Event #37: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Giorno 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-15 23:43 UTC-7

Mark Seif Second in Chips After Day 1 of the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Livello 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A star-studded field flooded Day 1 of Event #37: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em, 400 players started the day and the field filled up to 1,962 players with 321 players bagging up for Day 2. The money bubble will hit at 295, so day 2 will move swiftly. The prize pool created was $3,492,360, and the winner will take home $524,777 and the gold bracelet.

Lee Piniatoglou leads the field and bagged 738,000. Former lawyer and two-time bracelet winner Mark Seif was second in chips at 711,000. Trailing close behind is Josh Reichard , who ended the night with 666,000.

End of Day Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Lee Piniatoglou	United States	738,000	123
2	Mark Seif	United States	711,000	119
3	Joshua Reichard	United States	666,000	111
4	Kai Zheng	United States	567,000	95
5	Chad Brewer	United States	565,000	94
6	Jong Kim	United States	564,000	94
7	Marc Macdonnell	Ireland	561,000	94
8	Miles Crowder	United States	510,000	85
9	Jose Rodriguez	Mexico	505,000	84
10	Xie Haoqi	China	481,000	80

Some of the notables who bagged at the end of the night included, Mustapha Kanit (284,000), Steve Zolotow (276,000), Juha Helppi (201,000), Dominik Nitsche (201,000), Nacho Barbero (185,000), Bin Weng (148,000), Dietrich Fast (135,000), Brad Owen (126,000), Upeshka De Silva (108,000), and Maria Ho (57,000)

Some of the notables that did not make it to Day 2 were Barry Greenstein, David Williams, Jake Daniels, Lexy Gavin-Mather, Benjamin Spragg, Koray Aldemir, and Kevin Martin.

A remarkable hand was when Ta-wei Tou held aces and four broadway pocket pairs were all in preflop.

Play will resume in Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante at 10:00 a.m. Vegas time in the Horseshoe Silver section on June 16.

There will be another ten 60-minute levels played with a 15-minute break every two. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 21 (approx 4:30 p.m. local time).

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor of the 2023 WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Benjamin Spragg Bin Weng Brad Owen Chad Brewer Dietrich Fast Dominik Nitsche Haoqi Xie Jong Kim Jose Rodriguez Josh Reichard Juha Helppi Kei Zheng Kevin Martin Koray Aldemir Lee Piniatoglou Lexy Gavin-Mather Marc McDonnell Maria Ho Mark Seif Miles Crowder Mustapha Kanit Nacho Barbero Steve Zolotow Ta-wei Tou Upeshka De Silva

2023-06-15 22:23 UTC-7

Full Prize Payouts

Livello 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Place	Prize (USD)	Place	Prize (USD)	Place	Prize (USD)
1st	$524,777	10th-11th	$36,118	68th-71st	$7,837
2nd	$324,355	12th-13th	$28,737	72nd-80th	$6,805
3rd	$238,129	14th-17th	$23,105	81st-89th	$5,977
4th	$176,529	18th-26th	$18,776	90th-98th	$5,312
5th	$132,153	27th-35th	$15,423	99th-125th	$4,776
6th	$99,916	36th-44th	$12,807	126th-152nd	$4,346
7th	$76,302	45th-53rd	$10,753	153rd-161st	$4,346
8th	$58,860	54th-62nd	$9,128	162nd-197th	$4,002
9th	$45,871	63rd-67th	$7,837	198th-246th	$3,502
				247th-295th	$3,202

2023-06-15 21:43 UTC-7

Barbero Finds Magic Runout To Stay Alive

Livello 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Nacho Barbero opened the action to 9,000 from under the gun and it folded around to the big blind who made the call.

The flop came J♥8♦3♠ and the big blind checked to Barbero who continued for 11,000. The big blind put in a check-raise to 27,000 and Barbero took a few seconds before moving all in for 111,000 total. The big blind snap-called with a bigger stack and the cards were shown.

