Event #88: $1,500 The Closer | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-07-16 19:16 UTC-7

Chris Moorman Eliminated in 15th Place ($29,910)

Nível 36 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Chris Moorman was in the small blind and moved all in for 2,300,000 and Mateus Carrion De Moraes in the big blind made the call.

Chris Moorman: Q♦10♠
Mateus Carrion De Moraes: K♠3♣

The board ran out with K♠2♣2♦J♣7♥ and De Moraes hit the king for the two pair and eliminated Moorman.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mateus Carrion De Moraes	15,800,000	-2,700,000
Chris Moorman	Eliminado

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Nível: 36

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 1,000,000

2023-07-16 19:08 UTC-7

Yuchung Chang Eliminated in 16th Place ($29,910)

Nível 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Peter Nigh raised all in from the button with a 10,000,000 stack. The blinds were both much shorter and Yuchung Chang called from the big blind for his last 3,900,000.

Yuchung Chang: K♦3♠
Peter Nigh: K♣10♣

The board came out 4♥5♥K♠9♥10♠ and Nigh got scored the victory and knocked out Chang.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Peter Nigh	13,000,000	-4,000,000
Yuchung Chang	Eliminado

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2023-07-16 18:59 UTC-7

Shouyi Gao Eliminated in 17th Place ($29,910)

Nível 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Shouyi Gao was all in and at risk preflop against Mihai Niste who covered.

Shouyi Gao: Q♥J♠
Mihai Niste: A♠Q♣

The board ran out 8♣5♠4♣8♠7♠, resulting in Gao's elimination and Niste collecting a decent pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mihai Niste	13,000,000	600,000
Shouyi Gao	Eliminado

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2023-07-16 18:54 UTC-7

Oliver Biles Eliminated in 18th Place (24,060)

Nível 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Oliver Biles and Preston McEwen were both all in and at risk preflop against Jack Duong, who covered them both.

Oliver Biles: Q♦Q♣
Preston McEwen: A♠K♣
Jack Duong: A♥K♥

The board ran out 3♠A♦K♦3♥3♣. Biles' pocket queens were no good against McEwen and Duong who had both flopped an ace, resulting in them chopping up the last of Biles' chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jack Duong	25,500,000	2,300,000
Preston McEwen	13,400,000	5,600,000
Oliver Biles	Eliminado

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2023-07-16 18:48 UTC-7

Two Table Redraw

Nível 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips
Horseshoe / 485	1	Shouyi Gao	ARLINGTON, VA, US	4,300,000
Horseshoe / 485	2	Roongsak Griffeth	COLUMBUS, GA, US	9,500,000
Horseshoe / 485	3	Ronald Sims	NEWARK, NJ, US	2,780,000
Horseshoe / 485	4	Lisa Hamilton	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	4,525,000
Horseshoe / 485	5	Peter Hengsakul	PASADENA, CA, US	22,000,000
Horseshoe / 485	6	Sanjeev Kapoor	IRVING, TX, US	14,100,000
Horseshoe / 485	7	Peter Nigh	SAINT LOUIS, MO, US	17,000,000
Horseshoe / 485	8	Shaotong Chang	BEIJING, CN	4,100,000
Horseshoe / 485	9	Yuchung Chang	VERO BEACH, FL, US	6,000,000

Horseshoe / 493	1	Mateus Carrion De Moraes	US	18,500,000
Horseshoe / 493	2	Jixue Yin	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	10,500,000
Horseshoe / 493	3	Oliver Biles	CHRISTCHURCH, GB
Horseshoe / 493	4	Pierre Shum	Jamaica	6,700,000
Horseshoe / 493	5	Mihai Niste	RO	12,400,000
Horseshoe / 493	6	Preston McEwen	MURFREESBORO, TN, US	7,800,000
Horseshoe / 493	7	Jack Duong	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, US	23,200,000
Horseshoe / 493	8	Amirpasha Emami	NORTH YORK, CA	1,300,000
Horseshoe / 493	9	Chris Moorman	BENFLEET, GB	5,200,000

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jack Duong	23,200,000
Peter Hengsakul	22,000,000
Mateus Carrion De Moraes	18,500,000
Peter Nigh	17,000,000
Sanjeev Kapoor	14,100,000	-4,800,000
Mihai Niste	12,400,000
Jixue Yin	10,500,000
Roongsak Griffeth	9,500,000
Preston McEwen	7,800,000
Pierre Shum	6,700,000
Oliver Biles	6,500,000
Yuchung Chang	6,000,000
Chris Moorman	5,200,000
Lisa Hamilton	4,525,000
Shouyi Gao	4,300,000
Shaotong Chang	4,100,000
Ronald Sims	2,780,000
Amirpasha Emami	1,300,000

2023-07-16 18:32 UTC-7

Shengchao Zhu Eliminated in 19th Place ($24,060)

Nível 35 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Shengchao Zhu was eliminated just before the two table seat redraw in 18th place.

Zhu was short stack with just under four big blinds to his name.

This is just one of many deep runs Zhu was able to put together in the 2023 WSOP, as he cashed 11 times prior to today including in the Main Event.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Shengchao Zhu	Eliminado

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Nível: 35

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

2023-07-16 18:18 UTC-7

Ekrem Bozkurt Eliminated in 20th Place ($24,060)

Nível 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Ekrem Bozkurt jammed all in from early position and Mateus Carrion De Moraes made the call from late position. Both players revealed their hands.

Ekrem Bozkurt: A♥3♠
Mateus Carrion De Moraes: Q♠9♥

The board ran out 9♠10♠4♠10♣5♦ for Moraes to find another elimination.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mateus Carrion De Moraes	19,900,000
Ekrem Bozkurt	Eliminado

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2023-07-16 18:00 UTC-7

Cuba Levenberry Eliminated in 21st Place ($24,060)

Nível 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Mateus Carrion de Moraes moved all in from the hijack and received a call from Cuba Levenberry who was covered.

Cuba Levenberry: A♠A♦
Mateus Carrion De Moraes: Q♥10♥

Both players caught a piece of the A♥6♥7♦ flop, with Levenberry hitting top set and Moraes hitting a queen-high flush draw. The flush came in on the 3♥ turn and Levenberry failed to improve on the 10♠ river, resulting in his elimination.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mateus Carrion De Moraes	17,400,000	700,000
Cuba Levenberry	Eliminado

Tags: Cuba Levenberry Mateus Carrion De Moraes