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

06-24-2022 23:25 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Julia	107,000 45,000	45,000

Benny Glaser	94,000 56,600	56,600

Scott Seiver	91,200 91,200	91,200

David Funkhouser	81,500 -31,500	-31,500
Kimberly Stone	79,500 52,000	52,000
James Woods	67,300 -23,800	-23,800
Randy Ohel	66,200 6,000	6,000

Gilles Lamy	62,100 -5,400	-5,400
Naoya Kihara	58,000 15,000	15,000

Scotty Nguyen	57,700 4,700	4,700

Mike Matusow	53,400 9,500	9,500

Patrick Leonard	43,000 -19,000	-19,000

Cary Katz	30,800 30,800	30,800

Daniel Negreanu	29,300 -15,100	-15,100

Chino Rheem	28,300 -23,700	-23,700

Josh Arieh	26,300 -9,900	-9,900

Jorge Ufano	22,700 -33,600	-33,600
Dan Shak	19,600 -24,900	-24,900

Max Pescatori	17,900 17,900	17,900

Maria Ho	15,500 15,500	15,500

Hellmuth Eliminates Kessler

Chris Bean

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Omaha 8 Or Better

All of the Chips were in the middle on a flop of with Allen Kessler at risk for 10,500 chips up against Phil Hellmuth.

Allen Kessler:
Phil Hellmuth:

Kessler was ahead with aces, but Hellmuth had a wrap. The turn gave Hellmuth a straight and Kessler was drawing dead. Kessler was eliminated and Hellmuth chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	60,300 41,500	41,500

Allen Kessler	Busted

Tags: Allen Kessler Phil Hellmuth

06-24-2022 23:56 UTC-7

A Round of Assorted Chip Counts From Around the Room

Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	218,000 87,000	87,000

Maxx Coleman	132,500 97,500	97,500

Daniel Strelitz	111,700 24,700	24,700

Kevin Gerhart	69,500 34,500	34,500

Mike Thorpe	69,000 16,000	16,000
Dan Smith	53,000 27,500	27,500

Koray Aldemir	33,200 33,200	33,200

David "ODB" Baker	16,500 -41,000	-41,000

06-25-2022 00:08 UTC-7

Final Break of the Evening

Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Players are now on their final 15-minute break of the evening. There are currently 444 entrants in the tournament as the end of late registration looms.

Level: 9

Limit Flop/Draw:
Blinds: 800/1,500 Limits: 1,500-3,000
Stud Games:
Ante: 300 Bring-in: 500 Complete: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000
No-Limit/Pot-Limit Ante: 800/1,200
Small Blind 400 Big Blind 800

06-25-2022 00:33 UTC-7

Liberto Doubles to Leave Deeb Short

Matt Hansen

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Justin Liberto raised to 2,400 from early position and Shaun Deeb called from the big blind. The flop was .

Liberto continued after the flop for 3,000 and Deeb raised to 15,000. Liberto shoved the rest and Deeb called to put him at risk for around 25,000.

Justin Liberto:
Shaun Deeb:

The turn and river gave Liberto the ace-high flush to secure the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	56,000 27,500	27,500

Shaun Deeb	6,900

Tags: Justin Liberto Shaun Deeb

06-25-2022 00:47 UTC-7

Wolansky Sends One to the Rail

Matt Hansen

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Steven Wolansky raised to 1,600 from under the gun and Lok Chan called from the button before a player in the small blind shoved his last 14,300. Wolansky called and Chan got out of the way.

Opponent: /
Steven Wolansky: /

Both drew one and Wolansky peeled to make a jack-eight, while his opponent turned over to lose the pot and hit the rail with a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Wolansky	92,500 55,500	55,500

Lok Chan	77,500 77,500	77,500

Tags: Lok Chan Steven Wolansky

06-25-2022 00:55 UTC-7

Shak Gets There On Seventh Street

Chris Bean

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Razz

Max Pescatori: / Fold
Dan Shak: //
Maria Ho: //

Max Pescatori completed and was raised by Dan Shak, Maria Ho called as did Pescatori.

On fourth street Shak bet, Ho called and Pescatori folded. After pairing a six on fifth street Shak checked but Hob bet, Shak called.

Ho continued to bet on sixth street after Shak hit a king. Shak called despite this. Both players checked seventh street and Shak looked like the cat who got the cream as he revealed for the second nuts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	60,000 40,400	40,400

Max Pescatori	53,000 35,100	35,100

Maria Ho	22,200 6,700	6,700

Tags: Dan Shak Maria Ho Max Pescatori

06-25-2022 01:13 UTC-7

A Round of Counts as the End of the Night Nears

Matt Hansen

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Schuyler Thornton	150,000 69,500	69,500

Nick Guagenti	128,000 63,000	63,000

Brian Yoon	111,000 7,000	7,000

Nicholas Julia	94,000 -13,000	-13,000

Ben Yu	92,500 92,500	92,500

Jon Turner	87,000 43,000	43,000
Andrew Yeh	71,500 50,000	50,000

David "Bakes" Baker	70,000 23,800	23,800

Steve Zolotow	61,300 61,300	61,300

Joao Vieira	25,700 25,700	25,700

Jeff King	9,600 -34,900	-34,900

06-25-2022 01:24 UTC-7

Payouts Confirmed

Chris Bean

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

There have been 456 entrants in this year's nine-game which is significantly more than in 2021.

Currently, 234 players remain and only 69 will cash, with a top prize of $219,799 from a total prize pool of $1,014,900

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$219,799	12-17	$10,367
2	$135,848	18-23	$8,455
3	$90,411	24-29	$7,096
4	$61,588	30-35	$6,133
5	$42,965	36-41	$5,464
6	$30,713	42-47	$5,022
7	$22,512	48-53	$4,708
8-9	$16,929	54-61	$4,394
10-11	$13,070	62-69	$4,018