Poker Analytics Blog

WSOP 2023 Day 28 Digest

Three tournaments have ended yesterday:

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$1,000	Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship	$7,280,200	8,180
$10,000	Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	$1,720,500	185
$1,500	Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	$755,610	566

Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship

Just a bit more than two hours were needed to close the final table and crown Lonnie Hallett as the winner of the large 8,140 entries field. After one cash in 2012 and another one in 2015, the Canadian puts his hands on his first bracelet for his third cash and $771,234 in the process.

Billy Baxter fought hard over a chip deficit compared to the two starting chip leaders and reached the final heads-up! He was as close as possible from an eight bracelet that would have put in in 7th place in the bracelet race.

“You can make money, but you can’t buy a bracelet”, humbly said Hallett after the win.

Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

Mike Gorodinsky mostly cruised through the final table to bring home a new bracelet and $422,747. It’s the third bracelet for the player after winning the 2015’s $50k Poker Players Championship and a $2,500 Omaha/Stud Hi-Lo in 2013. Gorodinsky denied Alex Livingston a second bracelet in the heads-up, Brian Yoon finished 4th, Scott Seiver 5th and Carol Fuchs 6th.

The win arrived on point for Gorodinsky: “I had kind of a rocky start to my summer, and my plan actually was if I didn’t cash or go far in this tournament, I was going to fly home for a week and a half to recharge and spend some time with my wife. So, this run was kind of like an unexpected, really cool way to wrap up an otherwise long, tough month.”

Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Polish Marcin Horecki is the winner of the event of the 566 entries event for $155,275 and his first bracelet, putting his live earnings at more than $1,5M. Mike Matusow was defeated in the heads-up and was very close from winning his fifth bracelet but he will still put $95k in his pockets.

In progress

Event #53: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em is down to 41 players after starting with 10,416. German Andreas Kniep leads the tournament, and he will be notably joined by David “ODB” Baker (25th) and Erick Lindgren (28th).

Starting with 4,303 entries, Event #56: $500 SALUTE to Warriors – No-Limit Hold’em is already down to 15 players after two days. Ryan Stephens will return as the chip leader today and will try to put his hands on the $217,921 top prize.

Event #57: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha continues to break records as 449 registered, building a massive $10,5M prizepool and making up for a $2,2M top prize! Chance Kornuth has a comfortable chip advantage over the 30 other players, including: Isaac Haxton (3rd), Jeremy Ausmus (10th), Dan Zack (12th) and Ben Lamb (14th). Chad Eveslage (21st) still has a chance to win a third bracelet this year and Yuri Dzivielevski (24th) can win a second one!

Event #58: $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold’em is down to 17 players, lead by Jason Daly. Dan Shak (13th) and Joe McKeehen (16th) will also return into day 3 to try to grab the $165,250 first prize, one of the smaller prize this year.

Here are the notables results of these events:

Player	Place	Earnings	Event
🇺🇸 Mike Matusow	177th	$5,138	Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship
🇺🇸 Allen Kessler	203rd	$5,138	Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship
🇺🇸 Sammy Farha	274th	$4,486	Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship
🇺🇸 Scott Seiver	5th	$101,319	Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
🇺🇸 Phil Hellmuth	11th	$29,478	Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
🇺🇸 John Racener	17th	$20,442	Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
🇺🇸 Brian Rast	7th	$18,709	Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb	19th	$5,630	Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
🇮🇹 Max Pescatori	31st	$4,681	Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

Do you frequently launch timers? Enchant is a lovely iOS app that helps you launch timers super quickly, and it comes with lots of different ringing tones to match your activities. No more annoying alarm! You can join the Enchant beta test now!

WSOP 2023 Day 26&27 Digest

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$10,000	Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	$6,798,300	731
$1,000	Event #51: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’em	$1,140,980	1,282
$2,500	Event #52: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball	$785,425	353

Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

Lou Garza defeats Arthur Morris in the heads-up to conquer his first bracelet and an impressive $1,309,232 main prize! Garza made himself known last year when he ended tenth in Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship 6-Handed. The victory put his total live earnings at an impressive $3,5M.

