2023 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,201,564
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$13,905,360
Entries
10,430
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
4,585
Players Left
1,012

Flush On The Flop For Pütz

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There was an open in early position to 1,000. It was called by Kevin Abecassis in middle position and by Andreas Pütz in the small blind.

All three players checked on the flop 6?8?K?. Then Pütz bet 400 on the turn, which was the 2?. The player in early position raised to 2,500, and Abecassis folded. However, Puetz was not done and he reraised all in to 8,200. His opponent thought for a few seconds and seemed to have no choice but to call.

Andreas Pütz: 10?9?
Opponent: K?J?

Pütz just had to avoid a club, other than the 7?, to double up. The J? landed on the river, and secured his win.

Player Chips Progress
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Kevin Abecassis
46,000
46,000
46,000
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Andreas Pütz
20,000
20,000
20,000

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Full House for Ulitchney

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Craig Ulitchney raised under the gun to 900 and got two callers. The flop fell 3?4?4? and the trio checked.

The 3? turn brought two pair on the board and Ulitchney bet 1,200. The player two seats over raised it to 2,300 and it was called by the third player and Ulitchney.

The river fell the 9? and it was checked. Ulitchney tabled K?3? for the full house and received the pot after his two opponents mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Craig Ulitchney
39,000
39,000
39,000

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Guenan Runs Into Aces

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

From the cutoff, Flavien Guenan opened to 1,100. He was raised to 3,500 by Brandon Sheils on the button.

Guenan looked at his opponent's stack and saw that he had a total of 20,100 chips. To force him to go all in, Guenan raised for more than his neighbor's stack and got called.

Brandon Sheils: A?A?
Flavien Guenan: A?Q?

Bad timing for Guenan, who ran into the best possible hand. The board K?5?7?Q?9? did not change the situation, and the Frenchman is back to the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Sheils
41,000
41,000
41,000
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Florian Duta
29,500
29,500
29,500
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Flavien Guenan
24,000
-13,000
-13,000

Tags: Flavien GuenanBrandon Sheils

Solis Takes on Shylko

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Aliaksandr Shylko
Aliaksandr Shylko

Aliaksandr Shylko raised under the gun and got called by Rick Solis in the small blind and the big blind.

The flop showed Q?3?7?. Solis and the big blind checked before Shylko bet 1,300, which only Solis called.

The A? appeared on the turn. Solis checked and after some time in the tank, Shylko bet 3,300, only for Solis to raise to 10,300.

Shylko folded revealing to the table he had Q?.

Player Chips Progress
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Aliaksandr Shylko
47,000
47,000
47,000
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Rick Solis
28,000
28,000
28,000

Tags: Aliaksandr ShylkoRick Solis

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Adam Krach us
Adam Krach
90,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Michael Gonzalez us
Michael Gonzalez
45,000
Profile photo of Farah Galfond us
Farah Galfond
41,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Samy Boujmala fr
Samy Boujmala
37,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Kade ca
Vanessa Kade
35,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
27,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Conrad Simpson us
Conrad Simpson
25,000
-22,000
-22,000
Profile photo of Abby Merk us
Abby Merk
24,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
17,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Jarry fr
Tom Jarry
12,300
-19,700
-19,700
Profile photo of Javier Tsunamy es
Javier Tsunamy
12,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
12,000
-2,000
-2,000

Konnikova Takes The Spot To Squeeze

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The button opened to 1,200 and was called by the small blind. In the big blind, Maria Konnikova looked at her opponent's stack and raised to 5,500. It was too much for the button, who folded. and after a few seconds, the small blind called.

The small blinds's decision was easier and faster on 4?5?10? flop when Konnikova continued to 5,500. He immediately folded, giving the pot to Konnikova.

Player Chips Progress
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Maria Konnikova
44,000
44,000
44,000

Tags: Maria Konnikova

Yang Doubles Up With Aces

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Zhigang Yang raised from early position to 1,100. But the button didn't want to let him win the pot so easily, so he decided to raise to 3,300.

Action came back to Yang, and he responded with a four-bet to 9,100. Judging by his facial expression, the button clearly had a decision to make. And he took the most aggressive option, moving all in. With 24,300 chips, Yang, covered, made the call.

Zhigang Yang: A?A?
Button: A?Q?

Yang had the lead preflop and maintained it after the board 4?7?7?J?6?. He doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Zhigang Yang
51,000
51,000
51,000

Tags: Zhigang Yang