Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack - No-limit Hold'em

On the latest The Chad & Jesse Poker Show[/I][/B] straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Chad Holloway & Jesse Fullen are joined by none other than Daniel Negreanu, who took a break from his busy summer schedule to talk about a plethora of topics including what it's been like running deep in the lower buy-in, big field events, interacting with fans, and how he feels about his performance thus far.

The GGPoker Ambassador also offers his thoughts on the Poker Hall of Fame, including who he thinks will get in and the changes he'd like to see moving forward. Finally, "Kid Poker" offers his prediction for the 2023 WSOP Main Event, which is also the first big topic discussed by the hosts.

Action was recapped with by the table.

With two players moving all in from early position, two players called in the blinds including Akihisa Toyoshima in the big blind.

The flop came out     and Toyoshima moved all in which his opponent called and a pot of 1,300,000 was created.

Opponent 1:   
Opponent 2:   
Big blind:   
Akihisa Toyoshima:   

The board ran out as no help to the hands besides the pocket kings and Toyoshima took down a massive pot.

Akihisa Toyoshima

1,500,000

1,500,000

Craig Chait went to the flop against one opponent, who was on the button.

The dealer fanned     and Chait swiftly went all in for around 300,000.

His opponent went into the tank, engaging in lots of speech play while deliberating his next move. Eventually he decided that discretion was the better part of valor, and folded his hand.

Craig Chait

350,000

60,000

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Adrian Salter having another player all in and at risk for his last 210,000.

Opponent:   
Adrian Salter:   

The board ran out       and another player at the table said "chop it up," without realizing that Salter had made a straight to scoop the whole pot.

Salter now sits with one of the biggest stacks in the tournament.

Adrian Salter

1,125,000

690,000

All the chips went into the middle preflop with Michael Majarais on the button calling the shove of the small blind for 257,000 which Majarais covered.

Small Blind:   
Michael Majarais:   

Majarais had to fade an open-ended straight draw, but managed to hold after the runout of       to knockout the small blind on the verge of the bubble.

Meanwhile on a different table, Maria Lampropulos busted after running    into   .

Michael Majarais	893,000	553,000
Maria Lampropulos	0	-280,000

The under-the-gun player limped and the early position player raised to 20,000 which Robert Veazey called on the button, as did the small blind and under-the-gun player.

The flop of     saw the action checked to Veazey who bet 80,000. The early position player moved all in for 91,000 which was called by Veazey and everyone else folded.

Early Position:   
Robert Veazey:   

Veazey was in a dominant position with top pair, and there was no help for early position as the    completed the board.

After the hand Veazey revealed in the previous hand that his pocket queens improved to quads to knock a player out and is now among the chip leaders.

Robert Veazey

1,210,000

1,210,000

Kartik Ved raised to 25,000 from under the gun which saw the cutoff and big blind call.

The flop came out     and action checked to Ved who bet 50,000 which only the big blind called.

Action checked through on the   turn to the   river where the big blind checked to Ved who bet 150,000 and his opponent folded.

At another table, Bryan Piccioli has been steadily climbing,

David Lappin raised to 16,000 from the button and was reraised all in from the small blind for around 160,000. Lappin called in short order.

Small Blind:   
David Lappin:   

The board ran out       and Lappin added some more chips to a growing stack.

David Lappin

580,000

190,000