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

07-09-2022 11:08 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Allen	300,000 71,000	71,000

Vertucci Loses a Race to Bust

Jon Sofen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Hustler Casino Live co-founder Nick "Nitucci" Vertucci was a quick exit on Day 3 after beginning the day with 95,000 chips.

Vertucci, according to brief hand history provided, was all in preflop with against his opponent's . He'd go on to lose the race for all of his chips and was eliminated from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Vertucci	Busted

Tags: Nick Vertucci

07-09-2022 11:07 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert James	286,000 9,500	9,500
Aneris Adomkevicius	101,500 35,000	35,000

A Full Orbit With the Defending Champ

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Terrance Reid

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Koray Aldemir knows what it takes to take down the Main Event, he did it last year. You may not have shared a table with him, but we spent an orbit with the champ to give you a glimpse of the action.

Hand #1 (small blind): Action folded all the way to Aldemir. He raised it up to 9,500 from the small blind. Aaron Steury folded the big.

Hand #2 (button): Erikas Laugzemys raises to 5,500 from middle position. Roberto Bendeck three-bet to 15,000 from the cutoff, forcing Aldemir and everyone else to fold back to Laugzemys, who made the call.

The flop came . Bendeck bet 12,000 when checked to and Laugzemys made the fold.

Hand #3 (cutoff): Action folded to Roberto Bendeck in the hijack who raised it up to 6,000. Aldemir folded, as did the rest of the table.

Hand #4 (hijack): Aldemir folded, as did the rest of the table until DJ Buckley raised the button to 6,000. Jacob Connelly three-bet to 19,000 from the big blind and Buckley folded.

Hand #5 (middle position): Aldemir folded, as did everyone else until Eric Greenwood raised to 6,000 on the button. For the second hand in a row, Jacob Connely three-bet to 19,000. Greenwood called.

The flop was , Connely continued for 17,000 and Greenwood called.

Both players checked the turn. On the river, though, Connely led for 37,000, eliciting a fold from Greenwood.

Hand #6 (utg+2): Aldemir opened to 5,500. For the third hand in a row, Jacob Connely three-bet, this time to 17,000 from his button. Aldemir let it go preflop.

Hand #7 (utg+1): Roberto Bendeck raised to 6,000 from under the gun and the entire table folded.

Hand #8 (utg): Aldemir opened to 5,500 and only found one caller, Erikas Laugzemys on the button.

The flop came out . Aldemir thought for a bit before continuing for 5,000. Laugzemys wanted nothing to do with it and let his cards go.

Hand #9 (big blind): The entire table folded, giving Aldemir a walk in the big blind.

Bonus hand #10 (sb): Roberto Bendeck opened the button to 6,000. Aldemir three-bet from the small blind to 25,000. Bendeck folded to the champ.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Bendeck	470,000 217,500	217,500

Erikas Laugzemys	404,000 32,000	32,000
Nir Cohen	305,000 25,000	25,000
Koray Aldemir	275,000 19,500	19,500

Jacob Connelly	215,000 59,500	59,500
Aaron Steury	166,000 11,000	11,000

DJ Buckley	100,000 25,500	25,500
Sarah Wasch	97,500 187,000	187,000
Eric Greenwood	85,500 47,000	47,000

Tags: Aaron Steury DJ Buckley Eric Greenwood Erikas Laugzemys Jacob Connelly Jacob Connely Roberto Bendeck

07-09-2022 11:01 UTC-8

D'Ambrosio Settling into New Table; Throws Away Top Pair

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jimmy D'Ambrosio finished Day 2 with more than half a million and he's putting those chips to work early.

There was about 20,000 in on the and Austin Apicella had bet 14,000. D'Ambrosio answered with a raise to 35,000 and Sumner was in the tank.

D'Ambrosio and Apicella exchanged some table talk and then Apicell came over the top to 90,000.

"This one goes to you," said D'Ambrosio as he flashed a queen for at least top pair.

"You gonna show?" he asked. "I showed."

Apicella rolled over the king of spades and took down the pot.

D'Ambrosio still sits on a big stack early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin Apicella	570,000 115,500	115,500
Jimmy D'Ambrosio	500,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Austin Apicella Jimmy D'Ambrosio

07-09-2022 10:58 UTC-8

Doubles for Levy and Hastings

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Will Shillibier

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Adam Levy has grabbed a double-up here on Day 3 of the Main Event holding against the of an opponent.

The board gave Levy a set and the "full dub" in his words.

Early full dub! Table chip lead at 270k somehow https://t.co/ePDBHqifPg
— Adam // roothlus.eth 🍌🧬💊 (@Roothlus)

Meanwhile, Brian Hastings has also chipped up with pocket jacks against ace-ten suited.

Doubled to 78k JJ>ATs, UTG snap called my 14.5bb reshove, guess all the scrapping paid off
— Brian Hastings (@brianchastings)

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Levy	270,000 150,500	150,500

Brian Hastings	78,000 13,000	13,000

07-09-2022 10:57 UTC-8

Zaffos Takes Some From D'Ambrosio

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Jeff McMillan

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked up on the turn as the board read . The pot was a modest 15,500 but Jimmy D'Ambrosio led for 38,500 from the big blind. Zachary Zaffos called un early position.

The river came the . Both players checked it.

D'Ambrosio tabled the which Zaffos had beat with the .

"If the river wasn't a six I was ripping it in. You know that right?" said D'Ambrosio as Zaffos took in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy D'Ambrosio	562,000 30,500	30,500
Zachary Zaffos	237,000 96,500	96,500

Tags: Jimmy D'Ambrosio Zachary Zaffos

07-09-2022 10:56 UTC-8

Manzanares' Kings Are No Good Against Roussey

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Raul Manzanares three-bet in the small blind after a raise from Quentin Roussey and the latter decided to call.

The flop fanned and Manzanares continued for 11,000. Roussey took a minute and called again. On the turn, Manzanares checked and faced a bet worth 36,000 from Roussey. Manzanares ended up calling.

Both checked when the landed on the river and Manzanares tabled but only to see in Roussey's hand for top pair and conceded the pot to the French player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quentin Roussey	458,000 12,500	12,500
Raul Manzanares	67,000 98,000	98,000

Tags: Quentin Roussey Raul Manzanares

07-09-2022 10:55 UTC-8

Rios Doubles Through Rebello

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a three-bet pot to the flop, a raising war broke out between Jorge Rios and Todd Rebello with the former reraising to 39,000. Rebello then clicked it back to 75,000 only for Rios to tank and shove for 147,000 total. Rebello now needed some time to think about it as well before he reluctantly called.

Jorge Rios:
Todd Rebello:

The turn and river were no threat for the Spaniard as Rios doubled, leaving Rebello short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Rios	300,000 158,500	158,500
Todd Rebello	45,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Jorge Rios Todd Rebello

07-09-2022 10:51 UTC-8

Hunichen Sent Home

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player opened to 6,500 from under the gun and Chris Hunichen moved all in from one seat over. The cutoff then re-jammed their stack and action folded back around to the under the gun player, who made the call, covering both of his opponents.

Chris Hunichen:
Cutoff Player:
Under the Gun Player:

Hunichen had run straight into pocket rockets and would need a lot of help to survive. He could not find it on the runout, ending his main event early on Day 3.