The winner used this very occasion to propose to his girlfriend Carla just minutes after his victory:

Immediately following his victory, Garza proposed to his girlfriend who was on the rail for his win.

“Don’t think any other time would be right besides now because I don’t think I would even be right here without her.” https://t.co/HDaO3nzwNQ pic.twitter.com/dZ4BT1jbgc
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 25, 2023

Event #51: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’em

Michael Savakinas and Satoshi Tanaka are the winner of the tag team event, each winning their first WSOP bracelet and a first-place prize of $190,662. 1,282 teams entered the tournament, setting a new record for the event.

Tanaka was vocal about their great connection after winning: “I think we get along outside of poker too, so naturally, if things go wrong in poker, we help each other out, but not just poker-wise, with everything.”

Event #52: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball

The event attracted 353 entries, and in the end Nick Pupillo beat Ryan Moriarty to win his first bracelet for $181,978, bringing his live earnings at $4,8M.

“It’s pretty surreal; it feels good”, Pupillo said with tears in his eyes. “I love the mixed games; it really felt like my tournament. I late regged and ran really well.”

In progress

There are now seven remaining in Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship. Dan Heimiller and Lonnie Hallett have dominant stacks and more than two thirds of the chips. Eigthy-two years old Hall of Famer Billy Baxter (7 bracelets) will come back as the third player, followed by Shannon Fahey who is making one of the deepest ladies run this year. They’re all playing for a chance to win $765,731.

After the end of day 2 in Event #53: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em, Joey Weissman had built the biggest stack within the 327 remaining players. There will be two millionaires after the end of the event with a biggest prize set at $1,2M.

In Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, the final table is set, lead by Mike Gorodinsky. Brian Yoon (4th) will try to make the double, and he will be accompagnied by Scott Seiver (6th) and Carol Fuchs (7th). The winner will take home $422,747.

Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better has 19 players remaining with Kao Saechao in the chip lead. Both Brian Rast (6th) and Shaun Deeb (18th) have a chance to take down a second bracelet this year. 566 entries were registered, making up for a $155,275 top prize.

The first day of Event #57: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha made up for an impressive 357 entries, which is more than the $25,000 High Roller No-Limit this year with its 301 entries! Firas Kashat leads at 168 players left. Here are a few of the well-known names still in the tournament: John Hennigan (4th), Chance Kornuth (9th), Sam Soverel (12th) and Isaac Haxton (17th).

Here are some notable results in the completed events:

Player	Place	Earnings	Event
🇺🇸 Anthony Zinno	47th	$28,905	Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
🇺🇸 Alex Foxen	69th	$20,110	Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
🇺🇸 Nick Schulman	73rd	$17,596	Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
🇺🇸 Erik Seidel	77th	$17,596	Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
🇺🇸 Joseph Cheong	13th	$4,859	Event #51: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Ryan Riess	71st	$1,454	Event #51: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Marle Cordeiro	72nd	$1,295	Event #51: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’em

Thanks a lot for the read! If we may, please support our writing by liking and commenting the post! 😇

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

Give yourself the tools you need to become the poker player you want to be! Available since 2012 and featuring a 4.8 mark on the App Store, Poker Analytics is the favorite poker tracking app of poker pros around the world.

WSOP 2023 Day 25 Digest

We’re a bit shy of bracelets, but lots of tournaments are running, and we’ve compiled some stats to enjoy the recap!

Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship

The Seniors event total entries count is not available yet but the main prize in bigger than last year, making up for a really big event with its first prize at $765,731. After two day 1 and a single day 2, 217 players remains. Leonard Clementi ended with a comfortable chip lead at 4,2M. Notables names will come back today: Victor Ramdin (1M) Mike Matusow (250k), Allen Kessler (105k), and JJ Liu (145k).

Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

The event stopped at 5 left minutes ago with the following chip counts:

Stanislav Halatenko	19,750,000
Travis Pearson	8,550,000
Peng Shan	6,800,000
Arthur Morris	4,875,000
Ap Garza	3,775,000

All the players will try to put their hands on their first bracelet win. At this point they’ve secured $296k and will play for the top prize of $1,3M.

