Short on chips, Benny Glaser was all-in in a hand against Julio Belluscio for his tournament life.
Benny Glaser: Q♣9♥7♦4♥3♠
Julio Belluscio: 10♣6♥6♣3♦2♠
The final board ran out 7♥6♠8♥7♣K♣, leaving Belluscio with a full house to Glaser's trips for the high and an 8x7x6x3x2x low to Glaser's 8x7x6x4x3x for the scoop, and sending Glaser to the payout desk in third.
Down to his last 350,000, Quevedo committed his remaining chips from the big blind, calling a raise of Julio Belluscio from the small blind.
Federico Quevedo: A♣8♠6♠6♦4♥
Julio Belluscio: A♥K♣Q♥6♣4♣
Quevedo had a slight pre-flop lead with his pair of sixes, but the final runout of 7♦2♣2♠K♥J♦ would pair Belluscio's king on the turn, and then hold to send Quevedo home in second place.
After three days of mixed game action, Julio Belluscio defeated Federico Quevedo in heads-up play to win Event #73: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet at the 2023 World Series of Poker in the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The popular mix of big bet variants attracted a record field of 377 runners to generate a prize pool of $836,600.
Belluscio took home the top prize of $190,240, along with his first bracelet, and more than doubling his previous WSOP earnings total of $90,339.
Event #73: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Final Table Results
Place
Name
Country
Prize
1
Julio Belluscio
Argentina
$190,240
2
Federico Quevedo
Costa Rica
$117,517
3
Benny Glaser
United Kingdom
$78,939
4
Tomasz Gluszko
Poland
$54,118
5
Erick Lindgren
United States
$37,901
6
Hye Park
United States
$27,130
7
Anthony Zinno
United States
$19,857
Calling His Shot
"This year, I expected to win," said Belluscio, who mentioned in his post-win interview that he's been doing this for 15 years, and he came into this summer's WSOP with renewed confidence.
"When I have chips, I affect all the players because they never know what to do against me."
Belluscio also credited his rail with "making him feel comfortable and big" during his final table run and acknowledging that having his friends and family there made all the difference, going so far as to say, "If I make the Main Event final table, then you will see a real rail. I will spend $100,000 to fly all my friends and family from Argentina here, and they will be making too much noise."
Final Table
Multiple bracelet winners graced this year's final table, including the shortest stack to start, Anthony Zinno, who would be the first to exit the final seven when a rough river card made his opponent a straight and eliminated his opportunity to chop the low in PLO8.
Next out was Hye Park, who would fall to the eventual champ, Belluscio.
Erick Lindgren
Two-time bracelet winner, Erick Lindgren made his exit in fifth place. Lindgren bagged the Day 1 chip lead and stayed around the top of the counts throughout Days 2 and 3. However, Lindgren mentioned he couldn't get any momentum going and took a big hit at the final table when he called off a large percentage of his stack in PLO 8.
Tomasz Gluszko was out in fourth after most of his stack went to Belluscio as well in Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw.
Federico Quevedo
Three-handed play was all about Belluscio, as he would chop away at five-time bracelet winner Benny Glasermultiple times and finished off the runner-up Quevedo in three heads-up hands. The last of which saw Quevedo all-in for one pot-sized bet before the flop.
Julio Belluscio
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