Event #52: $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-24-2022 20:08 UTC-8

A Round of Chip Counts From Around Paris

Matt Hansen

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	85,000 33,000	33,000

Schuyler Thornton	80,500

Nicholas Julia	62,000 4,000	4,000

David "Bakes" Baker	46,200 10,800	10,800

Perry Friedman	40,500 2,300	2,300

Brandon Shack-Harris	39,100 4,900	4,900

Ray Henson	33,300 13,700	13,700

Yuval Bronshtein	32,000 19,500	19,500

John Cernuto	30,500 2,500	2,500

Anthony Zinno	29,800 3,200	3,200

Justin Liberto	28,500 15,500	15,500

Stephen Moreschi	27,500 6,500	6,500
Michael Trivett	22,000 16,000	16,000

Todd Brunson	21,800

Dylan Linde	18,800 10,800	10,800

Allen Kessler	12,500 32,500	32,500

Level: 6

Limit Flop/Draw:
Blinds: 500/1,000 Limits: 1,000-2,000
Stud Games:
Ante: 200 Bring-in: 300 Complete: 1,000
Limits: 1,000-2,000
No-Limit/Pot-Limit Ante: 500/800
Small Blind 300 Big Blind 500

06-24-2022 19:58 UTC-8

Funkhouser Curbs Glaser's Enthusiasm

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Chris Bean

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

7 Card Stud

David Funkhouser: //
Benny Glaser: //

Benny Glaser bet on every street until David Funkhouser raised on sixth street. Glaser made the call.

Glaser checked on seventh street and Funkhouser bet. Glaser gathered his cards and threw them into the muck. Funkhouser is now amongst the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Funkhouser	113,000 78,000	78,000

Benny Glaser	32,100 32,100	32,100

06-24-2022 19:30 UTC-8

Zinno Gets Bronshtein to Fold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Razz

Anthony Zinno: / /
Yuval Bronshtein: / /

Anthony Zinno completed with an ace and was called by Yuval Bronshtein, who showed a six. Zinno followed that up with another bet on all remaining streets and was called by Bronshtein from fourth to sixth. However, the final bet got through uncontested as Bronshtein opted to muck and dropped to around one third of the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	33,000

Yuval Bronshtein	12,500 14,500	14,500

Tags: Anthony Zinno Yuval Bronshtein

06-24-2022 19:28 UTC-8

Matusow Makes a Straight

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Matt Hansen

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

A player in the cutoff raised to 1,100 and the small blind called before Mike Matusow threw his hat in from the big blind. The flop was .

All three players checked the flop and the turn was . The small blind led out for 1,300 and Matusow called before their opponent in the cutoff came along. The river was .

All three players checked the river and the cutoff said "two pair."

"Straight," Matusow said as he spread across the felt. The small blind mucked and Matusow took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	40,400 40,400	40,400

Tags: Mike Matusow

06-24-2022 19:23 UTC-8

Ohel Confidently Betting With Nut Nut

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Chris Bean

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Omaha 8 Or Better

Daniel Negreanu in the hijack bet and was raised by Randy Ohel in the cutoff. Action folded back round to Negreanu where he called.

The flop of encouraged Ohel to bet, and Negreanu called. The turn brought in low possibilities as well as a flush. Ohel bet and Negreanu folded. Ohel showed for the nut flush and the nut low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Ohel	60,200 25,200	25,200

Daniel Negreanu	26,100 8,900	8,900

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Randy Ohel

06-24-2022 19:19 UTC-8

Thorpe Takes With River Bet

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Matt Hansen

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

A player in the under-the-gun position opened with a raise to 1,200 and another player called from the next seat over. Scott Bohlman came along from the cutoff and Mike Thrope called from the small blind. The big blind tossed in a few more chips and it was a family pot.

The board was and Thorpe checked. The player in the big blind checked behind and their opponent under the gun bet 6,400. The opponent in middle position joined Bohlman and got out of there while Thorpe called before the big blind mucked. Action was heads up and the turn was .

Thrope put out a stack of mixed up chips to bet the pot and his opponent tossed it in the muck to give up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	114,000 9,000	9,000

Mike Thorpe	69,500 41,500	41,500

Tags: Mike Thrope Scott Bohlman

06-24-2022 19:15 UTC-8

Liberto and Julia Meet Again

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Justin Liberto late-registered and was sent to a table that included none other than the defending champion Nicholas Julia, who he had battled with for many hours before eventually finishing in third place.

Both clashed soon after when Julia raised and Liberto three-bet on the button for Julia to call. They checked the flop and Julia bet the turn. Liberto raised and that ended the hand right there.

"Write it down, I was just dominated by the third-best nine-game player in the world," Julia joked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Julia	58,000 29,000	29,000

Mike Wattel	48,000 8,000	8,000

Rami Boukai	48,000 7,000	7,000

Justin Liberto	44,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Justin Liberto Nicholas Julia

06-24-2022 19:05 UTC-8

Alcorn Among the Earlier Casualties on Day 1

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

The seat of Heather Alcorn was empty while Brian Yoon had further boosted his stack. A few minutes ago, Alcorn paid off a bet in a Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo hand with the words "I hope you don't have a high hand" when being shown three low cards and as many hearts. Unfortunately, her opponent tabled a low and flush to scoop it all.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	75,000 30,000	30,000

Nick Guagenti	65,000 15,000	15,000

Patrick Leonard	62,000 14,000	14,000

Owais Ahmed	55,000 11,000	11,000

Ben Dobson	54,000 54,000	54,000

Brett Warren	45,000 11,000	11,000
Eoghan O'Dea	43,000 6,500	6,500

Ali Eslami	38,000

Philip Sternheimer	37,000 37,000	37,000

Marco Johnson	37,000 37,000	37,000

Steven Wolansky	37,000 37,000	37,000

Andrew Kelsall	36,000 36,000	36,000

Stephen Moreschi	34,000 1,500	1,500
Craig Chait	32,000 32,000	32,000
Heather Alcorn	Busted

Tags: Brian Yoon Heather Alcorn

Level: 5

Limit Flop/Draw:
Blinds: 400/800 Limits: 800-1,600
Stud Games:
Ante: 200 Bring-in: 200 Complete: 800
Limits: 800-1,600
No-Limit/Pot-Limit Ante: 400/600
Small Blind 200 Big Blind 400