Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed)
Day 1 Completed
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed)
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,313,470
Entries
1,241
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
1,241
Players Left
57
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
A star-studded field flooded Day 1 of Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (6-Handed), creating a field size of 1,241 entries with 57 players bagging up for Day 2.
The 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas has been all about big prize pools, and this event was no different, having generated $3,313,470 to be split among the top 187 finishers, with a first-place prize of $558,266 and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet going to the eventual winner. The min-cash was good for $4,800, and all returning Day 2 players are guaranteed $8,436.
With a relatively short two-day event such as this, the later parts of Day 1 are moving day for all competitors vying for the bracelet, and some major competitors crept up in the chip counts as the day's clock ticked down.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 2,405,000 | 80 |
| 2 | Asher Conniff | United States | 2,170,000 | 72 |
| 3 | Ken Fishman | United States | 1,805,000 | 60 |
| 4 | Ian Matakis | United States | 1,560,000 | 52 |
| 5 | Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | 1,515,000 | 51 |
| 6 | Peter Rabin | United States | 1,480,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Mark Ioli | United States | 1,470,000 | 49 |
| 8 | Noah Schwartz | United States | 1,450,000 | 48 |
| 9 | Eshaan Bhalla | United States | 1,440,000 | 48 |
| 10 | Julien Sitbon | France | 1,360,000 | 45 |
Chris Hunichen bagged up 2,405,000 chips, enough for the overnight chip lead. Asher Conniff (2,170,000) was the only other entrants to finish Day 1 with more than two millions chips in their stack.
Plenty of big names crammed seven-figure stacks into their overnight chip bags. They include recent bracelet winner Ian Matakis (1,560,000), Roman Hrabec (1,515,000), Noah Schwartz (1,450,000), and Benjamin Diebold (1,035,000).
Other notables to look out for on Day 2 include Jareth East (975,000), Maria Ho (860,000), Eric Baldwin (795,000), Paul Volpe (765,000), Main Event winners Martin Jacobson (465,000) and Ryan Riess (390,000).
The bubble took longer than typical, but once it burst, the room became electric, and small celebrations broke out at multiple tables. And while everyone in the room was excited to cash, it was quickly back to business as everyone has one finishing position in mind.
Players will return tomorrow, June 14th at 12:00 p.m. local time to battle for the bracelet. Play will begin in Level 22 with blinds of 15,000/30,000 and a big blind ante of 30,000. Those returning are scheduled to play 40-minute levels until a winner is crowned.
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Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 649 | 2 | Ren Lin | United States | 355,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 649 | 3 | John Templeton | United States | 490,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 649 | 4 | Samy Boujmala | France | 1,155,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 649 | 5 | Seamus Cahill | Ireland | 665,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 649 | 6 | Brian Borst | United States | 280,000 | 9 |
| Horseshoe | 650 | 1 | Jareth East | United Kingdom | 975,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 650 | 2 | Naor Slobodskoy | Israel | 420,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 650 | 3 | David Uvaydov | United States | 865,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 650 | 4 | Axel Hallay | United Kingdom | 670,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 650 | 5 | John Ripnick | United States | 595,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 650 | 6 | Oleh Okhotskyi | United Kingdom | 595,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 651 | 1 | Jason Mann | Canada | 790,000 | 26 |
| Horseshoe | 651 | 2 | Johannes Straver | United States | 835,000 | 28 |
| Horseshoe | 651 | 3 | Asher Conniff | United States | 2,170,000 | 72 |
| Horseshoe | 651 | 4 | Johann Ibanez | Colombia | 870,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 651 | 5 | Fabrice Bigot | France | 320,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 651 | 6 | Jordan Semel | United States | 745,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 652 | 1 | Brian Green | United States | 345,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 652 | 2 | Ian Matakis | United States | 1,560,000 | 52 |
| Horseshoe | 652 | 2 | Craig Varnell | United States | 450,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 652 | 3 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 290,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 652 | 4 | Wing Liu | United Kingdom | 985,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 652 | 6 | Brad Albrinck | United States | 795,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 653 | 1 | Aliaksandr Shylko | Czech Republic | 240,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 653 | 2 | Ana Marquez | Spain | 310,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 653 | 3 | Todd Ivens | United States | 875,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 653 | 4 | Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | 1,515,000 | 51 |
