2022 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 5
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j4
Prize
$1,449,103
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,362,000
Entries
112
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 5
Entries
5
Players Left
1

Small Pots in NLHE Increase Cates' Lead

Level 24 : 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

During the last hands of Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, Dan Cates earned three full bets back from Naoya Kihara when he made an eight and Kihara improved to a nine. The game variant then changed to NLHE and Cates raised the button to 400,000 with the {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts} to win the blinds.

Kihara then raised to 500,000 with {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs} on the button in the next hand to win some chips back.

Cates limped his next small blind with the {9-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Kihara checked the {10-Clubs}{5-Clubs} in the big blind. The {q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop brought a bet worth 250,000 by Cates and that won the next pot for the chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
Defending Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
18,725,000 2,325,000
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
WSOP 1X Winner
9,275,000 -425,000
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
WSOP 1X Winner
5,600,000 -1,900,000

Tags: Dan CatesNaoya Kihara