Day 46 brings us two new bracelet holders:

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$1,500	Event #85: $1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold’em	$1,317,645	987
$1,979	Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	$2,495,776	1,417

Event #85: $1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold’em

With more than $7M in total live earnings and 64 cashes at the WSOP, he didn’t have any bracelet yet…Faraz Jaka finally succeeded yesterday in grabbing his first in this shootout event for $237,367.

Five time bracelet winner Adam Friedman lost in 8th place for $29k, and Yuri Dzivielevski was out fifth for $63k.

“Pretty great and just taking it all in,” Jaka said about his feelings. “I was so zoned in that, I’m still kind of decompressing. I mean, I’ve gotten a lot of seconds and thirds, not just in WSOP but also in like WPT events and so on. So, it’s definitely nice to kind of get that monkey off my back and I feel like it’s just one of those things and I’m gonna start shipping the rest now.”

Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em

Peruvian Diego Ventura earns his first bracelet and the first one for his country by taking down event #86. He defeated Thomas Kysar in the heads-up to take home the first prize of $402,054. Ventura crossed the $2M mark in live earnings but this win is not his biggest ever, he made $907,080 in 2015 by finishing runner-up in the PCA Main Event.

Ventura was getting pretty emotional during the tournament: “I was actually getting emotional way before, like when I got to the final table I already wanted to cry. I was like, wait it’s not the moment yet, so I was trying to calm myself down. So when the moment arrived I was like so calm that I couldn’t let my emotions out until, I just started to look back at my life and in that moment I got emotional.”

In progress

Play stopped during the night at three players left in Event #87: $2,500 Mixed:

Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
1	Nick Pupillo	United States	6,045,000	12
2	Bradley Smith	Canada	2,655,000	5
3	Nghia Le	United States	7,400,000	15

The players will battle for the $221,733 top prize. A few notables went deep but fell short: Yuval Bronshtein (8th), David “Bakes” Baker (12th) and Ari Engel (16th).

The final nine players of the Main Event had the day off yesterday. Play resume today at level 38, with 600,000/1,200,000 blinds, 1,200,000 ante!

To end this recap, let’s have a look at the most live cashes for the completed events:

Name	Cashes	Total Earnings
🇺🇸 Ivan Starostin	15	$90,718
🇦🇹 Koray Aldemir	13	$812,177
🇨🇦 Daniel Negreanu	13	$344,480
🇺🇸 Daniel Buzgon	13	$75,955
🇺🇸 Ren Lin	12	$770,964
🇺🇸 Ian Matakis	12	$688,424
🇺🇸 David “Bakes” Baker	12	$199,948
🇮🇱 Yuval Bronshtein	12	$184,709

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Day 45 was dense with three bracelets awarded, day 7 of the Main Event, and two other events reaching the final table:

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$600	Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack – No-limit Hold’em	$3,675,570	7,207
$3,000	Event #82: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha	$2,704,710	1,013
$50,000	Event #84: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em	$8,404,000	176

Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack – No-limit Hold’em

The large event with its 7,207 entries built a $401,250 prize who went to Joseph Roh. Roh is not a poker pro but still had more than $100k in live earnings, now totalling $533,132.

Event #82: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha

Matthew Parry grabs his first bracelet in the Pot-Limit Omaha event and takes home $480,122. It’s the best result for the player who has $1,7M in total live earnings. Parry was very close to win Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event a few weeks ago when he finished third for $134,156.

Ian Matakis will add solid points to the Player of the Year race by finishing third for $205,696. Connor Drinan lost in 6th place and takes $75k for the performance.

Event #84: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em

It’s the fifth event that had a prize over $2M this year, and the $2,087,073 check goes to the Hungarian Alex Kulev. Kulev is having a great summer this year, he already won $1,6M in the $250,000 Super High Roller.

“The best players in the world came out to play this tournament,” Kulev said, “I max-late-regged with 15 big blinds, so it was very touch and go for a bit but when the cards want you to win, they usually let you win.”

Here are the final payouts of the tournament:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Alex Kulev	Bulgaria	$2,087,073
2	Gergely Kulcsar	Hungary	$1,289,909
3	Jake Schindler	United States	$957,491
4	Daniel Smiljkovic	Germany	$713,413
5	Koray Aldemir	Germany	$533,561
6	Johannes Straver	Netherlands	$400,562
7	Brandon Wittmeyer	United States	$301,859
8	Moshe Refaelowitz	Israel	$228,347

Event #76: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship

Six hours of play were needed to go from 15 to the 9 players that will play the final table of the World Series of Poker.

