WSOP 2023 Day 23 Recap: Talal Shakerchi Knocks Phil Ivey Out as Poker Players Championship Reaches Final Day

The drama didn’t disappoint on Day 23 of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as a mammoth nine events were in action across both the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris casinos. The Poker Players Championship reached the penultimate day, while another WSOP Millionaire was crowned in the Monster Stack in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

Monster Stack Won by Dunaway for $1.16 million

 

The final day of action in the $1,500-entry Monster Stack event saw seven play down to a winner as Braxton Dunaway took the title live on PokerGO. With seven players kicking off the action, it was the four-time WSOP winner Joe Cada who missed out in 7th place as he cashed for $186,149 but lost out on the chance to go deeper in the final.  

 

After the overnight leader Nicholas Gerrity lost in fifth, Braxton Dunaway from West Texas made his move up the leaderboard and beat Colin Robinson heads-up to take the first bracelet of his career and a top prize of $1,162,681.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #39 $1,500 Monster Stack Results:
Rank	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Braxton Dunaway	United States	$1,162,681
2nd	Colin Robinson	United States	$718,649
3rd	Jesse Rockowitz	United States	$541,376
4th	Loic Dobrigna	France	$410,493
5th	Nicholas Gerrity	United States	$313,297
6th	Joshua Adcock	United States	$240,695
7th	Joe Cada	United States	$186,149

 

Ivey Ousted in Poker Players Championship

 

Phil Ivey was busted last on a day of drama as the final dozen players were reduced to just five finalists as the $50,000 PPC reached its last stage. With players such as Josh Arieh (9^th for $141,125) heading out of the action once play was down to a last table in the tournament, the final day bubble was ramping up the pressure.

 

Poker great Ray Dehkharghani busted in 7^th place for $177,294 before six remained. One more player would depart and it was Phil Ivey who did so as the 10-time WSOP bracelet holder busted to chip leader Talal Shakerchi at the last, denied a seat at the final five and cashing for $228,793. Shakerchi, a prominent financial investor in Britain, has the chip lead with 10.1 million chips, with his compatriot Matt Ashton on just under 7.4 million.

 

With stars such as Brian Rast (4.5m) and James Obst (5.1m) still very much chasing glory, the final day could be anyone’s to define. Whoever manages to last out four more eliminations will claim the $1.3 million top prize and get their name on the Chip Reese Trophy.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #43 $50,000 Poker Players Championship Leaderboard:
Seat	Player	Country	Chips
1	James Obst	Australia	5,110,000
2	Talal Shakerchi	United Kingdom	10,170,000
3	Brian Rast	United States	4,545,000
4	Matthew Ashton	United Kingdom	7,380,000
5	Kristopher Tong	United States	2,500,000

 

Lockett Locks it Up in $500 NLHE Event

 

Jay Lockett won Event #46, the NLHE Freezeout event, which cost $500 to play and awarded Lockett the top prize of $262,526. On an entertaining final day, 241 players were reduced to an emotional winner as the overjoyed Lockett triumphed after an extraordinary comeback.

 

“I was dead money coming in,” he said after the event. “This is amazing. You have to run so hot. I had quads twice at the final table. I had ace-queen that ended up beating ace-king earlier.”

 

With others such as 3^rd-placed Diego Acquila ($121,085) going close, the longest-lasting female player Shannon Boone crashed out in 7^th place, winning $40,540 in the process. The furthest a former WSOP bracelet winner got was David Jackson who busted in 16^th place for $12,286.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #46 $500 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout Results:
Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1st	Jay Lockett	United States	$262,526
2nd	Benson Tang	United States	$162,207
3rd	Diego Acquila	Argentina	$121,085
4th	Matthew Thom	United States	$91,066
5th	Muaaz Gani	South Africa	$69,007
6th	Byambajav Bandi	United States	$52,690
7th	Shannon Boone	United States	$40,540
8th	David Hirst	Australia	$31,433
9th	Ibrahim Tarim	Turkey	$24,562

 

Leffingwell Wins Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo Event

 

William Leffingwell won the $1,500-entry Event #45 as he conquered the Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo tournament for a first bracelet and top prize of $253,651. Beatig Zhen Cai heads-up, Leffingwell, from Texas, also managed to outlast final table players Shaun Deeb (5^th for $55,894) and overnight leader Joey Couden, who fell in 4^th place for $77,620.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #45 $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo Results:
Rank	Player	Country	Prize
1st	William Leffingwell	United States	$253,651
2nd	Zhen Cai	United States	$156,773
3rd	Carlos Guerrero	United States	$109,474
4th	Joey Couden	United States	$77,620
5th	Shaun Deeb	United States	$55,894
6th	Raj Vohra	United States	$40,887
7th	Benjamin Miner	United States	$30,392
8th	John Zable	United States	$22,960
9th	Nelio Gatta	Italy	$22,960

 

Yuri Tops Two as Bracelet Winners Aim for More Gold

 