Nacho Barbero: A♥8♥
Opponent: A♣A♦

The big blind trapped Barbero and had him in rough shape. The turn fell the K♥ to give Barbero more hope with a flush draw to go along with his pair of eights. The river fell the 8♣ giving Barbero the lucky eight he was looking for to score the pot and massive double up just before the last level of the night.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Nacho Barbero	225,000

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2023-06-15 21:28 UTC-7

Ogura's Kicker Plays

Livello 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Takashi Ogura raised for all of his chips in late position and was called by the button and the big blind.

The flop came out 3♠J♥7♦, and the big blind bet into the side pot and the button folded.

Takashi Ogura: A♠K♦
Big Blind: A♦8♦

Ogura's superior ace was ahead, and he held out to double following the 6♥9♠ runout.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Takashi Ogura	85,000 85,000	85,000

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2023-06-15 21:14 UTC-7

Prizepool Announced

Livello 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

A total of 1,962 players joined the field throughout the day to create a prizepool of $3,492,360 with the winner taking home $524,777 and the coveted gold bracelet.

The final 295 players will lock up a minimum cash of at least $3,202.

A full prize breakdown will be available shortly.

2023-06-15 20:41 UTC-7

Two Pair Versus Two Pair

Livello 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The player in late position raised to 6,000, Josh Reichard called in the hijack and the cutoff announced, "all in" for 74,000 and the late position player folded and Reichard called.

Cutoff player: 10♠10♣
Josh Reichard: A♠J♠

The board ran out with A♥2♥J♣4♥2♠ and Reichard won with a better two pair.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Josh Reichard	370,000

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2023-06-15 18:56 UTC-7

Queens Scoop the pot

Livello 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The player under the gun raised to 2,500 and the middle position player called and Shannon Shorr was on the big blind and squeezed for 19,000. The player under the gun folded and the middle position player moved all in for about 116,000 and Shorr called.

Middle position player: A♠Q♠
Shannon Shorr: Q♣Q♥

The board was 6♥10♥5♥8♥2♦ and the queens reached a flush and Shorr took the score.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Shannon Shorr	215,000

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2023-06-15 18:54 UTC-7

Zerjav Finds Value With Two Pair

Livello 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action began preflop with the cutoff having bet for 5,000 with Blaz Zerjav calling from the big blind.

The flop came 8♥Q♥8♠ with Zerjav opting to check to the initial raiser. His opponent bet for 3,500 with Zerjav electing to call.

A 10♦ came on the turn as both players checked to the river.

The river was the A♣ with Zerjav once again having checked. His opponent led out for 15,000 as Zerjav found a quick call. His opponent showed AxKx with Zerjav revealing A♦10♥ to take the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Blaz Zerjav	318,000

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2023-06-15 18:33 UTC-7

Back to Back Hands for Liu

Livello 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action began with Wing Liu jamming all in for about 20,000 from late position. Thierry Quintin was quick to call as both players revealed their holdings.

Wing Liu: A♣5♥
Thierry Quintin: A♥5♦

The board ran out J♣7♦4♠Q♥10♦ for both players to split the pot.

The hand after, Liu opted to call his opponents all in for about 13,000 as both players showed their hands.

Opponent: A♣K♣
Wing Liu: Q♣Q♦

The board ran out 6♠10♥5♠J♠8♦ with Liu's queens holding to nearly double him up.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Thierry Quintin	200,000 200,000	200,000
Wing Liu	31,500 31,500	31,500

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2023-06-15 17:45 UTC-7

Kings, Queens, Aces, Kings, Oh My

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

It was a really good time to wake up with aces when the action was raised in early position, three-bet in middle position, Ta-wei Tou four-bet on the button and the small blind five-bet and pushed all of their chips in the middle. All of the initial raisers pushed their chips into the pot and the race was four ways.

Early position player: K♣K♥
Middle Position Player: Q♣Q♠
Ta-wei Tou: A♦A♥
Small Blind: K♠K♦

All of the players were standing and taking pictures of this amazing board which came down Q♥6♦4♣J♦A♣ which gave Tou a massive win with his set of aces.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ta-wei Tou	250,000 250,000	250,000

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