2022 World Series of Poker

[Online] No-Limit Hold'em BIG $500
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$799,200
Entries
1,213
Players Left
837
Average Chip Stack
28,984
Total Chips
24,260,000
Level Info
Level
45
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
62,500
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,213
Players Left
837

[Online] No-Limit Hold'em BIG $500

Day 1 Completed

Manig ''Ohio77'' Loeser Wins Event [Online] No-Limit Hold'em BIG $500 ($127,153) 2nd Online Bracelet In As Many Years

Level 45 : 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
Manig Loeser
Manig Loeser

Event #2: $600 Monster Stack saw Manig ''Ohio77'' Loeser win his first bracelet in the second event of summer 2021. Now in 2022, he's giving us deja vu by winning Event #2 of the online series of events at this years WSOP. Shall we call Event #2 in future The Loeser Open?

[Online] No-Limit Hold'em BIG $500 saw a field of 1,213 players create a prizepool of $799,200, another fantastic turn out at the WSOP 2022. Many notable players took part, including Upeshka ''gomezhamburg'' De Silva (11th),David ODB ''vincevegas'' Baker (13th), Phil ''HeyGuys'' Galfond, Vanessa ''Contains Nuts'' Kade, just to name a few.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Manig "Ohio77" LoeserGermany$127,153
2Brian "omahabrian" BattistoneUnited States$78,641
3tzinhooUnited States$57,142
4Matthew "WhiteMJ" JewettUnited States$47,878
5yumyummmUnited States$31,008
6Louie "xlLoUielx" TorresUnited States$23,176
7Daniel "Utradink420" PricolaUnited States$17,502
8Brandon "BMueller" MuellerUnited States$13,346
9ElevatorUpUnited States$10,309

It was not an easy feat for Loeser, who, with a very short stack at times, had to pick his spots precisely and carefully. There were a lot of flips and action throughout the final table but watching the action, you could get the sense of the composure the German native shows when playing live events across the world. There were countless chip ups and chip downs for Loese; there were multiple times when he was at risk but survived.

First to bust the final table was ''ElevatorUp'' who ran into what was the biggest stack for much of the final table Brian "omahabrian" Battistone' when he ran into {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} with his {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

Next was Brandon "BMueller" Mueller in eighth, who got it in crushed against none other than Battistone again. No improvements were made and it was good game sir.

Daniel ''Utradonk420'' Pricola then ran his {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs} into the pocket {k-Clubs}{k-Spades} of ''yumyumm'' and was having to settle for seventh place.

Sixth went to Louie ''xILoUieIx'' Torres whose final table was pretty swingy. However, that was the same for everyone who finished in first through eighth place. He fell to ''omahabrian'' too and the final table was were down to five.

Five-handed play took a little longer, as stacks got very even and no one wanted to bust. Eventually ''yumyummm'' took one for the team and was unfortunate to run {k-Spades}{6-Spades} into the {k-Hearts}{j-Spades} of Matthew ''WhiteMJ'' Jewett.

Hewitt was the next in line, not able to hold up with the straight against a flush draw when all-in with one card to come. He had to settle for just under $42,000 and fourth place.

Three-handed play did mix up stacks quite a lot, "tzinhoo" was the one to bust but our eventual winner, Loeser, was the shortest stack initially. ''omahabrian'' then took took a little dent to their stack. In the end, tzinhoo lost two big hands with {a-}{q-}, first to the {k-}{6-} of Loeser and then to ''omahabrian'' and his pocket {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}, to bust.

Heads-up began at around 4:00 a.m. local time and Loeser got the job done in by getting his opponent Battistone to pay him off, top pair versus second pair to net the victory. Loeser's win pockets him a tidy $127,152.72 and his second bracelet.

Look out for Loeser on the live and online felt during the remainder of the 2022 WSOP, as his spirits will be riding high after this win. There are plenty of events on WSOP Online to be won, or stop by Bally's and Paris Casino's for all the action this summer.

Tags: 2022 WSOPDavid ODBManig LoeserWorld Series of PokerWSOP

Brian "omahabrian" Battistone Eliminated in 2nd Place ($78,641)

Level 45 : 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
Poker Table
Poker Table

With the action on the turn and a board of {9-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} Manig ''Ohio77'' Loeser had been called once after he had bet in position. On the {j-Hearts} river, the pot was approximately 6,500,000 and Brian "omahabrian" Battistone had around 6,700,000 chips behind.

Loeser moved all-in with {a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, covering his counterpart. After some tanking, Battistone called with {k-Spades}{4-Spades} and busted in second place, good for $78,641.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian "omahabrian" Battistone
Busted

Level: 45

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 62,500

tzinhoo Eliminated in 3rd place ($57,142)

Level 44 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Manig ''Ohio77'' Loeser won a huge blind on blind all-in with {k-}{6-} vs {a-}{q-} after rivering a {k-} to survive, he double to 11,000,000 and sent "tzihoo" down to 4,400,000.

"tzihoo" then got it in with {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs} against ''omahabrian'' {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

A river {q-Hearts} top pair wasn't good enough against the over-pair and he went to the cashier good for $57,142 and third place.

Player Chips Progress
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Florian ''tzinhoo'' Duta
Busted

Level: 44

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 50,000

Matthew ''WhiteMJ'' Jewett Eliminated in 4th Place ($41,878)

Level 43 : 160,000/320,000, 40,000 ante

After a huge clash against ''omahabrian'', Matthew ''WhiteMJ'' Jewett was eliminated in fourth place for $41,878. After Matthew ''WhiteMJ'' Jewett opened under-the-gun and the button and small blind called, he lead for approximately 900,000 into a 3,100,000 pot on {k-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}.

''omahabrian'' called out of the small blind and the {10-Clubs} fell on the turn. Again Jewett bet, 1,920,000 chips and "omahabrian" put him all-in. He called quickly.

Matthew ''WhiteMJ'' Jewett {j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
"omahabrian": {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Jewett was ahead...until he wasn't. The {a-Clubs} on the river gave the pot to ''omahabrian'' and left Matthew ''WhiteMJ'' Jewett with little.

He busted shortly afterwards. Unfortunate for Jewett, congratulations on the fourth-place finish.

Level: 43

Blinds: 160,000/320,000

Ante: 40,000

Louie ''xILoUieIx'' Torres Eliminated in 6th place ($23,176)

Level 42 : 140,000/280,000, 35,000 ante

After losing a flip to ''Ohio77'', Louie ''xILoUieIx'' Torres did double up again. It was short lived though as eventually they got it in versus ''omahabrian'', under-the-gun against middle position. Everyone else got out of the way.

Louie ''xILoUieIx'' Torres {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
''omahabrian'' {q-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

The board ran {4-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} meaning sixth place for Torres.

Player Chips Progress
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''omahabrian''
11,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
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Louie ''xILoUieIx'' Torres
Busted