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In a pot of roughly 18,000 on a board showing , the small blind checked to James Romero in the hijack who bet 12,500.
The small blind elected to check-raise to 31,500 and Romero went deep in the tank. After several minutes of thought, Romero decided to shove all in for 71,900 total and the small blind snap-called.
James Romero:
Small Blind:
Romero was in bad shape against the top two of his opponent, until the river peeled off the , turning the tables and giving Romero a better two-pair and the full double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Romero | 180,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ren Lin |
243,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Brock Wilson |
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Aram Zobian |
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
Joshua Heinzl |
185,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Kitty Kuo |
146,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
Ugur Secilmis |
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Frank Funaro |
143,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
Jae Lee |
127,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Cliff Josephy |
120,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
Johan Guilbert |
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Leo Margets |
105,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
Anthony Zinno |
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
||
Daniel Hinh |
85,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Shea Quintin |
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Jake Daniels |
77,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Z Stein |
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
Romain Lewis |
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
Joe Cada |
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
Paulina Loeliger |
53,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Alex Foxen |
53,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
Michael Moncek |
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
Andrew Brinkley |
45,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Nick Palma |
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Mustapha Kanit |
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
Kristen Foxen |
27,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sylvain Loosli | 100,000 | |
Ari Oxman | 88,000 | |
Fedor Holz | 80,000 | |
Robert Mizrachi | 77,000 | |
|
||
Scott Seiver | 75,000 | |
|
||
Chino Rheem |
70,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Tim Reilly |
70,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Bill Klein |
61,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Joseph Cheong | 53,000 | |
|
||
Francis Anderson |
45,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Chris Hunichen was all in preflop with a short stack of 13,000 holding the against the of Ren Lin.
The flop came to give Lin the set and Hunichen a pair. The turn was the to give Hunichen a boat and the river only strengthened the hand further as the hit to give him quads.
Lin, who had been animated during the run-out, put his arms around Hunichen's shoulders while laughing and saying "Too many Lady Gaga" referring to the queens, as he failed to eliminate the man on his right.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ren Lin |
212,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Chris Hunichen |
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
In a heads up pot of roughly 5,000 on a flop of , Chino Rheem checked from the big blind and Kelvin Kerber bet 2,600 which was called.
On the turn Rheem checked again and Kerber bet 8,000. Rheem made the call. The completed the board and Rheem checked a third time. Kerber sized to 18,000 and without much thought Rheem tossed in chips for a call.
Kerber rolled over for top pair and Rheem tapped the tabled and flashed a king before tossing his cards in the muck. Kerber's stack is one of the biggest in the field.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kelvin Kerber | 240,000 | |
Chino Rheem |
43,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen bring you all the latest from the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. That includes a discussion about Phil Hellmuth's lackluster entrance, Vince Vaughn's appearance, and their picks to win.
They also recap recent bracelet winners, including an interview with Young Sik, and discuss Matt Berkey's criticism regarding players like Ali Imsirovic and Jake Schindler receiving coverage in live updates. Plus, Chris Moneymaker is opening a social poker room in Kentucky, Matt Glantz nabbed the $1M bounty in the WSOP Mystery Bounty event, and how were the bluffs by Mike "The Mouth" Matusow and Alejandro Lococo perceived?
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Norihiro Otani |
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Ryan Jones (NC) |
195,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Steve Savio |
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Ross Ward |
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Pierre Calamusa |
153,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
||
Sean Ragozzini |
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Ryan Laplante |
122,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
Aleksejs Ponakovs |
120,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
||
Keith Lehr |
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
Michael Gathy |
101,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
||
Chino Rheem |
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Ian O'Hara |
82,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Francis Anderson | 62,000 | |
Michael Jozoff |
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Loni Hui |
60,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
Aaron Massey |
55,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Matthew Wantman |
52,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
Bill Klein |
45,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Chris Grigorian |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |