Eric Wasserson and Andrew Brown lost their short stacks while Stephen Chidwick, Ap Garza, Craig Chait and Dylan Linde all joined the field. That brings the overall field size to 99 entrants and the elusive 100 is just one more entry away.
Eric Wasserson and Andrew Brown lost their short stacks while Stephen Chidwick, Ap Garza, Craig Chait and Dylan Linde all joined the field. That brings the overall field size to 99 entrants and the elusive 100 is just one more entry away.
No-Limit Hold'em
Chad Eveslage was having a full double counted out against Peter Gelencser for around 325,000.
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with Eveslage making kings full to double up and leave Gelencser exceptionally short.
No-Limit Hold'em
On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Brian Rast and Bryn Kenney, the board showed ![]()
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Two hands later, Rast opened to 9,000 off a short stack and Chris Fraser eyeballed the chips of his table neighbor before pushing all in with a near identical stack in the small blind. Kenney forfeited the big blind and Rast instantly called.
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fell on the river to give Fraser a wheel and the stacks were counted. Rast had 94,500 and was covered by a mere 1,500, and eliminated.
2-7 Triple Draw
Marco Johnson opened and Jared Bleznick three-bet from the small blind. Johnson made it four bets and Bleznick called.
Bleznick drew two and Johnson drew one. Bleznick check-called a bet.
The draws and betting actions repeated on the second draw and both players then drew one and checked.
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and Johnson mucked.
Stud Hi-Lo
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Christopher Chung called a raise from David Benyamine on third street and check-called on fourth and fifth street.
Chung check-raised on sixth street and Benyamine called. Chung bet on seventh street with just 500 chips behind. Benyamine called.
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for a pair of eights and taking the high.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
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On the tail end of a three-way pot, Lyle Berman had a broadway draw open board showing and there was no major action at the end. With potential lows out there, neither Jared Bleznick nor Ray Dehkharghani could qualify a low to win a portion of the pot and they couldn't beat the ![]()
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for a king-high straight by the WSOP Hall of Fame member, who scooped.
Stud Hi-Lo
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— folded on fifth street
Chino Rheem bet on fourth street and got two calls. He checked fifth street and Bellande bet. Yockey folded and Rheem called.
Bellande bet on sixth and seventh street and got called both times. He turned over ![]()
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for two pair eights and sixes and an eight-six low.
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for trip aces and won the high.
"Oh wow, you were rolled down?" said Bellande.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
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David Williams bet fifth street and was called by John Monnette, who then raised on sixth when facing another bet. Williams called and they knuckled seventh street. Williams announced two pair and flashed the ![]()
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Monnette mucked and after a few seconds, pulled the cards back from the muck with an "oh wait" along with a sheepish grin on the face before he tossed them away again.
Day 27 of the 2022 World Series of Poker saw the start of the ever-popular $1,000 Tag Team - with the likes of Veronica Brill, K.L. Cleaton, Ben Spragg, Andrew Neeme, and more all getting involved in the action early on.
Elsewhere, more bracelet winners were crowned as Brazil's Joao Simao celebrated his second piece of WSOP hardware in the $5,000 No-Limit Holdem/Pot-Limit Omaha Mix.