Adam Walton started the day second with 75M and went up to 143M to take the chip lead. He nearly has a quarter of the total chips, comfortably installed ahead of Steven Jones with 90M and 15% of the total chips.

I wasn’t a great day from Juan Maceiras who started as the chip leader with 108M and finished with the fifth stack of 68M.

Two players have one bracelet at the table: Daniel Weinman (3rd, $3,7M in live earnings) and Jan-Peter Jachtmann (4th, $1,9M in live earnings). Both won a bracelet in Pot-Limit Omaha.

Probably the most well known player of the group was Alec Torelli, who was very short at the start of the day and finally went bust in 11th place for $700,000.

The 9 players will be paid a minimum of $900,000.

Also in progress

987 entered Event #85: $1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold’em. A very entertaining final table has been set with Adam Friedman (5 bracelets), Yuri Dzivielevski (3 bracelets) and Faraz Jaka . The first prize is set at $237,367.

Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em is also down to 9 players. The event registered 1,417 entries for a prizepool of $2,4M. Diego Ventura is the chip leader and is joined by 2014 Main Event champion Martin Jacobson in fifth place. Phil Hellmuth made another deep run but fell in 19th place.

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Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$1,500	Event #83: $1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em	$484,605	363

Event #83: $1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em

They were 363 at the start for one of the smallest events of the year. Starting the final day with the third stack, Thai Ha found the path for the $111,170 win. He defeated David Prociak ($68k) in the heads-up, Ryan Laplante ($21k) ending in 5th place. It’s the first live cash at the WSOP, but Thai Ha has a strong $2,5M in total live earnings, including a second place for $511k in the 2019 €25,500 Short Deck event at the WSOP Europe.

Some words from the winner: “It feels great. Short Deck is one of the games I play the most and I got second twice already so this time it definitely feels great not to get second again. I feel like Short Deck is my strongest game.”

Event #76: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship

Day 7 ended and we’re down to only 15 players, but the winner won’t be crowned before another four days.

Juan Maceiras from Spain has the current best spot with a 108M stack and nearly 18% of the remaining chips. Following him is Adam Walton from California with 75M (12%) in chips.

Our most famous name in Alec Torelli has survived day 7 but has one of the shortest stack (13M, 2%).

Yesterday had lots of action, especially free breathing lessons given at the featured table:

Let us all join in on @danielvampan's collective breathing exercise.

😮💨😮💨😤😤 pic.twitter.com/VGoj8cRyt8

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 13, 2023

All 15 players have now secured $430,200.

Also in progress

With 7,207 entries, Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack – No-limit Hold’em is down to 9 players after day 2. John Fagg is the chip leader and will try to put his hands on the $401,250 prize.

Five remains in Event #82: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha amongst the 1,013 entries of the tournament. Matthew Parry will return as the chip leader today and will be joined by Ian Matakis, currently 3rd and leader of the Player of the Year race. They will battle for the $480,122 winner’s prize.

Two days were need to go down to 5 players in Event #84: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em. Here are the chips counts of the remainings five:

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Jake Schindler	United States	13,550,000	27
2	Koray Aldemir	Germany	4,000,000	8
3	Daniel Smiljkovic	Germany	3,150,000	6
4	Alex Kulev	Bulgaria	19,800,000	40
6	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	12,350,000	25

All have already won at least $533,561 and will look for the massive $2,087,073 first place. Many top pros made the money, including: Cary Katz (13rd), Daniel Negreanu (14th), Jason Koon (15th) and Christoph Vogelsang (18th).

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Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$2,500	Event #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em	$4,601,300	2,068
$25,000	Event #80: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.	$2,632,000	112

Event #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em

It’s bracelet number one for Samuel Bernabeu who defeated James Anderson to win event #79 and $682,436. The total live earnings of Bernabeu were until then just above $10,000, but his online résumé includes a 5th place for $58,388 in the online 2020 WSOP $400 Pot Limit Omaha – PLOSSUS.

“I used to play a lot in Spain, but when I moved to Mexico, I took a lot of time of, but I felt like something was missing in my life being away for so long. It just feels amazing to actually win one after everything that has happened,” an emotional Bernabeu said with tears in his eyes.

Event #80: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.

Josh Arieh makes the double this year after winning Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship a few weeks ago, and earns his sixth bracelet! It puts him in tenth place in the bracelet race, right behind Daniel Negreanu and pushing Shaun Deeb in 11th. Arieh adds $711,313 to his total live earnings of more than $12M.

