For most, the saying, "I could win that poker tournament in my sleep," is laughable at best. But not for Eric Goldstein, who fell asleep Wednesday night, and then woke up to discover he'd won an $80 satellite into the 2022 WSOP Main Event on WSOP.com.
Goldstein told PokerNews he forgot he was registered for the satellite, which only awarded one seat into poker's most prestigious annual tournament, a $10,000 buy-in event.
Peter Kamaras shoved from the button and Jerry Zickert called off his last 200,000 from the small blind.
Jerry Zickert: 
Peter Kamaras: 
The 
runout gave Kamaras a pair of queens to score the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted |
James Jewell raised to 400,000 in the cutoff. Ronald Peterson called on the button and Massoud Eskandari also came along.
The flop came 
and action checked to Peterson who bet 600,000. Eskandari put in the raise to 2,000,000. Jewell folded. Peterson moved all in and Eskandari called covering him.
Ronald Peterson: 
Massoud Eskandari: 
Peterson needed a diamond if he was to keep his bracelet dreams alive but it didn't come as the turn was the and the river the 
which eliminated Peterson in 15th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000,000
7,150,000
|
7,150,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Jennifer Gianera shoved the cutoff for 1,800,000 and PT Hayes called from the button with the bigger stack.
Jennifer Gianera: 
PT Hayes: 
Gianera was in rough shape with the smaller pair but the 
flop wasn't the end.
The 
peeled off on the turn to make it interesting with an open-ended straight draw for Gianera.
Her prayers were answered on the river as she made a king-high straight to crack the set of kings of Hayes and survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
4,100,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
There was already about a million in the middle on the 
flop when Tom McDonald shoved for his last 1,350,000 and Jennifer Gianera called.
Tom McDonald: 
Jennifer Gianera: 
Gianera held top pair, top kicker with her ace-queen, while McDonald had a flush draw.
The turn brought the to give him some additional outs, but the 
bricked off and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,200,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
Busted |
Greg Henry moved all in from under the gun for 600,000. Sharri Crawford shoved over the top from the hijack for 750,000. Everyone else folded.
Greg Henry: 
Sharri Crawford: 
Henry was dominated and at risk. The board came out 
to eliminate Henry for just short of $20,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
Busted |
Hollis Barnhart moved all in for 560,000 on the button and was called by Massoud Eskandari in the big blind.
Hollis Barnhart: 
Massoud Eskandari: 
It was a flip for Barnhart's tournament life but no ace or queen came as the board ran out 
to eliminate Barnhart in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Eric Van Der Burg shoved from the cutoff for 1,325,000 and PT Hayes called from the small blind with the bigger stack.
Eric Van Der Burg:
PT Hayes:
Van Der Burg, who is still wearing a PokerNews hoodie, found some run good as he nailed the 
flop to take the lead. The runout was clean and he doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
|
|
2,550,000
3,150,000
|
3,150,000 |
