Mike Lancaster opened to 2,500 and Tim Grau decided to three-bet to 9,200 on the button. The big blind joined the action but Lancaster folded his hand.
The flop fanned and it was checked to Grau who potted. His opponent snap-folded and Grau grabbed the pot.
Amir Shayesteh in the small blind and the big blind got all the chips in the middle preflop with the big blind at risk for 43,200.
Big Blind:
Amir Shayesteh:
The flop came followed by the on the turn, The big blind asked the dealer to deliver a king for a split pot. The dealer did ash he asked and turned over the which gave Shayesteh a flush sending the big blind home.
A player opened to 4,200 and Rudolph Sawa three-bet to 16,800 in the cutoff. After some consideration, the initial player called.
The flop gave and Sawa continued for 10,000 after a check from his opponent, who responded by shoving all his chips in the middle for 11,200. Sawa completed and they tabled their cards:
Rudolph Sawa:
Opponent:
Sawa's pair of aces held on the turn and river to give him the winning hand and bust his opponent.
Richie Allen opened from under the gun to 3,000. It folded to Ken Fishman in the big blind who made the call.
The flop came and Fishman check-called a bet of 6,000 from Allen. On the turn Fishman led out for 10,000 and it was enough to fold out Allen and win him the pot.
Controversy struck the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP)Event #38: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship when Phil Hellmuth went on break only to discover his chips had been swiped by defending champion Farzad Bonyadi, who wasn't at-fault in the incident.
On break, as the tournament dwindled down to 21 players, the staff broke the fourth table, leaving just three remaining tables. When the "Poker Brat" returned, he noticed his chips were gone and that they had somehow ended up in Bonyadi's possession.
Immediately after the situation arose, the WSOP staff approached the table to investigate. There was no doubt that Hellmuth had a stack in play before leaving the table, but it wasn't clear the exact size of his stack. The surveillance camera was reviewed to determine the size of Hellmuth's stack, which the 16-time bracelet winner estimated was more than 130,000.
While the investigation occurred, PokerNews spoke with Hellmuth to hear his side of the story.