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

Notable Big Stacks With Fewer Than 100 Players Remaining

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Max Steinberg us
Max Steinberg
11,000,000
400,000
400,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
9,800,000
4,100,000
4,100,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Romain Lotti fr
Romain Lotti
8,400,000
-405,000
-405,000
Orson Young us
Orson Young
7,800,000
6,500,000
6,500,000
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
7,500,000
5,900,000
5,900,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Panos gr
Michael Panos
6,600,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Camille Brown us
Camille Brown
5,100,000
2,950,000
2,950,000

Saderne Rides Aces to Over Five Million

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Jeremy Saderne
Jeremy Saderne

Rene Lazaro opened in early position to 200,000 and Jose Rodriguez raised in middle position to 500,000.

2019 WSOP bracelet winner Jeremy Saderne, on the button, shoved for just over 2,500,000 chips. It folded around to Lazaro who put in his remaining 2,000,000 into the middle. Rodriguez, with only 1,100,000 behind, tanked for about two minutes before folding {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} face up.

Rene Lazaro: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Jeremy Saderne: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}

Already a massive favorite, Saderne had Lazaro eliminated on the {7-Spades}{a-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop. The {3-Hearts} and {q-Spades} completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Saderne fr
Jeremy Saderne
5,300,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jose Rodriguez mx
Jose Rodriguez
1,100,000
-800,000
-800,000
Rene Lazaro us
Rene Lazaro
Busted

Tags: Jeremy SaderneJose RodriguezRene Lazaro

Simao Continues The Aggression

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Joao Simao
Joao Simao

Action started when Ankit Ahuja opened from the hijack to 220,000. It folded to Joao Simao who three-bet to 625,000 on the button. Ahuja made the call.

The flop came {q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Ahuja checked. Simao continued for 460,000 which was called.

On the {9-Spades} turn Ahuja checked again and Simao bet 680,000 which got the job done folding out Ahuja and taking down the sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
4,900,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
3,000,000
-400,000
-400,000

Tags: Ankit AhujaJoao Simao

Break

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Players are on their third and final 15-minute break of the day. They will play two more levels and then have a 60-minute dinner break.

The players will then play until the end of level 31. Those remaining will head to Day 4.

Level: 28

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

Huge Sweat For Anderson

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The action was picked up when two player were all in. Francis Anderson was the player at risk for his remaining 1,840,000 which was called by Oliver Bithell.

Francis Anderson: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Oliver Bithell: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}

The flop of {k-Spades}{6-Spades}{7-Spades} was a clean one for the aces of Anderson but when the turn came the {5-Hearts} it was Bithell who drastically took the lead.

The dramatic river came the {a-Diamonds} giving Anderson the bigger set and scored him a huge double up.

"What a sweat", said Anderson as he collected his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Francis Anderson us
Francis Anderson
4,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Oliver Bithell gb
Oliver Bithell
1,100,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Francis AndersonOliver Bithell

Richter Stays Alive with Runner-Runner Flush

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The under-the-gun player limped for 120,000 of his 145,000 total chips. Mehrdad Ghiasvand called from the cutoff and Linus Richter went all-in for about 500,000 from the button. It folded back to Ghiasvand, who called.

Under the Gun: {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Linus Richter: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Mehrdad Ghiasvand: {k-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

On the {2-Hearts}{7-Spades}{8-Spades} flop, Richter started getting up from his seat and had his bag in hand. However, the {9-Spades}{10-Spades} runout had everyone telling him to sit back down as he went runner-runner flush to scoop the pot and get back to about 12 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Mehrdad Ghiasvand us
Mehrdad Ghiasvand
6,400,000
5,885,000
5,885,000
Linus Richter us
Linus Richter
1,400,000
450,000
450,000
Day 1B Chip Leader

Tags: Linus RichterMehrdad Ghiasvand

Houshmand-Parsi Scores The Knockout

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Action was folded to Arash Houshmand-Parsi on the button who shoved all in covering both the blinds. The small blind player folded and Sung Keem quickly made the call from the big blind for his remaining stack of roughly 1,400,000.

Sung Keem: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Arash Houshmand-Parsi: {a-Hearts}{9-Spades}

Keem was well ahead until the board ran out {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Clubs} giving Houshmand-Parsi a pair of nines and eliminating Keem from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Arash Houshmand-Parsi us
Arash Houshmand-Parsi
5,800,000
3,500,000
3,500,000
Sung Keem us
Sung Keem
Busted

Tags: Arash Houshmand-ParsiSung Keem

Monaghan Up to Five Million After Latest Knockout

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Playing from early position, Adam Monaghan was able to get involved in a four-million chip pot all-in preflop against a middle-position player.

Middle Position: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Adam Monaghan: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and Monaghan's opponent was eliminated on the {k-Diamonds} turn. The {2-Clubs} completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Monaghan au
Adam Monaghan
5,000,000
2,920,000
2,920,000

Tags: Adam Monaghan

Nines Are Hot For Kahrs

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The action started when Andres Korn opened from the cutoff to 250,000. It folded to Charles Kahrs who shoved all in from the big blind for 1,900,000. Korn made the call covering Kahrs.

Charles Kahrs: {a-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Andres Korn: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Kahrs was in rough shape against the better ace of Korn until the flop came {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} propelling him into the lead. The turn {a-Spades} and river {4-Hearts} did not change the outcome and Kahrs found the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Charles Kahrs us
Charles Kahrs
4,000,000
3,460,000
3,460,000
Andres Korn ar
Andres Korn
1,400,000
-250,000
-250,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andres KornCharles Kahrs