Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
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2022 World Series of Poker
Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$1,512,000
Entries
64
Level
55
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Entries
4
Players Left
1
The Semi-finals of Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Begins at 4 p.m.
The first week of the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas has already brought us plenty of thrills and the action is only going to get hotter on Saturday night here in Las Vegas.
Only four players remain in the Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship, each looking to secure the $509,717 top prize and their first-ever gold bracelet.
Kevin Rabichow, Christoph Vogelsang, Dan Smith, and Dario Sammartino have already locked up $193,537 and are only two matches away from etching their name in poker history.
Rabichow, who is looking to better his second-place finish in the 2021 WSOP Event #87: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em - High Roller, has beaten some of poker's greatest players to reach the semi-final. His path to the final four included wins against Daniel Negreanu, Masato Yokosawa, Phil Ivey, and Dylan Destefano.
To get to the final and put an additional $121,492 in his pocket, he will have to get past Vogelsang, who is number 21 on the all-time money list. The German has already taken down Benjamin Reason, João Vieira, Koray Aldemir, and Sean Winter.
Sammartino will hope to finally get his hands on a bracelet after eight previous top-four WSOP finishes, having already finished third in this year's Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. The Italian has beaten Matthew Steinberg, Cary Katz, William Stanford, and Chance Kornuth.
Sammartino's opponent will be the formidable Smith, who has over $10,000,000 in WSOP cashes and has finished in the top-three of eight WSOP events himself but has yet to taste the ultimate glory. Smith has already blown by Jake Daniels, Laszlo Bujtas, Alex Foxen, and Jonathan Jaffe.
The winners will then play one another in the final, which will be for an additional $194,688 ladder and the gold bracelet.
The semi-final matches today will get underway at 4 p.m. local time and PokerGO will have the coverage on a 60-minute delay. The PokerNews live reporting coverage will also be on the same delay to remain in sync with the live stream. The final will take place 30 minutes after the conclusion of both matches.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates throughout the day so keep it locked here.
Level: 35
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 35
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
The cards are in the air in both of the semifinal heads-up matches. Kevin Rabichow will be playing Christoph Vogelsang on the main feature while Dan Smith and Dario Sammartino will battle on the secondary feature. They will rotate tables every hour.
Rabichow Flops Top Pair
Level 35
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 30,000 on the button and Kevin Rabichow countered with a re-raise to 110,000 in the big blind. Vogelsang called and the dealer fanned the flop of 
. Both players checked and the 
landed on the turn.
Rabichow led out with a bet of 135,000 this time and Vogelsang called to see the 
on the river. Rabichow made a smaller bet of 130,000 on the river and Vogelsang looked him up. Rabichow turned over 
and Vogelsang conceded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000 | 400,000 |
|
2,000,000 | -400,000 |
Sammartino Opens up Early Lead Over Smith
Level 35
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Despite not many significant hands being played, Dario Sammartino has opened up a decent advantage over his semi-final opponent, Dan Smith.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,750,000 | |
|
2,050,000 |
Level: 36
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 0
Smith Closes Gap on Sammartino with Better Pair of Aces
Level 36
: 10,000/15,000, 0 ante
Dan Smith opened to 35,000 and Dario Sammartino called.
The flop came 
. Sammartino checked and Smith fired 22,000. Sammartino quickly called.
The turn read the 
and Smith fired out a bet of 90,000, a little more than the pot. Sammartino called after some deliberation.
With an 
on the river, both players checked and showed an ace. Sammartino flipped over 
and was beaten by Smith's .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,550,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
2,250,000 | 200,000 |
Two for Vogelsang
Level 36
: 10,000/15,000, 0 ante
Christoph Vogelsang made it 37,000 on the button and Kevin Rabichow defended from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Rabichow check-called a bet of 23,000 from Vogelsang.
The turn brought the 
and Rabichow checked again. Vogelsang sized up a bet of 70,000 this time and Rabichow dumped his cards in the muck.
On the next hand, Rabichow opened to 35,000 and Vogelsang called. The flop of 
hit the felt and Vogelsang check-called a bet of 52,000 from Rabichow.
The 
landed on the turn and Vogelsang led out with a bet of 45,000. Rabichow called and the 
completed the board. Vogelsang tankes for a couple of minutes before counting out a bet of 210,000 but Rabichow instantly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,600,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
2,200,000 | 200,000 |
Rabichow Can't Hit his Straight Draw
Level 36
: 10,000/15,000, 0 ante
Action was caught on the turn with 174,000 in the pot and the draw-heavy board reading . Christoph Vogelsang, with 
in the big blind, bet out 45,000 with bottom two pair.
Kevin Rabichow, holding a gut-shot straight draw with 
, made the call. Both players saw the on the river. Vogelsang led for 210,000 and then scooped the pot after his opponent quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,617,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
2,183,000 | -17,000 |