

Reard Holds to Double Through Korn

Livello 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Action folded to Andres Korn who opened to 425,000 before seeing Alexandre Reard three-bet shove from the big blind. Korn made the call and the pair headed to a runout.

Alexandre Reard: 10♠10♥
Andres Korn: 6♠6♣

The flop came the K♣7♦A♠ to keep Reard firmly in the lead which didn't change on the J♦ turn card.

The river ran out the 3♣ securing the full double for Reard and putting him back in the middle of the chip counts.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Girish Reknar	8,850,000 400,000	400,000
Andres Korn	8,050,000 -3,725,000	-3,725,000

Ankit Ahuja	7,225,000
Alexandre Reard	6,750,000 3,325,000	3,325,000

Valentino Konakchiev	5,250,000 -500,000	-500,000

Ruben Costa	3,675,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Andres Korn

2023-06-09 18:46 UTC-7

Costa Finds Double Up

Livello 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja raised with A♦5♦ in early position to 500,000, and was called by Ruben Costa, who was in the big blind with Q♦10♦.

The flop ran out 10♠5♣10♣. Both players got a piece of it, but Costa got the large part.

Costa checked, prompting Ahuja to bet 450,000. Costa then check-raised to 1,050,000 and Ahuja went all in, which covered his opponent. Costa snap-called with trip 10s.

The dealer placed 8♣ on the turn and Q♣ on the river, giving Costa a double up on a 7,272,000 pot and leaving Ahuja on fumes.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ruben Costa	7,275,000 2,675,000	2,675,000
Ankit Ahuja	1,200,000 -3,450,000	-3,450,000

2023-06-09 19:39 UTC-7

Ankit Ahuja Eliminated in 6th Place ($76,537)

Livello 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Action folded to Ankit Ahuja on the button who shoved into the blinds. Alexandre Reard called from the small blind and Girish Reknar got out of the way from the big blind to set up a heads up run out with Ahuja's tournament life at risk.

Ankit Ahuja: Q♣4♠
Alexandre Reard: A♥8♠

The board ran out 9♠9♦2♠J♠10♥, offering no improvement to Ahuja who was eliminated in sixth place for $76,537.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alexandre Reard	13,775,000 1,525,000	1,525,000

Ankit Ahuja	Eliminato

Tags: Alexandre Reard Ankit Ahuja Girish Reknar