2022 PokerNews Cup Golden Nugget

PokerNews Cup
Day: 1b
Event Info

2022 PokerNews Cup Golden Nugget

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
$202,725
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$1,207,650
Entries
1,245
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
455
Players Left
57

Assorted Stacks and Their Owners

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Todd Sekli au
Todd Sekli
345,000 162,000
Cesar Cruz us
Cesar Cruz
320,000 10,000
Matt Iles us
Matt Iles
275,000
Brett Murray us
Brett Murray
225,000 195,000
David Luong au
David Luong
221,000 85,000
John Scott us
John Scott
205,000 50,000
Dmitri Nobles us
Dmitri Nobles
120,000 25,000
DJ Alexander us
DJ Alexander
WSOP 1X Winner
113,000 27,000
Jared Griener us
Jared Griener
70,000 4,000
Michael Liang us
Michael Liang
45,000 10,000
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
WSOP 1X Winner
41,500 41,500
Sung Lee us
Sung Lee
36,000 -14,000
Meghan Smith us
Meghan Smith
35,000 -20,000
Badr Imejjane us
Badr Imejjane
32,000 17,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Sekli Sends Couzens Away

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Todd Sekli
Todd Sekli

DJ Alexander raised to 3,500 from middle position. Daniel Couzens shoved on his left. Todd Sekli then re-shoved his larger stack from the hijack to get Alexander to fold.

Daniel Couzens: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Todd Sekli: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs} to pair Couzens, the turn was the {k-Diamonds} to put Sekli back into the lead. The river came the {7-Diamonds} and Couzens was busted while Sekli gathered more into his growing stack.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Sekli au
Todd Sekli
183,000 183,000
DJ Alexander us
DJ Alexander
WSOP 1X Winner
86,000 26,000
Daniel Couzens us
Daniel Couzens
Busted

Tags: Daniel CouzensDJ AlexanderTodd Sekli

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Cruz Collecting

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was on the flop as it read {4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. Cesar Cruz jammed his big stack over the bet from his opponent on the flop who called.

Both players were drawing but his opponent led with the {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} while Cruz had the {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}. The turn was the {8-Spades} to give Cruz the straight and the river came the {9-Spades} to bust his opponent and give Cruz more chips to gather to his gargantuan stack.

Player Chips Progress
Cesar Cruz us
Cesar Cruz
310,000 310,000

Tags: Cesar Cruz