2022 World Series of Poker

Event #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$701,215
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$8,435,280
Entries
20,080
Level Info
Level
47
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
16,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
3,373
Players Left
147

Chen Faces Preflop Jam

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Pete Chen limped in early position, and the two middle position players followed suit. The button moved all-in for 33,000 and Chen asked "Is that a green chip (T-25,000)?"

The blinds quickly mucked as did Chen and the other two limpers.

Player Chips Progress
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
63,500
63,500
63,500
Natural8

Tags: Pete Chen

Santa Cruz Fights Back Against Table Captain Elamawy

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With already 20,000 in the pot, the board read {4-Spades}{7-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Michael Santa Cruz continuation bet to 12,000 chips and Egypt's Elamawy then raised the price of admission, re-raising to 37,000. Santa Cruz didn't take long to move all-in for another 90,000. Elamawy took a minute before letting his hand go and nodded his head as Santa Cruz showed him the flopped set {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, bringing the Arizona native, Cruz, closer to the table chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Sameh Elamawy eg
Sameh Elamawy
155,000
-65,000
-65,000
Michael Santa Cruz us
Michael Santa Cruz
145,000
145,000
145,000

Tags: Sameh Elamawy Michael Santa Cruz

Jewett's River-Bet Gets The Job Done

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Matthew Jewett opened to 2,500 from middle position. The cutoff called before Mark Bansemer three-bet to 7,500 from the button. Jewett called and the opponent in the middle got out of the way.

Action checked through to the river to show the {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} board. Jewett bet 32,000, enough to put Bansemer all-in. He tanked for a minute before deciding on a fold, awarding Jewett the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Jewett us
Matthew Jewett
97,500
97,500
97,500
Mark Bansemer us
Mark Bansemer
31,300
31,300
31,300

Tags: Mark BansemerMatthew Jewett

Chan Moves All-In, Takes Pot on the Turn

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was heads up between Ji Chan in the big blind and the cutoff player. With 27,800 in the pot already, the turn came, providing a {2-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Spades}{q-Clubs} board. Chan, after a few moments, moved all-in for 37,800. After a few minutes of deep consideration, his opponent found the fold and laid down his hand, giving Chan the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ji Chan
Ji Chan
65,600
65,600
65,600

Tags: Ji Chan

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Phen Grows Monster Stack

Level 8 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Eric Phen in the small blind called the big blind's all in for 38,000 and there was some puzzled looks on the table as the cards were rolled over.

Big Blind: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Eric Phen: {7-Spades}{3-Spades}

Phen's audacious 32 big blind call was rewarded when the board ran out {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} to hit a straight. Phen is now one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Phen us
Eric Phen
310,000

Tags: Eric Phen

Andres Flopped Set Crushes Kings to Send Opponent to the Rail

Level 8 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Laplante helped fill PokerNews in on the preflop action, where Chris Andres had allegedly cold-called a three-bet from the cutoff, after an open from early position. The original raiser called creating a pot of more than 13,000 and they were three ways to a flop.

The flop was {6-Spades}{7-Spades}{j-Clubs} and after a continuation bet of 12,000 from the preflop aggressor, Andres moved all-in for about 50,000. The third player in the pot got out of the way after a minute or two of deliberating and the cutoff called all-in for less than Andres' stack.

Andres showed {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} for a flopped set against {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}.

The turn {3-Spades} and river {a-Spades} didn't change anything and Andres busted his opponent and increased his stack by almost double.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Andres us
Chris Andres
122,000
122,000
122,000
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner