Don Kanivas raised to 10,000 in first position and the player in middle position reraised all in to 61,000. Kanivas called very quickly and flipped over K?K? and his opponent turned over A?J?.
The board ran out 2?3?5?6?8? and the kings held up to win the pot and Kanivas doubled his stack.
In light of debate over the threat that real-time assistance (RTA) apps pose to live poker, World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials reiterated their rules for use of solvers at the poker table.
Players at the 2023 WSOP will be penalized if they are caught using or referencing a solver during a live hand. Additionally, the WSOP reserves the right to issue penalties to players who are using solvers between hands.
"If caught using RTA/GTO software during a hand, player will be subject to penalty up to and including DQ (disqualification) / trespass," WSOP said in a prepared statement. "We reserve the right to further penalize a player for using RTA/GTO in any other situation in our sole and absolute discretion. Players may continue to use their device to play wsop.com or use the Caesars Sportsbook app while in/out of a hand."
Action began with a player in early position opening to 14,000. It folded around to Mike Leah, who had just sat down at the table in the big blind. Leah made the call and the players were heads up to a flop.
The flop came Q?10?A?. Leah checked and the early position player bet 17,000. Leah weighed his options for about 30 seconds before moving all in, sending his opponent into the tank. Ultimately Leah got his opponent to fold and was awarded a decent pot.
Evan Muschetto raised in middle position and the small blind reraised all in for 100,000. Mushchetto quickly called and tabled A?K? and the small blind showed A?8?.
The board ran out 3?3?10?9?6? and the small blind player patted the table and made his exit.
Muschetto was left with a healthy stack right before the dinner break.
The action began with a player limping in for 3,000 from early position. It folded around to Evan Sandberg who moved all in for his remaining 29,000. The early position player asked for a chip count before making the call to put Sandberg at risk.
Evan Sandberg: Q?Q?
Early Position: 3?3?
Sandberg was well ahead with the bigger pair. The A?J?9?6?2? board offered no help to his opponent and Sandberg secured a double up.
Preflop betting was aggressive and two early position players raised and called 7,000 and when it rolled around to the middle position player he moved all in for 15,000 and the player beside him, Ian Steinman, moved all in for 200,000.
The other players folded and the board ran out Q?5?A?10?Q?. The middle position player held 7?7? and Steinman held A?K? and built a healthy stack.