2022 World Series of Poker

Event #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
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 1d
Entries
7,268
Players Left
339

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Dennis Fires on All Three Streets

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Already facing a min-raise and call before him in the small blind, Brian Dennis re-raised to 2,700, which prompted one fold and a call from the original raiser who was on the button.

The flop came out {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, and Dennis bet 7,500. His opponent called.

The turn card was the {4-Hearts}. Dennis bet 5,500 and his opponent called once again.

The river was {5-Hearts} and Dennis bet out for 10,000 which caused his opponent to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Dennis us
Brian Dennis
55,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: Brian Dennis

Kotsifis' Two-Pair Secures The Double-up

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

With a pot of roughly 30,000 in the middle and a board showing {3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{j-Spades} the small blind moved in for his remaining 46,100. Michail Kotsifis was next to act and didn't take much time before putting in his stack of 46,500, just barely covering the all-in player.

Michail Kotsifis: {10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Opponent: {7-Spades}{3-Spades}

The turn was the money card for Kotsifis as he made a better two-pair, scooping the large pot and sending his opponent to the re-buy line.

Player Chips Progress
Michail Kotsifis us
Michail Kotsifis
120,000
120,000
120,000

Tags: Michail Kotsifis

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Updated Chip Counts and Notable Players in Ballys Ballroom

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michail Kotsifis us
Michail Kotsifis
120,000
Joel Blaeser us
Joel Blaeser
85,000
Bill Klein us
Bill Klein
74,000
27,000
27,000
Spencer Simpson us
Spencer Simpson
54,000
4,000
4,000
Veronica Brill ca
Veronica Brill
51,000
James Shoudis us
James Shoudis
50,000
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
50,000
50,000
50,000
Christian Soto us
Christian Soto
50,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
50,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
41,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Campbell Scores Double Knockout

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante
Matthew Campbell
Matthew Campbell

All the chips were in the middle preflop with Matthew Campbell as the big stack. He was in early position and had both the hijack and cutoff covered.

Hijack: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Cutoff: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Matthew Campbell: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Campbell was in good shape with kings, and the board of {7-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs} could not have run any cleaner for him to take out two competitors and be amongst the chip leaders of Day 1d.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Campbell ie
Matthew Campbell
153,000
153,000
153,000

Pascual Turns the Flush

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

There was 8,000 in the pot with the board showing {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} when the {7-Diamonds} was dealt on the turn.

It checked to Mark Pascual, of Van Nuys, CA and he bet 4,000. His opponent called.

The river was a {j-Clubs}, and Pascual fired again after a check from his opponent, this time for 6,000. His opponent called.

Pascual tabled his {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, showing his winning flush, and his opponent showed he came up short with the straight he made with his {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Pascual us
Mark Pascual
53,000
53,000
53,000

Kim Eliminates Two Players In Two Hands

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Victor Kim from under-the-gun bet 1,200. The early position player raised to 4,000 which was cold-called by the button. Kim decided to move all-in and was called by early position, the button folded. The early position was the effective stack for 33,000.

Early Position: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Victor Kim: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

There was no sweat for early position except for a chop with a gutshot wheel draw on a board of {2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. Kim took a sizeable pot and eliminated early position.

The very next hand Kim in the big blind had his chips in the middle once again, this time with the button who was effective stack for 27,000.

Button: {9-Spades}{4-Spades}
Victor Kim: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The button admitted he wanted to double or rebuy before the start of the next break. The board of {j-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{10-Spades} improved Kim to a straight and the button headed to the rebuy line.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Kim
Victor Kim
105,400
105,400
105,400

Tags: Victor Kim