2022 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
85
Prize
$665,459
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,487,050
Entries
736
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
153
Players Left
10

Event #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed

Turmezey Rides Late Night Surge to Lead Final Ten of $5,000 Freezout

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Peter Turmezey
Peter Turmezey

Day 2 of Event #81 $5,000 FreezeoutNo-Limit Hold 'em is now over, and it was a frantic day of action. The day began with 153 players and would end with only ten after ten levels of play.

Leading the field after the dust settled was Peter Turmezey of Hungary, who used a late-night surge to bag up the lead with 8,810,000. He won several large pots in the final two levels of play, including the last hand of the night, where he was the beneficiary of kings over ace-king.

Toby Lewis finished in second place with 6,665,000 after he had a solid day that saw him steadily ascend the chip counts starting in the middle part of the day and ending strong.

Adam Hendrix has put himself in a good position to contest for his first WSOP bracelet as he ended the day with the third biggest stack with 5,140,000, and Cliff Josephy rose up the counts quickly in the last levels of the night to climb to fourth in chips with 4,180,000.

The rest of the field comprises an interesting mix representing multiple countries to make for what promises to be a great Day 3 on July 15, which gets underway at 2 p.m. local time and will play down to a winner.

Remaining Ten Players

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Peter TurmezeyHungary8,810,000110
2Toby LewisUnited Kingdom6,665,00083
3Adam HendrixUnited States5,140,00064
4Cliff JosephyUnited States4,180,00052
5Francois PiraultFrance2,815,00035
6Johannes StraverNetherlands2,585,00032
7Mo AraniUnited States2,400,00030
8Michael KatzUnited States1,865,00023
9Caio AlmeidaBrazil1,860,00023
10Valentin OberhauserFrance1,470,00018

The money bubble hit about two and a half hours into the day when Marius Gierse crashed out as the bubble boy. From there, the eliminations would continue at a steady pace until the final three tables, where some well-known players were eliminated, such as Aaron Massey in 23rd place, Kitty Kuo in 22nd place and then the start of day chip leader Mark Davis hit the rail in 19th place. Shortly after that, Nacho Barbero would brutally bust in 17th as his flopped straight was outdone by a rivered full boat.

Michael Mizrachi's bid for a sixth bracelet would come to an end in 12th place after he had had the chip lead around three tables left. But he lost a few key pots after that, including getting called on a river bluff against Josephy that cost him a significant portion of his stack. The steam would run out not long after that, and he became the penultimate elimination of the night after Mike Watson was the final busted player when he ran ace-king into kings.

PokerNews will bring Day 3 to you live on July 15 from 2:00 p.m. until the conclusion of this event.

Tags: Aaron MasseyAdam HendrixCliff JosephyKitty KuoMarius GierseMark DavisMichael MizrachiMike WatsonNacho BarberoPeter TurmezeyToby Lewis

Seat Draw For the Final Day

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
CasinoTableSeatPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
Bally's6761Cliff JosephyUnited States4,180,00052
Bally's6762Peter TurmezeyHungary8,810,000110
Bally's6764Johannes StraverUnited States2,585,00032
Bally's6765Francois PiraultFrance2,815,00035
Bally's6767Valentin OberhauserUnited States1,470,00018
       
Bally's6771Toby LewisUnited Kingdom6,665,00083
Bally's6773Adam HendrixUnited States5,140,00064
Bally's6776Mohammad AraniUnited States2,400,00030
Bally's6777Caio AlmeidaBrazil1,860,00023
Bally's6778Michael KatzUnited States1,865,00023

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Peter Turmezey hu
Peter Turmezey
8,810,000
3,110,000
3,110,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
6,665,000
2,365,000
2,365,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Hendrix us
Adam Hendrix
5,140,000
640,000
640,000
Profile photo of Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
4,180,000
430,000
430,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Francois Pirault fr
Francois Pirault
2,815,000
-635,000
-635,000
Profile photo of Johannes Straver nl
Johannes Straver
2,585,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Mo Arani us
Mo Arani
2,400,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Michael Katz us
Michael Katz
1,865,000
-1,035,000
-1,035,000
Profile photo of Caio Almeida br
Caio Almeida
1,860,000
210,000
210,000
Profile photo of Valentin Oberhauser fr
Valentin Oberhauser
1,470,000
220,000
220,000

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Mike Watson Eliminated In 11th Place ($41,057)

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Mike Watson
Mike Watson

On the last hand of the night Peter Turmezey opened from the hijack, Mike Watson three-bet and Turmezey four-bet. Watson elected on a jam for roughly 3,400,000 and Turmezey snap-called.

Mike Watson: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Peter Turmezey: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

It was a cooler hand to run into for Watson and when the board ran out {9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, it was the end of the road for the Canadian as he finished in 11th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Peter Turmezey hu
Peter Turmezey
8,810,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Mike WatsonPeter Turmezey

Turmezey Flops Set of Ducks

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Valentin Oberhauser raised on the button and Peter Turmezey called in the big blind.

The flop came {2-Spades}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. Turmezey check-raised a bet of 125,000 to 410,000 which Oberhauser called.

The turn was the {4-Hearts}. Turmezey led for 350,000 and Oberhauser called. The river was the {q-Hearts}. Both players checked.

Turmezey showed the {2-}{2-} flopped set and collected the pot as his momentum stayed red hot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Peter Turmezey hu
Peter Turmezey
5,700,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Valentin Oberhauser fr
Valentin Oberhauser
1,250,000
-1,600,000
-1,600,000

Tags: Peter TurmezeyValentin Oberhauser

Michael Mizrachi Eliminated In 12th Place ($33,011)

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Michael Mizrachi
Michael Mizrachi

Michael Mizrachi moved all in from early position for 655,000 total. It folded to Caio Almeida who jammed all in over the top for 800,000 and the rest of the table folded.

Michael Mizrachi: {a-Spades}{6-Spades}
Caio Almeida: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

The board ran out {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, giving Almeida a full house and sending Mizrachi to the rail in 12th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Caio Almeida br
Caio Almeida
1,650,000
410,000
410,000
Profile photo of Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
Busted
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Caio AlmeidaMichael Mizrachi

Lewis Cuts Chunk From Almeida

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action came in on the river with the board reading {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. From the small blind, Toby Lewis bet 650,000. Caio Almeida considered it for a bit before he called under the gun.

Lewis tabled the {8-}{8-} set which bested the {a-}{k-} of Almeida to give Lewis the sizeable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
4,300,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Caio Almeida br
Caio Almeida
1,240,000
-2,610,000
-2,610,000

Tags: Caio AlmeidaToby Lewis

Straver Doubles Trough Watson

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Johannes Straver had the {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} in a preflop all in against the {3-Clubs}{3-Spades} of Mike Watson.

The flop came {q-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{9-Spades} to give Straver all sorts of outs and the turn and river buried Watson's threes as the {a-Diamonds} and {a-Hearts} came off to grab the double for Straver.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Johannes Straver nl
Johannes Straver
2,550,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
2,120,000
-1,530,000
-1,530,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Johannes StraverMike Watson