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

05-31-2022 17:20 UTC-7

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

Chaidez Shoves, Shows the Bluff

NicholasBaltz

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 17:32 UTC-7

Gibbs Leading the Chip Count With 185,000

Supr_Alex

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 17:36 UTC-7

Turner Uses Big Slick To KO Valder

NicholasBaltz

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 17:45 UTC-7

Dinner Break on Day 1

NicholasBaltz

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.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-31-2022 19:18 UTC-7

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

Wheeler Knocks Out Two All Ins

Kaelaine Minton

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

Amanda Wheeler raised on the button to 4,000 causing Chris Bean in the big blind to shove all in for about 8,000. The player in the hijack seat moved all in for a few thousand more than Bean. Wheeler called, covering them both.

Chris Bean:
hijack:
Amanda Wheeler:

The board ran out turning Amanda's pocket pair into eights full of tens which was good, knocking out the other two.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amanda Wheeler	150,000 70,200	70,200

Tags: Amanda Wheeler Chris Bean

05-31-2022 19:36 UTC-7

Sellitto Holds for the Knockout

NicholasBaltz

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

Luigi Sellitto had an opponent all in and at risk preflop.

Opponent:
Luigi Sellitto:

Sellitto held the better ace and improved on the flop. Sellitto just needed to dodge the straight draw and he did just that as the turn and river brought no help to his opponent.