Yuri Dzivielevski from Brazil has 2.02 million chips and a big chip lead in Event #47, the $1,500-entry H.O.R.S.E. event with 28 players ending the penultimate day with chips. Dzivielevski has a healthy lead from Stephen Savoy (1,345,000) and Gershon Distenfeld (1,300,000) in the race for the line with others such as Andrew Barber (950,000), Frankie O’Dell (905,000), Denis Nesterenko (845,000) and Randy Ohel (805,000) all hoping to prevent the former online poker number one from claiming a third WSOP bracelet on tomorrow’s final day.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #47 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Leaderboard:
Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1st	Yuri Dzivielesvskil	Brazil	2,020,000
2nd	Stephen Savoy	United States	1,345,000
3rd	Gershon Distenfeld	United States	1,300,000
4th	Thor William Morstoel	Norway	1,145,000
5th	Michael Parizon	United States	1,105,000

 

Oganyan Leads Last 15 in NLHE Event #44

 

Aram Oganyan leads the final 15 players in Event #44, the $3,000-entry No Limit Hold’em event, with Shannon Shorr, who is yet to become a bracelet winner in second place on the leaderboard. Talent sits right throughout the remaining players in the event, which had 1,735 entrants and now features just 15 hopefuls chasing the $717,879 top prize.

 

Elsewhere on the leaderboard, top 10 players include Jon Van Fleet (3.8m) and Ankush Mandavia (4.8m) as just one day is left in order to find a new bracelet winner.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #44 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Leaderboard:
Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1st	Aram Oganyan	United States	9,900,000
2nd	Shannon Shorr	United States	8,750,000
3rd	Yang Zhang	China	6,875,000
4th	Aleks Dimitrov	Bulgaria	6,500,000
5th	Levente Szabo	Hungary	5,150,000
6th	John Marino	United States	5,100,000
7th	Ankush Mandavia	United States	4,800,000
8th	Kartik Ved	India	4,500,000
9th	Jon Van Fleet	United States	3,800,000
10th	Alex Lynskey	Australia	3,650,000

 

Seniors Sees Bumper Field Topped by Harrington

 

There were 3,692 players who entered this year’s Seniors Championship on Day 1a, with just 730 of them surviving to Day 2. There is, of course, Day 1b to come, and with this event likely to break the attendance record of 2022 as well, yet more evidence is falling into place to suggest a record-breaking year in the Main Event too.

 

Top of the leaderboard after Day 1a was Frank Harrington (445,000), with strong showings from the brilliantly named Joshua Mountain (383,000), Allyn Shulman (220,000), Barry Shulman (180,500) and Ted Forrest, whose stack of 181,500 was enough for him to end the night in 67^th place on the leaderboard chasing his seventh WSOP bracelet.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #48 $1,000 Seniors Championship Leaderboard:
Rank	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Frank Harrington	United States	445,000
2nd	Rajesh Goyal	United States	429,000
3rd	Christian Munk	United States	427,000
4th	Jose Obadia Chocron	Spain	403,500
5th	Joshua Mountain	United States	383,000

 

Lococo Leads the Way in Fast Final

 

PokerStars ambassador Alejandro Lococo (15,550,000) has the chip lead heading into the final day of Event #49, as an extra day was added to accommodate the mammoth field of 2,226 runners. With a $270,700 top prize and a debut gold bracelet up for grabs, all the potential winners of this event have never claimed gold before.

 

Argentinian player Lococo is followed by Will Linden (8.85m) and Taiwan’s Chen An Lin (7.7m) in the counts, with the chip leader holding 39 big blinds and short stack Frank Lagodich just four.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #49 $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty Leaderboard:
Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1st	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	15,550,000
2nd	Will Linden	United States	8,850,000
3rd	Chen An Lin	Taiwan	7,700,000
4th	Danny Scott	United States	5,250,000
5th	Michael Burns	United States	5,000,000
6th	Tony Gargano	United States	4,325,000
7th	Pengfei Wang	United States	3,925,000
8th	Kenneth Maurer	United States	3,400,000
9th	Frank Lagodich	United States	1,750,000

 

Yockey in Top 10 of PLO Championship

 

With several of the world’s biggest mixed games players involved in other events, Event #50 saw the PLO Championship, which costs $10,000 to play feature 688 entries, five more than last year with Day 2 registrations still to come.

 

Top of the leaderboard after the end of Day 1 was Daniel Aharoni with 535,000 chips, but plenty of others finished strongly, with Bryce Yockey (479,000) in the top ten, Sean Winter (223,500), Jeremy Ausmus (279,000) and Alex Foxen (135,000), all making sure they are still in it to win it.

 

WSOP 2023 Event #50 $10,000 PLO Championship 8-Max Leaderboard:
Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1st	Daniel Aharoni	United States	535,000
2nd	Motoyoshi Okamura	Japan	500,000
3rd	Jay Harwood	Ireland	494,000
4th	Johann Ibanez	Colombia	484,500
5th	Bryce Yockey	United States	479,000
6th	Caleb Furth	United States	418,000
7th	Gabriel Andrade	Ecuador	405,000
8th	Jonas Kronwitter	Germany	396,000
9th	Elliott Kampen	United States	393,500
10th	Dylan Smith	Canada	393,000

 

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