Bryn Kenney was spotted at a new table, table 490, which is full of big stacks with four of them holding at least 150 big blinds.
2022 World Series of Poker
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, William Smith bet 17,000 from the button and John Perry called from early position.
The river brought the
and Perry checked. Smith sized up to 55,000 and Perry tank-called.
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trip aces and Perry mucked it. He has now crossed the half-million mark with a couple hours left in the day.
Jared Hyman raised to 11,000 in the cutoff and got called by the button, Dingxiang Ong in the small blind and the big blind.
Th flop fanned ![]()
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and it checked to Hyman who continued to bet for 27,000. It was enough to make his opponent fold and grab the pot right away.
Cliff Josephy and Ryan Lamanque committed their stacks after a preflop raising battle, with the latter at risk of elimination.
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Lamaque's 225,000 stack was the favourite to get a boost and one was on step closer to getting a double up on the ![]()
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flop. The
turn gave Jospehy outs to Broadway but the
river meant that Lamanque's hand remained best.
Action picked up on the river in a heads-up pot. The board showed ![]()
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and around 200,000 was in the middle.
Denis Gnidash moved a stack of green chips forward, enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent thought for about three minutes before releasing his cards face up, showing ![]()
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Gnidash also returned the favor, showing ![]()
for the pair-turned-bluff for the winner.
Picking up the action on the turn, Ali Imsirovic from under the gun was involved in a hand with a player in the big blind. With the board reading ![]()
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the big blind checked and Imsirovic bet 35,000 into a pot of roughly 60,000. After some thought, his opponent called to see the river.
The river was the
and once again the big blind checked. Imsirovic counted out a hefty 128,000 and slid it across the betting line. His opponent quickly called and Imsirovic mucked to take a hit to his still large stack.
John Esposito opened to 11,000 in the cutoff and Cameron Cornell shoved on the button for his last 48,000. The blinds folded and Esposito didn't take long to call:
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Cornell had good hopes a double up and found a board ![]()
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to give him a pair of queens and stay in the tournament.
Action began when Darren "Rooster" Healy shoved from the hijack for 95,000 and Shalev Halfa on the button called. Then Nick Maimone in the big blind re-shoved over the top for an additional 305,000.
After a few moments in the tank, Halfa made the call and the cards were exposed, with Halfa covering both players.
Darren "Rooster" Healy: ![]()
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"Ok that's good, all I need is a king and I'm golden," Healy said confidently.
Apparently confidence plays a huge part in the deck because the flop was ![]()
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to put him the lead.
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and Healy scored a huge triple up while Halfa won the big sidepot and eliminated Maimone.
Stansilav Urodlivchenko opened from early position before Scott Zakheim jammed for 100,000 from the middle position. Urodlivchenko quickly called.
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Zakheim's ladies failed to find any help on the ![]()
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runout and his time on the feature table came to an end.