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Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty
Day 1b Completed
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty
Day: 1b
Event Info
2022 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$12,559,680
Total Entries
14,112
Level
46
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Entries
3,936
Players Left
207
Players Left 1 / 14,112
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Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Only 207 players have survived from a field of 3,936 on Day 1b of Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty at the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. After 22 levels of play, Armando Figueroa finished as the chip leader with 3,150,000 while WSOP Main Event defending champion Koray Aldemir has also qualified for Day 2 with 1,180,000, which means Aldemir will to wait to make his entrance in this year's Main Event.
Other big stacks including Freddy Granados (2,405,000), Fabian Foster (2,130,000) and Wojtek Barzantny (1,950,000) will return on Day 2, which commences at 1 p.m. local time on July 5th.
Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armando Figueroa | United States | 3,150,000 | 79 |
| 2 | Gabriel Moura | Brazil | 2,530,000 | 63 |
| 3 | Freddy Granados | Costa Rica | 2,405,000 | 60 |
| 4 | Fabian Foster | United States | 2,130,000 | 53 |
| 5 | Kyung Lee | United States | 2,090,000 | 52 |
| 6 | Brian Ray | United States | 2,053,000 | 51 |
| 7 | Kristopher Templeman | United States | 2,050,000 | 51 |
| 8 | Ben Farrell | United Kingdom | 1,950,000 | 49 |
| 9 | Wojtek Barzantny | Austria | 1,945,000 | 49 |
| 10 | Yu Tang | United States | 1,925,000 | 48 |
Day 1b generated 3,936 registrations, each hoping to progress to Day 2 and have the chance to draw one of the mystery bounties, one of which is guaranteed to be a staggering $1 million. Today was a disappointing day for players who busted like Pierre Calamusa, Chino Rheem and Alejandro Lococo. The latter had a lot of chips at one stage but ultimately busted before the day's end.
All the players eliminated today could try their luck again on Day 1c or 1d which kicks off on Monday, July 4.
Another Day 1 money bubble burst in this event and 535 players won at least $1,062. Some of the players who cashed but failed to make it into Day 2 included Rafael Lebron, Barry and Allyn Shulman, Dan Heimiller, Noah Schwartz, Roland Israelashvili, Scott Bohlman and Ismael Bojang. .
Day 1c of the Million Dollar Bounty will kick off on Monday, July 4 at 12 p.m. local time and will follow the same structure as Day 1a and 1b with 22 levels lasting 30 minutes and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12. Day 1d will start at 7:00 p.m, and it will be a turbo flight with only 15-minute levels.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow for continued coverage of Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty No-Limit Hold'em.
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Play has concluded for the day. Stay tuned for a full end of day recap.
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Four players were all-in before the flop. Jerry Li opened, Shinryo Nonin announced all-in for almost 300,000, David Miscikowski, with a big stack reshoved, before Kelley Slay put his last chips into the middle, and Jerry Li also called.
Jerry Li: 
Shinryo Nonin: 
Kelley Slay: 
David Miscikowski: 
Many players gathered around the table to see the incoming board. The dealer put a 
flop on the table, giving a huge advantage for Li. The 
turn and the 
river completed that board, but it did not change anything: Slay and Nonin were eliminated, and Li collected that huge pot with trips queens.
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The action folded around to two-time WSOP bracelet winner Yuliyan Kolev who limped the small blind. The big blind checked behind.
The flop came 
and action went check-check.
The 
was the turn and action checked through again.
The river was the and Kolev bet 50,000. His opponent made the call. Kolev showed 
while the big blind showed 
to chop the pot.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 21
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
With 30 minutes to play today, Gabriel Moura took the chip lead.
He already has more than the chip leader of Day 1a, (Vincent Meli - 2,705,000) , with 2,800,000 in his stack.
Level 21
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Joining the action on the turn with the board 
, Andre Templeman was in the big blind.
He check-called the early position player's 60,000 bet.
The 
was the river and action went check-check. Templeman showed 
which beat his opponents 
.
Level 21
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Two players went all in before the flop, Dale Schuman was at risk for his last 200,000 against Idan Theone.
Dale Schuman: 
Idan Theone:
The flop came 
, the turn was a giving the advantage to Theone, but the river was the 
, called by Shulman just before the dealer dealt the river. Schuman secured a double-up.
