Event #65: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed) Giorno 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-28 22:54 UTC-7

All the Helppi for Yokosawa

Livello 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Juha Helppi opened to 3,000 from under the gun and Masato Yokosawa three-bet to 10,000 in the cutoff. The action was back on Helppi who four-bet to 26,000 and Yokosawa five-bet all in. Helppi called off his stack of around 65,000 and the cards were on their backs.

Juha Helppi: A♥A♦
Masato Yokosawa: K♥K♣

It was a cooler spot with both players waking up with premium hands. The flop fell K♠10♥5♦ and Yokosawa spiked a set of kings to take the lead. The 4♦ and 7♠ runout changed nothing and Helppi was sent to the rail.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Masato Yokosawa	243,000
Juha Helppi	Eliminato

Tags: Masato Yokosawa Juha Helppi

2023-06-28 22:47 UTC-7

Kirsch Forces Out the Big Stacks

Livello 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Richard Kirsch raised to 3,500 in the cutoff and was called by Uri Reichenstein and Mustapha Kanit in the blinds. The flop came 5♦3♦2♣ and the action checked to Kirsch who continued with a bet of 3,500. Both Reichenstein and Kanit still called.

The turn brought the Q♦ and the blinds checked once more. Kirsch sized up a bet of 20,000 this time and both Reichenstein and Kanit quickly mucked their cards.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Mustapha Kanit	184,000 -16,000	-16,000

Uri Reichenstein	158,000 10,000	10,000
Richard Kirsch	85,000

Tags: Mustapha Kanit Richard Kirsch Uri Reichenstein

2023-06-28 22:42 UTC-7

Quietly On a Rampage

Livello 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads up to a flop of K♣9♥4♦, an opponent checked to Ethan "Rampage" Yau, prompting him to bet 2,000.

His opponent called and the turn peeled the 4♠ and first to act checked again. This time Yau sized up to 10,000 and his opponent did fold.

Yau has mostly been keeping to himself as he grinds away and builds up his stack.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ethan Yau	167,000

Tags: Ethan Yau

2023-06-28 22:37 UTC-7

Updated Counts and New Arrivals

Livello 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ren Lin	260,000 -8,500	-8,500
Mustapha Kanit	200,000 31,000	31,000

Jeff Platt	135,000 -2,000	-2,000
Ryan Laplante	122,000 -25,500	-25,500

Alex Foxen	117,000 4,000	4,000

Kitty Kuo	110,000 58,500	58,500
Nacho Barbero	105,000 26,000	26,000

Leon Sturm	90,000 18,000	18,000

Christophe Panetti	79,000 -53,000	-53,000
Kristen Foxen	61,000 13,000	13,000

Tyler Brown	50,000

David Peters	50,000 50,000	50,000

Brent Hanks	50,000

Shaun Deeb	50,000

Cary Katz	50,000
Alejandro Lococo	39,000 -55,000	-55,000
Ryan Riess	34,000 9,000	9,000

Joe McKeehen	26,500 -43,500	-43,500

Vanessa Kade	25,000 -25,000	-25,000

2023-06-28 22:23 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Livello 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Chance Kornuth	232,000 74,000	74,000

Krasimir Yankov	202,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	194,500 79,900	79,900
Danny Tang	188,000 75,500	75,500

Chin Wei Lim	172,500 55,400	55,400
Taylor Paur	166,000 116,000	116,000

Robbi Jade Lew	131,000 46,000	46,000
Alex Foxen	113,000 6,000	6,000

Joseph Cheong	102,000 46,000	46,000

Jared Jaffee	96,000 46,000	46,000

Nick Schulman	90,000 40,000	40,000

Michael Rossitto	90,000 -38,000	-38,000
Conor Beresford	76,500 -7,500	-7,500
Yuri Dzivielevski	60,000 60,000	60,000

Michael Soyza	59,000 59,000	59,000
Kristen Foxen	48,000 -7,000	-7,000

Stephen Chidwick	45,000 -31,000	-31,000

Landon Tice	40,000 -2,300	-2,300

2023-06-28 22:18 UTC-7

Aldemir Triples, Jorstad Loses Out on Side Pot

Livello 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

There was a limp from under the gun and Espen Jorstad raised to 6,000 on the button. Koray Aldemir flicked in the last of his 4,000 chips from the big blind and the player under the gun made it 18,000 to go. Jorstad called which created a side pot going to the 6♥4♦2♠ flop.

Jorstad was faced with a bet of 14,000 and he called to see the 6♠ on the turn. His opponent jammed all in on the turn and Jorstad dumped his cards into the muck.

Koray Aldemir: 8♥3♥
Opponent: Q♥Q♣

The river was the 5♥ and Aldemir made a straight to triple up and stay alive.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Espen Jorstad	55,000 30,000	30,000

Koray Aldemir	14,500 -19,500	-19,500

Tags: Koray Aldemir Espen Jorstad

2023-06-28 21:57 UTC-7

Selbst Finds a Favorable River

Livello 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A completed board of 7♣4♥2♦6♠4♦ was spread across the table with Vanessa Selbst and Kazuhiko Yotsushika heads-up. Selbst checked to Yotsushika who tossed in a bet of 25,000 into a pot of around 35,000. Selbst instantly called and Yotsushika tabled 7♥6♦ for two pair. Selbst showed J♠J♦ for a better two pair as the river paired the board.

Yotsushika thought he won the pot at first until he realized that there was a pair on the board.

"I was just hoping you were bluffing but I guess you were value-betting," Selbst noted about Yotsushika's misread.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	306,000
Vanessa Selbst	111,000

Tags: Vanessa Selbst Kazuhiko Yotsushika

Livello: 9

Bui: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

2023-06-28 21:32 UTC-7

Last Break of the Night

Livello 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The field has grown to over 1,000 entries thus far and the remaining players are going on their last 15-minute break of the night.

2023-06-28 21:30 UTC-7

Barstool Nate Goes For Five

Livello 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Evgenii Fidchuk raised to 2,500 under the gun, was called by Maria Ho on his left, and when it folded to Eric "Barstool Nate" in the big blind, he also made the call.

Three ways, they saw the 4♦J♠10♣; they all tapped the table and Fidchuk checked the 4♥ on the turn. Maria Ho went for a bet of 4,000 which was called by Nathan and Fidchuk.

The river brought the 5s and everyone tapped the table again. Nathan turned over 7♠4♠ for the turned trips, saying, "You don't have to write that one down...", as his opponents' hands hit the muck.

The very next hand, Nathan raised the button to 2,100, Fichuk raised him to 8,000 from the small blind and Nathan came back with a raise to 18,000 that garnered him a fold.

Nathan drove the action preflop yet again, but ended up checking down heads up and winning the pot with ace high.

He won one more pot uncontested after that, then raised yet again before the flop but was three bet by his opponent in late position. Yet again they checked it down, but they both showed ace-queen high to chop the pot, making it five hands in a row that Nathan didn't lose a pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Evgenii Fidchuk	155,000 -2,000	-2,000
Eric Nathan	125,000 58,000	58,000
Maria Ho	21,000 -23,400	-23,400

Tags: Eric Nathan Evgenii Fidchuk Maria Ho