Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

05-31-2022 19:18 UTC-7

Post-Dinner Counts

Nicholas Baltz

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	112,000 20,700	20,700

Raffaele Recchia	95,000 11,500	11,500
Brandon West	67,000 13,000	13,000
Garry Gates	63,000 18,500	18,500
Jimmy Barnett	54,000 36,000	36,000

Brandon Bloom	34,500 6,200	6,200
David Tuchman	26,500 1,500	1,500
Chad Holloway	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-31-2022 17:45 UTC-7

Dinner Break on Day 1

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are on their 75-minute dinner break and will resume action at roughly 7:00 p.m. local time.

So far, 816 entries have been tallied. Players have until the end of the dinner break to re-enter.

05-31-2022 17:36 UTC-7

Turner Uses Big Slick To KO Valder

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Benjamin Valder found himself all in and at risk preflop against Will Turner.

Benjamin Valder:
Will Turner:

Turner had the better kicker and it held through the runout to send him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Turner	85,000 85,000	85,000
Benjamin Valder	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Valder Will Turner

05-31-2022 17:32 UTC-7

Gibbs Leading the Chip Count With 185,000

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Alexandra Niculae

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gibbs	185,000
Connie Dean	162,000
Amairany Perez	125,000
Tyler Mitchell	121,500

05-31-2022 17:25 UTC-7

Chaidez Shoves, Shows the Bluff

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With the flop showing , Juan Chaidez faced a bet of 3,700 from Amairany Perez. Chaidez opted to raise but didn't put in enough chips and was forced to min-raise to 7,400.

Perez called and they saw the turn. Chaidez took his time before moving all in for his last 23,800. Perez mucked her cards and Chaidez showed the table his for a bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amairany Perez	125,000 10,600	10,600
Juan Chaidez	46,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Amairany Perez Juan Chaidez

05-31-2022 17:20 UTC-7

Grant's All-In Push Holds Up

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Angeni Jaipaul

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Calum Grant shoved all in from under the gun with 15,000 and was called by Arturo Jimenez on his left.

Calum Grant:
Arturo Jimenez:

“Oh no!” said Grant. “King-jack always beats ace-queen here.”

The board came and Grant's hand held up.

“F*** yeah,” he said, relieved as the river bricked and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arturo Jimenez	128,500 128,500	128,500
Calum Grant	32,000 16,000	16,000

05-31-2022 17:13 UTC-7

Heilman Sinks Another with the Hooks

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Kirk Brown

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Justin Heilman was facing an all-in bet of 15,000 from an early position player, which he quickly called.

Opponent:
Heilman:

The flop came , then the turn provided a glimmer of hope with a gutshot straight draw for the at-risk player.

The river dashed his hopes and the pot was awarded to Heilman. The losing player was unfazed, however, as he heartily exclaimed "Rebuy!" while exiting.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Heilman	190,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Justin Heilman

05-31-2022 17:05 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Kirk Brown

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Sutherland	125,000 125,000	125,000
Tyler Mitchell	121,500 121,500	121,500
Danny Dangoor	115,000 115,000	115,000
Richard Book	110,000 110,000	110,000
Andrew Knowles	59,500 28,800	28,800
Chad Halloway	14,600 14,600	14,600

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200