It is the 2nd Sunday of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker and there have actually been bracelets flying out of the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas quickly. This afternoon at the WSOP, previous WSOP Player of the Year Josh Arieh signed up with the extremely unique “Five-Timers” club. In other action, the “Gladiators of Poker” burst at the joints with the variety of entries in ending up being the second-largest live poker competition of perpetuity.
Josh Arieh Goes Overtime, Wins Limit Hold ’em Championship
It was SUPPOSED to complete in 3 days, however 3 gamers chose that they would return on Sunday to conclude the action in Event # 22, the $10,000 Limit Hold ’em Championship competition. Canada’s Daniel Idema was atop the last trio pertaining to the felt, with Nozomu Shimizu (at his 2nd last table) right behind him. The brief stack to begin the day was 2021 WSOP Player of the Year Josh Arieh, who had his work cut out for him with just eleven huge blinds to begin the action.
Arieh squandered little time in getting to work, scoring a huge double-up through Idema to sneak upwards. The significant hand, nevertheless, was another fight in between Arieh and Idema that saw Arieh score a flush while Idema saw his tumbled 2 set annihilated. That hand provided Arieh 3.37 million in chips, just fifteen minutes into play, and he would not recall.
Shimizu would leave the last 3 at the hands of Arieh, his 9-2 not able to capture on the J-7-A-9-8 board, and Arieh took a considerable (5.1 million to 2.9 million) chip result in heads-up versus Idema. While Idema had the ability to eke out a lead about half an hour into the fight, the Poker Hall of Fame conscript had the ability to parry the efforts of the Canadian. Another half an hour would pass prior to Arieh had the ability to put away the worthy Idema.
On that last hand, a 3-5-5-9 flop and turn saw Idema get his last chips in with an A-2 (gut shot directly draw) versus Arieh’s 9-4 (turned set). Requiring a 4 or an Ace on the river, Idema rather saw a 2nd 9 hit to offer Arieh journeys and end the competition in his favor.1.
Josh Arieh, $316,226
2. Daniel Idema, $195,443
3. Nozomu Shimizu, $144,069
4. Joseph McKeehen, $107,540 *
5. Louis Hillman, $81,298 *
6. Nick Pupillo, $62,255 *
7. Nick Schulman, $48,298 *
8. Kevin Song, $37,967 *
9. Ronnie Bardah, $30,248 *
(* – – removed on Saturday night)
The success by Arieh enables him to sign up with Brian Yoon as this year’s latest entries in an unique club. Both of those males now are the happy owners of 5 WSOP bracelets, with Arieh ending up being the 34th male to manage the accomplishment.
Brazil’s Rafael Reis Wins Country’s First Bracelet for 2023
In the Six-Handed $1500 No Limit Hold ’em competition, Event # 15 on the books, Brazil notched a win in their column with Rafael Reis beating Spain’s Daniel Barriocanal to record the gold. It was a really worldwide last table, with France’s Sarah Herzali hindered from her perform at the champion in 3rd location in spite of can be found in with the chip lead. Another leading professional aiming to contribute to his prize case, John Monnette, likewise lost in his pursuit, completing in 5th.
Here’s how the last 6 rounded off the competition:1. Rafael Reis, $465,501
2. Daniel Barriocanal, $287,679
3. Sarah Herzali, $207,720
4. Nikolaos Angelou, $151,559
5. John Monnette, $111,755
6. Grant Wang, $83,289
Isaac Haxton Tops Record Field in $25K High Roller
A 301-entry field broke the previous record for Event # 16, the $25,000 High Roller competition, and at the end, it was a gamer who got rid of the title of “finest gamer to not win a WSOP bracelet.” Isaac Haxton, who has actually relatively won whatever else worldwide of poker, had actually not gotten among the most treasured ownerships, the WSOP bracelet, prior to this year’s occasion. He had the ability to remove Ryan O’Donnell to make the success.1.
Isaac Haxton, $1,698,215
2. Ryan O’Donnell, $1,49,577
3. Darren Elias, $725,790
4. Lewis Spencer, $511,782
5. Roman Hrabec, $368,134
6. Frank Funaro, $270,238
7. Brian Rast, $202,532
8. Joao Vieira, $155,037
Others who had excellent surfaces in the competition consisted of Kristen Foxen and Taylor von Kriegenbergh.
Gladiators of Poker Draws MONSTER Field
The “unique” weekend competitions at the 2023 WSOP definitely are measuring up to their expectations. This weekend it was the $300 “Gladiators of Poker” No Limit Hold ’em competition, which saw gamers able to pony up $300 buy-ins over numerous flights over 4 days. Those 4 days of action produced the second-largest live competition field of perpetuity.
As soon as the smoke cleared 23,088 entries had actually been gotten in the competition, blasting past the $3 million warranty to make a $5.6 million-plus reward swimming pool. 827 gamers returned for action on Sunday, and they are anticipated to soft-pedal as near the last table as possible. Since press time, there are 99 gamers left in case, with Robbie Ko being reported as the chip leader with 24.5 million in chips. Melanie Weisner and Daniel Negreanu are a number of noteworthy names that are still in contention.
This and lots of other action remains in play around the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas on a Sunday afternoon! Tough to think that we’re currently 2 weeks into play in the 2023 World Series of Poker … however there’s SO much more delegated go!
(Photo thanks to WSOP and Caesars Entertainment)
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