Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-09-2023 16:36 UTC-8

Konakchiev Four-Bet Shoves and Shuts Down Ahuja

Chris Land

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Valentino Konakchiev opened to 425,000 holding the 9♥9♠ before action folded to Ankit Ahuja on the button who stuck in a three-bet to 950,000 with K♣J♠.

After eyeing Ahuja's stack size and giving it some thought, Konakchiev announced all get and got a quick fold out of Ahuja.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentino Konakchiev	6,700,000 1,450,000	1,450,000

Ankit Ahuja	6,275,000 -950,000	-950,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Valentino Konakchiev

06-09-2023 16:31 UTC-8

Reard Holds to Double Through Korn

Chris Land

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Action folded to Andres Korn who opened to 425,000 before seeing Alexandre Reard three-bet shove from the big blind. Korn made the call and the pair headed to a runout.

Alexandre Reard: 10♠10♥
Andres Korn: 6♠6♣

The flop came the K♣7♦A♠ to keep Reard firmly in the lead which didn't change on the J♦ turn card.

The river ran out the 3♣ securing the full double for Reard and putting him back in the middle of the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Girish Reknar	8,850,000 400,000	400,000
Andres Korn	8,050,000 -3,725,000	-3,725,000

Ankit Ahuja	7,225,000
Alexandre Reard	6,750,000 3,325,000	3,325,000

Valentino Konakchiev	5,250,000 -500,000	-500,000

Ruben Costa	3,675,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Andres Korn

06-09-2023 16:29 UTC-8

Calling the Clock: Ike Haxton Wins 1st Bracelet; No Girlfriend, No Cry

Chad Holloway

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen go head-to-head talking about the latest hot topics live from the WSOP. Isaac Haxton wins his first WSOP bracelet, Chad Eveslage takes the lead in the 2023 WSOP POY race, and more in the fourth episode of The Chad & Jesse Poker Show.

06-09-2023 16:27 UTC-8

Big Stacks Collide

Herbie Teope

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Play resumed after a short break in Level 31 and it saw the two biggest stacks collide.

Andres Korn, who started the hand with 9,750,000, raised 425,000 with 6♦6♣ while under the gun. After action folded around the table, Girish Reknar, who had 10,480,000, called in the big blind with J♥10♥.

The dealer fanned J♣10♠6♥, a board that gave Reknar top two pair and Korn bottom set. Reknar checked, Korn bet 725,000 and Reknar called.

The turn saw 9♥ on the board, opening a flush draw for Reknar, who checked. Korn fired a second barrel of 1,275,000, and Reknar called. The river produced K♣, putting a possible straight on the board.

Rekar checked a third time, only to see Korn make a small 1,000,000 bet. Reknar made the call and Korn turned over his hand to show the set. Reknar tabled his hand to show what he had as the 7,150,000 pot was pushed to Korn, who took over as the chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Korn	11,775,000 3,200,000	3,200,000

Girish Reknar	8,450,000 -2,625,000	-2,625,000

Tags: Andres Korn Girish Reknar

06-09-2023 16:07 UTC-8

Catch the Final Table Stream on PokerGO

Lyle Bateman

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

just setting up my twttr
— jack (@jack)

06-09-2023 16:05 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts for the Final Six

Chris Land

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Girish Reknar	11,075,000 595,000	595,000
Andres Korn	8,575,000 -1,175,000	-1,175,000

Ankit Ahuja	7,225,000 10,000	10,000
Valentino Konakchiev	5,750,000 10,000	10,000

Ruben Costa	3,750,000 -15,000	-15,000
Alexandre Reard	3,425,000 -10,000	-10,000

06-09-2023 16:01 UTC-8

Break Time Over

Herbie Teope

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Play has resumed with six remaining participants, with blinds at 100,000-200,000 and a 200,000 ante.

The action is live on PokerGO, but follow along as PokerNews covers the action.

06-09-2023 15:55 UTC-8

The Two Failed Bluffs in One Week that Cost Doug Polk $700k

Lyle Bateman

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Chris Moneymaker had the Bluff of the Century in 2003. This past week, Doug Polk had perhaps the Failed Bluff of the Century.

On Sunday, heads-up for a bracelet, Polk bluffed off a significant portion of his stack at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) less than one week after his infamous bluff attempt that didn't get through on Hustler Casino Live's $1 million game.

In both instances, the Upswing Poker founder had a busted draw and attempted to use aggression to coerce his opponents into folding somewhat marginal holdings in massive pots. Both times, however, his efforts were unsuccessful and quite costly.

Read all details here

06-09-2023 15:12 UTC-8

Current Seat Draw and Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Alexandre Reard	France	3,435,000	17
2	Girish Reknar	United States	10,480,000	52
3	Andres Korn	Argentina	9,750,000	49
4	Valentino Konakchiev	Bulgaria	5,740,000	29
5	Ruben Costa	United States	3,765,000	19
6	Ankit Ahuja	India	7,215,000	36

Player	Chips	Progress
Girish Reknar	10,480,000 -320,000	-320,000
Andres Korn	9,750,000 -750,000	-750,000

Ankit Ahuja	7,215,000 435,000	435,000
Valentino Konakchiev	5,740,000 1,840,000	1,840,000

Ruben Costa	3,765,000 1,365,000	1,365,000
Alexandre Reard	3,435,000 -445,000	-445,000