Level 34
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
The remaining 20 players have stepped out for their final break of the night. Take a moment during the break to check out some highlights from the previous level:
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 7
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 7
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$93,399,900
Entries
10,043
Level
41
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
49
Players Left
15
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Ryan Tamanini open-shoved his last 5,575,000 and Steven Jones looked him up from late position. The rest of the table got out of the way and the cards were turned up.
Ryan Tamanini: A?6?
Steven Jones: A?A?
The board ran out 6?K?3?9?Q? and the aces held for Jones to send Tamanini to the rail in 20th place for $345,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000,000
12,000,000
|
12,000,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Joe Ghio moved all in for 11,700,000 from early position and Juan Maceiras Lapido tanked for a moment before calling in the cutoff. The rest of the table got out of the way.
Joe Ghio: K?Q?
Juan Maceiras Lapido: Q?Q?
Ghio was looking for a king to keep his Main Event hopes alive but none arrived on the 3?4?9? flop. Maceiras Lapido spiked the last queen in the deck on the Q? turn and Ghio was already drawing dead by the J? river, sending him to the rail in 19th place.
The remaining 18 players are now taking a short break while they redraw for seats at the final two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000,000
16,600,000
|
16,600,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Andrew Hulme opened to 1,200,000 from under the gun and Alec Torelli defended from the big blind. The flop came J?8?8? and both players checked to the 10? on the turn.
Torelli checked again and Hulme fired out a bet of 1,900,000. Torelli called and the 2? completed the board. Torelli checked for the third time and Hulme put together a bet of 5,400,000. Torelli check-raised all in, putting Hulme to the test for his stack of 12,900,000.
Hulme leaned back in his chair in disbelief while Torelli rested his head on the rail. Hulme felt the heat as he took his sweater off before calling after three minutes. Torelli showed 9?7? for a straight while Hulme was left with J?10? for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,800,000
16,200,000
|
16,200,000 |
|
||
|
275,000
-11,750,000
|
-11,750,000 |
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Jan-Peter Jachtmann raised to 2,000,000 in the cutoff and Andrew Hulme was all in for his last 275,000 in the small blind. Juan Maceiras Lapido called from the big blind which created a side pot. The flop came A?8?2? and Jachtmann continued with a bet of 3,000,000 which got Maceiras Lapido to fold.
Andrew Hulme: 8?6?
Jan-Peter Jachtmann: A?K?
Both players flopped a pair but it was Jachtmann who was well out front. The 5? and A? runout secured the pot for Jachtmann and Hulme was eliminated in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,400,000
-2,575,000
|
-2,575,000 |
|
|
||
|
63,100,000
2,900,000
|
2,900,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Juan Maceiras Lapido raised to 1,200,000 on the button and Andrey Pateychuk shoved all in for 15,600,000 in the big blind. Maceiras Laipido quickly called and the cards were on their backs.
Andrey Pateychuk: 3?3?
Juan Maceiras Lapido: K?K?
The flop fell 9?8?4? and Pateychuk was looking for one of two outs. The 5? and 8? changed nothing and Pateychuk was eliminated in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
111,500,000
16,100,000
|
16,100,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Jack O'Neill raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun and Adam Walton called in the hijack before Anirban Das, in the cutoff, moved all in for 5,900,000. Action folded back to O'Neill who tanked for a minute before reshoving, and Walton got out of the way.
Anirban Das: A?A?
Jack O'Neill: J?J?
As O'Neill's rail began to chant for a "jack-ball," the board ran out Q?5?4?4?8? and Das' aces stayed in front to earn him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
||
|
22,800,000
-7,350,000
|
-7,350,000 |
|
14,400,000
8,200,000
|
8,200,000 |
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
On the last hand of Day 7, Adam Walton raised to 1,200,000 under the gun and received three callers, including Anirban Das, Jack O'Neill, and Dean Hutchison.
The flop came 4?9?9? and Walton bet 1,200,000. Das called in early position, O'Neill called on the button, and Hutchison folded.
The 3? fell on the turn and action checked to O'Neill who bet 2,700,000. Walton then raised to 6,500,000 and Das called, while O'Neill got out of the way.
Walton shoved all in on the J? river and Das quickly called for his last 17,800,000. Walton slammed down 4?4? for a full house and Das turned over Q?10? for a no-good flush. Das gave Walton his card protector as the two opponents shook hands before Das headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,500,000
35,400,000
|
35,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
17,500,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
11,700,000
-5,400,000
|
-5,400,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 35
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Seven tournament days have concluded for the largest WSOP $10,000 Main Event in history and the gargantuan field of 10,043 has been whittled down to the final 15 contenders. They are competing for a large portion of the $93,399,900 prize pool at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas but the eventual winner won't be crowned for another four days in the Thunderdome.
Juan Maceiras entered the day second in chips and proceeded to dominate throughout the five 120-minute levels en route to claiming 108,000,000 in chips. His father was also a poker aficionado and he passed on the reign to his son, who was a PokerStars sponsored pro in Spain and is the odds-on favorite to become the new world champion.
