2023 WSOP Day 11: One Bracelet Awarded; $50k High Roller Kicks Off
Only one bracelet found its owner on Day 11 of the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Valentino Konakchiev won the bracelet for Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold��em Freezeout.
There was a second event scheduled for a winner, but there was still a trio of players in Event #20: $1,500 Badugi as daylight approached. Instead, the last three players will be returning on June 10 to conclude the tournament.
Two events kicked off today, the Event #23: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em and Event #24: $1,500 Razz.
Meanwhile, Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold'em played out Day 1c, and Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed and Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship had their Day 2s.
Andres Korn Denied Second Bracelet Heads Up By Valentino Konakchiev
Konakchiev put on an impressive showing at the final table of Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold��em Freezeout where he played an aggressive final table. When Konakchiev got down to heads up play, he found himself up against bracelet winner Andres Korn.
However, Konakchiev popped Korn's hope for a second bracelet, beating him heads up to take down $435,924 for first place. This is Konakchiev's first bracelet.
Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold��em Freezeout Final Table Results
| Rank | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Konakchiev | Bulgaria | $435,924 |
| 2 | Andres Korn | Argentina | $269,438 |
| 3 | Alexandre Reard | France | $192,723 |
| 4 | Ruben Costa | United States | $139,671 |
| 5 | Girish Reknar | United States | $102,577 |
| 6 | Ankit Ahuja | India | $76,537 |
| 7 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | $57,620 |
| 8 | Adam Swan | United States | $44,087 |
| 9 | Qiang Xu | China | $34,210 |
Justin Bonomo Leads The $50,000 High Roller Field After Day 1
There were 111 entries on Day 1 of Event #23: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. By the close of play, that field had been cut down to 48 with Justin Bonomo (2,024,000) taking the chip lead.
There is still late registration until the start of Day 2, so there is still time for more big names to join the roster.
As you might expect from so pricey an event, the list of entrants and survivors so far is just one shark after another. The top ten chip counts included big names like Sam Soverel (1,450,000), Alex Foxen (1,236,000), Jeremy Ausmus (1,016,000), and Chris Brewer (1,618,000), hot off a third-place finish in Event #8: $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
PokerNews will pick up the coverage of Day 2 of this event when it starts back up on June 10 at 12 p.m.
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Event #23: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 2,024,000 | 127 |
| 2 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 1,688,000 | 106 |
| 3 | Chris Brewer | United States | 1,618,000 | 101 |
| 4 | Sam Soverel | United States | 1,459,000 | 91 |
| 5 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 1,313,000 | 82 |
| 6 | Alex Foxen | United States | 1,236,000 | 77 |
| 7 | Leon Sturm | Germany | 1,118,000 | 70 |
| 8 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,016,000 | 64 |
| 9 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 984,000 | 62 |
| 10 | Seth Davies | United States | 961,000 | 60 |
Badugi Bracelet Pushed To Day 4 With Three Players Left
Event #20: $1,500 Badugi started its Day 3 today with thirteen players. Although the event was scheduled to play down to a winner today, play reached the end of level 35 with three players still going at it.
Serhii Popovych, Michael Rodrigues, and Yingui Li are still in the game.
Li and Rodrigues are in close contention with 4,900,000 and 4,600,000 in chips, respectively. However, Popovych is not far behind with 3,350,000. It could be anyone's bracelet.
When the players completed level 35, the tournament director made the call to end the day. As a result, the event will resume tomorrow, June 10, at 1 p.m. local time.
Event #20: $1,500 Badugi Chip Final Table (Unfinished) Results
| Position | Name | Country | Chip Count/Prize ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yingui Li | China | 4,900,000 |
| 2 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | 4,600,000 |
| 3 | Serhii Popovych | United States | 3,350,000 |
| 4 | Matt Vengrin | United States | $40,996 |
| 5 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | $28,270 |
| 6 | Owais Ahmed | United States | $20,557 |
| 7 | Lee Horton | United States | $15,102 |
Richard Gao Is The Top Gladiator Of Day 1c
After Day 1c of Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold'em, Richard Gao (3,105,000) bagged the most chips.
At the other end of the scale, Austin Carr (5,000) bagged just a single red chip and a prayer.
Among those who didn't even have one chip at the end of the day were Greg "Fossilman" Raymer and Jamie Gold, Patrick Leonard, Kyna England, JJ Liu, Joseph Altomonte, and Lexy Gavin-Mather.
There will be one more flight (Day 1d) starting at 10 a.m. on June 10. Surviving players from today will be added to the list containing the 507 players who have already qualified for Day 2. You can check out our coverage on PokerNews.
