Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #77: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,647,390
Entries
1,234
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
1,234
Players Left
151
Vieira Loses One
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Joao Vieira raised to 7,000 and Anson Tsang made the call in the big blind.
Both checked all the way on a board 
and the 
hit the river. Tsang sent 18,000 in the middle and Vieira didn't take long to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
208,000 | |
|
61,000 | -49,000 |
Hebden's Nines Hold
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Elliot Hebden opened from the cutoff for 7,000. The button called before the big blind jammed for 88,000. Hebden made the call after a moment or two of thought, while the button got out of the way. With the big blind at risk, the two were racing.
Big Blind: 
Elliot Hebden: 
Hebden was ahead with his nines, and was able to weather the 
runout to secure the pot, and the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 200,000 |
Soltani Knocks Out Anderson
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Arman Soltani raised to 8,000 under the gun and Calvin Anderson shoved for his last 10,000 in the cutoff. Solatni called and they tabled their cards:
Calvin Anderson: 
Arman Soltani: 
Anderson was in bad shape for the double up and had some hopes when the board showed 
but the 
hit the river to give the winning hand to Soltani and bust the two-time bracelet winner of the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | |
|
Busted |
Layne Flack Selected as 2022 Poker Hall of Fame Inductee
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
The late great Layne Flack, who passed away last year, was selected as the 2022 Poker Hall of Fame inductee during a Hall of Fame bounty event at the WSOP on Sunday afternoon.
"Back-to-Back" Flack beat out nine other talented nominees, all of whom are also deserving of the honor. The list of close calls include Matt Savage, Josh Arieh, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Kathy Liebert, Mike Matusow, Norman Chad & Lon McEachern, Michael Mizrachi, Brian Rast, and Isai Scheinberg.
Big pot for Taylor
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
According to the table, the flop was showing 
in a heads-up pot. The big blind led out for 15,000 into 36,000 and Esther Taylor potted from the under the gun seat, both holding a stack around 140,000. All the chips went in the middle for the following showdown:
Esther Taylor: 
Big Blind: 
The big blind held a straight while Taylor had outs for a flush. The 
turn didn't change anything but a 
came on the river to give a full house and the large pot to Taylor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 142,000 |
Hale to the Leader
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Millard Hale's stack has continued to grow in the later stages of Day 1, closing in on the half million mark.
Action for this hand was joined with over 90,000 already in the pot and a complete board of 
. Hale's opponent checked from under the gun. Hale, in early position, fired for 36,000. His opponent tanked for a minute or two, before making the reluctant laydown. Hale scooped the big pot to add to his increasing chip stack.
Hale is no stranger to success in poker and at the WSOP. The Michigan native has over 1,000,000 in career live earnings. He has also made several final tables in WSOP Bracelet events, including a fourth place finish in the 2019 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-handed, for which he took home a career best cash of $129,313.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
476,000 | 91,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Last Break of the Night
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The players are now sent to the last 15-minute break of the day.
Lhote Finds a Fold from Sturm
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
In a blind versus blind situation, Joffrey Lhote completed and Leon Sturm raised to 6,000, which Lhote called.
The flop brought 
and both checked to see a on the turn. Lhote quickly check-called Sturm for 8,500 and the river fell the 
. Lhote bet 12,000 and Sturm decided to let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
202,000 | |
|
97,000 |