Aaron Kupin completed from the small blind, Evgenii Fidchuk checked the big blind and the flop was dealt. It came J♠K♥8♠ and was checked by both players.
A Q♦ on the turn also received two checks. The river was the 10♣ and after thinking for a moment, Kupin bet 120,000 and was called instantly by Fidchuk.
The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) kicked off back on May 30, and now bracelet winners are being minted every day. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team has been busy capturing all the action in our live updates, and they’ve witnessed some hands go down that proved to be either entertaining, game-changing or just flat out brutal.
Among those to play big hands were Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel, Thomas Eychenne, Shannon Fahey, and Robert Williamson III. There were some truly bad beats in big spots that you don't want to miss.
Alexander Yen in the small blind, bet around 90,000 on a flop of 2♠9♦9♠. He was called in the big blind by Kunal Patni.
The turn came 6♣ and Yen fired again, for 125,000. Again Patni called.
A 6♦ fell on the river and This time Yen checked. Patni checked how much Yen had behind and bet 200,000. After a short think, Yen called. Patni showed 6♥8♠ for a full house and Yen tossed his cards in the muck.
Julien Sitbon raised from the cutoff to 80,000. Rafael Pandolfo in the big blind three-bet to 205,000 and Sitbon responded with a four-bet jam to 1,090,000. Pandolfo snap-called.
Julien Sitbon: A♣K♠
Rafael Pandolfo: Q♦Q♥
Pandolfo pulled behind in this race as the first three cards came A♠5♦6♥. The turn and river brought the 8♦ and 4♠ respectively and the Sitbon found a crucial double up.
Ying Chan raised to 60,000 from early position. Action folded to Ian Hirasa on the big blind, who went all in for 360,000. Gabriel Moura called and covered. Chan got out of the way.
Ian Hirasa K♥K♣
Gabriel Moura: J♣J♦
The board ran out K♠2♥8♠A♣4♠ which was as stress-free as Hirasa could have hoped for — and he took a welcome double up.
On the eighth episode of “Calling the Clock,” Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen cover eight more topics “On the Board.” That included who they like for Poker Hall of Fame, Brian Rast winning the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for the third time, and Phil Ivey making the final table, just missing out on his eleventh bracelet.
They also highlight Jeremy Ausmus winning his sixth bracelet, the upcoming PokerNews Cup at Golden Nugget, the July 2 Celebration of Life for Doyle Brunson, and Phil Hellmuth arriving in costume with his tag team partner Dan “Jungleman” Cates.
Check out those stories and more in the latest “Calling the Clock” straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!