A player moved all in for 8,500 in early position and was called from middle position. Action folded to Phil Hui in the cutoff who three-bet to 29,000 which folded out all players and Hui was heads up with the all in player.
Opponent:
Phil Hui:
The board ran out and the river jack put Hui back in the lead to win a pot and add to his growing stack.
Adam Curchack limped from under the gun and James Romero raised to 8,500 from the hijack. Curchack called.
The flop came and Romero bet 12,500. Curchack called.
The turn was the and Curchack check-called Romero's 31,000 bet.
The was the river and Romero moved all in for 49,500 effective. His opponent quickly made the call. Romero showed for a pair of fours while Curchack turned over for top pair.
Romero was left with 20,000 and was eliminated the next hand.
A player opened to 5,500 in early position and was called by two players, including John Simonian on the button. Then, the player in the small blind announced all in. Two players quickly folded and Simonian asked for a count. It was 72,500. After a moment, he decided to call.
Player at risk:
John Simonian:
The board ran and Simonian won that important flip to continue growing his stack.
A player opened to 6,000, another one three-bet to 12,000 then Jason Casten four-bet to 41,000 on the button. A woman went all in for 25,000 in the blinds, before Fabian Gumz went all in for about 100,000 from the big blind. The original raiser folded so did the player who three-bet. But Jason Casten called and three players were all in.
Player 1:
Fabian Gumz:
Jason Casten:
The board came and Casten made a top set with aces, to eliminate two players.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that the tables have been packed at the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the first year the series has been held at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. But how will that translate into attendance in the most important event of them all — the Main Event?
Last year was a unique WSOP in that the series was held in the fall and only those vaccinated against COVID-19 were permitted to play. Still, the field in the $10,000 buy-in world championship event attracted 6,650 entries, impressive considering the circumstances, but nearly 2,000 fewer than in 2019 (the live WSOP was canceled in 2020).
Outside of the venue switch, things are back to normal this summer. So, we'll compare turnout up to this point at the 2022 WSOP to similar events in 2019 as we attempt to handicap turnout in the upcoming Main Event, which begins later today.