Event #94: 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) Giorno 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-07-17 13:03 UTC-7

Konnikova Takes an Early Pot

Livello 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

A player from under the gun opened to 700 and received calls from Matthew Hunt in the hijack, a player on the button and Maria Konnikova in the big blind.

The flop came 9♦2♦6♣ and action checked around to Konnikova, who bet 2,000, which was enough to fold all three of her opponents.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Maria Konnikova	77,500 27,500	27,500

Matthew Hunt	40,500 -9,500	-9,500

Tags: Maria Konnikova Matthew Hunt

2023-07-17 12:19 UTC-7

Early Notables

Livello 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Alec Torelli, a noted poker coach, is fresh off an 11th-place finish in the Main Event ($700,000).

Adrian Mateos, largely regarded as one of Spain's greatest poker players, already has four WSOP bracelets on his resume and is assuredly looking to close out the summer with a bang.

Shane Rose recently bubbled the final table of the $600 Ultra Stack with a tenth place finish ($29,870) and is assuredly looking to best his previous score.

Bob Mather is a notable guest star in Lexy Gavin-Mather's content as he's the latter's husband. Both put in a rather full schedule this WSOP.

Matthew Hunt, a member of the Solve For Why team and one of the personalities on the 'Only Friends Podcast' had a deep run in Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout for $59,468, as well as a recent runner up in another freezeout at the Venetian ($53,321).

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Adrian Mateos	50,000 50,000	50,000

Alec Torelli	50,000 50,000	50,000

Shane Rose	50,000 50,000	50,000
Bob Mather	50,000 50,000	50,000
Matthew Hunt	50,000 50,000	50,000

2023-07-17 11:06 UTC-7

Event #94: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Starts at Noon Local Time

The 2023 World Series of Poker has begun to wind down, but there are still a few opportunities left for those looking at a last chance at glory. Only time will tell if last year’s champion and two-time bracelet winner, Michael Wang will be in attendance to defend his title. Wang managed to defeat 573 entrants over two days of play, despite a chaotic incident that marred Day 1 for the entire field, Wang somehow kept his wits about him on Day 2, defeating Farid Jattin in heads up play. Erik Seidel also made a close run at yet another bracelet for his collection, ultimately settling for the bronze.

2022 Event #88: $5,000 8-Handed Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Payout (USD)
1	Michael Wang	United States	$541,604
2	Farid Jattin	Colombia	$334,747
3	Erik Seidel	United States	$238,321
4	Kartik Ved	India	$172,103
5	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	$126,089
6	Billy O'Neil	United States	$83,740
7	Fred Goldberg	United States	$70,734
8	Will Nguyen	United States	$54,185

Plenty of notables are sure to enter this particular field in Event #94: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, as it’s one of the last two events on the docket. What fans should really be on the lookout for is some combination of Ian Matakis, Chris Brewer, Shaun Deeb, Josh Arieh, and Jesse Lonis. All five of these players currently stand to potentially win Player of the Year. Matakis is currently well in the lead with 4,598 POY Points at the time of the writing of this article but could potentially be overtaken if any of his rivals were to outright win one of the remaining events.

Players will be given a 50,000 starting stack and everyone will have exactly one reentry available to them. Play is slated to start at 12 p.m. PDT with blinds starting at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Blinds are set to increase every 30 minutes with a dinner break after 12 levels (approx. 7:45 p.m.). Late registration will also close at the end of dinner.

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Tags: Chris Brewer Erik Seidel Farid Jattin Ian Matakis Jesse Lonis Josh Arieh Michael Wang Shaun Deeb