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2022 World Series of Poker
Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 3
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,782,475
Entries
8,663
Entries
2,993
Players Left
1,299
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Day 3 of the Main Event is officially underway!
Dunn Chips Up in Very Early Action
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Only one hand has been played thus far in the Paris Ballroom and it included a bigger heads-up pot to the 
turn on which Matthew Walko and Tara Dunn invested 75,000 each. They checked the 
on the river and Walko sheepishly revealed the 
but it was Dunn who had rivered a straight with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
50,000
-84,500
|
-84,500 |
No Split Pot for Pote
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
In a preflop contest, David Pote was all-in with the 
and he was up against the 
of Adrien Guyon.
What may result in a split pot very often brought Pote in danger on the 
flop. It was all over on the 
turn and the 
river sent Pote to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Early Preflop Aggression
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Yong Hui Lim had three-bet to 15,000 over an early position open. In the small blind, Mark Muchnik four-bet to 42,500 to get his day started.
Action folded back to Lim who let his cards go to avoid a big, early confrontation.
Nearby, a player under the gun opened to 5,500. Two seats down, David Fong went for the three-bet to 15,000.
Action folded all the way back to the opener who thought for a bit, then he let his cards go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
168,000
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
|
73,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Smith Scores Early Knockout
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Jorge Deoliveiralopez moved all in from under the gun for 27,000. Elliot Smith, in the hijack, made the call with Deoliveiralopez covered, while the rest of the table got out of the way.
Jorge Deoliveiralopez: 
Elliot Smith: 
The two were flipping, but Smith quickly took a commanding lead when he made a set on the 
flop, leaving Deoliveiralopez drawing thin. When the 
turn gave Smith a full house, Deoliveiralopez was left drawing dead. The on the river completed the board, and Smith scooped the pot and scored the early knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,500
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
Busted |
Barfield Raises River
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Action was picked up on the river on a board reading 
. The pot was about 63,000 and Vyacheslav Stoyanov made an overbet of 100,000 from the big blind. Andrew Barfield clicked it back to 200,000 from early position.
Stoyanov thought for several moments before he laid down his hand and Barfield took an early nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
185,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
180,000
-135,500
|
-135,500 |
Hands Flops Quads to Stay Alive
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
John Hands started the day with less than 10 big blinds in his stack and got them in within minutes of the resumption of play holding 
. However, he was up against the of Eric Stone.
There was a ten in the window, but it was followed by a queen. However the full flop read 
giving Hands quads. There was no one-outer for Stone on the 
runout and Hands doubled up.
"It was crazy how you saw the ten first," commented a tablemate. "Then the queen and then the final ten!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
42,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Bracelet Winners Sitting Side By Side; Tran Takes This Round
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Michael Moncek bet 3,500 on the 
flop and JC Tran, sitting on his right, called.
Both players checked the 
turn to see the river.
Tran led for 10,000 and Moncek quickly called.
Tran revealed 
pocket jacks and Moneck mucked.
Moncek holds one WSOP bracelet while Tran has two and they are likely to clash a lot today sitting right next to each other.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
||
|
175,000
36,500
|
36,500 |