Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-04-2022 00:40 UTC-7

Eliminations in 56th to 63rd Place ($21,677)

Mike Patrick

Level 19 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom McCormick	Busted
Badr Imejjane	Busted
Jeff Hakim	Busted
Maksim Reshetov	Busted
Eric Fields	Busted
Stephen Hubbard	Busted
Bruno Fitoussi	Busted
Keith Ferrera	Busted

07-04-2022 00:43 UTC-7

Fewer Than 55 Players Remain

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Austin Morin was sent to the payout desk when Christopher Kruk flopped an open-ended straight draw, then turned a straight and rivered a flush for good measure on the board with the .

One table over, the stack of Ardit Kurshumi was shipped over to Patrik Jaros as the next player ran out of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Jaros	1,200,000 525,000	525,000
Christopher Kruk	1,150,000 -300,000	-300,000
Ardit Kurshumi	Busted
Austin Morin	Busted

Tags: Ardit Kurshumi Austin Morin Christopher Kruk Patrik Jaros

07-04-2022 00:50 UTC-7

Brutal Spell With Aces Sends Kruk to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

According to several players at the table, Christopher Kruk was involved in three major hands within very quick succession that melted his stack entirely. He first lost with against the of Michael Russell.

Then, he came up short with double-suit versus double-suit and then got the last of it in with . Kazuhiko Yotsushika dealt the final blow with the when Kruk made a set of aces only for Yotsushika to river broadway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiva Dudani	1,950,000 1,045,000	1,045,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	1,450,000 600,000	600,000
Michael Russell	1,200,000 580,000	580,000
Jeff Madsen	700,000 -250,000	-250,000
Firas Kashat	375,000 -228,000	-228,000
Miltiadis Kyriakides	340,000 -90,000	-90,000
Christopher Kruk	Busted

Tags: Christopher Kruk Kazuhiko Yotsushika Michael Russell

07-04-2022 00:56 UTC-7

Cohen Eliminates Tate

Mike Patrick

Level 19 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

On a flop of , Yarin Cohen checked to Kristopher Tate, who bet the size of the pot (95,000) from the cutoff.

After some deliberation, Cohen moved all in for a little over 60,000 more effective. Tate called it off and was at risk.

Kristopher Tate:
Yarin Cohen:

Tate made a flush on the turn to take the lead, but a on the river filled up Cohen to give him the win and send Tate to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yarin Cohen	700,000 -125,000	-125,000
Kristopher Tate	Busted

Tags: Kristopher Tate Yarin Cohen

07-04-2022 01:06 UTC-7

Chip and a Chair for Coleman

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Joining the action on the turn, David Coleman had checked and Tom Hu bet 70,000 in the cutoff. Coleman tanked for a long time and the clock was called on him. Once he was about to be given thirty seconds to act, Coleman raised to 150,000 and Hu sigh-called after a few seconds.

What followed was the on the river and Colman was thinking about it for some thirty seconds. Heungkook Yang, who had just called the clock on the previous street, asked what the earliest time was to do so again. His request at this time was denied and Coleman then bet 195,000 with one single chip behind moments later.

Hu snap-called and was good with as Coleman only had the . He didn't bust with the single chip either as he turned it into six T-5,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Hu	2,350,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Patrik Jaros	1,350,000 150,000	150,000
John Beauprez	750,000 520,000	520,000

Toby Lewis	720,000 430,000	430,000

Travis Doran	660,000 375,000	375,000
Hank Yang	150,000 150,000	150,000
Esther Taylor	75,000 -195,000	-195,000
David Coleman	30,000 -445,000	-445,000

Tags: David Coleman Tom Hu

07-04-2022 01:12 UTC-7

Yotsushika Busts in Massive Pot Against Dudani

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The turn showed and Kazuhiko Yotsushika bet the pot for 900,000 only to face the all-in of Shiva Dudani with the covering stack. Yotsushika shook his head numerous times while he stared at his cards and it was explained to him that he had just bet 90 percent of his stack with just 100,000 behind.

With somewhat of a language barrier, staff aimed to verify that Yotsushika was aware of the situation and he then called all-in for the following showdown to emerge.

Kazuhiko Yotsushika:
Shiva Dudani:

The river didn't matter anymore as Yotsushika was already drawing dead to bow out in the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiva Dudani	3,350,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Shiva Dudani

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

07-04-2022 01:21 UTC-7

Eliminations in 48th-55th Place ($23,868)

Mike Patrick

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin Morin	Busted
Ardit Kurshumi	Busted
Christopher Kruk	Busted
Kyle Merron	Busted
Kristopher Tate	Busted
Mauricio Ferreira Pais	Busted
Luis Calvo	Busted

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

07-04-2022 01:30 UTC-7

Taylor Remains In Contention; The Field Shrinks Further

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Esther Taylor was all-in for 35,000 in the hijack and Travis Doran reraised the pot for 165,000 in the cutoff. David Coleman was tempted in the small blind but folded while John Beauprez also quickly let go as well.

Esther Taylor:
Travis Doran:

The board ran out and Taylor more than tripled up. Coleman shook his head and mentioned he folded queens with hearts.

Stephen Johnson and Isaac Baron then busted, one of which came up short with against the of Brandon Adams on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Adams	850,000 130,000	130,000

Travis Doran	540,000 -120,000	-120,000
David Coleman	250,000 220,000	220,000

Esther Taylor	140,000 65,000	65,000
Stephen Johnson	Busted
Isaac Baron	Busted

Tags: Brandon Adams David Coleman Esther Taylor Isaac Baron John Beauprez Stephen Johnson Travis Doran

07-04-2022 01:34 UTC-7

Kyriakides Falls to Madsen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Miltiadis Kyriakides raised the pot with some 160,000 behind and Jeff Madsen then reraised out of the big blind. "Ah, whatever," the Cypriot shrugged and called all-in.

Miltiadis Kyriakides:
Jeff Madsen: