Shang Dai and Christine Do were heads up on the river, with Dai firing 110,000 on the J?9?8?7?5? board.
Do took several minutes contemplating her decision on the bubble, with just 170,000 left in her stack. Do eventually made the fold, showing 8?8? for a set of eights.
Dai turned over 10?9? for a straight, showing Do that she made the correct fold.
Nicholas Rigby three-bet to 45,000 with the K?2? and then folded when Neville Endo Costa jammed for228,000 with the K?J?.
Soon after, a four-way pot to the J?7?4? flop emerged. Rigby in the hijack bet 53,000 when checked to. John Quattlebaum then jammed for 359,000 in the big blind and Rigby folded once more.
Colin Orielly in the cutoff found himself all in and at risk for his last 59,000 against Fabio Miranda in the small blind.
Colin Orielly: 6?6?
Fabio Miranda: A?Q?
Orielly would need to win a flip to survive but fell way behind on the A?2?10? flop. No help came for the at risk player on the Q? turn but the 6? river saw Orielly nail the two outer to double up and survive.
There were three all-ins during the last hand of hand-for-hand play:
Hand #1:
The action folded to Jeppe Bisgaard in the hijack, who opened for 17,000, and Quan Zhou three-bet to 53,000 next to act. Jonathan McCann shoved all in for just over 600,000 in the small blind, and action was back on Bisgaard, who went deep in the tank. After nearly a minute, Bisgaard called for his last 250,000, and Zhou got out of the way.
The tournament staff and camera crews surrounded the table as they awaited the showdown. Once Jack Effel was in place, the cards were on their backs.
Jeppe Bisgaard: K?K?
Jonathan McCann: A?A?
It was the ultimate cooler for Bisgaard to run into the only hand better than his. The board ran out 7?6?3?J?J?, and the aces for McCann held up to send Bisgaard out.
Jeppe Bisgaard Bubbles 2023 WSOP Main Event
Hand #2:
At Table #424, everybody crowded around Yueqi Wang when she was already at risk for around 200,000 chips on the river against Mikiya Kudo.
According to the Japanese player, he opened from under the gun to 17,000 and was called by the cutoff and by Yueqi Wang in the big blind.
On the 6?A?9? flop, Kudo continued for 25,000. The cutoff folded, and Wang check-called.
The K? came on the river, and Kudo fired a second barrel of 55,000, and Wang called.
The river was the 6?. Wang took the lead and fired out a bet of 100,000. Then Kudo raised to 300,000, more than Wang's stack. She called.
When she had to reveal her cards, Wang explained that she flipped a coin and that it landed on the "call" side. "I know I'm eliminated, but I call," she said.
Yueqi Wang: A?8?
Mikiya Kudo: 6?6?
Wang had a top pair but ran into quads. Just as she predicted, she was eliminated.
Yueqi Wang Bubbles 2023 WSOP Main Event
Hand #3:
Meanwhile, at Table 437, Peter Nigh was all in from the small blind for his last 148,000 and called by Eric Fields, who covered him, putting Fields at risk.
Peter Nigh: A?K?
Eric Fields: Q?Q?
The flop came J?6?9?, giving Fields plenty of outs in the form of two overcards and the nut-flush draw. Those outs failed to materialize on the 5? turn and 6? river, and Fields was sent to the rail on the stone bubble along with two other players.
As there were three eliminations simultaneously, Effel announced they would split $30,000 in prize money and flip for the stone-bubble $10,000 seat into next year's Main Event.
Peter Nigh Bubbles WSOP Main Event
The Flip
They were guided to an empty table for the 2024 WSOP Main Event seat flip. All three players took their seats and got their cards dealt.
Yueqi Wang: 7?3?
Peter Nigh: Q?4?
Jeppe Bisgaard: 9?2?
The flop came 10?3?K? for Wang to hit a pair of treys.
The turn was the Q? for Nigh to take the lead with the pair of queens but the river completed the board with the J? for Bisgaard to hit the straight to claim his spot for next year.
Jeppe Bisgaard Wins Seat to 2024 WSOP via Flip
The remaining 1,505 are now in the money and guaranteed a minimum cash of $15,000.
Yuan Yu raised it up to 18,000 in middle position and was called by Barny Boatman in the cutoff along with the big blind. The flop came K?9?5? and the action checked to Boatman who bet 18,000. The big blind folded but Yu made the call.
The turn was the 6? and Yu checked again. Boatman shoved all in for his last 66,000 chips and Yu opted to lay his hand down rather quickly.
Steven Wang folded his big blind on the stone bubble leaving himself just a single 1,000 yellow chip behind. After the dust had settled from hand-for-hand play, Wang squeezed into the money with an eighth of a big blind.
Once the bubble had burst, Wang was forced all in from the small blind.
Ariel Celestino raised from the button to 16,000 and the big blind called. The flop of J?10?5? checked through to the 7? on the turn. The big blind checked and then folded to a bet of 18,000 from Celestino sending the hand to a showdown. Wang peeled his cards one at a time as this was the first time he'd seen them.
Steven Wang: A?2?
Ariel Celestino: 8?8?
The river came the 3? eliminating Wang. To his delight, he exited to the payout cage instead of a cashless rail.
Alberto Cigliano was all-in with the 5?5? for a short stack after the bubble had burst and was looked up by Brazil's Felipe Ketzer with the K?J? on the side feature table inside the Horseshoe Event Center.
The flip went to Ketzer on a board of K?9?8?J?9? to send Cigliano to the payout desk.
"Payout!" is the most common yell heard across the room at the Horseshoe Event Center. Trevor Reardon was at risk of also getting payouts called for him when he jammed all in for 61,000 from the hijack and got called by Carly Gorman in the big blind.
Trevor Reardon: A?K?
Carly Gorman: 10?10?
It was a flop for Reardon's tournament life, and he would be eliminated when the tens held on 5?5?9?Q?4?.
Over at another table, it was bubble survivor Amin Hosein who jammed all in for 15,000 from middle position after a limp from Eric Stein in early position. Kevin Henderson then rejammed from the small blind for 153,000 and Stein folded.
Amin Hosein: A?8?
Kevin Henderson: 9?9?
No ace came on K?6?10?Q?5? and Hosein joined the payout line as well.
Joshua Faris raised to 16,000 on the button and Chris Moneymaker three-bet to 50,000 out of the small blind. The four-bet shove for 252,000 by Faris followed and Moneymaker called.
Joshua Faris: K?Q?
Chris Moneymaker: A?Q?
The board ran out J?7?2?9?8? and Faris headed to the payout desk.