Sam Soverel eliminated in 6th place for $218,297

Event #52: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball

Nicholas Pupillo leads the last nineteen players in the event who saw 353 entries. Familiar faces will come back to play for the $181,978 main prize: Joao Vieira (3rd), Robert Mizrachi (12th), John Monnette (14th) and Cary Katz (19th).

A large attendance has took place in Event #53: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em ended day 1A with 4,585 entries. Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship is packed with famous names and 91 remains. We will see who make a deep run tomorrow!

We’re now roughly at half way in the series, so here is a couple of stats to end this recap. Let’s start with the most cashes leaderboard:

Name	Cashes	Total Earnings
🇺🇸 Ivan Starostin	10	$49,571
🇦🇹 Koray Aldemir	9	$268,199
🇺🇸 David “Bakes” Baker	8	$127,227
🇮🇱 Yuval Bronshtein	8	$121,369
🇺🇸 Ari Engel	8	$110,016
🇺🇸 Ian Matakis	8	$100,720

And here is the current earnings leaderboard:

Name	Total Earnings	Cashes
🇺🇸 Christopher Brewer	$5,662,638	6
🇷🇺 Artur Martirosian	$3,285,238	2
🇳🇱 Jans Arends	$3,281,601	3
🇺🇸 Chance Kornuth	$2,790,190	5
🇨🇿 Martin Kabrhel	$2,279,038	1
🇺🇸 Cary Katz	$1,745,018	3
🇺🇸 Isaac Haxton	$1,698,215	1
🇭🇺 Alex Kulev	$1,638,008	2
🇩🇪 Leon Sturm	$1,550,824	2
🇺🇸 Brian Rast	$1,539,155	3

See you tomorrow for more and good luck if you’re playing!

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

WSOP 2023 Day 24 Digest

Here are the newly completed events:

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$50,000	Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship	$4,727,250	99
$3,000	Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem	$4,632,450	1,735
$1,500	Event #47: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	$1,116,060	836
$1,500	Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	$2,971,710	2,226

Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Brian Rast is our winner for the PPC for $1,324,747! The American pro bracelet collection has now six items, ranking him 11th in the bracelet race, right behind Shaun Deeb who is still hunting hard. This wins also makes Rast tie Michael Mizrachi in winning this event three times (2011, 2016, 2023).

Here are the final results of the final table:

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (in USD)
1	Brian Rast	United States	$1,324,747
2	Talal Shakerchi	United Kingdom	$818,756
3	Matthew Ashton	United Kingdom	$573,679
4	James Obst	Australia	$411,824
5	Kristopher Tong	United States	$303,071
6	Phil Ivey	United States	$228,793
7	Ray Dehkharghani	United States	$177,294

Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem

After four days of play, the gold bracelet finally went to China’s Yang Zhang for $717,879. It’s the first bracelet for Zhang but he is a regular of the World Series nonetheless with 28 cashes, all this despite not playing these last 3 years because of COVID. It’s by far the best performance for the player but still he’s now close from $3M in total live earnings.

Event #47: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Brazil’s Yuri Dzivielevski just won this third bracelet yesterday for $207,688. His previous bracelets were Event #42: $400 PLOSSUS on GGPoker.com in 2020 and Event #51: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better in 2019. The Brazilian defeated bracelet holder Randy Ohel ($128,356) in the heads-up.

“It helps a lot, believe me,” Dzivielevski said about the various chants of his rail. “It gives an extra power that I cannot explain. It’s pretty special to have all this rail like, I don’t know, maybe 50 people rooting for you is, of course, it’s pretty special. I’m feeling very loved for all this crowd. Pretty happy.”

Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em

Pengfei Wang is the winner for $270,700 of the 2,226 entries Super Turbo event. Easy game for the American who just played his first live tournament ever!

“So excited! Yeah, so it’s actually my first time. It’s my first tournament ever. We sometimes play some private games and sometimes at the casino in Los Angeles for fun. We mostly play cash games; I don’t really have tournament experience. This time, it was a lot of good luck.”

