2022 World Series of Poker
The players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
With approximately 100,000 in the pot and a completed board of ![]()
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, Justin Young bet 55,000 from early position and Cary Katz raised to 275,000 on the button. The raise represented more than half of Young's remaining stack.
After taking his time, Young tossed his cards into the muck.
Daniel Negreanu opened to 10,000 from under the gun, David Peters called in middle position, and Adrian Mateos called from the big blind.
Mateos opted to lead into both players on a flop of ![]()
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, betting enough to force Negreanu out of the hand but not Peters, who called.
The
hit the turn and Mateos, unperturbed, double-barreled for 34,000. Peters once again called.
On the
river, Mateos slowed down and checked. Peters bet 42,000 and Mateos folded after 90 seconds.
Action was already underway between Dan Smith and Erik Seidel, with 120,000 in the middle on a board of ![]()
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.
Seidel raised 37,000 from the small blind, and Smith put in the chips for a call.
Both players checked the turn of
, and would continue to check on the river
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Seidel turned over ![]()
and Smith tossed his hand away without showing.
After previously announcing that he would be playing the $100,000 High Roller Bounty event, Phil Hellmuth sent a tweet in the last hour stating that he wouldn't be able to play.
"I'm skipping @WSOP Event #2 today. I have 'travelers diarrhea' from weekend in Mexico." Hellmuth tweeted.
"I'm tired, my stomach hurts, and I’m going easy on eating food."
We wish the all-time leading bracelet winner well in his recovery before beginning his quest for bracelet number 17.
Sam Soverel opened in early position and action folded around to Chris Brewer in the big blind, who called.
Brewer check-called a bet of 5,000 on the ![]()
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flop.
On the
turn, Brewer led into the preflop raiser with a bet of 4,000, which Soverel called.
The
river paired the board but that did not slow down Brewer, who fired off a hefty 25,000 bet. Soverel did not pause long before calling and Brewer wasted no time in showing ![]()
for rivered trips, good enough to take down a sizable pot.
Level: 3
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
After Chino Rheem called Dan Smith's cutoff four-bet on the button, the duo saw a flop of ![]()
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Smith continued for 60,000, which Rheem called.
The turn brought the
and after Smith used a time bank, he bet another 175,000.
"I was just gonna let you stack off", said Rheem before he tossed ![]()
into the muck face up.
Smith flashed ![]()
and said, "nothing", then dragged the sizable pot.