2022 World Series of Poker
A player in the cutoff opened to 2,400 and was called by Jake Schindler on the button as well as the big blind.
The big blind checked on the ![]()
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flop and the cutoff continued for 3,300. Schindler made the call while the big blind folded to create heads-up action heading to the turn.
The
turn paired the board, which did not dissuade the cutoff, who bet out 5,200. Again, Schindler just called.
Both players checked through the
river and the cutoff showed down ![]()
for the missed flush draw while Schindler tabled ![]()
. The cutoff player was visibly frustrated, knowing that a third barrel would likely have gotten the job done. Schindler, meanwhile, chipped up, continuing what has up to this point been a successful WSOP for him.
Jose Catela called a pre-flop re-raise of 7,800 from under the gun as he and his opponent saw a flop of ![]()
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. Both players checked, then checked again on the
turn.
The river came the
and Catela led out for 26,000. His opponent quickly called as Catela showed ![]()
for the flopped full house. The original raiser turned over ![]()
and flashed a smile, relieved he had lost so little in the pot.
"I was going to check," Catela said, rueing the chips he failed to win.
"Why are you upset. You won the pot," tablemate Ludovic Geilich said.
Brazilian star Rafael Moraes has also been moved to this table.
As told to PokerNews, David Williams was left grinding a stack of around 25,000 chips for most of the day. However, he finally picked up a hand from under the gun and raised to 2,500. Williams was called by the button and Cole Ferraro in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and the action checked around to the
on the turn. Williams led out with a bet of 4,000 on the turn and the button ripped all in. Ferraro quickly folded and Williams called off his stack.
Williams turned over ![]()
and had his opponent in trouble with ![]()
. The river was a brick and Williams doubled up to nearly a starting stack.
David Docherty raised to 2,600 in early position and found a caller from the cutoff and Jimmy D'Ambrosio in the big blind. The flop came down ![]()
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and all three checked.
The turn was a
and D'Ambrosio fired out 3,900 and received a call from Docherty while the cutoff folded.
An
on the river had D'Ambrosio checking to Docherty who bet 9,000. D'Ambrosio called and mucked his cards after seeing Doherty's ![]()
for a pair of aces, queen kicker.
A first player limped and Asi Moshe raised it to 4,000, which was called by Alida Veliu next to him and the initial player.
The flop fanned ![]()
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and the first player open-shoved for around 27,000. Both Moshe and Veliu called. On the
turn, Moshe sent 50,000 in the middle, putting Veliu into a big decision for her tournament. After a few minutes, she ended up folding for the following showdown:
Asi Moshe: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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Moshe had hit top two pair and the
river didn't change anything to send his opponent into the rail. Veliu revealed she folded ![]()
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The following hand occurred recently on the PokerGO livestream with a delay...
Action was caught on a flop of ![]()
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and Adam "Smitty" Smith from Barstool Sports fame was betting 4,500, about half the size of the pot, with ![]()
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Wissam Gahshan made the call with a gutter ball and ![]()
, but Bassam Elia came in for a raise to 14,500 with ![]()
for a straight. Smith made an incredible fold with the nut over pair, and Gahshan also mucked his cards.
On a completed board of ![]()
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, Bin Weng and Justin Jones were battling it out heads-up, blind versus blind.
Weng was in the small blind and he put out a large bet of 58,000, and Jones weighed his options.
Jones eventually decided on a call, and Weng showed him the small blind special, ![]()
for a flopped two pair. Jones quickly mucked his hand and the pot was awarded to Weng.
Picking up the action on the turn, current WSOP POY leader Daniel Zack from middle position was involved in a hand with the small blind. With the board reading ![]()
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the small blind checked and Zack led out for 10,000. His opponent, after some thought, made the call.
The
river paired the board and once again the small blind checked. Zack did not pause for long before pushing 30,000 into the middle, effectively forcing his opponent all in. The small blind released his hand in short order to send a sizable pot Zack's way, keeping him on course to add more points in his search for the WSOP POY title.