2022 World Series of Poker

Event #28: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j985
Prize
$1,393,816
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,074,750
Entries
106
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
106
Players Left
36

Negreanu Will "Be Right Back"

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu started recording for his vlog when he got it in after the {7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop with a shorter stack and he was up against John Riordan.

Daniel Negreanu: {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
John Riordan: {k-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

Negreanu was in dire shape and Riordan improved to a straight on the {4-Diamonds} turn, leaving his opponent with three outs only. Nothing changed on the {q-Spades} river and Negreanu left with the "onto the next one, be right back".

Player Chips Progress
John Riordan us
John Riordan
425,000
-29,000
-29,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJohn Riordan

Mermelstein Rivers Third King For Over a Million Chip Pot

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Aaron Mermelstein
Aaron Mermelstein

There was a big three-way all in preflop.

Phil Galfond: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Spades}
Aaron Mermelstein: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}
Danny Hannawa: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}

Danny Hanawa had the largest stack and the chance to slay two players at once. The flop came {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades} which pretty good as Hanawa had spades covered, but he would need to dodge straight draws. The turn was the {10-Diamonds} to pair the board but the river was the {k-Spades} to give Mermelstin a boat and render Hanawa's spades useless. Hanawa pounded the table in anger as the huge pot being was denied from his clutches.

Mermelstein reeled in the over 1,000,000 pot while Hannawa was left short and Galfond was busted.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
1,080,000
735,000
735,000
Danny Hannawa us
Danny Hannawa
40,000
-460,000
-460,000
Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Aaron MermelsteinDanny HanawaDanny HannawaPhil Galfond

Jouhkimainen Soars to the Top Spot

Level 11 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Joni Jouhkimainen
Joni Jouhkimainen

Joni Jouhkimainen had previously won a large pot and then bet a heads-up river of {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{3-Hearts} for 18,000, which Phil Galfond called. The Finn tabled {q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for not only a straight but also flush to win the pot.

Erik Seidel then got it in with the {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} on a flop of {j-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Jouhkimainen looked him up holding the {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Spades}. Neither the {3-Clubs} turn nor the {4-Clubs} river produced a miracle for Seidel and the next pot was pushed to Jouhkimainen.

Player Chips Progress
Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
2,100,000
800,000
800,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
270,000
270,000
270,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Erik SeidelJoni JouhkimainenPhil Galfond

Negreanu Busts For a Second Time

Level 11 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu was all in preflop and had his phone out recording his all in for his vlog. He was up against Parviz Razavian.

Daniel Negreanu: {k-Hearts}{k-}{4-Hearts}{2-}
Parviz Razavian: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

The flop came {10-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Hearts} to give Negreanu a heart draw as he called for a heart for dramatic effect in the video. The turn was the {8-Clubs} and the river the {2-Diamonds} to miss Negreanu and bust him. He jokingly flipped off the camera in his recording as Razavian got a good laugh and a great memory for him for busting Negreanu as his own stack got some much-needed help.

Negreanu went to go buy back in and re-joined the felt for his final bullet a few minutes later.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
300,000
220,000
220,000
Parviz Razavian us
Parviz Razavian
230,000
60,000
60,000

Tags: Daniel NegreanuParviz Razavian

Zack Ousted by Mermelstein

Level 12 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Daniel Zack
Daniel Zack

Daniel Zack raised it up to 21,000 before the flop and Aaron Mermelstein from one seat over on the button reraised the pot for Zack to call. On the {j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop, Zack moved all-in and Mermelstein snap-called.

Daniel Zack: {9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Aaron Mermelstein: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

The {7-Clubs} turn improved Zack to a straight but Mermelstein spiked the {4-Clubs} river for a flush to score the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
1,400,000
320,000
320,000
Daniel Zack us
Daniel Zack
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Aaron MermelsteinDaniel Zack

Bleznick Doubles Through Rajamurthy

Level 12 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Jared Bleznick
Jared Bleznick

Three ways to the {a-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} turn, Erik Seidel checked in the big blind and Jared Bleznick bet the pot from under the gun for 243,000. Kabeelan Rajamurthy on the button went into the tank and used two time bank extensions before moving all-in, which forced out Seidel.

Bleznick instantly called for the following showdown to emerge.

Jared Bleznick: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Kabeelan Rajamurthy: {7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

The {q-Hearts} on the river was a blank and Bleznick doubled for 424,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
1,091,000
791,000
791,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
250,000
250,000
250,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Kabeelan Rajamurthy my
Kabeelan Rajamurthy
165,000
-505,000
-505,000

Tags: Erik SeidelJared BleznickKabeelan Rajamurthy

Yockey Felted by Yankov

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Bryce Yockey
Bryce Yockey

The cards were already flipped over when Bryce Yockey had vaulted out of his seat. Yockey's {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} had flopped two pair on {7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs} but they failed to hold up against the {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} of Krasimir Yankov when the latter got there thanks to the {3-Diamonds} turn and {6-Hearts} river.

Soon after, Iaroslav Boiko was also sent to the rail as well as the rapid pace of eliminations continued.

Player Chips Progress
Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
850,000
450,000
450,000
Iaroslav Boiko ua
Iaroslav Boiko
Busted
Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyIaroslav BoikoKrasimir Yankov

Ivey and Deeb Ousted

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

The board read {4-Spades}{a-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts} on the turn. From the big blind, Shaun Deeb bet 80,000. Michael Heritsch put a stack of the big neon green chips forward to force Deeb all in who called.

Heritsch flipped over the straight with {7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}, Deeb shrugged in frustration and tabled the {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{k-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} top set. The river did not pair the board as the {7-Clubs} came off and Deeb was eliminated shortly after the end of the registration period.

Meanwhile, Phil Ivey was seen getting up as his chips were being pushed toward Jared Bleznick as the field lost two premier names in the span of a minute of each other.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
1,350,000
259,000
259,000
Michael Heritsch us
Michael Heritsch
870,000
590,000
590,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
Busted
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Jared BleznickMichael HeritschPhil IveyShaun Deeb

Galfond Can't Catch a Break

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Phil Galfond
Phil Galfond

On a flop of {10-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}, Phil Galfond and Sam Soverel got their chips into the middle with Soverel as the player at risk.

Sam Soverel: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}
Phil Galfond: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts}

The {6-Spades} turn provided the second flush draw but the {q-Hearts} on the river secured the double up for Soverel, which left Galfond on fumes. Their table broke right after and Galfond was no more a few moments later.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Soverel us
Sam Soverel
620,000
620,000
620,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Phil GalfondSam Soverel

Garza Closes the Curtain on Negreanu's Night

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

The flop read {9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. From early position, Ap Garza bet 150,000. Daniel Negreanu called in the big blind and Jason Mercier folded.

The turn was the {6-Hearts}. Negreanu led jammed and pulled out his camera. Garza called and turned over the straight with the {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}, while Negreanu had the {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. Negreanu was drawing very thin to an unlikely full house or a chop but the river was the {q-Hearts} and his night would come to an end after three bullets were used up.

Player Chips Progress
Ap Garza us
Ap Garza
1,130,000
250,000
250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Ap GarzaDaniel NegreanuJason Mercier