2022 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$65,168
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$349,440
Entries
832
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
832
Players Left
82

Battle of the Brits

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

PokerNews live reporters, Calum Grant and Will Shillibier may soon go from friends to foes. These housemates have just found themselves at the same table and as we all know, there are no friends in poker.

It is early in the tournament so it's still anyone's game right now. We'd love to see them heads-up against each other and if that happens, may the best man win!

Player Chips Progress
Will Shillibier gb
Will Shillibier
47,800
800
800
PokerNews
Calum Grant gb
Calum Grant
35,000
17,000
17,000
PokerNews

Wheeler Scores a Double Knockout

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

The PokerNews team was called over to the table with {j-Spades}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades} on the board and Amanda Wheeler was all-in against two opponents:

Amanda Wheeler: {a-Spades}{3-Spades}
Opponent: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
Opponent: {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The {k-Hearts} turn further improved the player with the flopped straight but the {7-Spades} on the river gave Wheeler the nut flush and the rights to the 60,000 pot which resulted in two knockouts.

Player Chips Progress
Amanda Wheeler us
Amanda Wheeler
79,800
7,800
7,800

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Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

A Round of Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Amairany Perez us
Amairany Perez
135,600
135,600
135,600
Raffaele Recchia it
Raffaele Recchia
106,500
36,500
36,500
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
91,300
21,300
21,300
Richard Behl us
Richard Behl
65,800
65,800
65,800
Jordan Handrich us
Jordan Handrich
65,000
18,500
18,500
Adam Lamers ca
Adam Lamers
52,500
19,000
19,000
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Chad Holloway us
Chad Holloway
49,500
-10,500
-10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jordan Garcia us
Jordan Garcia
45,500
14,500
14,500
Garry Gates us
Garry Gates
23,500
4,500
4,500
Yori Epskamp nl
Yori Epskamp
19,300
-5,700
-5,700
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Jimmy Barnett us
Jimmy Barnett
18,000
4,200
4,200
Defending Champion

Janiga Binks a Jack to Survive Against Richards

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sergio Rejas opened to 3,000 from late position, Connor Richards three-bet shoved for about 40,000 and Brett Janiga called all in with the shorter stack. Rejas let it go.

Brett Janiga: {j-Clubs}{j-Spades}
Connor Richards: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Richards held the better pair but that changed on the {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} flop. The turn {8-Hearts} and river {k-Spades} were no help to Richards as Janiga made jacks full to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Brett Janiga us
Brett Janiga
43,500
43,500
43,500
Connor Richards us
Connor Richards
15,000
-11,500
-11,500
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Sergio Rejas us
Sergio Rejas
10,400
10,400
10,400

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PokerNews' Grant Flopped Dead

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

PokerNews live reporter Calum Grant shoved all in with a flop of {6-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs} and John Sturges confidently threw in a call chip, putting himself at risk.

John Sturges: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Calum Grant: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}

Grant thought himself to be a favorite but quickly realized he was drawing dead to Sturges' flopped quads, and the runout of {6-Diamonds}{5-Spades} did nothing to change the outcome. Sturges received a full double up for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
John Sturges us
John Sturges
37,800
37,800
37,800
Calum Grant gb
Calum Grant
16,000
-19,000
-19,000
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Tags: Calum GrantJohn Sturges

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Heilman Sinks Another with the Hooks

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: {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Heilman: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The flop came {4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{q-Clubs}, then the {5-Hearts} turn provided a glimmer of hope with a gutshot straight draw for the at-risk player.

The {5-Clubs} 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 us
Justin Heilman
190,000
190,000
190,000

Tags: Justin Heilman