Event #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-15-2022 20:57 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Kitty Kuo	60,000
Chance Kornuth	60,000
Tony Miles	60,000
Daniel Zack	60,000
Justin Saliba	60,000
Stephen Song	60,000
Nate Silver	60,000
Merijn van Rooij	60,000

Kade Loses Another One

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In a three-bet pot, Vanessa Kade and Ole Schemion were heads-up on a flop of . Kade checked from the cutoff and Schemion tossed in a bet of 6,500 on the button. Kade check-raised to 20,000 but was met with a min-four-bet to 33,500. Kade called and the landed on the turn.

Kade started with a check and Schemion ripped all in for roughly 32,000. Kade instantly mucked her cards and Schemion dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	107,000	47,000
Vanessa Kade	53,500	-75,500

Tags: Vanessa Kade Ole Schemion

07-15-2022 20:39 UTC-7

Gathy Ships Little Boat Up River

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a heads-up flop of , Jonathan Little check-raised a bet of 1,200 to 3,500 from his opponent, Michael Gathy, who called.

The turn was the and Little led out for 11,000 but was soon raised all in by Gathry, Little called and tabled for two pair. However, Little then rolled over for a flopped set and had Gathry drawing thin.

But apparently not thin enough as the hit the river and gave Gathry the bigger fullhouse and eliminated Little.

"Well GG, boys. He trapped me real good," Little told the table as he stood up and gathered his things.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gathy	110,000	50,000
Jonathan Little	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Little Michael Gathy

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

07-15-2022 20:32 UTC-7

Winter and Kiletto Battle in the Blinds

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Sean Winter limped in from the small blind and Lily Kiletto raised to 1,500 from the big blind. Winter responded with a re-raise to 7,800 which got a reaction from Kiletto.

"You're so full of shit," Kiletto sparred. "I never fold this hand. The first time you did this though. Show me one," she pleaded as she laid her hand down.

"The queen or the six?" Winter asked as he spread his cards. Kiletto chose the but the other cards went into the muck.

"What did you actually have?" Kiletto pleaded.

"Queen-six. I wouldn't lie to you," Winter responded.

"For sure queen-six," Anthony Spinella piped in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lily Kiletto	108,000	-14,000
Sean Winter	87,000	27,000

Tags: Sean Winter Lily Kiletto Anthony Spinella

07-15-2022 20:28 UTC-7

Some More New Faces

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Adams	60,000
Landon Tice	60,000
Ole Schemion	60,000
Anthony Zinno	60,000
Anthony Spinella	60,000
Noah Schwartz	60,000
Paul Volpe	60,000

07-15-2022 20:18 UTC-7

Where Are They Now: Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley Battled Stu Ungar at 1997 WSOP

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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.”

Click here to read Ron Stanley's full interview!

07-15-2022 20:16 UTC-7

Heath Flops a Set to Double Up

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After a couple of preflop raises Ben Heath managed to get all of his 41,600 chips in the middle. He was called by the cutoff and the cards were tabled.

Ben Heath:
Opponent:

It was a classic flip and the flop of gave Heath a huge lead with a set of queens. It also sent the table into a frenzy as Matthew Wantman noted that he folded pocket sixes and the big blind folded pocket nines.

"Nine," Cliff Josephy was cheering for but the , runout was clean for Heath as he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	86,500	20,000
Matthew Wantman	60,000	60,000

Tags: Ben Heath Cliff Josephy Matthew Wantman

07-15-2022 20:08 UTC-7

Deeb Takes it Down

Kirk Brown

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a heads up turn board of , Shaun Deeb bet 4,700 into his opponent, Daniel Rezaei, who called.

The river was the and Deeb led out again, this time for 12,500, and it got the job done as Rezaei folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	120,000	33,500
Daniel Rezaei	45,000	-15,000

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Shaun Deeb

07-15-2022 19:59 UTC-7

"Old Mikey is Back"

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Vanessa Kade opened to 1,500 on the button and Mike Matusow three-bet to 4,900 in the big blind. Kade called and they went heads-up to a flop of . Matusow continued with a bet of 2,900 and Kade called.

The turn brought the and Matusow checked this time. Kade fired out a bet of 6,500 and Matusow went into the tank for a couple of minutes before making the call. The river was the and both players checked. Matusow tabled and Kade sent her cards to the muck.