| Horseshoe | 653 | 5 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 465,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 653 | 6 | Maria Ho | United States | 860,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 2 | Laszlo Molnar | Hungary | 680,000 | 23 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 3 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 2,405,000 | 80 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 4 | Wojciech Barzantny | Germany | 485,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 5 | Gregor Sverko | hungary | 490,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 6 | Eric Baldwin | United States | 795,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 1 | Benjamin Diebold | United States | 1,035,000 | 35 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 3 | Andrew Swenson | United States | 970,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 4 | Tom Kunze | Germany | 525,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 5 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russia | 1,130,000 | 38 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 6 | Debra Mccravey | United States | 860,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 1 | John Dolan | United States | 655,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 2 | Akash Seth | United States | 1,275,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 3 | Ken Fishman | United States | 1,805,000 | 60 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 4 | Philip Sternheimer | United States | 1,015,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 5 | Paul Volpe | United States | 765,000 | 26 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 6 | Eshaan Bhalla | United States | 1,440,000 | 48 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 1 | Mark Ioli | United States | 1,470,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 2 | Daniel Grassi | United States | 465,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 3 | Julien Sitbon | France | 1,360,000 | 45 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 4 | Noah Schwartz | United States | 1,450,000 | 48 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 5 | Tyler Cornell | United States | 510,000 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 6 | Gary Blackwood | United Kingdom | 1,015,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 661 | 1 | Matthew Zambanini | United States | 660,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 661 | 2 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | 1,240,000 | 41 | |
| Horseshoe | 661 | 3 | Ryan Riess | United States | 390,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 661 | 4 | Agenor De Souza | Brazil | 1,110,000 | 37 |
| Horseshoe | 661 | 5 | Alex Foxen | United States | 750,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 661 | 6 | Peter Rabin | United States | 1,480,000 | 49 |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,405,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
||
|
2,170,000
2,170,000
|
2,170,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,805,000
1,805,000
|
1,805,000 |
|
1,560,000
1,560,000
|
1,560,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,515,000
1,515,000
|
1,515,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,480,000
1,407,000
|
1,407,000 |
|
1,470,000
1,470,000
|
1,470,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,450,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,440,000
1,440,000
|
1,440,000 |
|
1,360,000
1,360,000
|
1,360,000 |
|
||
|
1,275,000
1,275,000
|
1,275,000 |
|
1,240,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
1,155,000
1,155,000
|
1,155,000 |
|
1,130,000
1,130,000
|
1,130,000 |
|
1,110,000
1,110,000
|
1,110,000 |
|
1,035,000
1,035,000
|
1,035,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,015,000
1,015,000
|
1,015,000 |
|
1,015,000
1,015,000
|
1,015,000 |
|
|
985,000
985,000
|
985,000 |
|
975,000
975,000
|
975,000 |
|
970,000
970,000
|
970,000 |
|
875,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
870,000
870,000
|
870,000 |
|
865,000
865,000
|
865,000 |
|
|
860,000
860,000
|
860,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The tournament director has announced the final three hands of the night before the players bag up for Day 2 at 12 p.m tomorrow, June 14th.
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Action folded to Craig Varnell on the button who raised to 45,000. The small blind folded to Maria Ho in the big blind who put in the call to take both players to the K♥10♣6♥ flop.
Ho checked, and Varnell tossed in a bet worth 70,000. Ho thought for a moment, then made the call, prompting the dealer to burn and turn the 9♥.
Ho checked, and Varnell checked behind before watching as the 3♥ fell on the river.
Ho thought for a moment about her action and eventually decided to put out a bet of 200,000. Varnell thought briefly before cutting out enough chips to make the call and moving them into the pot.
Ho quickly tabled the A♥7♦ for the nut flush, beating the K♦J♥ of Varnell to take down a big pot and move over a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,275,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
800,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
|
|
||
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Craig Varnell raised in the hijack, and the action folded around to Cord Garcia in the big blind, who jammed for 345,000. Before the words were even fully out of his mouth, Varnell slammed a stack of reds across the line to make the call.
Cord Garcia: K♣Q♦
Craig Varnell: 10♥10♦
It was a classic race, and it was looking good for Varnell as the flop came 6♠5♠3♦. The 2♦ turn left Garcia drawing to one of his over cards or a straight card for the chop, and the Q♠ river paired his queen to collect the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000
720,000
|
720,000 |
|
|
215,000
-870,000
|
-870,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Brad Albrinck raised to 40,000 under the gun and both the button and big blind made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop of Q♦8♣5♣ and the big blind check-folded to Albrinck's continuation of 60,000, while the button made the call.
The A♠ turn was checked through by both players and when the 10♠ hit the river, both players checked once again. Albrinck tabled K♦K♠ and his opponent mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Chamath Palihapitiya opened in late position to 40,000. The action then folded all the way to Andrew Rosen in the big blind who defended.
The J♥Q♥2♦ flop landed and action checked through. The 8♦ landed on the turn and Rosen went into the tank for about a minute before putting out a bet of 75,000. Palihapitiya quickly made the call.
The river landed a 7♥ and Rosen didn't think for long before putting the remainder of his chips in the middle. Palihapitiya essentially snap called and the cards hit their back.
Rosen rolled over K♥2♥ for a rivered flush and Palihapitiya showed that he called down light with 7♦4♦ for just 4th pair.
Rosen scooped the pot headed into the last level of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
200,000 |