Check out our coverage of Days 1a-c of the Gladiator
Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold'em Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Gao | United States | 3,105,000 | 62 |
| 2 | Peter Lee | United States | 3,100,000 | 62 |
| 3 | Vito Branciforte | Italy | 2,685,000 | 54 |
| 4 | Lindsay Jones | United States | 2,465,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Jason Aden | United States | 2,285,000 | 46 |
| 6 | Christopher Crutcher | United States | 2,285,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Ugur Secilmis | Turkey | 2,150,000 | 43 |
| 8 | William Rowlett | United States | 2,000,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Jiawei Mao | United States | 1,980,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Qiong Ding | United States | 1,880,000 | 38 |
Day 2 for $1,000 PLO Event
Some 2,017 players bought in to Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed yesterday. 117 of those players rejoined Day 2 today, and just 13 will be coming back tomorrow. Each of those returning players has locked in $15,700, but one of them will be heading home with $165,616 and a gold WSOP bracelet in tow.
Stephen Nahm holds a commanding lead going into the final day's play, but anything can happen in PLO tournaments, so a Nahm victory is far from guaranteed.
Action will resume at 12 p.m. local time on June 10. The blinds will be 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante.
Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Nahm | Canada | 9,750,000 | 98 |
| 2 | Ronald Keijzer | Netherlands | 5,965,000 | 60 |
| 3 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 5,340,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Dan Matsuzuki | United States | 5,300,000 | 53 |
| 5 | Gheorghe Butuc | Moldova | 3,120,000 | 31 |
| 6 | Kevin Rand | United States | 3,015,000 | 30 |
| 7 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | 2,200,000 | 22 |
| 8 | Jonathan England | United States | 1,380,000 | 14 |
| 9 | Thomas Zanot | United States | 1,000,000 | 10 |
| 10 | Paul Clotar | United States | 980,000 | 10 |
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Fourteen Left In Limit Hold'em Championship
2015 Main Event champion Joe McKeehen has the chip lead going into Day 3 of Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.
McKeehan tops a list of 14 returning players, with Josh Arieh (1,170,000) and Nick Schulman (905,000) at his heels in second and third.
The tournament drew 134 entries for a prize pool of $1,246,200, which includes 30 players that joined Day 2 as late registrants.
The final 14 will return at 1 p.m. on June 10 to play down to a winner. The final day will be streamed on PokerGO with a one-hour delay.
Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship End Of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe McKeehen | United States | 1,445,000 |
| 2 | Josh Arieh | United States | 1,170,000 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | United States | 905,000 |
| 4 | Kevin Song | United States | 685,000 |
| 5 | Nick Pupillo | United States | 620,000 |
| 6 | Daniel Idema | Canada | 600,000 |
| 7 | Joseph Beasy | United States | 515,000 |
| 8 | Ronnie Bardah | United States | 475,000 |
| 9 | Ben Yu | United States | 420,000 |
| 10 | Motoyoshi Okamura | Japan | 385,000 |
Event #24 Sets Record For WSOP Razz Fields
With a field of 556 players, Event #24: $1,500 Razz is now the biggest razz tournament in WSOP history. The previous record was 462 entries from 2015. This suggests a significant boost in the popularity of the game.
Only 170 of those 556 bagged a stack for Day 2. Among the survivors were notables like former WSOP Players of the Year Jeff Madsen (190,000), Shaun Deeb (80,000), and David Bach (51,500).
They were joined by several previous bracelet winners like Michael Moncek (187,000), David "ODB" Baker (185,000), and Marco Johnson (91,500).
Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. local time on June 10th and will be hosted in the Gold section of the Horseshoe. The money bubble is expected to burst around halfway through the day of ten one-hour levels.
Event #24: $1,500 Razz End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maksim Pisarenko | Russia | 251,500 | 31 |
| 2 | Vasilis Lazarou | United States | 223,500 | 28 |
| 3 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 207,000 | 26 |
| 4 | Takashi Ogura | Japan | 197,500 | 25 |
| 5 | Eoghan O'Dea | Ireland | 195,000 | 24 |
| 6 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 190,000 | 24 |
| 7 | Michael Moncek | United States | 187,000 | 23 |
| 7 | Alon Doitch | United States | 187,000 | 23 |
| 9 | Marcus Stein | United States | 186,000 | 23 |
| 10 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 185,500 | 23 |
What to Expect on Day 12 of the 2023 WSOP
Only one fresh event is scheduled to start on June 10, the 12th day of the 2023 WSOP. Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8 or Better Championship enters the mix alongside all of the events mentioned in our recap above. It's going to be a super busy day, but that is exactly how we like it here at PokerNews!
