2023 World Series of Poker

Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$12,100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$93,399,900
Entries
10,043
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
1,518
Players Left
441

Nitsche and Crabtree Eliminated on Feature Tables

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche

Dominik Nitsche raised for Clement Richez to three-bet to 70,000. The four-bet shove by Nitsche for 445,000 followed and it was a coin flip for the tournament life of the German GTO expert.

Dominik Nitsche: J?J?
Clement Richez: A?Q?

Richez took the lead on the Q?10?7? flop but Nitsche picked up more outs on the K? turn. However, the 5? river was a blank and Nitsche was knocked out.

The feature table cameras then switched to another all-in and call on a 9?5?5? flop on which Donald Crabtree had jammed and was called by Shota Nakanishi.

Shota Nakanishi: Q?5?
Donald Crabtree: A?9?

Two blanks followed with the 10? turn and Q? river, sending Crabtree to the payout desk as well.

Donald Crabtree
Donald Crabtree
Player Chips Progress
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Cl��ment Richez
1,870,000
471,000
471,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Shota Nakanishi
1,244,000
230,000
230,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Dominik Nitsche
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
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Donald Crabtree
Busted

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Faro Cracks Arreola's Cowboys

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Darrick Arreola moved all in for 62,000 in the hijack and both the cutoff and Tim Faro on the button made the call.

The flop fanned out A?10?2? and the cutoff check-called a bet of 60,000 from Faro. On the 8? turn both players checked their options to the 7? river.

The cutoff checked a third time and Faro came with a size of 100,000. His opponent took a few seconds, but in the end made the fold and the cards were shown for the main pot.

Faro rolled over A?K? for top pair and Arreola tabled K?K? as he made his way to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
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Tim Faro
820,000
193,000
193,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Darrick Arreola
Busted

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Vitch Eliminates Anderson in Cooler Situation

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Christopher Vitch
Christopher Vitch

Christopher Vitch and Scott Anderson had already arrived on the river on a board of Q?J?9?3?Q?. Vitch had bet enough to put Anderson all-in for his 170,000 remaining chips and Anderson was weighing his options.

After a while, Anderson made the call and showed Q?7?. However, his trips could not beat the full house of Vitch, who played 3?3?. Payouts were called for Anderson while Vitch is playing more than double the average stack.

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Christopher Vitch
1,600,000
843,000
843,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Scott Anderson
Busted

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Blumstein Hero Calls For Tournament Life

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Scott Blumstein
Scott Blumstein

The action was relayed to PokerNews after the fact. Scott Blumstein limped from the hijack and the small blind completed. Phil Badiola checked his option in the big blind and the trio saw a flop of J?10?3?. All three players checked around and the 2? hit the turn.

The small blind checked again and Badiola bet 25,000, which only Blumstein came along. The 3? completed the board and Badiola moved all in, covering the 191,000 remaining for Blumstein, who went deep in the tank.

After much deliberation, Blumstein made the call and the hands were shown. Badiola tabled QxJx for a pair of jacks and Blumstein showed KxQx for the king-high hero call as he made his way to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Badiola
525,000
221,000
221,000
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Scott Blumstein
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

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Ricciardi Leaves Friedman with Nothing

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

Adam Friedman moved all in for his last 85,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Jonathan Ricciardi in the big blind who went deep into the tank. Eventually he made the call to put Friedman at risk.

Adam Friedman: J?J?
Jonathan Ricciardi: K?J?

Friemdan was ahead with his pocket pair and remained so on the 5?7?8? flop. The 10? turn did give Ricciardi a flush draw to go along with some chop outs and he ended up scooping the pot after the 5? river completed his flush to send Friedman out courtesy of a bad beat.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Ricciardi
230,000
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Adam Friedman
Busted
WSOP 5X Winner

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Kirschner Coolered After Break

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Noam Fliegelman raised in early position to 30,000, Brian Kirschner jammed from the button for approximately 200,000 and Fliegelman called.

Brian Kirschner: Q?Q?
Noam Fliegelman: A?A?

The board ran out J?6?3?6?8? sending Kirschner to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Noam Fliegelman
700,000
135,000
135,000
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Brian Kirschner
Busted

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Tabali Sends Polk to the Rail

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Doug Polk
Doug Polk

Keanu Tabali opened to 30,000 from early position and Doug Polk defended his big blind.

Polk checked the J?10?8? flop and Tabali bet 35,000. Polk briefly considered his options before moving all in for approximately 140,000. Tabali made the call to put Polk at risk.

Doug Polk: K?Q?
Keanu Tabali: A?Q?

Polk was in bad shape against the bigger queen but still had outs in the form of an ace or a nine. Polk did not get what he needed on the J?6? run out and his Main Event run came to an end while Tabali collected the last of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Keanu Tabali
955,000
561,000
561,000
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Doug Polk
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Lightbourne Ousts Alcorn

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Heather Alcorn
Heather Alcorn

Action was picked up with preflop with Heather Alcorn all in and at risk against Iaron Lightbourne who had a covering stack.

Heather Alcorn: A?K?
Iaron Lightbourne: A?A?

Alcorn was in bad shape against Lightbourne's aces and remained so on the 10?8?3? flop. The Q? turn provided some outs to a broadway straight but the 8? river was a brick and Alcorn was sent to the rail while Lightbourne picked up a decent pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Iaron Lightbourne
920,000
270,000
270,000
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Heather Alcorn
Busted

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Battenfield Sends Lamb To The Exit

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Ben Lamb
Ben Lamb

The action was relayed to PokerNews after the fact. Having just been moved to the table underneath his 2011 Player of the Year banner, Ben Lamb opened the action on the button for 30,000 and Chris Battenfield moved all in for just over 400,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Lamb called for his last 370,000.

Ben Lamb: A?K?
Chris Battenfield: J?J?

It was a classic flip situation, but when the board ran out 10?5?2?7?Q?, it was the jacks for Battenfield that held up to send Lamb to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Battenfield
880,000
880,000
880,000
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Ben Lamb
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

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Raghavan Eliminated by Cartwright

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Kyle Cartwright
Kyle Cartwright

Ragi Raghavan had seen his stack diminished on the feature tables and he three-bet jammed out of the big blind only to get snap-called by Kyle Cartwright.

Ragi Raghavan: J?10?
Kyle Cartwright: K?K?

The A?5?5? flop left Raghavan on the ropes but the 8? turn provided some help. However, nothing changed with the 8? river and Raghavan was sent to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
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Kyle Cartwright
2,615,000
525,000
525,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ravi Raghavan
Busted

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