As eliminations have come at a rapid pace to start the day, the tournament is now just five bustouts from bursting the money bubble.
2022 World Series of Poker
Niveau: 19
Limit Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000
Pot-Limit Blinds: 2,000/4,000 Ante: 4,000
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The chips were in the middle preflop with Amir Wahab at risk for 32,000 chips against Michael Popejoy who eliminated David "Bakes" Baker in the previous hand.
Amir Wahab: ![]()
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Michael Popejoy: ![]()
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It was a perfect flop of ![]()
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for Popejoy who practically flopped Wahab dead. The runout of ![]()
completed the board to eliminate Wahab and put Popejoy at the top end of the pack.
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"Stan Diego" Stanley Krimerman has proven to be arguably the most colorful character in the field over the past two days with his open shirts, protruding chest hair and a bit of beverage consumption. He's also showed he's got some chops on the felt, with the following hand a shining example.
Gregory Kolo bet pot preflop from the button and was called by Krimerman in the small blind.
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, and Krimerman check-called another pot-sized bet.
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turn, both players checked.
The river brought the
, pairing the board, and after checking, Krimerman faced a bet of 40,000.
At that point, Krimerman said he flopped a set, turned the nut flush draw, then filled up on the river. He then showed ![]()
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and folded face up, sending nines full into the muck.
Kolo indulged Krimerman by showing that his fold was indeed correct as he showed ![]()
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for rivered quad fives.
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Kate Krickl bet 7,000 from middle position and was called by Barny Boatman in the big blind.
Both players checked the board of ![]()
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until Krickl bet 10,000 on the river. Boatman made the call and revealed ![]()
for kings and sixes which was enough to take the pot down.
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Tomoharu Mori in the cutoff bet 16,000 and was called by James Chen in middle position.
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, but Mori continued the aggression on the
turn for 20,000. Chen quickly folded and Mori was awarded the pot.
Mori started the day with 36,500 and has increased their stack six-fold.