Michael Rocco was seen recently doubling through Michael Duek, while Robert Minor is still the clear chip leader at that table, and 2018 WSOP Main Event final tableist Antoine Labat is second in chips at the table.
Michael Rocco was seen recently doubling through Michael Duek, while Robert Minor is still the clear chip leader at that table, and 2018 WSOP Main Event final tableist Antoine Labat is second in chips at the table.
Giovanni Petroni moved all in for his last 320,000 from middle position and was called by Vadim Rozin on the button.
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Petroni was marginally ahead preflop but fell far behind after the ![]()
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flop. Nothing changed on the
turn or
river, ending Petroni's deep run late on Day 5.
Dan Smith jammed for 620,000 with ![]()
from middle position and was looked up by Zilong Zhang with ![]()
.
Zhang flopped best as the dealer fanned the ![]()
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. Smith sailed into the lead on the
turn and found the double up on the
river.
Jack Allen jammed for 610,000 with ![]()
and was called by Zilong Zhang with ![]()
.
Allen flopped an opened-ended straight draw on the ![]()
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flop but would miss on the
turn. The
river gave Allen the nut-straight and breathed some life into his stack.

The late great Layne Flack, who passed away last year, was selected as the 2022 Poker Hall of Fame inductee during a Hall of Fame bounty event at the WSOP on Sunday afternoon.
"Back-to-Back" Flack beat out nine other talented nominees, all of whom are also deserving of the honor. The list of close calls include Matt Savage, Josh Arieh, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Kathy Liebert, Mike Matusow, Norman Chad & Lon McEachern, Michael Mizrachi, Brian Rast, and Isai Scheinberg.
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board and Fabian Schaefer Carreno had checked to Mohammed Radwan who had shoved for 665,000 into a pot of a similar amount.
Carreno thought through his options and eventually called with ![]()
for top pair. However, Radwan had him outkicked with ![]()
and improved to two pair on the
river.
Carreno lost a chunk of his stack but still sits with more than double average. Additionally, he has received some of the first 500,000 denomination chips in the Main Event.
Action panned to the secondary feature table where a three-way all-in was in progress.
Jeremie Bilodeau: ![]()
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Matthew Bushell: ![]()
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Matthew Paoletti: ![]()
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Neither player connected on the ![]()
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runout and Paoletti scooped the 3,000,000 pot with his ace-high.
Loud enthusiastic cheers were heard as Matthew Levine had doubled through Espen Jorstad.
Levine had gotten his 965,000 chips in with ![]()
against Jorstad's ![]()
, and the board ran out ![]()
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to give Levine the double on the river.
"Sorry," Levine apologized for the sudden outburst of his rail.
"I didn't know they were behind me so I was scared shitless!" replied GGPoker qualifier and recent bracelet-winner Jorstad.
Rok Gostisa opened to 130,000 in early position and Aaron Mermelstein defended from the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and Mermelstein just check-called a bet of 110,000 from Gostisa.
The turn brought the
and Mermelstein checked again. Gostisa made another bet of 150,000 this time and Mermelstein still called. The
paired the board on the river and both players checked. Mermelstein showed ![]()
for a straight and was awarded the pot.