Arieh makes a solid case for entering the Hall of Fame one day. This is what he told on the subject: “It’s definitely in the back of my mind. This year belongs to (Brian) Rast, he’s an absolute crusher and he did what he had to do. Maybe one year when they fix the nomination process and more than one player gets in, then maybe I’ll have my turn. I’ll just keep playing and doing what I do and whatever happens happens.”

Here are the top 9 finishes:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Josh Arieh	United States	$711,313
2	Dan Heimiller	United States	$439,622
3	Yingui Li	China	$319,906
4	Joao Vieira	Portugal	$236,163
5	Mike Matusow	United States	$176,904
6	John Hennigan	United States	$134,491
7	Johannes Becker	Germany	$103,795
8	Scott Seiver	United States	$81,337
9	Hal Rotholz	United States	$64,733

Event #76: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship

After six days of play, 49 players remains in the Main Event. Play stopped at level 30 with 100,000/200,000 blinds.

In the lead is now 23-year-old Joshua Payne (four live cashes) with 47M chips. He’s followed by Juan Maceiras Lapido (40M) who has more than $1M in live earnings.

Most of the other notables have lost yesterday, but Alec Torelli is climbing the ranks and bagged the sixth largest stack (21M).

We also lost one of the bigger entertainers this year, Nicholas “Dirty Diaper” Rigby:

.@GTO_Diaper’s @WSOP Main Event run comes to a crushing end on the river in Day 6, with JJ cracked by a rivered straight to send Rigby home.
pic.twitter.com/uB1H8he7a9

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) July 12, 2023

We also lost the last woman yesterday:

The last woman standing in the 2023 @WSOP Main Event, Estelle Cohuet, has been eliminated.

Cohuet hit the rail in 68th place and cashed for $130,300. pic.twitter.com/VgCdyqYzey

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 13, 2023

Payouts are getting bigger and bigger and all 49 players have locked $188,400.

In progress

Event #82: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha is down to 35 players. Dustin Goldklang leads the field, followed by Connor Drinan in second. They will play for $480,122.

Nine players will return for the Event #83: $1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em final table today. David Prociak ($1,9M in live earnings) has the largest stack, and he will be joined by Ryan Laplante in sixth, all looking to grab the $111,170 top prize.

Event #84: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em has ended day 1 and 137 entries were counted. The tournament is currently lead by Yang Wang who has Fedor Holz right behind him in chips. 43 players remains but more on this one tomorrow!

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Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$777	Event #77: $777 Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’em	$4,991,448	7,300

Event #77: $777 Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’em

Shawn Daniels is the lucky winner of event #77, taking home $777,777. He defeated the Frenchman Julien Montois in the heads-up, who won a cool $400,777 for the second place. It’s the first bracelet for the American, who has an impressive record of 14 top 10 finishes on the WSOP Circuit, including two rings, and now totals $2,6M in live earnings.

A happy moment, contrasting with recent hardships for Daniels: “I recently lost my fiancé so it’s been a tough summer,” he confessed. “I just wish she was here to celebrate it also. But it is what it is, it’s nice to get it done.”

Event #76: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship

It was day 5 yesterday at the Main Event, and we went from 440 to 149 players. Zachary Hall built the largest stack by far yesterday and has more than 200BB at 16,3M chips.

On the notables side, Tony Dunst now ranks 7th at 8,2M in chips. Will also come back today: John Racener (13th), Alec Torelli (77th), Nicholas Rigby (120th), John Duthie (124th) and poker coach Fausto Valdez (127th).

We saw Davidi Kitai losing in 194th, Jason Koon, Chris Brewer, Jason Somerville and finally Chance Kornuth who went to the rail by losing a massive pot early yesterday with AK against Nicholas Rigby‘s aces.

Also losing was Bill Klein who was involved in a really cool hand:

Not your typical OMC.

Bill Klein goes absolutely GANGSTER to keep himself alive in the 2023 @WSOP Main Event.

📺 – Watch Live Here: https://t.co/6FK0YJq5Dy pic.twitter.com/re6zAkQvPK

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 11, 2023

Another great hand involved Toby Lewis and Daniel Vampan:

This bluff by @danielvampan against @810ofclubs is completely unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/lXuopUASYS

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 12, 2023

All remaining players have secured $67,700.

Also in progress

Twenty four players remain in Event #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em, with $682,436 to win. Seth Davies is leading the pack and will try to put his hands on his first bracelet.

Event #80: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. has 15 players left after two days of play. 112 entries were registered and lots of big names made the cut: Joao Vieira has the chip lead, and he will be joined today by Josh Arieh (3rd), Mike Matusow (8th), Brian Hastings (9th), Allen Kessler (12th) and Scott Seiver (14th). The top prize has been set at $711,313.

That’s it for today, thanks for reading!

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