2022 World Series of Poker

Event #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$1,125,141
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$10,627,935
Entries
7,961
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
4,429
Players Left
963

Abi-Yaghi's Turn Raise Takes it Down

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Tony Abi-Yaghi opened from under the gun for 300 before a reraise from early position made it 1,000. The cutoff, as well as Abi-Yaghi, made the call.

On the {10-Hearts}{k-Spades}{5-Spades} flop Abi-Yaghi checked to the early position player who continued for 1,100. The cutoff got out of the way before Abi-Yaghi made the call.

On the {10-Diamonds} turn, Abi-Yaghi check-raised from 3,500 to 13,500. His opponent tanked for a moment or two, before finding the fold and giving the pot to Abi-Yaghi.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Abi-Yaghi us
Tony Abi-Yaghi
34,500

Tags: Tony Abi-Yaghi

Garcia Trying to Run Stack Back Up

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Cord Garcia was sporting a shorter stack than the starting stack and commented that he had a fun table.

The player from under the gun raised to 300 and Cord Garcia flicked in all his chips on the button which were worth around 7,500. The blinds quickly folded and the initial raiser folded.

"If I had a king, I would have called," he commented after folding.

"I believe you! You'd call with worse!" Garcia replied. "Jack-four or something?"

"I had six-seven," his opponent came back with.

"That's a good hand, I would have called with that," Garcia said with a smile while adding some chips to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
8,000
-17,000
-17,000

Tags: Cord Garcia

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Manole Makes the Right Fold

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Chad Nieland had raised from the early position and Mihai Manole three-bet to 1,800 from the hijack. The action folded back to Nieland who made the call.

They both checked through the {10-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{10-Spades} flop to the {j-Diamonds} on the turn. Nieland fired a bet of 1,500 out which Manole called.

The river completed the board with the {j-Hearts} and Nieland continued with a bet of 2,200. Manole considered it for a bit but then folded. He did opt to show the {k-Hearts} for two pair. Nieland was friendly enough to show Manole had probably made the right fold as he held the {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} for the same two pair but with the ace-kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Chad Nieland us
Chad Nieland
27,500
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
12,500

Tags: Mihai ManoleChad Nieland

Campbell Takes it Down

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

After action limped to him in the highjack, Calais Campbell raised preflop to 2,000. The big blind, middle position, and late position all called.

On a flop of {4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, action check around again to Campbell and he put out bet of 5,500, which only the late position player called.

The turn came the {9-Diamonds}, and after his opponent checked to him, Campbell shoved all in for 8,500, forcing his opponent to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Calais Campbell us
Calais Campbell
38,000
38,000
38,000

Tags: Calais Campbell

Clark's Kings Hold

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

A raise to 400 came from under the gun before Nakia Clark reraised to 1,200 from middle position. He got calls from the hijack and the under-the-gun player.

On the {8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{8-Hearts} flop, action checked to the hijack who fired for 1,600. The under-the-gun player folded before Clark put in the call.

The {9-Clubs} turn was checked through before Clark fired for 1,500 on the {5-Hearts} river. His opponent called. Clark turned over {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} for two pair, and his opponent promptly tossed his hand in the muck while Clark scooped the pot, getting his stack nearly back to where it started the day.

Player Chips Progress
Nakia Clark us
Nakia Clark
23,500

Tags: Nakia Clark

Action Table for Johns, Stoker, and Wheaton

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Ian Johns raised to 500 from the cutoff and Ryan Stoker defended his big blind.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{a-Spades}. Stoker check-called the 400 bet of Johns.

They both checked through the {7-Diamonds} on the turn to the {7-Hearts} on the river. Stoker bet 1,000 for Johns to make the call. Stoker tabled the {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} to play the board with the king-kicker but Johns had the {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} for the higher two pair than on the board to claim the pot.

Tom Wheaton and Stoker then proceeded to say that the PokerNews team had missed all the action in the first five hands of the day. Wheaton had two sets with which he won once and also lost once to get him back to the starting stack.

While the story was told, the button limped in and Stoker opted to complete his small blind while Wheaton checked the big blind. They all checked through the whole board which ran out {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. The button showed the {k-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} for a pair of sevens. Stoker then tabled the {10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for the higher pair of tens but Wheaton had them all beat with the {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for the same pair of tens but higher kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Stoker us
Ryan Stoker
36,000
-1,900
-1,900
Ian Johns us
Ian Johns
35,500
35,500
35,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Tom Wheaton us
Tom Wheaton
26,000
26,000
26,000

Tags: Ian JohnsRyan StokerTom Wheaton