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

2023-07-14 10:29 UTC-7

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ross Denny	56,600

No Justice For Justice

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Nível 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

After flopping quad deuces just three hands earlier, Daris Justice found herself on the wrong side of quads in a brutal cooler.

PokerNews caught up with the action as Tim Lee found himself all in on the river against Justice. The cards were tabled on a board that read 4♣J♣10♥Q♥J♠.

Daris Justice: Q♠Q♦
Tim Lee: J♦J♥

Justice's full house was no good against the quad jacks of Le. Le now found himself with two starting stacks on just the fourth hand of the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Tim Lee	100,000
Daris Justice	4,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Daris Justice Tim Le

2023-07-14 10:10 UTC-7

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Nível 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

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2023-07-14 10:04 UTC-7

Shuffle up and Deal

Nível 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

The Closer has officially started as the Director announced, "Shuffle up and deal!"

Nível: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

2023-07-14 09:47 UTC-7

Curiosity Did Not Kill the Cat

When PokerNews arrived at the table the conversation was all about killing the cat and referring to a player that was playing too many hands. This player actually folded on this one so he got away after the flop.

The player under the gun raised to 400 and received a call from the cutoff. The small blind Jason Coursey had other ideas and three-bet to 1,000. The big blind, the player under the gun and the cutoff all called. The flop arrived with 5♠8♦Q♣ and Coursey made a continuation bet of 1,400. The big blind called and everyone else folded.

The turn brought the Q♣ and Coursey bet 4,000 and the big blind called again.

On the river 10♠ Coursey continued with the aggression and bet 6,000 and the big blind made the third call and mucked when Coursey turned over the cowboys K♣K♦ and won with his two pair.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jason Coursey	54,000

Tags: Jason Coursey

2023-07-14 08:53 UTC-7

Who Will Capture One of the Remaining Gold Bracelets in Event #88: $1,500 The Closer?

With the end of the 2023 World Series of Poker coming into view, it is appropriate that today the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas will be hosting Event #88: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em. Last year New Jersey’s Minh Nguyen was the winner of one of the last bracelets of the summer.

The 2022 event drew 2,039 entries and generated a prize pool of $962,280. Nguyen outlasted 17 returning players on the tournament’s final day to defeat Ahmed Karrim in heads-up play to win $536,280 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

2022 $1,500 The Closer Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Minh Nguyen	United States	$536,280
2	Ahmed Karrim	South Africa	$331,470
3	Michael Liang	United States	$247,890
4	Madelyn Carr	United States	$186,770
5	Manuel Herrera Garcia	United States	$141,770
6	Daniel Tabello	United States	$108,420
7	Samuel Brown	United States	$83,540
8	Rudy Cervantes	United States	$64,870
9	Zach Johnson	United States	$59,759
10	Vincent Lam	Canada	$40,020

Today at 10 a.m. local time Day 1a, the first of two starting flights, will commence and Day 1b will be played tomorrow, Saturday, July 15th, at the same time. The survivors of both starting flights will return for the final day on Sunday, July 16th, and will play until a winner is crowned. Both Day 1's will play 22 levels. Players will sit down with 50,000 in chips in their starting stacks and blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Levels will last 30 minutes each, with a 20-minute break scheduled after every fourth level.

There will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 16, expected to be around 7 p.m. local time. Players can rebuy once per starting flight, with late registration closing at the end of Level 12, approximately 5:00 p.m. local time.

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Tags: Ahmed Karrim Daniel Tabello Madelyn Carr Manuel Herrera Garcia Michael Liang Minh Nguyen Rudy Cervantes Samuel Brown Zach Johnson

Event #88: $1,500 The Closer

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