Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship Day 2abc | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-07-2022 09:40 UTC-7

Patrick Clarke Leads Field On Day 2abc of Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship

Cottrell van Wingerden

All four starting flights of Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship at the 2022 WSOP at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas are now complete and today the 2,610 survivors of the first three of those flights combine into one field. That number is set to grow, however, as late registration is open through the second level of today's play.

Through the first three flights, it is Ireland's Patrick Clark who has bagged the overall lead with a massive stack of 397,200. Closest to catching him is Marcus Stein (336,800) with Day 1b chipleader Patrick Hagenlocher (332,800) rounding out the top three.

As expected in a such a large and prestigious tournament, many notables will be in the field today. They include Andrew Moreno (238,200), 2012 WSOP Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia (229,400) and PokerStars Team Pro member Andre Akkari (126,600).

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Patrick Clarke	Ireland	397,200	497
2	Marcus Stein	United States	336,800	421
3	Patrick Hagenlocher	United States	332,800	416
4	Cedrric Trevino	United States	317,800	397
5	David Eldridge	United States	308,000	385
6	Wesley Fei	China	300,000	375
7	Suhaag Gandikota	United States	269,700	337
8	Xuan Liu	Canada	268,200	335
9	Matthias Kribben	Germany	268,100	335
10	Chanracy Khun	Canada	267,800	335

Play resumes at 11 a.m. PDT today, July 7th, starting in Level 6 with blinds of 400/800 with a 800 big blind ante, and will continue for five more 120-minute long levels before the survivors bag for the night. Those who find a bag will combine with the survivors from Day 2d for Day 3 on Saturday July 9th. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as its live reporting team continues to provide updates of this and every other event at the 2022 WSOP at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Andre Akkari Andrew Moreno Cedrric Trevino David Eldridge Jesse Sylvia Marcus Stein Matthias Kribben Paris Las Vegas Patrick Clark Patrick Clarke Patrick Hagenlocher Suhaag Gandikota Wesley Fei Xuan Liu

07-07-2022 11:21 UTC-7

Darth Hellmuth

NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The Imperial March from Star Wars just played over the loudspeaker as Phil Hellmuth made his grand entrance dressed in a Darth Vader costume.

Check out the social media and video sections of PokerNews later to catch a glimpse of the getup.

There are some photos linked here.

07-07-2022 11:33 UTC-7

ClubGG Offers Bubble Protection for the Main Event!

Yori Epskamp

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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07-07-2022 11:51 UTC-7

Jin Sends Mizzi Out

NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action was found on the turn and Sorel Mizzi bet 10,000.

Xiao Jin took a moment and then moved all in and Mizzi quickly called for the last of his short stack.

Sorel Mizzi:
Xiao Jin:

Mizzi was drawing dead against the set of kings of Jin and the river peeled off as he exited.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiao Jin	135,000 36,900	36,900
Sorel Mizzi	Busted

Tags: Sorel Mizzi Xiao Jin

07-07-2022 12:09 UTC-7

Hawkins Wins Battle of the Blinds to Go Over 100,000

blaisebourgeois

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action folded over to Maurice Hawkins in the small blind, who opted to call. Jordan Scott, in the big blind, raised to 2,500. Hawkins then rereraised to 8,000 and Scott called.

The flop came and Hawkins continued for 13,000. Scott called.

On the turn, Hawkins put in 40,000, which was slightly more than Scott's stack. Scott went into the tank for about two minutes before eventually laying his hand down.

Hawkins, owner of a record 14 WSOP Circuit rings, is looking for his second Main Event cash. Two months ago, he was called out by his backer after failing to live up to a backing agreement.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	110,400 23,400	23,400
Jordan Scott	39,000 -23,000	-23,000

Tags: Jordan Scott Maurice Hawkins

07-07-2022 12:12 UTC-7

D'Ambrosio Picks Up Where He Left Off

NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jimmy D'Ambrosio, who ran up a top ten stack in Day 1a, just picked up a sizeable pot early.

It was three-ways to a flop and the action checked to D'Ambrosio. He fired out 3,900 and only John Dolan called.

Dolan checked the turn and D'Ambrosio sized up to 14,000. Dolan called.

The river brought the and Dolan checked again.

"How much would you call?" asked D'Ambrosio.

He sized up his man before checking back.

"You're an accomplished player," he said. "But you're also capable of trapping."

Dolan was slowplaying as he showed a set of kings, but D'Ambrosio had that beat with for a king-high straight. D'Ambrosio's neighbor commented he might have gotten more, despite the three diamond board.

"He coulda check-raised me," said D'Ambrosio. "That's what I'm gonna do to you, check-raise the river."

"I'll offer you a Fiji water though," he said.

With that, D'Ambrosio is still rolling on his big stack early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy D'Ambrosio	220,000 6,500	6,500
John Dolan	82,000 6,500	6,500

Tags: Jimmy D'Ambrosio

07-07-2022 12:30 UTC-7

Chidwick Hits The Rail on Day 2

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Stephen Chidwick is one of the world's top poker players and was coming off a deep run in last year's WSOP Main Event. However, if he was your pick to win it all this year, his run in this year's Main Event just came to an end.

On a board reading , there was a little over 15,000 chips in the middle with Zilong Zhang and Chidwick heads-up in a pot. Zhang checked to Chidwick who threw in a bet only to have Zhang shove all in.

Chidwick gave it some thought and eventually called off his stack of around 60,000 chips. Zhang turned over for two pair while Chidwick showed . The river was the and Zhang's two pair held up to eliminate Chidwick on the first level of Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zilong Zhang	225,000 103,900	103,900
Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Tags: Stephen Chidwick Zilong Zhang

07-07-2022 12:32 UTC-7

Former Champ Qui Nguyen Exits in Brutal Cooler from Lim

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action began when former WSOP Main Event Champion Qui Nguyen opened to 2,000 in early position and was called by Aaron Ogus to his left. He was then raised to 6,000 by Johnson Lim in late position. Nguyen responded by putting in the four-bet jam for 56,000, which sent Ogus into the tank. After some deliberation, Ogus made the fold (later said was pocket sixes) then Lim snap-called and the cards were tabled with Nguyen at risk.

Qui Nguyen:
Johnson Lim:

Faced with the classic cooler, Nguyen needed a king to stay alive in search of his second Main Event title, but it was quite literally not in the cards as the board ran out to give Lim the victory as Nguyen exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Ogus	255,000 10,800	10,800
Johnson Lim	145,000 83,300	83,300
Qui Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Aaron Ogus Johnson Lim Qui Nguyen

07-07-2022 12:42 UTC-7

Smith Leaves Hellmuth Fuming and on Fumes

David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Phil Hellmuth and Shawn Smith went heads-up blind on blind to a flop when Hellmuth called a bet.

Both players checked the turn before Hellmuth, changed from his Darth Vader custume into a black and yellow jersey, put out a 25,000 green chip and announced 12,000 on the river.

Shawn came back with a raise to 30,000 and sent the 16-time bracelet winner into the tank for several minutes.

"Three threes," Hellmuth asked.

"No, not that," Smith replied.

"Three queens," Hellmuth continued as he pondered the decision for most of his stack.

He eventually flicked in a call as Smith showed for the runner-runner wheel. Hellmuth turned over before throwing them into the muck, burying his head in his hands as he's been knocked down to a severe short stack an hour into his Main Event.