Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Completed
Day 3 Completed
Live Highlights
Agata Leads; Teusl and Steinberg in The Hunt at End of Day 3 of Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack
At the end of play, only 39 remain of the 271 players who started Day 3. A total of 6,051 entered the tournament between the two starting flights. The remaining players will return for Day 4 to play down to a winner and the coveted gold bracelet in Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack at the 2022 World Series of Poker 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 39 remaining players are all guaranteed a payout of at least $25,369.
Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 4 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshiya Agata | Japan | 19,475,000 | 65 |
| 2 | Frank Lagodich | United States | 16,450,000 | 55 |
| 3 | Anthony Spinella | United States | 15,850,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Andrej Senic | Austria | 15,375,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Francis Anderson | United States | 15,300,000 | 51 |
| 6 | Jeremy Saderne | France | 14,400,000 | 48 |
| 7 | Ricardo Caridade | Portugal | 14,000,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Max Steinberg | United States | 12,875,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Alexios Zervos | Greece | 12,100,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Ricardo Eyzaguirre | United States | 12,100,000 | 40 |
Yoshiya Agata bagged one of the largest stacks in the room, at 19,475,000. Andrej Senic also bagged a stack of 15,375,000. WSOP bracelet winner Max Steinberg (12,875,000) and Jessica Teusl (12,025,000) are also in the hunt bagging among the largest stacks remaining.
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Day 4 will kick off at 10 a.m. local time with a 15-minute break after every second level. A 60-minute dinner break will occur following Level 39, expected to be around 7:00 p.m. local time.
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Day 4 Seat Draw
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bally's | 676 | 1 | Camille Brown | United States | 3,300,000 | 11 |
| Bally's | 676 | 2 | Aditya Agarwal | India | 4,300,000 | 14 |
| Bally's | 676 | 3 | Andrej Senic | Austria | 15,375,000 | 51 |
| Bally's | 676 | 4 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 9,925,000 | 33 |
| Bally's | 676 | 5 | Thomas Mcardle | United States | 7,500,000 | 25 |
| Bally's | 676 | 7 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Germany | 6,000,000 | 20 |
| Bally's | 676 | 8 | Ricardo Caridade | Portugal | 14,000,000 | 47 |
| Bally's | 677 | 1 | Kristen Deardorff | United States | 9,350,000 | 31 |
| Bally's | 677 | 2 | David Zarrin | United States | 4,100,000 | 14 |
| Bally's | 677 | 3 | Craig Chait | United States | 5,150,000 | 17 |
| Bally's | 677 | 5 | Justin Saliba | United States | 2,675,000 | 9 |
| Bally's | 677 | 6 | Romain Lotti | United States | 10,375,000 | 35 |
| Bally's | 677 | 7 | Sebastian Toro | Colombia | 8,025,000 | 27 |
| Bally's | 677 | 8 | Alexey Mishuk | Israel | 9,075,000 | 30 |
| Bally's | 677 | 9 | Flavio Palalon | United States | 4,850,000 | 16 |
| Bally's | 678 | 1 | Jeff Lennon | United States | 4,600,000 | 15 |
| Bally's | 678 | 2 | Robert Gussoni | United States | 4,125,000 | 14 |
| Bally's | 678 | 3 | John Simonian | United States | 8,900,000 | 30 |
| Bally's | 678 | 4 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 4,900,000 | 16 |
| Bally's | 678 | 5 | Adam Monaghan | United Kingdom | 4,650,000 | 16 |
| Bally's | 678 | 6 | Josh Weiss | United States | 2,900,000 | 10 |
| Bally's | 678 | 8 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 4,400,000 | 15 |
| Bally's | 678 | 9 | Alexios Zervos | Greece | 12,100,000 | 40 |
| Bally's | 679 | 1 | Jeremy Saderne | France | 14,400,000 | 48 |
| Bally's | 679 | 2 | Ricardo Eyzaguirre | United States | 12,100,000 | 40 |
| Bally's | 679 | 3 | Anthony Spinella | United States | 15,850,000 | 53 |
| Bally's | 679 | 5 | Max Steinberg | United States | 12,875,000 | 43 |
| Bally's | 679 | 6 | Mike Jukich | United States | 4,225,000 | 14 |
| Bally's | 679 | 7 | Ronald Sullivan | United States | 5,900,000 | 20 |
| Bally's | 679 | 8 | Lawrence Ma | United States | 2,100,000 | 7 |
| Bally's | 679 | 9 | Jack Corrigan | United States | 4,650,000 | 16 |
| Bally's | 680 | 1 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 1,550,000 | 5 |
| Bally's | 680 | 2 | Ankit Ahuja | United States | 9,125,000 | 30 |
| Bally's | 680 | 3 | Arash Houshmand-Parsi | United States | 7,475,000 | 25 |
| Bally's | 680 | 4 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 12,025,000 | 40 |
| Bally's | 680 | 5 | Francis Anderson | United States | 15,300,000 | 51 |
| Bally's | 680 | 6 | Frank Lagodich | United States | 16,450,000 | 55 |
| Bally's | 680 | 7 | Travis Tachibana | United States | 11,125,000 | 37 |
| Bally's | 680 | 8 | Yoshiya Agata | Japan | 19,475,000 | 65 |
End-of-Day 3 Chip Counts (full)
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19,475,000 | 3,975,000 | ||
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16,450,000 | -1,550,000 | ||
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15,850,000 | -4,350,000 | ||
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15,375,000 | 7,275,000 | ||
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15,300,000 | |||
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14,400,000 | -400,000 | ||
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14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | ||
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12,875,000 | 875,000 | ||
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12,100,000 | 12,100,000 | ||
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12,100,000 | 10,325,000 | ||
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12,025,000 | -2,675,000 | ||
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11,125,000 | 10,665,000 | ||
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10,375,000 | -3,100,000 | ||
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9,925,000 | -2,075,000 | ||
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9,350,000 | 3,850,000 | ||
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9,125,000 | 4,125,000 | ||
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9,075,000 | 3,275,000 | ||
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8,900,000 | |||
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8,025,000 | 1,225,000 | ||
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7,500,000 | -1,900,000 | ||
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7,475,000 | 1,675,000 | ||
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6,000,000 | 4,430,000 | ||
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5,900,000 | 5,080,000 | ||
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5,150,000 | -450,000 | ||
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4,900,000 | -300,000 |
End of Day 3
39 players have bagged for Day 4. A full recap will be available shortly.
Show One!
Simonian Stuns Kim in Wild Fashion
With just three hands remaining in Day 3, Wooseok Kim open-jammed from early position and John Simonian snap-called from the big blind with just 50,000 fewer than Kim.
John Simonian: 
Wooseok Kim: 
Kim received the dream 
flop to have Simonian drawing to just two outs. Simonian was halfway out the door on the 
turn.
The river, however, was the 
sending the table and onlookers into a frenzy while Kim buried his head in his hands.
Though Kim was able to spin up with 
vs. 
in the following hand, he was not able to bag as his 
failed to hold vs. 
on the last hand of the night.
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8,900,000 | 4,700,000 | ||
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Busted |
Spinella Eclipses 20 Million with Latest Knockout
Anthony Spinella opened under the gun for 650,000 and Mengchao Yu shoved his remaining stack of 2,925,000 from late position.
Spinella thought it over for about 90 seconds before eventually making the call.
Mengchao Yu: 
Anthony Spinella: 
Spinella would spike two pair on the 
flop before the 
completed the board, sending him to over 20 million and sealing Yu's fate.
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20,200,000 | 7,000,000 | ||
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Busted |
Senic Eliminates Silva
Miguel Silva opened for 425,000 from early position and Andrej Senic shoved from the big blind and was covering Silva.
Silva put his stack of 3,300,000 into the middle.
Miguel Silva: 
Andrej Senic: 
Silva did not find his ace on the board and was eliminated while Senic inherited his chips and moved to over eight million.
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8,100,000 | 7,320,000 | ||
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Busted |
- Level:
- 31
- Blinds:
- 125,000/250,000
- Ante:
- 250,000