In progress

Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship has 42 remaining players out of its 731 entries, making up for a big $1,3M first prize. In the lead is Dimitar Danchev immediately followed by Sam Soverel.

Event #51: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’em started with 1,282 teams, 252 are still playing, lead Mark Evangelista and his unknown teammate. $95,331 will go to the top team.

Here is a list of the notables finishes for the completed events:

Player	Place	Earnings	Event
🇳🇴 Espen Jorstad	21st	$25,168	Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem
🇨🇦 Daniel Negreanu	54th	$12,530	Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem
🇺🇸 Matt Berkey	104th	$6,939	Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem
🇫🇷 Romain Lewis	24th	$9,817	Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
🇨🇦 Xuan Liu	122nd	$2,444	Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
🇩🇪 Dominik Nitsche	166th	$2,028	Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Chance Kornuth	333rd	$1,505	Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em

See you tomorrow for more WSOP stories!

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

Poker Analytics is the favorite poker tracking app of many poker pros around the world. It’s the most user friendly tracker on the market and will provide you all the information you need to become the poker player you want to be.

WSOP 2023 Day 23 Digest

The Monster Stack finally came to an end after five days of battle, and two more events also delivered their bracelets!

Buy-in	Event	Prizepool	Entries
$1,500	Event #39: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em	$11,103,195	8,317
$1,500	Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi Low	$1,456,485	1,091
$500	Event #46: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem	$2,243,640	5,342

Event #39: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em

After a long battle Braxton Dunaway from Texas put his hand on the coveted bracelet and the large $1,1M prize. It’s the first bracelet for the player who had until then $333k in total live earnings. Joe Cada had a chance to win his 5th bracelet yesterday but couldn’t climb the ranks. Still he pocketed a more than decent $186,149 for his 7th place.

“I want to say that all the people who were at the final table were really nice, great opponents, good players,” Dunaway said in the winner interview. “I got extremely lucky a few times, but you have to win one of these things. It was just my turn, it’s just awesome.”

Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi Low

William Leffingwell is the winner of the event for $253,651. A first bracelet for the American who had until then $374,168 in total live earnings. Shaun Deeb had a shot for the double this year, but got stuck in fifth place for $55k. He’s currently 3rd in the Player Of the Year race, currently lead by Ian Matakis.

Event #46: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem

The small buy-in event attracted 5,342 players and only two days were needed to go down to a winner. Jay Lockett defeated Benson Tang to claim the $262,526 prize. Before yesterday, Lockett only live cash was in the $600 Deepstack event at the 2021 WSOP, what a second cash he got!

“This wasn’t supposed to happen” an emotional Lockett said. “I was dead money coming in…this is amazing. You have to run so hot. I had quads twice at the final table. I had ace-queen that ended up beating ace-king earlier”.

In progress

Only seven players were eliminated on day 4 of Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Daniel Alaei lost in 10th, Josh Arieh in 9th, and finally Phil Ivey was the last eliminated of the day in 6th for $228k.

Here are the final five by seat order:

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	James Obst	Australia	5,110,000
2	Talal Shakerchi	United Kingdom	10,170,000
3	Brian Rast	United States	4,545,000
4	Matthew Ashton	United Kingdom	7,380,000
5	Kristopher Tong	United States	2,500,000

Obst and Ashton will try to capture their second bracelet, while Rast can win his sixth! The chips favors Shakerchi who still has to win a bracelet despite his generous $12M in total live earnings. Shakerchi won $3,5M last March in the $100k of the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series.

Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem is at 15 left, with Aram Oganyan in the lead. Out of the numerous known names that started the day, none made the cut. Main Event winner Espen Jorstad lost in 21st for $25k.

Twenty eight players remain in Event #47: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Chip leader Yuri Dzivielevski will return as the chip leader and will try to put his hands on the $207,688 top prize.

Also happening yesterday: 3,692 took the start of Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship, 2,226 in the Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em and one of the most prestigious championship started with Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.

One final word…Jeremy Ausmus won Online Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller and his sixth bracelet for $360,036!

_{Sources: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com}

Write your hand histories in any app with the Poker HH Keyboard on iOS! Install the keyboard and quickly write your hand histories wherever you want.