Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack Giorno 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-18 21:19 UTC-7

Wellendorf Increases Stack After Opponent Suffers from Too Many Outs Syndrome

Livello 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

All the chips went into the middle after the big blind shoved for 96,000 and was called by John Wellendorf.

Big Blind: 7♣6♣
John Wellendorf: A♥J♣

Wellendorf was ahead, and technically still was after the flop of 8♣5♣5♥, but statistically, the big blind had a 65% chance of victory by hitting any four, six, seven, eight, or club.

The J♥ reduced the number of outs for the big blind on the turn and the K♦ river petered out any hopes for the big blind.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
John Wellendorf	2,250,000 150,000	150,000

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2023-06-18 21:19 UTC-7

Miles Makes Big Call on River

Livello 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The board read 7♦2♥A♦K♠Q♥ and Tony Miles bet 60,000 from the big blind. The middle-position player raised to 200,000 into the already big pot.

Miles took his time and made the call and tabled Ax6x for a pair of aces, besting his opponent who showed 6x6x for a pair of sixes.

"It was essentially a bluff," said Miles.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Tony Miles	1,155,000 634,000	634,000

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2023-06-18 21:16 UTC-7

Gilmore’s Nut Flush Provides Double Up

Livello 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The bustouts continue as the short-stacked players enter Level 20, which carries an unforgiving 10,000/20,000 blind structure with a 20,000 ante.

But for some like Michael Gilmore, scoring a double-up means hope remains alive. Gilmore got his chance when he looked down at his cards and moved all in to put his tournament life at stake against an opponent to his right, leading to the cards being tabled.

Michael Gilmore: A♠Q♠
Opponent: J♣J♦

Gilmore was behind when the dealer fanned 8♠3♦10♠ on the flop, but the texture gave him the nut flush draw to go along with pairing any of his two over cards. The 4♥ on the turn didn’t help his cause, but the 7♠ on the river kept him alive for the double.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Michael Gilmore	407,000 332,000	332,000

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Livello: 20

Bui: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

2023-06-18 20:28 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts

Livello 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Yulian Bogdanov	3,100,000 3,047,000	3,047,000
John Riordan	2,300,000 1,605,000	1,605,000

Jonathan Kramer	2,090,000 1,715,000	1,715,000
Men Nguyen	303,000 -22,000	-22,000

2023-06-18 20:26 UTC-7

Final Break

Livello 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The remaining players are now on their final break of the night and will return to battle it out on the felt shortly.

The yellow 1,000-chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.

2023-06-18 20:25 UTC-7

Recent Bustouts

Livello 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Jonathan Park	Eliminato
Elijah Ruffin	Eliminato
Benjamin Spragg	Eliminato
Tzur Levy	Eliminato
Naor Slobodskoy	Eliminato
Amie Martini	Eliminato
Jareth East	Eliminato
Jonathan Pastore	Eliminato

Terence Reid	Eliminato
Ryan Depaulo	Eliminato

2023-06-18 20:21 UTC-7

Garcia Shows How its Done

Livello 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Cord Garcia opened to 40,000 and was called only by Dalton Hobold on the button. The two went heads up to a flop of 3♣9♦10♣ and both players checked to see the 3♠ on the turn.

Garcia checked once more to Hobold who then reached for 60,000 and set it across the line. Garcia made the call and went to the river A♥.

Garcia then grabbed a stack of green 25,000-chips and set them in the middle, as Hobold hastily mucked to award Garcia the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Cord Garcia	1,650,000 1,354,000	1,354,000
Dalton Hobold	900,000 601,000	601,000

Tags: Cord Garcia Dalton Hobold

2023-06-18 20:10 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts

Livello 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sebastian Lobo	1,600,000 1,474,000	1,474,000
Nicholas Thompson	1,200,000 1,004,500	1,004,500
Joseph Couden	1,200,000 992,500	992,500

Renji Mao	990,000 10,000	10,000

Aleksei Istomin	950,000 604,500	604,500
Jeff Madsen	770,000 50,000	50,000

Zachary Duce	420,000 155,000	155,000

2023-06-18 20:10 UTC-7

Zawadzki Nails Straight on River to Eliminate Opponent

Livello 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Mikolaj Zawadzki put his opponent in the blender.

The completed board showed J♦A♦4♣9♥10♥, and Zawadzki moved all in on the river.

Zawadzki’s opponent was clearly not in a good spot, as a call put his tournament life on the line. He ran his fingers through his hair multiple times and put his right hand on his forehead. He did those actions multiple times for more than a minute, while periodically peeking at his cards and glancing at the board.

Meanwhile, Zawadzki was motionless. And if his challenger was looking for a read, Zawadzki offered no hints.

Ultimately, the opponent made the call to put his tournament at stake and got the bad news when Zawadzki tabled K♠Q♠ for the nut straight. Zawadzki’s adversary then tossed A♥10♦ face up in the air before grabbing his belongings as the rest of his stack went the other way.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Mikolaj Zawadzki	2,007,000 682,000	682,000

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