The World Series of Poker Main Event started on Monday as more than 1,000 hopefuls paid the $10,000 to take part in the most well-known poker competition in the world. Competition organizers have actually been positive all year that this one will break the 2006 record of 8,776 entrants. In 2015’s Main Event came within 100 of that, so the reality that in 2015’s Day 1A had 896 gamers is a promise for 2023.
Of the 810 gamers who made it out of Day 1A, Israel’s Yehuda Dayan is the chip leader with 389,900 chips. The only other gamer with over 300,000 is Japan’s Shota Nakanishi.
Jamie Gold, the champ of that 2006 WSOP Main Event, made the “shuffle up and deal” pronouncement and had a great day himself, ending the night in 58th location with 163,500 chips. 3 other WSOP Main Event champs used Day 1A and all made it through: 2009 winner Joe Cada (115,100 chips), 2014 champ Martin Jacobson (154,600), and 2020 victor Damian Salas (56,200).
Other “notables” who endured the opening flight consist of Doug Polk (4th in chips with 281,900), Faraz Jaka, James McManus, Shaun Deeb, Dominik Nitsche, and Poker Hall of Famers John Hennigan and Billy Baxter.
As they state, the worst day of the year is when you are removed from the WSOP Main Event. It’s never ever a fantastic sensation, even if you win cash, however on Monday, the loneliest gamer needed to be Israel’s Idan The One (yes, that’s his name).
The One was doing quite well through the very first level of his first-ever Main Event, however then Level 2 rolled around, as it tends to do. In the very first of 2 fatal hands, one gamer raised pre-flop to 600 (huge blind was 300), Ruben Correia re-raised to 2,500, and Idan The One four-bet to 6,000. Correia called.
The flop was 4♥-5♥-J♥ and both gamers examined. The turn was the 8♦, triggering an 8,000-chip bet from Correia and a call from The One. The A♥ on the river triggered both gamers to examine, likely since of the flush possibility. Correia exposed pocket Aces and The One had Kings, not an enjoyable method to lose a huge pot.
Not long after that, 2 gamers hopped pre-flop and Correia raised to 1,500. The gamer on the button called and The One chose to re-raise, which eliminated the 2 initial limpers. Correia four-bet to 16,000, triggering the button to fold, and after that The One made his stand, re-raising all-in. Correia called and had him covered.
As soon as once again, The One had pocket Kings. And when again, Correia had Aces. The Aces held Idan The One ran out the WSOP Main Event in Level 2 in definitely horrible style, losing with Kings two times to the exact same gamer with Aces.
Day 1B has actually simply gotten underway as a brand-new batch of gamers attempts to make it through 5 120-minute levels.
2023 WSOP Main Event– Day 1A Chip Leaders
- Yehuda Dayan – –
- 389,900 Shota Nakanishi – –
- 360,100 Hai-Chi Ho – –
- 297,400 Doug Polk – –
- 281,900 Neville Costa – –
- 275,000 Samuel Gagnon – –
- 271,000 Todd Collins – –
- 250,400 Rick Mechammil – –
- 247,600 Christine Do – –
- 237,300 Anirban Das – – 236,900
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