Level: 31
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Level: 31
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Action folded to Mo Arani in the small blind who shoved all in, covering the stack of Toby Lewis in the big blind and Lewis snap-called for his last roughly 1,600,000.
Toby Lewis:
Mo Arani:
The flop came , giving Lewis top pair but a flush draw for Arani. On the turn it was the end of the road for Lewis as Arani hit his flush and the completed the river sending Lewis to the rail in 5th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mo Arani |
15,000,000
5,250,000
|
5,250,000 |
Toby Lewis | Busted | |
|
Adam Hendrix jammed or just over 2,000,000 from the small blind and Peter Turmezey called in the big blind.
Hendrix was dominated holding the against the of Turmezey.
The board would not save Hendrix as it ran out and his bid to win his first bracelet was denied.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Peter Turmezey |
17,400,000
4,900,000
|
4,900,000 |
|
||
Mo Arani |
14,500,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Johannes Straver |
4,200,000
-4,800,000
|
-4,800,000 |
Adam Hendrix | Busted | |
|
On the very next hand after the elimination, Johannes Straver called the small blind jam from Peter Turmezey in the big blind.
Johannes Straver:
Peter Turmezey:
Straver was in a good spot to double and the board complied as it came and the three stacks eveend out with none of them being short anymore.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Peter Turmezey |
14,100,000
-3,300,000
|
-3,300,000 |
|
||
Johannes Straver |
8,400,000
4,200,000
|
4,200,000 |
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley, 70, was one of the most feared players in the game. In fact, he even went toe-to-toe with the legendary Stu Ungar at the final table of the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was there that Stanley donned a tuxedo while playing in the intense Las Vegas heat on Fremont Street.
Stanley, who has been playing poker for a living for “at least 50 years,” was recently spotted at the 2022 WSOP and was kind enough to chat with PokerNews.
“My dad used to play poker and he’d take me to the games when I was a kid,” he said about how he learned poker in the first place. “I was watching and it got pretty interesting. He was pretty good at it and I picked it up from him. It’s in my blood I guess.”
While he hasn’t had any major tournament scores since before the Poker Boom, Stanley is still on the grind.
“I play poker 5-6 days a week at least, mostly cash games,” he said. “In Vegas, I mostly play at South Point, but I’ve been in South Carolina for six months playing a lot of home games.”
The remaining three players are on a 15-minute break as three-handed play started off at a slow pace.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Johannes Straver |
13,475,000
5,075,000
|
5,075,000 |
Mo Arani |
12,400,000
-2,100,000
|
-2,100,000 |
Peter Turmezey |
11,925,000
-2,175,000
|
-2,175,000 |
|
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Johannes Straver |
13,700,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Peter Turmezey |
12,000,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
Mo Arani |
10,800,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
Action started when Johannes Straver opened the button to 600,000 and Mo Arani three-bet to 2,000,000 from the small blind. Peter Turmezey folded the big blind and action was back on Straver.
The Dutchman took a moment before he four-bet shoved to put Arani all in.
Arani quickly folded and the pot was shipped to Straver.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Johannes Straver |
15,800,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
Peter Turmezey | 12,000,000 | |
|
||
Mo Arani |
8,700,000
-2,100,000
|
-2,100,000 |
Johannes Straver raised to 1,000,000 from the small blind. Mo Arani defended the big blind.
The flop came . Straver bet 575,000 and Arani called. The turn was the and both players checked.
The river came the . Arani led out for 1,800,000. Straver called after a few moments. Arani showed the which was the winner as Straver folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Johannes Straver |
15,000,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
Mo Arani |
14,200,000
5,500,000
|
5,500,000 |