2022 World Series of Poker
Jordan Siegel opened to 6,500 from under the gun and was called by Oren Rosen and Sergio Sanchez from middle position and the big blind, respectively.
Siegel continued for 7,000 on the ![]()
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flop and only Sanchez called. The
turn checked through to the
river. Siegel bet 15,000 and was called.
The aggressor tabled his ![]()
and Sanchez mucked.
Stevan Chew was spotted raking in a heads-up pot against Laurids Nielsen when there was not much action around as the ![]()
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turn and
river were checked down. Nielsen turned over his ![]()
for a pair of nines but Chew had that beat with the ![]()
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While Chew sits above the average, there is one even bigger stack at the table in Andriy Lyubovetskiy.
The flop read ![]()
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. From the hijack, Ali Imsirovic bet 5,500. Kyle Campbell raised to 15,000 from the button and Imsirovic called.
The turn was the
, action went check-check to the river which came the
. Imsirovic bet 5,000 and Campbell called.
Imsirovic tabled the ![]()
which Campbell had tied with the ![]()
and the pot was chopped up.
The table with Jimmy D'Ambrosio and Loni Hui is headed to one of the featured tables. Austin Apicella also brings a big stack from that table.
D'Ambrosios' stack took a couple of recent hits in preflop all in scenarios after peaking at 700,000.
A few minutes ago he had a Kenny "Snake" Kerim at risk in a dominating position.
Kenny Kerim: ![]()
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Jimmy D'Ambrosio: ![]()
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Kerim drilled the ![]()
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flop for quad tens and the ![]()
completed the board as he doubled.
D'Ambrosio also recounted he had another player at risk preflop with pocket queens against ace-king. A king hit the river and D'Ambrosio took another light hit.
He will be under the lights for the next couple of hours, where his personality is sure to shine. D'Ambrosio was also receiving text messages from his friend Jamie Gold, the 2006 world champ.
"He always told me I could win this thing if I took poker seriously," said D'Ambrosio.
Picking up the action on the turn, Jeff Lisandro in the big blind was involved in a hand with Jurgen Pirgu from middle position. With the board reading ![]()
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Lisandro led out for 7,500. Pirgu, after counting out his stack, decided on a call.
The
river saw Lisandro bet again, this time sizing up to 17,000. Pirgu thought for some time but ultimately opted to release his hand.
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in a raised pot and the player in the small blind check-called Katie Swift for 5,000.
The duo checked on the
turn and a
completed the board on the river. This time the small blind bet 12,000 and Swift quickly called. The small blind showed ![]()
for a pair of sevens and Swift took down the pot after she showed ![]()
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Tyler Patterson was nursing a short stack for a while and eventually got the last 59,000 in preflop in a classic flip against the UK's Joseph Sheppard.
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Joseph Sheppard: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and the queens held up for the Nottingham-based Sheppard, who now sits next to Padraig O'Neill.
Roy Kim was in a five-way hand on a board of ![]()
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. He led out with a bet of 35,000. Each opponent folded, including Jon Turner who took a little bit of time before he released is cards.
Kim gathered the pot as he added more to his stack which has sky rocketed in the last hour.
Action was caught on the ![]()
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flop with Felipe Ramos checking in the big blind. The button bet 5,500 and Ramos called.
The
turn checked through to the
river. Ramos checked again and his opponent sized up to 18,000. Ramos went into the tank but flicked in a chip to call. The button snap-mucked and Ramos took down the pot without exposing his hand.