Event #94: 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-07-18 17:57 UTC-7

Harder River Decisions Have Been Had

Livello 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Josh Reichard raised from late position to 500,000 and was called by Christian Harder on the button.

Heads up they saw a flop of K♦Q♦8♠ and Reichard continued with a bet of 350,000 and Harder made the call.

The turn was the 6♥ and both players checked, revealing the 9♥.

After some thought, Reichard checked again; Harder declared all in. Reichard couldn't have called faster if he tried and Harder showed the A♥10♦ but Reichard was lying in the weeds with the K♠K♥.

"Someone turn up the A.C. because it's getting hot in here!" shouted Reichard's rail.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Josh Reichard	6,100,000 3,100,000	3,100,000
Christian Harder	2,700,000 -2,725,000	-2,725,000

Tags: Josh Reichard Christian Harder

2023-07-18 17:47 UTC-7

Massoud Eskandari Eliminated in 9th Place ($51,416)

Livello 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Massoud Eskandari found himself all in and at risk in a preflop confrontation against Marcello Delgrosso.

Massoud Eskandari: A♥J♥
Marcello Delgrosso: A♠K♣

Delgrosso was in good shape to secure the knockout with a dominating ace and remained ahead on the A♣8♥Q♥Q♠2♠ runout to take the pot down and put an end to Eskandari's deep run.

Eskandari's elimination marks the start of the official final table.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Marcello Delgrosso	5,425,000 2,925,000	2,925,000
Massoud Eskandari	Eliminato

Tags: Marcello Delgrosso Massoud Eskandari

Livello: 31

Bui: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

2023-07-18 17:31 UTC-7

Final Table Redraw (completo)

Livello 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
418	1	Massoud Eskandari	United States	2,400,000	10
418	2	Alex Keating	United States	11,800,000	47
418	3	Josh Reichard	United States	3,000,000	12
418	4	Christian Harder	United States	5,425,000	22
418	5	Guoliang Wei	China	2,450,000	10
418	6	Marcello Delgrosso	United States	2,500,000	10
418	7	Nozomu Shimizu	Japan	8,625,000	35
418	8	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	1,350,000	5
418	9	Jason Hickey	United States	1,575,000	6

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alex Keating	11,800,000
Nozomu Shimizu	8,625,000
Christian Harder	5,425,000
Josh Reichard	3,000,000
Marcello Delgrosso	2,500,000
Guoliang Wei	2,450,000

Massoud Eskandari	2,400,000

Jason Hickey	1,575,000
Alexandros Kolonias	1,350,000

2023-07-18 17:28 UTC-7

Punnat Punsri Eliminated in 10th Place ($40,393)

Livello 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Punnat Punsri moved all in from the cutoff for 1,825,000. Nozomu Shimizu raised all in from the button with a covering stack, forcing a fold from all other players.

Punnat Punsri: A♣9♠
Nozomu Shimizu: J♦J♣

Shimizu was ahead with pocket jacks and remained so on the 9♦2♦8♠6♣8♣ run out. Punsri was sent to the rail just shy of the unofficial final table while Shimizu collected another large pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Nozomu Shimizu	8,625,000 2,225,000	2,225,000
Punnat Punsri	Eliminato

Tags: Nozomu Shimizu Punnat Punsri

2023-07-18 17:22 UTC-7

Yang Zhang Eliminated in 11th Place ($40,393)

Livello 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Yang Zhang went all in and was isolated by a raise from Alex Keating. Keating joked that it was a friendly isolation raise.

Yang Zhang: K♣J♣
Alex Keating: Q♦7♦

It was true that Zhang's hand was best preflop but after the wheel spun 7♠6♦2♦, Keating surged into the lead with top pair and the flush draw. There was no sweat for Zhang as the Q♠ made it so he was drawing dead and the river didn't matter.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alex Keating	8,400,000 700,000	700,000
Yang Zhang	Eliminato

Tags: Alex Keating Yang Zhang

2023-07-18 17:15 UTC-7

Girish Reknar Eliminated in 12th Place ($32,264)

Livello 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Girish Reknar went all in off a very short stack and was called by Marcello Delgrosso to his left.

Girish Reknar: 2♥3♠
Marcello Delgrosso: A♥J♠

Reknar had the nut low against Delgrosso's ace high and wasn't able to improve when the board ran out K♠J♥5♣9♠A♦.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Marcello Delgrosso	3,000,000 975,000	975,000
Girish Reknar	Eliminato

Tags: Girish Reknar Marcello Delgrosso

2023-07-18 17:09 UTC-7

Felipe Ketzer Eliminated in 13th Place ($32,264)

Livello 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Felipe Ketzer moved all in from the button for his last 1,225,000 and Christian Harder made the call in the big blind to put Ketzer at risk.

Felipe Ketzer: J♠10♥
Christian Harder: A♠5♣

Harder flopped top pair on the A♥Q♦7♣ flop but Ketzer still had some outs in the form of a gutshot straight draw. Those outs never materialized on the 3♦ turn or 6♥ river and Ketzer was sent to the rail while Harder collected the last of his chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Christian Harder	5,800,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Felipe Ketzer	Eliminato

Tags: Christian Harder Felipe Ketzer

Livello: 30

Bui: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

2023-07-18 16:53 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts After Second Break

Livello 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alex Keating	7,700,000 850,000	850,000
Nozomu Shimizu	6,400,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Josh Reichard	5,625,000 -490,000	-490,000
Christian Harder	4,500,000 650,000	650,000
Guoliang Wei	3,650,000 40,000	40,000

Massoud Eskandari	2,850,000 575,000	575,000

Jason Hickey	2,500,000 925,000	925,000
Alexandros Kolonias	2,325,000 605,000	605,000

Marcello Delgrosso	2,025,000 -475,000	-475,000
Felipe Ketzer	1,700,000 -700,000	-700,000
Punnat Punsri	1,325,000 -1,375,000	-1,375,000
Daniel Palau	600,000 -165,000	-165,000
Yang Zhang	350,000 -4,650,000	-4,650,000