PokerNews is known throughout the world for our industry-leading live updates for both live and online events. Over the years, we’ve captured memorable hands, many of which have become a part of poker history.
In this column, we will bring you some of the biggest hands as reported in the PokerNews Live Updates from the last couple of weeks in the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Some crazy hands occurred last week, including an Ace from Space for Phil Ivey and one of the worst bad beats you'll ever see in Pot-Limit Omaha.
A huge boost for the 2022 World Series of Poker player of the year came, as Dan "Brett_Favre" Zack has taken out an opponent and gave himself a great chance of adding more Player of the Year (POY) points to his already healthy lead.
After James "pipedream16" Romero opened to 8,000 from the button, Zack piled his stack back towards Romero, who called all in for his last 61,000 chips.
When the board ran out , it was Zack's that trumped the of Romero, busting him before the money. You could say his pipe dream of a bracelet is over, for now.
After action was on ''GatheringInn'' in early position, they moved all in for 72,190, before next to act player ''rnrrnrFlush'' called all in for their last 50,685. The other players folded and cards were on their backs.
''rnrrnrFlush'':
''GatheringInn'':
''GatheringInn'' was way ahead and although the flop gave additional outs to their opponent, the and turn and river sealed the deal, bolstering ''GatheringInn'' and busting ''rnrrnrFlush''.
Lucas "coolhandluke" Gatti moved all in from early position for 33,674. Bryce "MommaDavis" McVay on the button moved all in to isolate Gatti and the blinds folded.
Lucas "coolhandluke" Gatti:
Bryce "MommaDavis" McVay:
Gatti got it in ahead, but the board of gave McVay a pair of tens to eliminate Gati.
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Anthony "Flawlessbink" Maio moved all in from middle position for 47,929 and was called by Philip "tomte" Yeh in the hijack.
Anthony "Flawlessbink" Maio:
Philip "tomte" Yeh:
Maio hit a slam-dunk on the flop of by hitting quads. The only chance Yeh had was to go runner-runner for a royal flush. It didn't come however as the [75d] completed the board giving Maio a double-up on the brink of the bubble.