| Seat | Table 142 | Chip Count | Table 143 | Chip Count | Table 144 | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chance Kornuth | 725,000 | Andjelko Andrejevic | 525,000 | Joni Jouhkimainen | 2,810,000 |
| 2 | Ben Yu | 740,000 | Brian Rast | 600,000 | Aaron Katz | 940,000 |
| 3 | John Riordan | 1,050,000 | Ben Lamb | 760,000 | Josh Arieh | 850,000 |
| 4 | James Cavanaugh | 880,000 | John Beauprez | 125,000 | Duarte Baptista | 1,600,000 |
| 5 | Scott Seiver | 1,285,000 | Michael Heritsch | 1,770,000 | Veselin Karakitukov | 1,740,000 |
| 6 | Jason Mercier | 2,005,000 | Manuel Stojanovic | 825,000 | Jared Bleznick | 1,350,000 |
| 7 | Robert Cowen | 3,205,000 | Dash Dudley | 980,000 | James Park | 1,860,000 |
| 8 | Ap Garza | 1,175,000 | Isaac Kempton | 810,000 | Aaron Mermelstein | 3,525,000 |
2022 World Series of Poker
Robert Cowen dragged in half the pot of Krasimir Yankov when he defended the big blind and rivered a full house with the ![]()
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board on which Yankov paid off 225,000 on the river.
He then knocked out Yankov to bring the field down to the last 25 and shortly after, the next short stack ended up all-in against the Brit and that happened to be Christopher Trang.
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board gave Cowen kings full and he continued his hot run to reduce the field to the final 24 contenders. They will now be redrawing to the final three tables.
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, Manuel Stojanovic and Jared Bleznick were heads-up in a pot with a little over 400,000 in the middle. Both players checked and the
landed on the river.
Stojanovic checked again and Bleznick quickly bet 400,000. Stojanovic called and Bleznick turned over ![]()
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for the nut flush to win the pot.
On the next hand, Bleznick opened to 65,000 and was called by Jason Mercier, Duarte Baptista, and Scott Seiver. The flop fell ![]()
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and Bleznick led out with a bet of 225,000. Mercier folded but Baptista raised the pot to 985,000. Seiver tank-folded and Bleznick was forced to let his hand go as well.
Veselin Karakitukov raised to 60,000 and Aaron Mermelstein three-bet to 200,000. Ben Yu then four-bet jammed his last 330,000 and Karakitukov folded while Mermelstein called.
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, both players made a set and Yu more than doubled.
Mermelstein then raised and called a three-bet to 215,000 by Isaac Kempton on the button, who had 30,000 behind to the ![]()
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flop. Mermelstein bet 30,000 and Kempton called all-in.
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The
turn improved Kempton to the superior straight and he held onto the lead thanks to the
river.
Aaron Katz limped in from early position which invited Joni Jouhkimainen and Brandon Allen to come along from the blinds. The flop fell ![]()
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and the action checked around to the
on the turn.
Jouhkimainen checked again and Allen tossed in a bet of 50,000. Katz called and Jouhkimainen check-raised to 140,000. Allen instantly shipped all in for around 320,000 which got Katz to fold but the Finn snap-called.
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for trip sixes but Jouhkimainen turned a full house with ![]()
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. Allen was left drawing dead as Katz held the other six, sending Allen out of the tournament.
Jason Mercier raised to 55,000 and Scott Seiver called on the button. Brian Rast three-bet to 245,000 in the small blind and Mercier checked both stack sizes of his opponents carefully before he called, Seiver quickly folded.
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flop for 135,000 and Mercier folded with the words "bad flop".
Scott Seiver opened to 50,000 in early position and Brian Rast three-bet the pot on his left. Josh Arieh was trying to four-bet the minimum but realized that Rast had stuck in the wrong amount. Amid all the confusion, Rast and Arieh eventually got all of their chips in middle preflop and the cards were tabled.
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, leaving Arieh in the lead although Rast picked up the only straight draw. The
on the turn was a brick but the
on the river gave Rast a straight in order to double up.
Krasimir Yankov raised it up from the hijack and was called by John Riordan and James Park in the blinds. The flop came ![]()
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and Riordan checked to Park who made a bet of 85,000. Yankov folded but Riordan called to see the
on the turn.
Riordan checked again and Park counted out a bet of 175,000. Riordan used a time bank before making the call and the
paired the board on the river.
Riordan checked once more and Park announced "all in," putting Riordan to the test for his remaining 475,000 chips. Riordan wasted little time before pitching his cards to the muck.
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
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flop and
turn, Ben Yu called a bet when facing Joni Jouhkimainen and Isaac Kempton. The trio checked the
river and Yu was the first to show, revealing ![]()
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for kings and queens.
Jouhkimainen had that beat with the ![]()
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for trip sevens and Kempton mucked. That hand left Yu with a few chips and a chair, which he then doubled soon after.