One no-show reduced the field to 910 total entries and the €1,747,200 prize pool will be distributed among the top 135 finishers. The min-cash is worth €3,350 and the winner will take home €305,300 for the efforts, more than 150 times the buy-in.
The full payout information will be uploaded prior to the Day 2 restart.
Jamil Wakil raised and then faced a three-bet by Chan Sung Choi before he pushed all-in for 27,000 total. Choi asked for an exact count and then reluctantly called despite some confusion about the correct amount.
Jamil Wakil: 
Chan Sung Choi: 
The 
flop and 
turn kept Wakil in the lead, though, Choi picked up some equity with a gutshot. However, the 
river was no sucker punch as the 2023 PCA Main Event finalist doubled to remain in contention.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 20,000 |
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
Niveau: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
On a heads-up turn of 
, Fahredin Mustafov in the small blind called a bet by Kees van Brugge in an early position. That led them to the 
river on which Mustafov checked again. Van Brugge bet 5,000 with around 18,000 behind and Mustafov quickly folded.
Further assorted counts across the room can be found below.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 220,000 |
|
210,000 | 210,000 |
|
170,000 | 130,000 |
|
160,000 | 110,000 |
|
160,000 | 160,000 |
|
140,000 | 50,000 |
|
95,000 | -15,000 |
|
75,000 | 30,000 |
|
67,000 | 34,000 |
|
65,000 | 65,000 |
|
57,000 | 25,000 |
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
33,000 | 33,000 |
|
Eliminé |
After a late position raise and call, Yiannis Liperis shoved all in from the button for his remaining 17,000 chips. Nathan Tetart called from the big blind. All other players folded and the cards were on their backs.
Nathan Tetart: 
Yiannis Liperis: 
The board ran out 
and Liperis' eights held to claim the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000 | 76,000 |
|
Eliminé |
On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode of 2023, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen welcome guest Chris Moneymaker to the show. The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ shares details on what happened in regards to his Moneymaker Social Club in Paducah, Kentucky closing its poker operations after feeling some heat from local authorities. Find out what transpired and what the future may hold.
Moneymaker also shares his plans for the upcoming 2023 WSOP and tells a fun story involving his WSOP gold bracelet, the Super Bowl, and Justin Timberlake.
Other stories discussed are Phil Hellmuth getting dismantled on a pair of live-streamed high-stakes cash games, winners from the PokerGO Tour Mixed Game Festival, the Galfond Challenge against Dan “Jungleman” Cates currently being on pause, and remembering the late Mike McClain. Finally, they look ahead to the European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris, which just got underway.
Stoyan Obreshkov mentioned "do you want to hear a really funny hand" as the live reporting team walked by and then provided the details for how Adrian Strobel on the same table leaped to an above-average stack soon after the action had resumed.
According to Obreshkov, a single-raised three-way pot saw Strobel check-raise a 
flop and he then called a three-bet to see the 
on the turn. The opponent of Strobel jammed for 23,000 into a pot of around 65,000 and Strobel sigh-called with the for the second nuts.
"You just don't feel good about it," the Bulgarian added to then mention that the at-risk player revealed 
for trips eights that didn't get there.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 40,000 |
|
140,000 |
Javier Zarco raised to 3,500 from late position, Andrea Binotto called on the button and Sandro Pitzanti called in the big blind.
The flop came . All three players checked to the turn, which was the 
. Pitzanti bet out for 3,500, Zarco called, and Binotto folded. The river was the . Pitzanti bet 12,000 and Zarco called.
Pitzanti showed and Zarco showed 
. Both players had a pair of tens, and with the pair of deuces and king high board, it was a chopped pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 2,000 |
|
73,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
61,000 | 61,000 |
On the table of fellow Brazilian Walter Ripper, Eduardo Amaral Silva raised to 4,000 and Mohamad El-Rais ripped it in. It folded all the way back to Amaral Silva, who called all-in for 27,000.
Eduardo Amaral Silva:
Mohamad El-Rais: 
The kicker played a crucial role on the 
runout as El-Rais was left with fumes.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | 10,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | 60,000 |
|
192,000 | 82,000 |
|
190,000 | 5,000 |
|
175,000 | |
|
165,000 | |
|
160,000 | |
|
125,000 | 90,500 |
|
120,000 | 60,000 |
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
|
95,000 | 23,000 |
|
90,000 | |
|
85,000 | -15,000 |
|
80,000 | 31,000 |
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
64,000 | -6,000 |
|
62,000 | 17,000 |
|
44,000 | 44,000 |
|
|
43,000 | -26,200 |
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
