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

Gan Takes it On the Turn

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

A player opened to 16,000 and only got called by Jiyang Gan in the big blind.

The flop fell 4?5?K? and Gan check-called his opponent for 12,000. The 4? paired the board on the turn and Gan checked again. His opponent bet 25,000 and Gan replied with a shove. His opponent quickly called and Gan grabbed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jiyang Gan cn
Jiyang Gan
250,000
130,500
130,500

Tags: Jiyang Gan

Sheppard is Saved by the Turn

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Big blind bet for 16,000 while two players made the call. Joseph Sheppard jammed all in from the cutoff for 129,000. Only the middle position player made the call, and both players revealed their hands.

Joseph Sheppard: K?Q?
Opponent: A?J?

The board ran out A?K?6?Q?2? for Sheppard to get a double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Sheppard
293,000
175,000
175,000

David Peters Sends One Out

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
David Peters
David Peters

David Peters raised in middle position to 16,000 and picked up a call from the big blind.

Things heated on the A?3?Q? flop. The big blind checked and Peters continued for 22,000. His opponent jammed for 146,000 and Peters quickly called with slightly more chips:

Big Blind: Q?J?
David Peters: A?K?

Peters had hit top pair while his opponent was hoping for the flush, but the latter didn't find any of the outs he needed on the 8? turn and 5? river and made his way to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
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David Peters
340,000
249,000
249,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: David Peters

Berges Wakes up with Kings

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Rommel Berges was under the gun and raised all in for about 239,000 and an early position player called.

Rommel Berges: K?K?
Early position player: J?J?

The board came out J?10?7?K?3? and although both players hit their set the kings of Berges took the pot.

Elsewhere Jeff Platt was sitting with a nice stack of 520,000 and Abby Merk had 285,000.
Also Mauro Avila had a huge tower of chips with 1,500,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mauro Avila mx
Mauro Avila
1,500,000
1,307,000
1,307,000
Profile photo of Jeff Platt us
Jeff Platt
520,000
348,000
348,000
Profile photo of Abby Merk us
Abby Merk
285,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Rommel Berges bz
Rommel Berges
245,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Rommel BergesAbby MerkJeff Platt

Brown Trumped Kings

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Camille Brown
Camille Brown

Camille Brown raised in early position to 16,000 and the player in late position three-bet to 50,000 and Brown four-bet all in for about 240,000. The late position player called.

Late position player: K?K?
Camille Brown: A?K?

The board came out with a relief for Brown with A?6?8?8?4? and the win with her two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Camille Brown
510,000
238,000
238,000

Tags: Camille Brown

Few Updated Chip Counts

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fran?ois Pirault fr
Fran?ois Pirault
1,260,000
820,000
820,000
Profile photo of Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
730,000
115,000
115,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
700,000
394,000
394,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Luc Lachance ca
Luc Lachance
690,000
500,000
500,000
Profile photo of Marle Spragg us
Marle Spragg
380,000
224,000
224,000
Profile photo of Loni Hui us
Loni Hui
247,000
72,000
72,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
215,000
-135,000
-135,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
165,000
65,000
65,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
148,000
92,000
92,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
90,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Conrad Simpson us
Conrad Simpson
Busted

Calling the Clock Episode #8: Ivey Denied 11th Bracelet, Hellmuth Arrives in Costume

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Calling the Clock
Calling the Clock

On the eighth episode of “Calling the Clock,” Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen cover eight more topics “On the Board.” That included who they like for Poker Hall of Fame, Brian Rast winning the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for the third time, and Phil Ivey making the final table, just missing out on his eleventh bracelet.

They also highlight Jeremy Ausmus winning his sixth bracelet, the upcoming PokerNews Cup at Golden Nugget, the July 2 Celebration of Life for Doyle Brunson, and Phil Hellmuth arriving in costume with his tag team partner Dan “Jungleman” Cates.

Check out those stories and more in the latest “Calling the Clock” straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey
Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey

With its ever-growing backlog of deserving players and industry professionals waiting for their time to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, some players are calling for changes to the nomination and induction process.

One of those players is Daniel Negreanu, poker's biggest ambassador and himself a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who was inducted in 2014. Negreanu has long called for overhauls to the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process and renewed his calls this week on his daily vlog during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

"How I would fix the Hall of Fame is this: every single year, two players get in — players, not contributors," Negreanu told his vlog viewers. "Every single year, two players get in. Every third year ... we add an additional third person who is a contributor to the game. That would be the Isai Scheinbergs and the Matt Savages of the world. Every three years, one of them would get in. That way, we don't have to constantly compare apples to oranges."

Read About Negreanu's Proposed HOF Changes

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000