In a bloated pot with over 800,000 in the middle on a 
completed board, a player in the cutoff checked, and Steve Chanthabouasy bet 200,000 on the button. His opponent thought about it and ultimately called.
Chanthabouasy rolled over 
to claim the pot with his rockets, and he added the chips to his growing stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
1,170,000
|
1,170,000 |
Tommi Lankinen opened to 22,000 in early position and Brant Jolly three-bet to 70,000 on his left. The action folded back to Lankinen who called to see a flop of 
. Lankinen checked to Jolly who continued with a bet of 80,000 and Lankinen folded.
Two hands later, Jolly raised to 25,000 and was called by Andrew Brinkley in the big blind. The flop fell 
and Brinkley check-folded to a bet of 40,000 from Jolly.
The very next hand, Lankinen raised to 22,000 again and Jolly just called this time. The button also called and Brinkley ripped all in for 161,000 from the small blind. Lankinen folded and Jolly re-shoved all in, forcing the button to fold.
Andrew Brinkley: 
Brant Jolly: 
Jolly was in a dominating position and the board of 
provided little sweat as Jolly sent Brinkley to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,280,000
741,000
|
741,000 |
|
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|
1,105,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
Busted | |
The late great Layne Flack, who passed away last year, was selected as the 2022 Poker Hall of Fame inductee during a Hall of Fame bounty event at the WSOP Sunday afternoon.
"Back-to-Back" Flack beat out nine other talented nominees, all of whom are also deserving of the honor. The list of close calls include Matt Savage, Josh Arieh, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Kathy Liebert, Mike Matusow, Norman Chad & Lon McEachern, Michael Mizrachi, Brian Rast, and Isai Scheinberg.
Gaelle Baumann opened to 22,000 from middle position and the cutoff called. The small blind three-bet to 105,000 and both Baumann and the cutoff came along for the ride.
The flop came 
and after the small blind checked, Baumann fired 90,000. The cutoff was quick to fold and the small blind would hesitate before folding himself.
Baumann started her day with 372,000 and has built her stack to a million in less than three hours on Day 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,350,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
||
|
2,030,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
2,000,000
504,000
|
504,000 |
|
1,900,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,875,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,800,000
980,000
|
980,000 |
|
1,800,000
981,000
|
981,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,700,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
1,680,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
1,650,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
||
|
1,425,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
1,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
1,350,000
539,000
|
539,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,320,000
926,000
|
926,000 |
|
1,320,000
617,000
|
617,000 |
|
1,300,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
1,250,000
894,000
|
894,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
1,065,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
925,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
400,000
207,000
|
207,000 |
Santiago Plante and Matas Cimbolas were heads-up in the blinds on a board reading 
. With around 80,000 in the middle, Plante led out with a bet of 20,000 from the small blind. Cimbolas called and the paired the board on the river.
Plante fired out another small bet of 30,000 and Cimbolas raised to 150,000 this time. Plante stared him down for a moment and then shrugged his shoulders as he sent his cards to the muck.
After getting down to under 200,000 chips, Plante was seen heading to the payout desk just moments later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
1,000,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
||
|
900,000
239,000
|
239,000 |
|
600,000 | |
|
||
|
580,000
249,000
|
249,000 |
|
|
||
|
545,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
520,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
250,000
409,000
|
409,000 |
|
||
|
248,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
140,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
120,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
With roughly 70,000 in the pot on a 
flop, Raja Chirumamilla check-called in the big blind for 25,000 against Andre Akkari in early position. The 
landed on the turn, Chirumamilla jammed for 102,000, and Akkari called.
Raja Chirumamilla: 
Andre Akkari: 
Chirumamilla was calling for a jack, but instead, the 
spiked the river to also improve him to a straight and keep his tournament life alive. "I gotta get lucky sometimes," said Chirumamilla as he collected the pot.
On the next hand, a player opened in middle position, Rok Gostisa flatted on the button, and Chirumamilla jammed in the small blind, causing both opponent to fold as he chipped up further. Chirumamilla also joked that Gostisa, who is sitting on his right, is a bad neighbor on account of the fact that Gostisa folded earlier when Chirumamilla had queens and aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
1,110,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
||
|
390,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
British poker legend Simon "Aces" Trumper just received the most ironic of eliminations from the Main Event after he moved all in for his last 70,000 and found a customer in Aaron Mermelstein.
Simon Trumper:
Aaron Mermelstein:
The board ran out , and while it's far from the first time the man has been eliminated by his nickname, it's likely a rarity that it's happened to him in the Main Event.
Meanwhile at a nearby table, former Main Event final tablist Kenny Hallaert was seen heading toward the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,160,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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An early position player opened before the button put in a three-bet. James Stitzel then four-bet shoved a stack of about 650,000 from the small blind, after which John Ohara five-bet jammed a bigger stack. The button called with about 450,000.
James Stitzel: 
Button:
John Ohara:
Stitzel was in big trouble as his kings were pipped by the aces of both of his opponents. The flop of 
didn't change much, but the miraculously appeared on the turn to give Stitzel kings full and have both opponents drawing dead as they held each other's outs.
The 
river didn't change anything other than giving Ohara a useless flush and Stitzel secured the near triple-up, while the button hit the rail after taking the colossally bad beat.
"That hand played itself," Ohara shrugged.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
1,792,000
|
1,792,000 |
|
500,000
513,000
|
513,000 |
