Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship Day 3 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-09-2022 14:07 UTC-7

Rast Gets Run Down by the Ol' Four-Deuce Off

NicholasBaltz

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Brian Rast raised to 6,000 from under the gun and only Mack Khan called from the big blind.

Both players checked the flop to the turn. Khan bet 7,000 and Rast called.

The river brought the and Khan sized up to 22,000. Rast called after some thought.

Khan rolled over for a rivered two pair, and the five-time WSOP bracelet winner flashed a pair of aces as he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mack Khan	490,000 249,000	249,000
Brian Rast	115,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Brian Rast Mack Khan

07-09-2022 14:32 UTC-7

D'Ambrosio and Hui Headed to the TV Table; "Kenny Snake" Deals Beat With Quads

NicholasBaltz

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The table with Jimmy D'Ambrosio and Loni Hui is headed to one of the featured tables. Austin Apicella also brings a big stack from that table.

D'Ambrosios' stack took a couple of recent hits in preflop all in scenarios after peaking at 700,000.

A few minutes ago he had a Kenny "Snake" Kerim at risk in a dominating position.

Kenny Kerim:
Jimmy D'Ambrosio:

Kerim drilled the flop for quad tens and the completed the board as he doubled.

D'Ambrosio also recounted he had another player at risk preflop with pocket queens against ace-king. A king hit the river and D'Ambrosio took another light hit.

He will be under the lights for the next couple of hours, where his personality is sure to shine. D'Ambrosio was also receiving text messages from his friend Jamie Gold, the 2006 world champ.

"He always told me I could win this thing if I took poker seriously," said D'Ambrosio.

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin Apicella	870,000 20,000	20,000
Jimmy D'Ambrosio	275,000 -275,000	-275,000
Loni Hui	250,000 10,000	10,000

Kenneth Kerim	60,500 44,500	44,500

Tags: Austin Apicella Jimmy D'Ambrosio Loni Hui

07-09-2022 14:47 UTC-7

Hometown Hero Smith Makes Hero Call To Surge Up Leaderboard

NicholasBaltz

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Chris Smith from San Diego opened to 6,500 from under the gun and Austin Yoo to his left three-bet up to 17,000.

The action folded back to Smith and he called to see the spread. Smith check-called 11,000 and the turn brought the . Smith check-called again, this time 36,000 from Yoo, and the river brought the .

Smith checked a third time and Yoo shoved for 147,000. Smith went deep into the tank, with the bet representing most of his remaining stack. After about two minutes, he called.

Yoo turned over a pair of tens with the ace of diamonds, blocking the nut flush. Smith rolled over for just the seven-high flush, but it was good to scoop a massive pot as Yoo busted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Smith	458,000 218,000	218,000
Austin Yoo	Busted

Tags: Austin Yoo Chris Smith

07-09-2022 15:19 UTC-7

Baumann Felts Opponent

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A player opened to 7,000 from under the gun and was called by Gaelle Baumann out of the small blind as well as the big blind.

Action checked to the preflop raiser after the flop and he continued for 10,000. Baumann called and the big blind, undeterred by the action ahead of him, raised to 31,000. The under the gun player responded by moving all in for 123,500. Baumann thought for a short while before re-jamming with the covering stack, prompting the big blind to lay his hand down.

Under the Gun Player:
Gaelle Baumann:

Baumann was way ahead with her flopped set and sealed the deal on the turn prior to the meaningless river to send her stack shooting up the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	430,000 212,500	212,500

Tags: Gaelle Baumann

07-09-2022 15:28 UTC-7

Margolin Gets it All

TerranceReid

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action started on the turn with a large heads-up pot brewing. Timur Margolin saw a board of and bet 56,000 into the pot of about 75,000. His opponent on the big blind made the call.

The river fell the , pairing the top card and also bringing in the front-door flush draw. The big blind led out for 45,000.

After confirming his opponent's stack, Margolin moved all in, having his opponent well covered, for about 200,000 effective. His opponent called after some thought.

Margolin showed for bottom boat, his opponent showed .

"How I got these chips? I make full houses," said Margolin as he raked the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Margolin	1,105,000 721,000	721,000

Tags: Timor Margolin

07-09-2022 16:14 UTC-7

Imsirovic KO's Shah With Two Pair

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There was a pot of about 125,000 in the middle with the board reading . From middle position, Ali Imsirovic moved all in to force Ankim Shah to make a decision for his tournament life.

Shah sat back silently and considered it. He landed on the decision to call as he leaned forward and put his chips in the middle. Imsirovic tabled the for two pair. Shah got up and showed his beaten as Imsirovic took the large boost to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Imsirovic	770,000 250,000	250,000
Ankim Shah	Busted

Tags: Ali Imsirovic

07-09-2022 16:28 UTC-7

Kenney Loses A Pot And Top Spot

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A player opened to 9,000 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position as well as Bryn Kenney in the cutoff.

The flop came and the under the gun player continued for 13,000, prompting folds from both of his opponents. Kenney tossed face up into the muck, saying "not the best of flops". Incidentally, Justin Bonomo has just finished in 3rd place in an Aria $10,000 high roller for $88,000, meaning that, for the time being, he has reclaimed the top spot on the all time money list from Kenney.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	440,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Justin Bonomo

07-09-2022 16:37 UTC-7

Party Like its 2021; Kniep and Onikoul Share 2021 Main Event Memories

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Andreas Kniep and Arkadi Onikoul were spotted at the same table after Kniep had just chopped up a big pot with an opponent both making two pair with ace-king.

Those who are fans of the WSOP Main Event will recall that both players made a very deep run in the 2021 Main Event. But these two share more than that as were involved in one of the defining hands of Day 7 when Onikoul spiked a king to crack Kniep's aces which gave Onikoul a huge stack and cut Kniep down short. Had Kniep's aces held he would have been the overwhelming chip leader at that point in the tournament and likely would have ridden it to at least the final table. As it turned out, Kniep ended up finishing in 18th place while Onikoul used that huge hand to finish in 12th before himself succumbing in a huge hand vs eventual champion Koray Aldemir.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Kniep	405,000 -16,500	-16,500
Arkadi Onikoul	170,000 19,500	19,500

Tags: Andreas Kniep Arkadi Onikoul

07-09-2022 16:39 UTC-7

Gerhart Busts in Huge Pot

Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was caught on the flop with around 105,000 in the pot.

Michael Rocco bet 70,000 from the big blind and was called by Kevin Gerhart on the button. Rocco sized up to 160,000 on the turn and again was called.

The aggressor then put Gerhart to the test by moving all in as the covering stack on the river. Gerhart, with around 270,000 behind, counted out his chips and continued to think over the hand before making his decision.

In the end, Gerhart called and was shown the bad news as Rocco tabled his while Gerhart had pocket tens. He passed his stack to his opponent and wished the table luck on his departure.

Played a 1.1m chip pot at bb4k in the main (not the best idea) but went with my reads and don't hate my decision. B… https://t.co/esM8yzxtXW
— Kevin Gerhart (@KevinGerhart)

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rocco	1,300,000 480,000	480,000
Kevin Gerhart	Busted

07-09-2022 17:05 UTC-7

Vrabel Avoids the Showers

Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Forrest Kollar opened to 8,000 from middle position before Luke Vrabel jammed for 138,000 from the big blind. Kollar quickly called.

Luke Vrabel :
Forrest Kollar:

The flop was a safe one for the pocket jacks but the turn gave Kollar an open-ended straight draw. The river paired the board and Vrabel picked up another Day 3 double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Forrest Kollar	566,000 166,000	166,000
Luke Vrabel	280,000 50,000	50,000