Event #8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-05-2022 15:54 UTC-7

Riess Shows How it's Done

TerranceReid

Level 11 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action picked up with both Johan Guilbert and Ryan Riess all in preflop and cards were on their back.

Ryan Riess:
Johan Guilbert:

Looking for help, Riess found it with the flop that had Guilbert drawing to a single out.

The turn and river didn't improve Guilbert and Riess took down the pot with the double.

"Is that how you won the Main Event?" asked Joe McKeehen.

"Yes sir," replied Riess as he stacked his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Riess	300,000	150,000
Johan Guilbert	155,000	-225,000
Daniel Rezaei	Busted

Tags: Joe McKeehen Johan Guilbert Ryan Reiss

06-05-2022 15:46 UTC-7

Chidwick Tries with the "Dirty Diaper"

TerranceReid

Level 11 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action picked up on the turn in a heads-up pot between Antonio Lievano and Stephen Chidwick. The board read .

Chidwick led from the big blind for 125,000, and after some thought, Lievano made the call.

The river landed the , and now Chidwick checked. Lievano checked behind.

Chidwick:
Lievano:

Lievano scooped the pot and left Chidwick short-stacked. Chidwick would bust a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Lievano	1,050,000	660,000
Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Tags: Antonio Lievano Stephen Chidwick

Level: 11

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

06-05-2022 15:21 UTC-7

First Break of the Day

TerranceReid

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

06-05-2022 15:18 UTC-7

Gonzales' Bullets Take out Coleman's Royalty

TerranceReid

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

David Coleman moved all in from under the gun for 150,000, about 12 big blinds. Immediately to his left, Matthew Gonzales moved all in as well, just having Coleman covered.

Gonzales:
Coleman:

There was no paint to be found on the board and Gonzales took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Gonzales	350,000	186,000
David Coleman	Busted

Tags: David Coleman Matthew Gonzales

06-05-2022 15:02 UTC-7

Another Round of Assorted Chip Counts

Matt Hansen

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Colpoys	1,050,000	450,000
Calvin Lee	810,000	346,000
Markus Gonsalves	801,000	410,000
Francois Pirault	795,000	270,000
Ognyan Dimov	730,000	180,000
Pieter Aerts	710,000	91,000
Brock Wilson	685,000	364,000
Daniel Rezaei	684,000	202,000
Reagan Silber	665,000	-63,000
Stephen Chidwick	638,000	360,000
Byron Kaverman	595,000	152,000
Ivan Zufic	535,000	235,000
Stanley Tang	498,000	295,000
Kyle Julius	470,000	-98,000
Daan Mulders	420,000	-32,000
Sung Joo Hyun	400,000	43,000
Marius Gierse	400,000	-156,000
Johan Guilbert	380,000	113,000
David Coleman	362,000	44,000
Joe McKeehen	350,000	-119,000
Bernd Gleissner	255,000	49,000
Brian Rast	250,000	-74,000
Ariel Mantel	239,000	-377,000
Ivan Deyra	170,000	-182,000
Matthew Gonzales	164,000	-153,000

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06-05-2022 14:51 UTC-7

Wong Spins it Up

TerranceReid

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action picked up in a three-way pot with Jerry Wong all in for a few big blinds. He'd have to beat both Shaun Deeb and Mikita Badziakouski to stay alive.

The flop showed and Badziakouski checked from the blinds and Deeb checked the button.

On the turn , both players checked once again.

On the river , Badziakouski checked and Deeb put out a bet of 52,000 which caused Badziakouski to fold.

Wong stood up expecting to be beat when he flipped his , Deeb only had himself, though, and Wong survived.

On the very next hand, Wong got it all in again from early position, now with 75,000 in his stack. Action folded all the way to Alexandros Theologis in the big blind who thought for about 30 seconds before making the call.

Alexandros Theologis:
Jerry Wong:

"What a slow roll," needled Shaun Deeb.

The flop came and had Wong in trouble.

"A six would be a good sweat," said Wong.

The is all he would get, adding a couple of more outs.

The was one of those out and Wong doubled up his recently tripled stack.

"Did it the hard way," said another tablemate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandros Theologis	896,000	468,000
Dan Shak	438,000	131,000
Mikita Badziakouski	370,000	88,000
Shaun Deeb	270,000	-145,000
Jerry Wong	162,000	27,000
Ryan Riess	150,000	-55,000

Tags: Alexandros Theologis Jerry Wong Mikita Badziakouski Shaun Deeb

06-05-2022 14:38 UTC-7

A Round of Assorted Chip Counts

Matt Hansen

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brek Schutten	1,600,000	602,000
Sergi Reixach	1,290,000	-128,000
Martin Stausholm	1,050,000	196,000
David Peters	875,000	427,000
Sam Grafton	870,000	-14,000
Ali Imsirovic	680,000	164,000
Phil Ivey	670,000	80,000
Justin Young	545,000	35,000
Adrian Mateos	450,000	-140,000
Koray Aldemir	217,000	67,000