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2023 World Series of Poker

Daniel Palau went all in from early positon and was called by Massoud Eskandari, who covered.
Daniel Palau: 6?6?
Massoud Eskandari: A?J?
The flop fell 8?9?A? and a 7? on the turn brought straight draws for both players.
the 10? completed them but Eskandari's jack meant he had the better hand. Palau headed to the payout desk.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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2,850,000
575,000
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575,000 |
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Eliminé |

Pat Lyons found himself all in and at risk against Christian Harder who had him covered.
Pat Lyons: A?8?
Christian Harder: 7?7?
Harder caught the better of the preflop flip when the flop came Q?9?9?. He remained ahead on the 6? turn and J? river to send Lyons to the rail and take down a sizable pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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3,850,000
2,700,000
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2,700,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Pat Lyons was left steaming after Josh Reichard called a bet of just under a million with bottom pair. Lyons then told the table they'd be luck if he didn't make final table, because that was when his prowess would kick into full action.
Just after that Lyons played a pot against Alex Keating where they saw a flop of 2?9?10?. Both players checked and the 5? peeled.
This time Keating led for 500,000 and was quickly called by Lyons, bringing the J?. Keating checked the river and now Lyon's placed a bet of 900,000; similarly sized to the hand he was caught bluffing earlier. Keating thought a while, saying it was a bad river for his hand but eventually made the call.
Lyons quickly tabled the A?Q? for just ace high and Keating turned over Q?9? to scoop the pot with a pair of nines.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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6,850,000
1,350,000
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1,350,000 |
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6,115,000
3,080,000
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3,080,000 |
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1,600,000
3,400,000
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3,400,000 |
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Fazel Dawood was all in preflop with a covering stack versus Christian Harder
Christian Harder: A?J?
Fazel Dawood: A?8?
The board ran out 9?10?10?5?Q?. Harder held with the superior ace and Dawood was left short-stacked.
Not long afterwards, Dawood moved all in from the cutoff from his last 180,000 chips, receiving calls from Josh Reichard in the small blind and Guoliang Wei in the big blind.
The flop came A?4?2? and both Reichard and Wei checked, leading to the Q? turn. Reichard checked, Wei bet 400,000 and Reichard folded, leaving Dawood at risk versus Wei going into the river.
Fazel Dawood: Q?9?
Guoliang Wei: A?4?
Wei was ahead with two pair, aces and fours, but Dawood did have a diamond flush draw. The 8? river was a blank, ending Dawood's deep run while Wei took down another big pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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3,610,000
640,000
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640,000 |
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3,035,000
675,000
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675,000 |
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1,150,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Eliminé |
Niveau: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
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400 | 1 | Christian Harder | United States | 1,450,000 | 9 |
400 | 2 | Alex Keating | United States | 5,500,000 | 34 |
400 | 3 | Fazel Dawood | South Africa | 1,085,000 | 7 |
400 | 4 | Pat Lyons | United States | 5,000,000 | 31 |
400 | 5 | Josh Reichard | United States | 3,710,000 | 23 |
400 | 6 | Guoliang Wei | China | 4,250,000 | 27 |
400 | 7 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | 2,400,000 | 15 |
400 | 8 | Jason Hickey | United States | 1,575,000 | 10 |
406 | 1 | Massoud Eskandari | United States | 2,275,000 | 14 |
406 | 2 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 1,720,000 | 11 |
406 | 3 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 2,700,000 | 17 |
406 | 4 | Yang Zhang | China | 5,000,000 | 31 |
406 | 5 | Girish Reknar | United States | 370,000 | 2 |
406 | 6 | Nozomu Shimizu | Japan | 4,300,000 | 27 |
406 | 7 | Marcello Delgrosso | United States | 2,500,000 | 16 |
406 | 8 | Daniel Palau | Mexico | 765,000 | 5 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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5,500,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
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5,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
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5,000,000
3,475,000
|
3,475,000 |
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4,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
4,250,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
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3,710,000
1,290,000
|
1,290,000 |
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2,700,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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2,500,000
1,375,000
|
1,375,000 |
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2,400,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
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2,275,000
1,175,000
|
1,175,000 |
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1,720,000
1,330,000
|
1,330,000 |
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1,575,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
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1,450,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
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1,085,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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765,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
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370,000
250,000
|
250,000 |

Johnathan Stanton went all in from under the gun and it appeared it might get through until Nozomu Shimizu made the call in the big blind.
Nozomu Shimizu: 7?7?
Johnathan Stanton: K?Q?
The flop was a tease for Stanton as the window was a Q?, shortly followed by the 7?2?, giving Shimizu a set. The turn did give Stanton some hope with the 10?, as he had a flush draw but the 5? bricked the river, awarding the chips to Shimizu.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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4,200,000
1,900,000
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1,900,000 |
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Eliminé |
After a series of raises preflop Pat Lyons found himself all in and at risk for approximately 2,850,000 versus Alex Keating.
Pat Lyons: A?Q?
Alex Keating: A?A?
Keating had Lyons crushed with pocket-aces but Lyons did pick up a little bit of equity on the 9?10?Q? flop. He picked up some chop outs on the J? turn before spiking trips on the Q? river to double up through Keating.
"You know what the good thing is about taking a bad beat to Pat Lyons?" Keating asked the table after the pot. "It's that Pat Lyons has all the chips!" Keating joked as Lyons scooped a massive pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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5,800,000
3,250,000
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3,250,000 |
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4,800,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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On a flop of 10?4?7?, Alex Keating went all in from the cutoff and was called by Harrison Ashdown on the big blind, with Keating covering.
Harrison Ashdown: 4?3?
Alex Keating: 10?8?
The turn came a 10? leaving Ashdown drawing dead. The dealer peeled the insignificant river and Ashdown exited the tournament.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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5,800,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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Eliminé |