Stephen Deutsch raised it up and then four-bet jammed into Anton Smirnov, who pushed forward his 440,000 stack for the call.
Anton Smirnov: A?Q?8?4?
Stephen Deutsch: A?A?J?10?
The board ran out 7?6?2?7?8? and Smirnov scooped and doubled with the nut flush and a low.
Patrick Leonard potted out of the small blind and Ben Yu called in the big blind. On a 9?4?4? flop, Leonard moved all-in for his last 45,000 and Yu reluctantly called.
Patrick Leonard: A?K?K?7?
Ben Yu: A?K?J?10?
The 9? turn and 9? river changed nothing as Leonard doubled with a full house.
In one of the first hands of the day, Ben Yu raised to 50,000, Naoya Kihara three-bet to 185,000 on the button and Yu called. Yu then potted the K?4?3? flop, Kihara shoved, and Yu stuck the rest in.
Ben Yu: A?9?5?3?
Naoya Kihara: A?K?6?2?
The board ran out 6?3? and the players chopped it up, Kihara with the nut-low and Yu taking high with trip treys.
After two days of play, a field of 277 hopefuls have been whittled down to it's final 19 for a shot at WSOP glory. Event #75: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, one of the last championship events of the 2023 World Series of Poker, will have cards back in the air at 1 p.m. PDT as the field plays down to it's final five.
Unsurprisingly, plenty of notables are still in the hunt for the first-place prize of $598,613 and the coveted wristband. While each of the 19 remaining players has $24,509 already locked up, their eyes will be firmly fixed on the big one that awaits them on Friday, July 5th.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Stephen Deutsch
United States
2,110,000
84
2
John Holley
United States
2,040,000
82
3
Hassan Kamel
Australia
1,745,000
70
4
Ryan Hoenig
United States
1,550,000
62
5
Maxx Coleman
United States
1,090,000
44
6
Martin Zamani
United States
1,035,000
41
7
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Poland
890,000
36
8
Christopher Vitch
United States
865,000
35
9
Naoya Kihara
Japan
765,000
31
10
Ben Yu
United States
725,000
29
There's plenty of play left on Day 3 before the final five are set. Stephen Deutsch is the one in the driver's seat, sporting 84 big blinds with his stack of 2,110,000. John Holley (2,040,000) and Hassan Kamel (1,745,000) round out the top three.
No fewer than nine bracelet winners will take a seat on Day 3 as well, including such luminaries as Maxx Coleman (1,090,000), Chris Vitch (865,000), Ben Yu (740,000), Paul Volpe (530,000), and short stack Patrick Leonard (170,000).
As mentioned, cards will be back in the air at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Levels will be 60 minutes throughout and resume in Level 21 with blinds at 10,000-25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante. Breaks will be every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 26 (~7:30 p.m. local time). Play will hard stop when only five remain.
Ben Yu
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