2022 World Series of Poker

Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$248,254
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$885,875
Entries
96
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
85
Players Left
41

"Elky" and Ivey Lead the Way After Day 1 of Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

Level 10
Bertrand Grospellier
Bertrand Grospellier

Day 1 of the third championship event of the 2022 WSOP, Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship has ended after ten 60-minute levels of play. The day attracted 85 entries, which far surpassed last year's amount of 62. At the end of the day, just under half remained as 41 players found a bag.

A field that attracted a lot of big-name players ended with Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier on top of the heap with 262,000. He registered late in the day with only a couple of levels left and was able to spin his stack up very quickly to be in pole position.

Right on his heels in second place to end the night was none other than Phil Ivey, who bagged up 256,500. The ever-popular figure at the WSOP, Ivey, had a stellar Day 1 as he just continued to build momentum as well as his stack before he took his customary exit from the tournament area before the chips were bagged.

Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Bertrand GrospellierFrance262,000
2Phil IveyUnited States256,500
3Yueqi ZhuChina237,000
4Randy OhelUnited States228,000
5James PaluszekUnited States220,500
6Brian LibermanUnited States206,500
7Kevin GerhartUnited States205,000
8Leonard AugustUnited States196,000
9John LytleUnited States191,000
10Vasilis LazarouGreece182,500

Third and fourth place in the counts were two more WSOP bracelet winners in Yueqi Zhu with 237,000 and Randy Ohel with 228,000. James Paluszek rounded out the top five chip counts as he bagged up 220,500.

Outside of the big stacks, several known players advanced to Day 2, including the defending champion of this event, Anthony Zinno, who had a slow end to the night but was still able to find a bag with 68,000.

Adam Friedman (153,000}, Brian Rast (108,000) and Todd Brunson (46,000) were among the big names still remaining as the dust settled at the end of the day. And also of note, the only two women in the event both advanced to Day 2; Oxana Cummings (48,000) and Christina Hill (40,000).

Registration for this event is still open until the start of Day 2, which will get underway at 2 p.m. local time, so expect a few more players to find their way into the action at the start of the day when play resumes at Level 11.

PokerNews will be on hand tomorrow to cover all the Day 2 action.

Tags: Adam FriedmanAnthony ZinnoBertrand GrospellierBrian RastChristina HillJames PaluszekJohn LytleLeonard AugustOxana CummingsPhil IveyRandy OhelTodd BrunsonYueqi Zhu