In this Series
- 1 2023 WSOP Day 1: Big Guns Turn Out in Force for the $25K High Roller; Razaei Leads
- 2 2023 WSOP Day 2: First Bracelet of the Series Awarded; Hallay Leads High Roller
- 3 2023 WSOP Day 3: Andrew Kelsall Leads the Final 11 of the Dealer's Choice
- 4 2023 WSOP Day 4: Polk Advances to Sweet 16 in $25K HU, Eveslage Wins Second Bracelet
- 5 2023 WSOP Day 5: Polk Makes Final Four as Shaun Deeb Chases Stud Title
- 6 2023 WSOP Day 6: Four Bracelets Awarded; Eveslage Aiming for Back-to-Back Wins
- 7 2023 WSOP Day 7: Three Champions Crowned; Chosen One Eveslage Does it Again
- 8 2023 WSOP Day 8: Calvin Anderson Spins It Up in the High Roller
- 9 2023 WSOP Day 9: Could We See the First Female Champion of the Series?
- 10 2023 WSOP Day 10: Action-Packed Day Sees Three Bracelets Awarded
- 11 2023 WSOP Day 11: One Bracelet Awarded; $50k High Roller Kicks Off
- 12 2023 WSOP Day 12: Alex Foxen Chases Second Bracelet In $50k Event
- 13 2023 WSOP Day 13: Shaun Deeb Bags Another WSOP Chip Lead; Seidel Gunning for 10th Bracelet
- 14 2023 WSOP Day 14: Lamb Leads Stacked Omaha Hi-Lo Championship Final Table
- 15 2023 WSOP Day 15: Arends Leads the $100K; Lamb and Deeb Capture Gold Bracelets
- 16 2023 WSOP Day 16: Five Shiny Bracelets Find New Homes
- 17 2023 WSOP Day 17: Razz Championship Spills Over into Day 4
- 18 2023 WSOP Day 18: First Bracelet For Wong; Kornuth Bags Big in $250K
- 19 2023 WSOP Day 19: Benny Glaser Chases Fifth Bracelet
- 20 2023 WSOP Day 20: Johnny Chan in the Hunt for Bracelet No. 11
- 21 2023 WSOP Day 21: Cates Terminated from the $50K PPC
- 22 2023 WSOP Day 22: Ashton Hunting for Second $50K PPC Title
- 23 2023 WSOP Day 23: Ivey Falls Short of His 11th Bracelet
- 24 2023 WSOP Day 24: Five Bracelets Awarded; More Records Broken
- 25 2023 WSOP Day 25: Halatenko Leads Final Five Into Day 4 of $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
- 26 2023 WSOP Day 26: Phil Hellmuth Makes The Final 17 of $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.
- 27 2023 WSOP Day 27: Heimiller; Matusow, and Gorodinsky Shine Brightly
- 28 2023 WSOP Day 28: Chance Kornuth Continues Crushing
- 29 2023 WSOP Day 29: Negreanu Finishes Another Day 1 With a Big Stack
- 30 2023 WSOP Day 30: Erik Seidel Seeking His 10th WSOP Bracelet
- 31 2023 WSOP Day 31: Vitor Dzivielevski Hoping to Join His Brother in the Bracelet Club
- 32 2023 WSOP Day 32: Dzivielevski Brothers Chasing Gold, Both Run Deep
- 33 2023 WSOP Day 33: Three Bracelets Won as Shiina Okamoto Leads The Ladies Event
- 34 2023 WSOP Day 34: Excitement Builds for the $10,000 Main Event!
- 35 2023 WSOP Day 35: The Wait is Over! The $10,000 Main Event Shuffles up and Deals!
- 36 2023 WSOP Day 36: Main Event Continues Growing During Fourth of July Celebrations
- 37 2023 WSOP Day 37: Main Event Looks Set to Obliterate the Attendance Record
- 38 2023 WSOP Day 38: Main Event Shatters Its Attendance Record
- 39 2023 WSOP Day 39: No Repeat Main Event Champion as Espen Jorstad Gets Eliminated
- 40 2023 WSOP Day 40: Maurice Hawkins Leads Main Event into Day 3
- 41 2023 WSOP Day 41: Morgan Petro Bags Big Lucky 7's Stack; Kornuth Continues Crushing
- 42 2023 WSOP Day 42: Arieh Claims the $25K H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 Chip Lead
- 43 2023 WSOP Day 43: Three-Hour Bubble Sees $25K H.O.R.S.E. Get Stuck in the Mud
- 44 2023 WSOP Day 44: Wang Claims $50,000 High Roller Chip Lead
- 45 2023 WSOP Day 45: Kulev Set to Claim $50K High Roller Title
- 46 2023 WSOP Day 46: Friedman Gets Closer To Sixth Bracelet
- 47 2023 WSOP Day 47: Another Deep Run for Hellmuth; Pupillo Final Three in Mixed Event
- 48 2023 WSOP Day 48: Reard In a Dominant Position in the $10K NLHE 6-Max Championship
- 49 2023 WSOP Day 49: John Juanda Could Join an Exclusive Club
- 50 2023 WSOP Day 50: Can The Last Person Out Please Turn Off The Lights?
