Two beginning flights down, 2 to go. The 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event is midway through its 4 Day ones and it is still Day 1A’s Yehuda Dayan who takes pleasure in the chip lead, advancing to Day 2A with 389,900 chips.
No One from Day 1B eclipsed the 300,000-chip mark, however numerous ended the night close and the top of the Day 1B leaderboard is exceptionally tight. Leading the pack is Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy with 287,000 chips, almost connected with Julien Martini (286,000), Yuze Ding (284,500), and Gar Cheung (281,500). Another tree gamers have more than 260,000.
Martini was the recipient of an odd hand late in Level 3 that won him a healthy portion of chips. According to WSOP.com’s protection, the board checked out 8♥-5 ♠ -5 ♣ -3 ♠ -3♥ and there had to do with 25,000 chips in the pot. Heads-up on the river, Paul Serrate inspected to Martini, who moved all-in, covering his challenger.
With 53,000 staying, Serrate informed Martini he just had Ace-high and was considering a call. After a couple of minutes, he did lastly devote his chips with A ♠-T ♠, playing the 2 set on the board with his Ace kicker. Martini revealed 8 ♣ -8♦ for a tumbled capacity. Serrate truly did risk his Main Event competition life with Ace-high.
The Main Event looks well on its method to breaking the 2006 Main Event record of 8,773 gamers, as competition authorities expected. After 2 beginning flights, 2,158 individuals have actually installed the $10,000 buy-in– 1,040 from Day 1A and 1,118 from Day 1B. 1,621 have actually made it through to Day 2.
Obviously, that still leaves almost 6,700 entries to climax, however these next 2 flights must overshadow the very first 2. The later flights are constantly larger in the Main Event, mainly since a lot of gamers choose less of a break in between Day 1 and 2 (if they make it, naturally). The much shorter layoff implies less hotel nights for those taking a trip and less day of rests of work for non-pros.
Late registration is likewise readily available on Day 2; there were 454 late entries in 2015.
There is one gamer, however, who obviously has a various factor for choosing Day 1D. On Wednesday, Daniel Negreanu tweeted that a “super star leading gamer” informed him that they like Day 1D since the huge field will likely suggest ten-handed tables rather of the normal nine-handed. Now, pros do not typically like ten-handed tables, however in this case, the professional thinks that the substantial field suggests that the additional seat will likely be filled by a bad gamer. Bad gamers at the table suggests great news for the pro.
Same as the very first 2 flights, Day 1C starts at midday PT and will have 5 120-minute levels.
2023 WSOP Main Event– Day 1B Chip Leaders
- Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy – –
- 287,000 Julien Martini– 286,000
- Yuze Ding – –
- 284,500 Gar Cheung – –
- 281,500 Andrew Graham – –
- 277,700 Scott Numoto – –
- 268,200 Patrik Antonius – –
- 263,500 Jevon Lam – –
- 243,000 Robert Lofaso – –
- 233,500 Anatoly Filatov – – 231,000
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