Event #85: $1,500 The Closer
Day 2 Started
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #85: $1,500 The Closer
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,962,280
Entries
2,039
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Entries
235
Players Left
17
Day 2 of The Closer to Begin at 5 P.M.
With Day 1b finishing soon, Day 2 of Event #85: $1,500 The Closer will begin at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 17.
Day 1a saw a total of 929 entries with 75 players making it through to Day 2. In Day 1b, 2039 took to the felt and before play had stopped, 477 were left in the event.
Prize pool and payouts will be confirmed as Day 2 gets underway. Chip counts and the seat draw will be available before play begins.
Event #85 $1,500 The Closer Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Ahmed Karrim | South Africa | 1,695,000 | 57 |
| 2 | Raghav Bansal | India | 1,600,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Sean Ragozzini | Australia | 1,550,000 | 52 |
| 4 | Garrett Johnstone | United States | 1,450,000 | 48 |
| 5 | Tony Nieman | United States | 1,285,000 | 43 |
| 6 | Kazuhiro Shirasawa | Japan | 1,235,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Teddy Cablay | United States | 1,200,030 | 40 |
| 8 | Neil Rauschhuber | United States | 1,100,000 | 37 |
| 9 | Jessie Bryant | United States | 1,000,020 | 33 |
| 10 | Ronnie Anderson | United States | 935,000 | 31 |
Where Are They Now: Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley Battled Stu Ungar at 1997 WSOP
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.”
Cards in the Air at 5:15
Some last-minute adjustments to the prizepool are currently being made and the floor has announced that cards will be in the air at 5:15.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Play has now begun on Day 2 of the closer.
Nieman Off to Good Start
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
One of the big stacks to start the day, Tony Nieman added more to his stack early as his 
held up in an all in vs his at risk opponent holding 
with a nine showing on the flop.
The turn and river did not help the shorter stacked opponent and Nieman gathered in the chips to add to his haul.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,415,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Bullets vs Rockets Provides Some Sweat
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Robert Resurreccion and Joseph Hebert found themselves both all in preflop and lo and behold they turned over the same hand.
Robert Resurreccion: 
Joseph Hebert: 
Resurreccion was at risk against the 2020 WSOP Main Event runner up but in all likelihood, the two would be chopping up the pot.
The flop came down 
to give Hebert the freeroll. The turn was the 
as the table reacted to the now serious chance of a brutal beat, but the river was the 
to confirm the chop pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
275,000
205,500
|
205,500 |
"Houvering" Up Chips
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Jorge Hou has had a good start to Day 2 as he was spotted taking all of the chips of a fallen opponent as the board read 
.
Hou had the winning hand with the 
for the nut flush while his opponent had the 
for no good top two, as he became one of the bigger stacks early on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000