Players are on their third five-minute break of thee day. The field has grown to 544 entrants.
2023 World Series of Poker
Level: 9
Blinds: 350/700
Ante: 0
Back in 2021, the WSOP offered gold online bracelet events in the segregated Pennsylvania market. In 2022, the WSOP expanded its online bracelet offering into Michigan with eight events.
In 2023, WSOP.com will offer seven online bracelets each in their segregated markets in Michigan and Pennsylvania. The events and schedule are the same in both markets.
On Sunday, June 25, Event #4: $500 Mystery Bounty will take place marking the first time an online gold bracelet will be awarded for the popular Mystery Bounty format.
Date | Time | Event |
---|---|---|
Sunday, June 18 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #3: $500 NLH Turbo |
Sunday, June 25 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #4: $500 Mystery Bounty |
Sunday, July 2 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #5: $600 NLH Deepstack |
Sunday, July 9 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #6: $300 NLH |
Sunday, July 16 | 3:30 p.m. EST | Event #7: $500 NLH Summer Saver |
Qinghai "011POKERDR" Pan opened to 2,100 from the button and Aaron "aaronmermel" Mermelstein made the call from the big blind.
The flop came 6?3?8? and Pan bet 4,500. Mermelstein raised all in for 12,900 total and Pan made the call to put Mermelstein at risk.
Aaron "aaronmermel" Mermelstein: Q?J?8?8?
Qinghai "011POKERDR" Pan: A?A?9?2?
Mermelstein had his opponent crushed on the flop with top set, however the turn 5? and river 4? gave Pan a wheel straight to send his opponent to the rail. Mermelstein opted to rebuy shortly after.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Qinghai "011POKERDR" Pan |
114,317
114,317
|
114,317 |
Aaron "aaronmermel" Mermelstein |
15,530
-28,793
|
-28,793 |
"CatBros" opened to 1,725 from the hijack and Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu defended his big blind.
Both players checked the 9?7?2? leading to the 10? on the turn. Negreanu bet 2,812 and received a call from his opponent.
Negreanu fired again on the Q? river for 7,030 and "CatBros" made the call.
Negreanu tabled Q?J?9?8? for a queen-high straight to take down a nice pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu |
37,742
37,742
|
37,742 |
"CatBros"
|
18,277
18,277
|
18,277 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Gabriel "Omaha8Stud" Ramos limped in under the gun as did "vHatch" from the cutoff and Vinicius "iHappy" Lima from the small blind. Nathanael "Proofs" Kogel checked his option in the big blind.
All four players checked the K?4?3? flop leading to the 2? on the turn. Ramos bet 1,000 and "vHatch" made the call. Lima and Kogel folded leaving action heads up going to the river.
The river came the 5?. Ramos checked and folded to a 3,000 bet from "vHatch", who is currently leading in chips and one of only four players to surpass the 100,000 mark early on.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
"vHatch"
|
117,832
117,832
|
117,832 |
Gabriel "Omaha8Stud" Ramos |
48,612
48,612
|
48,612 |
Nathanael "Proofs" Kogel |
31,650
31,650
|
31,650 |
Vinicius "iHappy" Lima |
13,800
13,800
|
13,800 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 0
David "d2013" Gago limped from under the gun and the winner of Online Event $5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max, Joseph "Kolebear" Hebert, bumped it up to 1,800. Gago made the call.
The flop came Q?J?4? and Gago checked. Hebert made a pot-sized bet of 4,200 and Gago raised to 16,800. Hebert raised all in for 17,034 and Gago called with a covering stack.
Joseph "Kolebear" Hebert: A?K?K?2?
David "d2013" Gago: 10?10?9?5?
Hebert was in very good shape against his opponent, having a bigger pocket-pair, flush draw, and gutshot straight draw versus the lower pair and open-ended straight draw of Gago. He remained ahead on the 2? turn and 5? river to take down the pot with a king-high flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph "Kolebear" Hebert |
38,268
23,584
|
23,584 |
David "d2013" Gago |
2,822
2,822
|
2,822 |
Play has paused for the second 5-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 437 players.