Calvin Anderson Among Big Stacks at End of Day 2 of Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
At the conclusion of play, 271 remain of the 2,053 players who started Day 2. A total of 6,051 entered the tournament between the two starting flights and the remaining players will return for Day 3 of Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time at the 2022 WSOP at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
The entrants generated a prize pool of $8,678,835. First place will receive a payout of $966,577, as well as a gold WSOP bracelet. The 271 remaining players will all take home a minimum cash of $5,054.
Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 4,040,000 | 135 |
| 2 | John Simonian | United States | 4,020,000 | 134 |
| 3 | Sebastian Toro | Colombia | 3,520,000 | 117 |
| 4 | George Abi-Zeid | United States | 3,495,000 | 117 |
| 5 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 3,490,000 | 117 |
| 6 | Josh Weiss | United States | 3,465,000 | 116 |
| 7 | Joseph Bartholdi | United States | 3,340,000 | 111 |
| 8 | Aditya Agarwal | India | 3,240,000 | 108 |
| 9 | Nishant Sharma | India | 3,135,000 | 105 |
| 10 | Rahul Deevara | United States | 3,065,000 | 102 |
Two-time WSOP Bracelet winner Calvin Anderson bagged one of the largest stacks in the room, at 4,080,000. John Simonian also bagged a stack of around 4,000,000. Three-time bracelet winner Ryan Leng (2,615,000) and one-time bracelet winner Arash Ghaneian (1,940,000) also bagged stacks among the biggest in the room.
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Day 3 will kick off at 10 a.m. local time. They are scheduled to play another 10 levels, each lasting 60 minutes, with a 15-minute break after every second level. A 60-minute dinner break will occur following Level 29, expected to be around 7:00 p.m. local time. Those remaining at the end of Day 3 will return for Day 4 the next day, also at 10 a.m. local time, at which point they will play down to a winner.
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and both players checked.
turn, Moreno bet 75,000 and the small blind raised to 200,000. Moreno called.
and the small blind continued for 300,000. With a nearly identical stack and roughly 600,000 behind, Moreno shoved.
, he was suddenly out in front of both players. The 
turn gave Anderson a full house. The 
river completed the board. Anderson's queens full of aces was good enough for the best hand, sending both opponents to the rail. Anderson scooped the pot, adding to his chip stack which is amongst the biggest in the room.
and Da-Silva bet 50,000. The player under the gun raised to 125,000 and after the button folded, 90 seconds went by before Da-Silva moved all-in for his remaining 288,000.
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and Moreno c-bet to 25,000. Late position called.
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. Kanit continued for 47,000 and was forced all-in by Sanders. Kanit called and was at-risk.
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and called a bet of 26,000 from Kanit. 
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