First Break!
Players have been sent on their first five-minute break.
Players have been sent on their first five-minute break.
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.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey "JudasRiver" Martin | 31,229 | |
Patrik ”Nemamprachy” Ciklamini | 29,925 | |
Justin "ridebikes" Ginochio
|
29,901 | |
Shankar "Burgersssss" Pillai | 27,667 | |
|
||
Gabriel "black_mamba" Nastasa | 27,649 |
Bassioni "Abraham5959" Hammouda raised to 180 from under the gun, receiving calls from "luckbox1398" in the hijack and "FINNY12345" in the cutoff.
The flop came 6♣4♣5♦, and Hammouda bet 315. Only "FINNY12345" made the call.
The turn paired the board with a 6♥, and Hammouda's bet of 945 was again called.
Hammouda bet one last time on the 2♦ river, putting forward 4,170 of his chips. His opponent called, but mucked to the flopped straight of Hammouda, who turned over 7♥8♥.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
luckbox1398
|
42,473 | |
Bassioni "Abraham5959" Hammouda | 16,710 | |
FINNY12345
|
9,075 |
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 40/80
Ante: 0
Preflop action began under the gun, with "Pocketaces50" raising to 160. Edward "eddiegood598" Espino made the call from early position, as did Boris "imallinman" Vaynberg from the hijack. Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo, the cutoff, then reraised to 920. Only "Pocketaces50" called, and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Action was checked to Pantaleo on the K♦A♥8♠ flop, and his bet of 1,140 was called. The turn brought with it a 2♣, leading to Pantaleo's bet of 2,640 again being check-called.
The river came the Q♠, and action was checked to Pantaleo one last time. His bet of 6,560 was called, and he showed A♦Q♥ for a rivered two pair. "Pocketaces50" turned over A♠K♥, though, and took down the large pot with his flopped top two pair.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Pocketaces50 | 29,417 | |
Edward "eddiegood598" Espino
|
15,140 | |
Boris "imallinman" Vaynberg | 14,190 | |
Giuseppe "Pantalette" Pantaleo | 3,740 | |
|
With three limpers preflop, Michael "DirtyMike973" Marone raised to 400 from the big blind. Lee "SoccerDJ" Vlastaris called from under the gun, as did Thomas "Tommyboy2385" Rosa from the hijack.
The flop came 9♠A♥A♠, prompting a bet of 400 from Marone. Vlastaris called, with Rosa getting out of the way.
The 10♣ turn and 7♥ river were both checked through. Marone showed K♦Q♦, but Vlastaris turned over Q♣9♥ to take the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Thomas "Tommyboy2385" Rosa | 18,240 | |
Lee "SoccerDJ" Vlastaris | 15,900 | |
Michael "DirtyMike973" Marone | 13,915 |
Niveau: 4
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
"FlyinBrian33" raised to 280 from under the gun. Feras "LegendLeia" Oweineh called from the cutoff, as did Srikar "Haku1" Donapati from the small blind.
Action was checked to "FlyinBrian33" on the 4♣8♦Q♠, and they bet 460. Oweineh made the call, with Donapati folding.
The turn came J♥, and "FlyinBrian33" bet 560. Oweineh raised to 2,040 and was called.
The A♥ hit the river, and "FlyinBrian33" went all in for their last 9,304. Oweineh made the call and saw his opponent's A♠K♣. Oweineh had that beat, though, showing K♦10♦ for a rivered Broadway to send his opponent to the virtual felt.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Srikar "Haku1" Donapati |
28,248
2,880
|
2,880 |
Feras "LegendLeia" Oweineh | 27,035 | |
FlyinBrian33
|
Eliminé |
"BJohn" raised to 250 from middle position, with Michael "mike87ntks" Lipscomb defended his big blind.
It was Lipscomb leading out on the 2♦6♠3♦, putting forward 275. His opponent raised to 850, which Lipscomb called. The 5♠ turn brought two checks.
The river came 10♦, leading to a bet of 1,125 from Lipscomb which was not called, sending the pot his way.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
BJohn
|
33,861 | |
Michael "mike87ntks" Lipscomb | 14,465 |