2023 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
2,322
Players Left
327

Shigano Forces a Fold

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Kyle Shigano opened to 30,000 and the player next to him reraised to 80,000. It folded back to Shigano who ended up calling after some thought.

The flop showed 3?Q?J? and Shigano check-called his opponent's continuation bet for 75,000.

When the 10? landed on the turn, Shigano decided to move a pile of 5,000-chip in front of him for a bet around 130,000, and with 100,000 left behind. His opponent considered it for a minute and eventually folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Kyle Shigano
600,000
557,000
557,000

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Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter Eyes Up First Bracelet in 21 Years

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Billy Baxter
Billy Baxter

Poker Hall of Famer and seven-time bracelet winner Billy Baxter is on the verge of closing in on his first WSOP bracelet in 21 years after making it to the final table of the $1,000 Seniors Event at the 2023 World Series of Poker.

Baxter, who sits in third place going into the final day, has had a career that has spanned six decades and has seen him earn $2,739,628 in live tournaments alone. And he's already locked up another $122,130 for making it to the final seven. If he manages to make it to at least fourth place, he will secure his biggest-ever tournament cash. Just another remarkable achievement for one of the legends of the game.

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Hrabec Keeps Climbing

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

A player opened in early position and it was three-bet to 135,000 by a player in middle position before Roman Hrabec decided to four-bet to 290,000 on the button. The initial raiser shoved for 405,000 and the middle player let it go:

Early Position: A?10?
Roman Hrabec: K?K?

Hrabec didn't find any bad surprise throughout the 3?8?K?6?7? runout and busted his opponent to add more chips to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Roman Hrabec
2,400,000
500,000
500,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Umerova Knocks One Down

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Safiya Umerova was in the hijack position and raised 160,000 preflop and the player in the cutoff called for all of his chips about 130,000.

Cutoff player: 3?3?
Safiya Umerova: 8?10?

The flop hit Umerova immediately with Q?7?10? and the turn 5? and river 7? finished off the cutoff's tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Safiya Umerova
1,000,000
836,000
836,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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More Chip Counts

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Benjamin Spragg gb
Benjamin Spragg
1,350,000
400,000
400,000
Profile photo of Paul Tedeschi fr
Paul Tedeschi
980,000
940,000
940,000
Profile photo of Viet Vo us
Viet Vo
800,000
335,000
335,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
750,000
410,000
410,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
720,000
-76,000
-76,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Jean-Francois Alexandre ca
Jean-Francois Alexandre
670,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Jacqueline Burkhart us
Jacqueline Burkhart
600,000
-187,000
-187,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Dylan DeStefano us
Dylan DeStefano
530,000
-440,000
-440,000
Profile photo of Luc Lachance ca
Luc Lachance
400,000
-580,000
-580,000
Profile photo of Jean-Robert Autran fr
Jean-Robert Autran
Busted

Benoit Gets the Kicker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The player in the hijack raised all in for about 200,000 and Charles Benoit called in the small blind.

Hijack: A?J?
Charles Benoit: A?K?

The board was pretty straightforward with 6?6?10?3?2? and the king kicker came into play, knocking out the hijack.

Player Chips Progress
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Charles Benoit
850,000
714,000
714,000

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Vo Reaches One Million

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

In a heads-up situation with already more than 230,000 in the middle, the flop showed 10?2?A?4? when Dylan Lambe checked. Viet Vo fired 220,000 in the middle, putting Lambe into a big decision.

The clock was called and Lambe eventually announced all in for a stack around 500,000 at the end of the 30-second delay. Vo didn't take long to call for the following showdown:

Dylan Lambe: A?Q?
Viet Vo: A?K?

Lambe didn't any miracle on the 2? river and Vo took down the huge pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Viet Vo
1,080,000
280,000
280,000
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Dylan Lambe
Busted

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