Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$8,678,835
Entries
6,501
Level
42
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Entries
2,053
Players Left
271
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: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
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Berry Doubles Up with Jacks
Level 19
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Action was picked up as the hijack put in 30,000. Action folded around to Will Berry under the gun, who put in a raise to 300,000. After a few minutes of deliberation, the hijack, with Berry covered, moved all in. Berry made the snap call.
Will Berry: 
Opponent: 
The board came 
, providing no help to Berry's opponent, ensuring that Berry's jacks held, giving him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
795,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
Two Pair for Sanders
Level 19
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Geran Sanders was in position in a heads-up pot on a board of 
.
The opponent bet 45,000 on the flop and Sanders raised to 125,000. The opponent three-bet all-in and Sanders called with a bigger stack.
Geran Sanders: 
Opponent: 
Sanders was ahead with two pair against the overpair and his hand held up as the board finished out 
to send the opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
Booze Turns a Set
Level 19
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
The cutoff opened for 52,000. Dennis Booze, the big blind, made the call. With action heads up, the 
flop and 
turn were both checked through.
On the 
river, Booze fired for 125,000. After a moment or two of thinking, the cutoff made the call. Booze turned over 
, good for a set on the turn. His opponent showed the 
before tossing his hand in the muck as Booze scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
394,500
|
394,500 |
Updated Chip Counts as the Field Dwindles
Level 19
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
860,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
||
|
800,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
770,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
600,000
485,000
|
485,000 |
|
500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
480,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
370,000
291,000
|
291,000 |
|
||
|
280,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
190,000
-201,500
|
-201,500 |
Deardorff Causes Opponent to Tank-Fold River
Level 19
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
A player in late position raised to 30,000 and Kristen Deardorff called from the button.
The flop came 
and the player c-bet for 30,000. Deardorff called.
The turn brought another bet of 80,000 which Deardorff countered with a raise to 180,000. The late-position player called.
The donned the river and Deardorff bet 300,000 after an initial check.
Her opponent, while simultaneously playing the WSOP Online bracelet event on his tablet, went into the tank for well over five minutes, making all sorts of gestures with his cards and his chips in an attempt to get a reaction from Deardorff.
While shaking his head no for virtually the entire tank, he eventually decided to toss his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
940,000
778,000
|
778,000 |
Shorr Gets Value
Level 19
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Shannon Shorr was in the big blind in a heads-up pot on a board reading 
.
With an array of chips already in the middle, Shorr led out with a bet of 75,000. His heads-up opponent called, only to muck when Shorr tabled 
for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
||
Cruz Wins 40 Big Blind Flip
Level 19
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
A player in early position, playing his first hand at his new table, open-jammed for 305,000.
It folded around to Eider da Cruz, who made the call.
Early Position: 
Eider da Cruz: 
Fortunately for the Brazilian, the flop came to give him the nut straight. The turn had his opponent drawing dead.
The 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
929,000
722,000
|
722,000 |
Painter Doubles Up Before Break
Level 19
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Action was picked up after Bob Painter had already moved all in and gotten a single caller. Painter had 180,000 behind as the player at risk.
Bob Painter:
Opponent: 
Painter connected in a big way with the 
flop, making trip queens. The board finished out , securing the pot and double up for Painter just before the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |