Day 19 at the 2023 World Series of Poker was an unusual one with no bracelets being awarded at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. This was largely because the Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship — due to crown a champion on Day 19 — had heads-up play bumped until Day 20 (June 18).
Two other tourneys made moves through their middle phases. Event Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack played out its Day 1b, while Event #40: $250k Super High Roller did the same for its Day 2.
Day 19 of the 2023 WSOP also saw competition for the first-ever Big O bracelet begin, with an impressive 1,458 entries in the prize pool for the inaugural Event #41: $1,500 Big O.
Benny Glaser Stands Between Oscar Johansson And The Lowball Bracelet
Yet another final table at this was extended another day when the tournament director checked heads up play between Benny Glaser and Oscar Johansson, pushing it to tomorrow.
Among the big names that fell on Day 3 were David “Bakes” Baker, Michael Rodrigues, and Julien Martini.
Johansson has been here before with two WSOP lowball final tables including a 2nd place finish in 2018’s $1,500 2-7 Lowball Draw tourney. However, Glaser is in good shape to win his fifth bracelet tomorrow. The Brit has a significant lead over Johansson, having bagged 4,940,000 in chips to Johansson’s 2,860,000.
The pair face off over a $311,428 first place prize and the bracelet for Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship starting at 2 p.m. local time.
Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship End Of Day 3 Final Table Results
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count/Payout | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 4,940,000 | 25 |
| 2 | Oscar Johansson | Sweden | 2,860,000 | 14 |
| 3 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | $139,048 | – |
| 4 | Sampo Ryynanen | Finland | $101,709 | – |
| 5 | Julien Martini | France | $75,341 | – |
| 6 | David “Bakes” Baker | United States | $56,528 | – |
| 7 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | $42,965 | – |
Tinay Aksoy Leads Monster Stack Event After Day 1b
Day 1b of Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack saw another 4,375 entries join the field. This makes for a total field of 8,318 and a prize pool of $12,477,000.
At the end of the day, Tinay Aksoy (795,000) bagged biggest, putting Day 1a’s chip leader Pavlin Karakikov (593,500) in the shade.
Some other big name survivors from Day 1b are Christian Buerger (735,000), Kathy Liebert (575,000), Dylan Lambe (506,500), and Antoinette Leblanc (590,000).
The combined Day 2 field will be made up of 2,715 survivors. They will be split between Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas when they reconvene for a 10 a.m. local time start on June 18.
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Day 1a & 1b Combined Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tinay Aksoy | Turkey | 795,000 | 265 |
| 2 | Christian Buerger | Germany | 739,500 | 247 |
| 3 | Shunsuke Tokoo | Japan | 714,500 | 238 |
| 4 | Linglin Zeng | China | 635,500 | 212 |
| 5 | Ahmed Karrim | South Africa | 611,500 | 204 |
| 6 | Pavlin Karakikov | Bulgaria | 593,500 | 198 |
| 7 | Antoinette Leblanc | United States | 590,000 | 197 |
| 8 | Kathy Liebert | United States | 575,000 | 192 |
| 9 | Arun Malhotra | Canada | 563,500 | 188 |
| 10 | Rachid Amamou | Switzerland | 554,000 | 185 |
First Ever Big O Bracelet Event Shuffles Up
Big O just got bigger, with the first-ever bracelet event in that discipline kicking off today. Event #41: $1,500 Big O drew in a field of 1,458 for a $1,946,430 prize pool.
Xu Zhu (570,000) leads the field with several big names in hot pursuit. Among the survivors of Day 1 are Ari Engel (432,000) and Johnny Chan (147,000), looking for his 11th bracelet. They are joined by Bruno Fitoussi (380,000), Robert Williamson III (212,000), Andrew Brown (166,000), and Jeff Lisandro.
Play resumes at 1 p.m. on June 18 in the Horseshoe. Blinds will start at Level 18 — 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante.
Event #41: $1,500 Big O End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xu Zhu | United States | 570,000 | |
| 2 | David Havlicek | United States | 516,000 | |
| 3 | William Haffner | United States | 510,000 | |
| 4 | Charles Coultas | United States | 478,000 | |
| 5 | Owais Ahmed | United States | 437,000 | |
| 6 | Ari Engel | United States | 432,000 | |
| 7 | Danny Chang | United States | 425,000 | |
| 8 | Ryan Hoenig | United States | 419,000 | |
| 9 | Grzegorz Derkowski | Germany | 411,000 | |
| 10 | Yuebin Guo | United States | 409,000 |
Phil Ivey Is Bubble-Boy in $250k High Roller
Phil Ivey was knocked out of the $250k Super High Roller right on the final bubble. Ivey’s elimination brought Day 2 of the event to a close. Ivey was the last of 36 players who made it to Day 2.
He left behind a final table that includes Chris Brewer, Chance Kornuth, Artur Martirosian, and Dan Smith. They will return tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time, with PokerGO broadcasting the action live starting at 5 p.m.
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2023 WSOP $250,000 Super High Roller Final Table Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Veneziano | United States | 6,775,000 | 23 |
| 2 | Chris Brewer | United States | 8,525,000 | 28 |
| 3 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | 18,400,000 | 61 |
| 4 | Brandon Steven | United States | 3,225,000 | 11 |
| 5 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 22,450,000 | 75 |
| 6 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 18,225,000 | 61 |
| 7 | Dan Smith | United States | 7,800,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 12,600,000 | 42 |
| 9 | David Peters | United States | 4,925,000 | 16 |
What To Look For On Day 20
Day 20 (June 18) at the 2023 WSOP will see two new events start. Event #42: $800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack and the prestigious Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship will both shuffle up and deal.
Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em and Event #41: $1,500 Big O will both continue, starting their Day 2s, while Event #40: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em will complete heads up play and crown a champion.
There will also be two online bracelet events Online Event #6: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo and Online Event #7: $500 PLO 8-Max.