Event #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em Jour 3 | 2022 World Series of Poker

2022-06-20 11:52 UTC-7

Killer Call by Choong

Kirk.brown

Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a completed board of , Yita Choong and John Huggett were engaged in a heads-up battle.

Hugget was first to act from the cutoff and he bet 250,000 into Choong on the button. After a few moments in the tank, Choong made the call.

Hugget shrugged as he turned over for ace-high, and that's when Choong flipped over for a better ace high.

"Wow nice call!" Huggett complimented Choong as he was pushed the pot

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yita Choong	1,850,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
John Huggett	1,400,000 -800,000	-800,000

Tags: John Huggett Yita Choong

2022-06-20 11:56 UTC-7

Panetti Raises Flop

lewispowell2000

Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Joining the action on the flop of Edgar Varas bet 110,000 from early position. Christophe Panetti on the button decided to raise to 340,000. Varas went into the tank before letting his hand go as Panetti won the pot without showdown.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Christophe Panetti	1,550,000 550,000	550,000
Edgar Varas	610,000 -315,000	-315,000

Tags: Christophe Panetti Edgar Varas

2022-06-20 12:07 UTC-7

Calderaro Eliminates Contreras

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Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Bastein Joy raised to 60,000 from early position and was called by James Calderaro in middle position and the button before Derrick Contreras squeezed all in for 600,000 from the small blind.

Joy got out of the way before Calderaro called. The button folded.

Derrick Contreras:
James Calderaro:

The board ran out ten high eliminating Contreras from the tournament.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
James Calderaro	1,300,000 830,000	830,000

Derrick Contreras	Eliminé

Tags: Derrick Contreras James Calderaro

2022-06-20 12:10 UTC-7

Huggett Scores Second Knockout

mattohalloran

Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action was picked up with about 550,000 in the pot and a board of . John Huggett led out from middle position for 325,000. After Dominic Coombe got out of the way in the hijack, William Wendling moved all in from the big blind for around 750,000. The dealer asked Huggett if he would like a count, but he shook his head no, stating calmly, "I call."

William Wendling:
John Huggett:

Huggett was behind to Wendling's pair of queens, but he got all the help he would need as the turn gave him top pair. The river changed nothing, and Wendling was sent to the rail, the second player to have been eliminated by Huggett, whose stack is among the largest in the field.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Huggett	2,700,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Dominic Coombe	800,000 -465,000	-465,000
William Wendling	Eliminé

Tags: John Huggett William Wendling

2022-06-20 12:14 UTC-7

Dream Turn for DiStefano

Kirk.brown

Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

PokerNews only saw the river action, but were quickly filled in on the previous streets for this huge pot.

Vito DiStefano raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and was immediately three-bet to 200,000 by Santiago Plante on the button. DiStefano called.

The flop of saw a bet from Plante for 150,000 and DiStefano called.

On the turn , Distefano led out for 400,000 and was called by Plante.

Both players checked the river .

DiStefano turned over for Broadway and Plante winced as he showed for top two pair.

When a player asked if DiStefano would have called a river shove he replied, "Of course, i mean if he hit a flush i would have shook his hand, and then tripped him on the way to the bathroom. " This brought a big round of laughter from the table.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Vito DiStefano	2,800,000 1,810,000	1,810,000

Santiago Plante	2,000,000 895,000	895,000

Tags: Santiago Plante Vito DiStefano

2022-06-20 12:16 UTC-7

Ace on the River Eliminates Hong

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Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Joining the action with the cards face up and Jinho Hong all in for 470,000. He was called by chip leader Paul Ahn.

Jinho Hong:
Paul Ahn:

The flop and the turn were good for Hong, but the on the river crushed Hong's hopes of a double up as he was eliminated just before the first break of the day.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Paul Ahn	4,500,000 350,000	350,000
Jinho Hong	Eliminé

Tags: Jinho Hong Paul Ahn

2022-06-20 12:18 UTC-7

Naves Doubles Up with Kings

mattohalloran

Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action was picked up with around 350,000 in the pot and a board of .

David Van Reyk opened from under the gun for 250,000. Tauan Naves and Alain Bauer both called.

On the river, action checked to Bauer who moved all in. After Van Reyk folded, Naves took several minutes, but eventually found the call with the effective stack of about 500,000. "Good call" Bauer told his opponent, seeming to know he was beat.

Tauan Naves:
Alain Bauer:

Naves' kings were still good, and he scooped the big pot, more than doubling up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Tauan Naves	2,100,000 1,220,000	1,220,000
Alain Bauer	900,000 -1,050,000	-1,050,000

Tags: Alain Bauer David Van Reyk Tauan Naves

2022-06-20 12:18 UTC-7

First Break

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Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Players are on a 15 minute break after two levels of play with 148 remaining in action.

2022-06-20 12:34 UTC-7

Recent Bustouts at the Break

Kirk.brown

Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yong Han	Eliminé
Steven Saklad	Eliminé
James Hundt	Eliminé
Randy Sim	Eliminé
Peter Kamaras	Eliminé
Manfred Lee	Eliminé
Ryan jones	Eliminé
Jonathan Dokler	Eliminé
Sterling Lipscomb	Eliminé
Jair Beltran	Eliminé
Craig Mason	Eliminé
Aaron Klausman	Eliminé
Rui Bouquet	Eliminé

Niveau: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000