Adam Walton soared into second place in the final hand of the night when he flopped a full house against the turned flush of Anirban Das to end the day with 94 big blinds for Day 8. Walton was supported by a boisterous rail and will certainly hope to have them back in the Horseshoe Events Center for the remaining three tournament days.
"It's really fun. It's fun to have everybody here hanging out. It's a very rare experience to be able to do this in the Main, so I'm having a blast. Having the time of my life," Walton mentioned once the emotions had settled down after bagging and tagging.
Germany's Jan-Peter Jachtmann is one of two WSOP bracelet winners still in contention and occupies the final spot on the overnight podium. The Hamburg-based marketing manager usually prefers the great game of Pot-Limit Omaha, in which he triumphed back in 2012, taking down Event #39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship for a career-best score of $661,000. He has a decent shot at surpassing that payday by a significant margin in the days to follow thanks to amassing 70,775,000 in chips so far.
Daniel Weinman likewise won his first bracelet in the four-card variant during the 2022 WSOP at the very same venue and sits in the middle of the pack with 21,750,000 in chips.
Arguably one of the most well-known contenders still in the mix is the English poker pro Toby Lewis, one of four Brits with chips at their disposal. He once again made a big lay down and correctly folded the top two pair in a large pot against Jachtmann. Lewis was left with 22 big blinds on the final three tables, more than enough to spin up thanks to the deep structure of the event, and he finished a topsy-turvy day with 50,050,000, good enough for fifth place.
He will be joined by fellow countrymen Sachin Joshi (27,775,000), Dean Hutchison (17,500,000), and Jack O'Neill (11,700,000), while Andrew Hulme was eliminated in 18th place in the final level of the night.
Another late casualty on Day 7 was Russian poker pro Andrey Pateychuk, who had already racked up $5 million in tournament cashes on the live poker circuit prior to this deep run. One of his eight six-figure scores came in the 2011 WSOP Main Event in which he finished in 15th place for $478,174. Pateychuk reached the final two tables once again a decade later, but had to settle for 17th place this time.
Top Ten Counts After Day 7
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Maceiras | Spain | 108,000,000 | 135 |
| 2 | Adam Walton | United States | 75,475,000 | 94 |
| 3 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 70,775,000 | 88 |
| 4 | Steven Jones | United States | 67,900,000 | 85 |
| 5 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 50,050,000 | 63 |
| 6 | Ruslan Prydryk | Ukraine | 45,750,000 | 57 |
| 7 | Jose Aguilera | Spain | 37,600,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Joshua Payne | United States | 31,000,000 | 39 |
| 9 | Sachin Joshi | United Kingdom | 27,775,000 | 35 |
| 10 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 21,750,000 | 27 |
Day 6 chip leader Joshua Payne retained his chances of reaching the nine-handed final table but dropped back into the middle of the pack. The same also applies for seasoned pro Alec Torelli, who required several double-ups when getting short to advance and return another day.
The final 15 hopefuls are set to return at 2 p.m. local time on Friday, July 14, and the returning blinds for Level 36 will be 400,000-800,000 with a 800,000 big blind ante. Day 8 is scheduled to conclude when the nine finalists for the official final table have been determined, who then get one day off prior to the grand finale which is then spread across two final days.
It was a day split in two different phases as the initial field of 49 contenders was quickly cut into more than half and just 21 players still had chips in front of them on dinner break upon completion of the third level of the day.
By then, notables such as Sam Stein, Japan's YouTube star Masato Yokosawa, Maurice Hawkins, and Mark Teltscher had already visited the payout desk. Brazil's Carlos Henrique Da Silva was also among those to bow out after he never recovered from losing half of his stack when O'Neill pulled off a successful preflop six-bet shove.
Three eliminations in quick succession then set up the redraw of the final three tables when Harsheel Kothari, Matthew Wantman and Nicholas Gerrity were all eliminated in a matter of minutes.
The action never really slowed down either as the third level of the day brought with it another six open seats with Gabi Livshitz and Ryan Tosoc among those to run out of chips. Once the field returned from dinner, Daniel Scroggins succumbed to his short stack in the very first hand but it would be the only casualty of the entire two-hour session. Weinman scored a double in a cooler against Joe Ghio when he flopped a superior set with the latter bowing out in 19th place.
The aforementioned Hulme reached the second redraw of the evening with less than half a big blind after he had hero-called at the wrong time versus Torelli prior. The miracle comeback was cut short in a single hand thereafter and the pay jump from $345,000 to $430,200 was of no concern for the other 17 contenders.
Pateychuk and Das hit the rail during the dying minutes of the night and set the stage for a potentially short-lived Day 8, which requires only six eliminations to set up the 2023 WSOP Main Event final table. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back to provide all of the action, in sync with the delay of the PokerGO live stream, so as to avoid spoilers.