2022 World Series of Poker

Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
Day: 2abc
Event Info
2022 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q2
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,782,475
Entries
8,663
Players Info - Day 2abc
Entries
2,789
Players Left
1,262
Players Left 1 / 8663
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Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Eric Nathan
197,000
4,000
4,000
Jaka Coaching
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Kevin Gerhart
145,000
4,900
4,900
WSOP 4X Winner
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Asi Moshe
130,000
10,800
10,800
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
86,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Michael Holtz
82,000
17,600
17,600
Profile photo of Farah Galfond us
Farah Galfond
74,000
12,200
12,200
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Talal Shakerchi
68,000
13,800
13,800
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Jamie Kerstetter
66,000
29,100
29,100
WPT Global
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Tsz Shing
65,000
6,800
6,800
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Paulina Loeliger
64,000
4,000
4,000
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos
32,000
6,100
6,100
Run It Once

Smith Leaves Hellmuth Fuming and on Fumes

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth and Shawn Smith went heads-up blind on blind to a {4-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop when Hellmuth called a bet.

Both players checked the {2-Clubs} 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 {3-Clubs} 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 {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for the runner-runner wheel. Hellmuth turned over {k-Clubs}{k-Spades} 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.

Player Chips Progress
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Shawn Smith
113,000
38,000
38,000
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Phil Hellmuth
6,500
53,500
53,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

Tags: Phil HellmuthShawn Smith

Sixes Are Good for Xu

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Anthony Xu started the action in the cutoff with a raise to 1,800 and picked up calls from Justin Fawcett on the button and Jeffrey Chang in the big blind.

The flop revealed {10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{10-Spades} and after a check from Chang, Xu continued for 2,200, only called by Fawcett. On the {2-Hearts} turn, Xu sent 6,200 in the middle and Fawcett didn't take long to call.

The {j-Clubs} completed the board on the river and went check-check. Xu tabled {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} for two pair and Fawcett sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Anthony Xu
197,000
6,700
6,700
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Justin Fawcett
98,000
6,300
6,300
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jeffrey Chang
38,000
19,200
19,200

Tags: Anthony XuJeffrey ChangJustin Fawcett

Geilich Caught Bluffing

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A player opened to 1,800 from under the gun and was called by the small blind as well as Ludovic Geilich out of the big blind.

The flop came {2-Spades}{7-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and all three players checked to see the {10-Hearts} turn. At this point the small blind checked for a second time and Geilich, known for his aggressive approach, bet out 2,300. That bet was enough to convince the under the gun player to fold but the small blind, unconvinced, called.

The small blind checked once again after the {a-Clubs} river, prompting Geilich to size up to 10,200. It did not take long for his opponent to make the call and Geilich quickly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Ludovic Geilich
82,000
50,700
50,700
Grosvenor Poker

Tags: Ludovic Geilich

Set for Sheinin

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

David Williams raised to 1,600 in late position and received a call from David Sheinin in the cutoff and the button, Neal Wasserman. The flop came down {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and Williams checked to Sheinin who bet 2,300. Wasserman raised to 10,000 causing Williams to fold but getting a call from Sheinin.

The {2-Diamonds} on the turn had Sheinin checking to Wasserman who pushed all in for around 38,000. Sheinin called and cards were on their backs.

David Sheinin: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Neal Wasserman: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

With a set off the flop for Sheinin, Wasserman was behind but still had outs to hit. Unfortunately for him, the river was a {5-Spades} and since Sheinin had him covered, he was knocked out of the tournament about an hour in to the first level.

Player Chips Progress
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David Sheinin
102,000
53,700
53,700
Jaka Coaching
GGPoker
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David Williams (CAN)
58,900
5,000
5,000
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Neal Wasserman
Busted

Tags: David SheininDavid Williams (CAN)Neal Wasserman

Former Champ Qui Nguyen Exits in Brutal Cooler from Lim

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Qui Nguyen
Qui Nguyen

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: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Johnson Lim: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}

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 {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{5-Spades} to give Lim the victory as Nguyen exited the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
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Aaron Ogus
255,000
10,800
10,800
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Johnson Lim
145,000
83,300
83,300
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Qui Nguyen
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Aaron OgusJohnson LimQui Nguyen

Chidwick Hits The Rail on Day 2

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

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 {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{4-Spades}{k-Hearts}, 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 {a-Clubs}{4-Hearts} for two pair while Chidwick showed {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. The river was the {6-Spades} and Zhang's two pair held up to eliminate Chidwick on the first level of Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
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Zilong Zhang
225,000
103,900
103,900
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Stephen Chidwick
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Stephen ChidwickZilong Zhang