Day 12 at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was another action-packed day.
The last three players returned to finish up the Event #20: $1,500 Badugi final table. Unfortunately, Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship had a similarly drawn out Day 3, and so will be returning tomorrow.
Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed crowned a bracelet winner, and three other events continued their mid-game parade. These events were the Event #24: $1,500 Razz, Event #23: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em, and Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold’em which completed its last Day 1 flight.
Only one new WSOP event kicked off on Day 12 — Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
The Only Badugi Bracelet of the Year
After yesterday’s final table was dragged out to level 35, the final three players in Event #20: $1,500 Badugi returned today to play down to a winner.
Michael Rodrigues of Portugal won the bracelet in the end. He defeated the start of day chipleader Yingui Li and Serhii Popovych to take down $144,678, the largest live tournament cash of his career.
That wraps up this year’s only all-Badugi tournament. Hopefully, there will be more of this variant on the schedule next year.
Event #20: $1,500 Badugi Final Table Results
| Position | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | $144,678 |
| 2 | Yingui Li | China | $89,415 |
| 3 | Serhii Popovych | United States | $59,879 |
| 4 | Matt Vengrin | United States | $40,996 |
| 5 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | $28,270 |
| 6 | Owais Ahmed | United States | $20,557 |
Stephen Nahm’s Beer-Fuelled Bracelet
By Day 3 of the Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed, Stephen Nahm had fine-tuned his drinking schedule, telling the wait staff to bring him a new Corona every 18 minutes.
Fifteen beers (or about 4.5 hours Imperial) later, he was the proud owner of his first WSOP bracelet, along with $267,991 for first place.
Nahm had to outlast 2,071 entries to get there, and he still had fuel in the tank to go out on the town to celebrate.
Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Nahm | Canada | $267,991 |
| 2 | Kevin Rand | United States | $165,616 |
| 3 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | $123,060 |
| 4 | Zachary Peay | United States | $92,231 |
| 5 | Dan Matsuzuki | United States | $69,729 |
| 6 | Ronald Keijzer | Netherlands | $53,182 |
| 7 | Gheorghe Butuc | Moldova | $40,923 |
| 8 | Jonathan England | United States | $31,772 |
| 9 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | $24,891 |
Gladiators of Poker Hits 23,102 Entrants After Final Day 1 Flight
After the dust settled on Day 1d of Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold’em, there were 8,467 entrants and 320 survivors.
When combined with the previous three flights, that makes 23,102 total entrants for the event and 827 players returning for Day 2.
A few notablesurvivors from Day 1d were two-time bracelet winner Anatolii Zyrin (1,450,000), Timothy Little (705,000), and bracelet winner Ian Steinman (855,000).
Marcy Jo Phillips bagged the biggest Day 1d stack, though Patrick White leads the field overall with 3,405,000.
Day 2 of the Gladiators of Poker will shuffle up and deal at 10 a.m. on June 11, when the field will play an additional 17 levels.
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Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold’em Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcy Jo Phillips | United States | 2,965,000 | 59 |
| 2 | Robbie Ko | United States | 2,865,000 | 57 |
| 3 | Joshua Zerbe | United States | 2,770,000 | 55 |
| 4 | Casey Tidwell | United States | 2,650,000 | 53 |
| 5 | Brian Johnson | United Kingdom | 2,275,000 | 46 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Yanchek | United States | 2,265,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Bruno Desimoni | Brazil | 2,250,000 | 45 |
| 8 | Leandro Lorenzi | Argentina | 2,170,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Matthew Cass | United States | 2,125,000 | 43 |
| 10 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 2,115,000 | 42 |
Daniel Idema Leads Final Three In Limit Hold’em Championship
Another hard-fought final table has tipped over into a fourth day of play. Nozomu Shimizu returns tomorrow to take on three-time bracelet winner Daniel Idema and four-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh in Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship.
Idema has a considerable chip lead, but with blinds catching up to stacks, the swings are likely to be big and fast tomorrow.
Play is scheduled to resume at 12 p.m. on June 11. Blinds will be at 50,000/100,000 blinds with limits of 100,000/200,000. Breaks will be at the discretion of the players.
Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship Chip Counts Of Final Three Players
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Idema | Canada | 4,400,000 | 44 |
| 2 | Nozomu Shimizu | Japan | 2,385,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Josh Arieh | United States | 1,060,000 | 11 |
Big Names Dominate Final Table of $50k High Roller
Day 2 of Event #23: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em saw the field whittled down to just five players.
Day 1 chip leader Justin Bonomo ended the day when he bust in 6th place for $295,169.
He left behind five players — Alex Foxen (13,340,000), Jans Arends (10,300,000), Leon Sturm (4,850,000), Bill Klein (4,675,000), and Seth Davies (3,940,000).
Play resumes at 4 p.m. on June 11 and will be live-streamed on PokerGO on a one-hour delay. There is currently $1,546,024 up top for whoever wins the bracelet.
2023 WSOP Event #23: $50,000 High Roller (8-Handed) Final Table Results
| Position | Name | Country | Prize/Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Foxen | United States | 13,340,000 | 111 |
| 2 | Jans Arends | Netherlands | 10,300,000 | 86 |
| 3 | Leon Sturm | Germany | 4,850,000 | 40 |
| 4 | Bill Klein | United States | 4,675,000 | 39 |
| 5 | Seth Davies | United States | 3,940,000 | 33 |
| 6 | Justin Bonomo | United States | $295,169 | – |
| 7 | Sam Soverel | United States | $230,066 | – |
| 8 | Sung Joo Hyun | South Korea | $182,662 | – |
Event #24: $1,500 Razz
From a record-breaking field of 556 players, just fifteen remain in Event #24: $1,500 Razz.
Yuval Bronshtein was among those who fell on Day 2, along with Michael Moncek, Jeff Madsen, Hoyt Corkins, and WSOP Hall of Famer Tom McEvoy.
William Burke (2,450,000) leads the final fifteen into the action at 1 p.m. on June 11. Burke will be joined by players like Jeff Lisandro (995,000) and Dzmitry Urbanovich (630,000).
Event #24: $1,500 Razz End Of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Burke | Canada | 2,450,000 |
| 2 | Justin Liberto | United States | 1,870,000 |
| 3 | Everett Carlton | United States | 1,755,000 |
| 4 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 995,000 |
| 5 | Takashi Ogura | Japan | 995,000 |
| 6 | Rafael Concepcion | United States | 920,000 |
| 7 | Chris Hundley | United States | 725,000 |
| 8 | Marco Johnson | United States | 695,000 |
| 9 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 630,000 |
| 10 | Merom “Mickey” Doft | United States | 585,000 |
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship attracted many of poker’s elite. Notables such as Erik Seidel (162,000), John Hennigan (161,000), and Brad Ruben (137,000) survived the first day of four-card action.
They will be joined tomorrow by other big-name survivors like David “Bakes” Baker (134,000), Brandon Shack-Harris (103,000), Sammy Farha (139,000), Todd Brunson (100,000), and Jen Harman (47,000).
WSOP bracelet winners Anthony Zinno and Anson Tsang failed to make Day 2, which will kick off at 1 p.m. local time on June 11.
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor Drinan | United States | 340,000 | 85 | 43 |
| 2 | Damjan Radanov | United States | 299,000 | 75 | 37 |
| 3 | David Williams | United States | 293,000 | 73 | 37 |
| 4 | Jason Daly | United States | 286,000 | 72 | 36 |
| 5 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 270,000 | 68 | 34 |
| 6 | Kyle Ray | United States | 255,000 | 64 | 32 |
| 7 | Steve Chathabouasy | United States | 237,000 | 59 | 30 |
| 8 | Zachary Freeman | United States | 231,000 | 58 | 29 |
| 9 | Alan Sternberg | United States | 225,000 | 56 | 28 |
| 10 | Ilkka Heikkila | Finland | 211,000 | 53 | 26 |
What to Expect on Day 13 of the 2023 WSOP
Tomorrow, the WSOP will return with three live final tables Event #24: $1,500 Razz, Event #23: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em, and the last few players in the Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship. There will also be a one-day online event — Online Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max.
Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold’em and Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship will both continue with a Day 2.
Most importantly, two new events will kick off — Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack and Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed.