2022 World Series of Poker

Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$966,577
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$8,678,835
Entries
6,501
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
271
Players Left
39

Converse Doubles Up with Set-Over-Set

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Matthew Converse opened from early position to 85,000 and Aron Pedigo called from the big blind.

The flop came {3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} and Converse continued for 70,000. Pedigo called.

The {q-Spades} arrived on the turn and Converse bet once more, this time 175,000. Pedigo raised to 500,000 and Converse shoved for 885,000 total. Pedigo called.

Matthew Converse: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Aron Pedigo {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

Pedigo was drawing to the case four as he fell victim to the dreaded set-over-set on the turn. The {j-Diamonds} completed the board and Converse soared to over two million after starting the day at just 315,000.

Pedigo, however, was knocked down to 140,000 and busted shortly after.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Converse us
Matthew Converse
2,140,000 1,825,000
Aron Pedigo us
Aron Pedigo
140,000 -242,500

Tags: Aron PedigoMatthew Converse

Lagodich Finds a Double

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Calvin Anderson opened the action to 90,000 from middle position. Arash Ghaneian called from the cutoff and Frank Lagodich moved all in for 1,030,000 from the big blind. Anderson quickly moved enough chips in to make the call and Ghaneian got out of the way.

Frank Lagodich: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Calvin Anderson: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{k-Hearts} securing the double up for Lagodich but barely putting a dent on Anderson's massive stack.

Player Chips Progress
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
WSOP 4X Winner
5,700,000 1,660,000
Frank Lagodich us
Frank Lagodich
Day 1A Chip Leader
2,200,000 1,015,000
Arash Ghaneian us
Arash Ghaneian
WSOP 1X Winner
1,900,000 -500,000

Tags: Arash GhaneianCalvin AndersonFrank Lagodich

Corrigan Busts Roderick After Flopping Bottom Set

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Joseph Bartholdi opened from the cutoff and Jack Corrigan called from the small blind. Scott Roderick flatted from the big blind.

The flop came {4-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and Roderick led for 150,000. Bartholdi raised to 450,000 and Corrigan called. Roderick shoved for 1,200,000 total, Bartholdi snap-folded and Corrigan snap-called.

Scott Roderick: {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Jack Corrigan: {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}

Corrigan flopped bottom set and was far ahead of Roderick's pair of nines. The {10-Hearts} on the turn had Roderick drawing dead, with a {4-Diamonds} on the river giving Corrigan a full house and sealing the victory.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Corrigan us
Jack Corrigan
3,800,000 1,795,000
Joseph Bartholdi us
Joseph Bartholdi
2,275,000 -1,065,000
Scott Roderick us
Scott Roderick
Busted

Tags: Jack CorriganJoseph BartholdiScott Roderick

Petkov Scores The Knockout

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action folded around to Casey Hatmaker, who shoved his remaining stack of roughly 400,000. Lachezar Petkov put in a little thought before making the call.

Casey Hatmaker: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Lachezar Petkov: {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}

The flop came {j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} giving a lot of hope to Hatmaker with a straight draw and two overs, but when the {a-Spades} and {a-Diamonds} completed the board it was Petkov who scored the knockout sending Hatmaker to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Lachezar Petkov bg
Lachezar Petkov
2,300,000 715,000
Casey Hatmaker us
Casey Hatmaker
Busted

Tags: Casey HatmakerLachezar Petkov

Hawksby Turns Top Set

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action started when Andrew Hawksby opened to 80,000 from early position. Only Jefferson Morrill called in the big blind.

The flop was {7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{8-Spades} and both players checked.

Things heated up when the {a-Hearts} hit the turn. Morrill checked and Hawksby bet 130,000, which was called.

The {9-Spades} completed the board and again Morrill checked and Hawksby sized up to 360,000 which was quickly called.

Andrew Hawksby: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Jefferson Morrill: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The turn was the money card for Hawksby giving him top set and propelling his stack up the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Hawksby gb
Andrew Hawksby
3,500,000 750,000
Jefferson Morrill us
Jefferson Morrill
1,200,000 -670,000

Tags: Andrew HawksbyJefferson Morrill

Do Breaks Two Million Flopping Trip Eights

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Joao Simao opened from under the gun and was called by Vuong Do in the cutoff and Vincent Phan in the big blind.

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Simao continued for 75,000. Do called and Phan, a short stack, folded.

The {a-Spades} arrived on the turn and Simao made another bet, this time for 125,000. Do called once again.

On the {q-Hearts} river, Simao slowed down and checked. Do put out a bet of 190,000, which sent Simao into the tank for over three minutes.

Simao eventually called and Do flipped over {j-Spades}{8-Spades} for trip eights and the win.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
WSOP 2X Winner
3,000,000 -490,000
Vuong Do us
Vuong Do
2,060,000 400,000
Vincent Phan us
Vincent Phan
285,000 -715,000

Tags: Joao SimaoVincent PhanVuong Do

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

McCoy Flats Jacks in the Big Blind, Gets Paid

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

John Kelliher, in early position, opened for about 65,000 and Benjamin McCoy called from the big blind.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Spades} and Kelliher continued for 160,000. McCoy shoved for his remaining 785,000 and following a minute of thought, Kelliher made the call.

Benjamin McCoy: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
John Kelliher: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

McCoy was dominating after flatting jacks in the big blind. The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and McCoy doubled up to 1,750,000 while Kelliher was down to fewer than four big blinds, just two hands from being the big blind himself.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Mccoy us
Benjamin Mccoy
1,750,000 715,000
John Kelliher us
John Kelliher
110,000 -1,205,000

Tags: Benjamin McCoyJohn Kelliher

Ducks Fly Again

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The PokerNews team was called over to a table to report on a hand after the fact. According to the table, Kennon Buckmaster shoved from early position for 295,000 and was called by only Adam Lamphere in the big blind.

Kennon Buckmaster: {2-}{2-}
Adam Lamphere: {j-}{j-}

Buckmaster was in need of help and help he got when the board ran out {a-}{j-}{3-}{4-}{5-} giving him a straight and cracking the set of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Kennon Buckmaster us
Kennon Buckmaster
550,000 -420,000
Adam Lamphere us
Adam Lamphere
320,000

Jukich Making Early Day 3 Run

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

With more than 1,300,000 in the middle on a {10-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Hearts} board, Mike Jukich, from the big blind, forced Julien Loire to make a decision for his final 550,000 chips.

After agonizing over the decision for over a minute, Loire folded and Jukich took his stack to 2,300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Jukich us
Mike Jukich
2,300,000 875,000
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
550,000 -920,000

Tags: Julien LoireMike Jukich