Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship Day 4 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-10-2022 20:13 UTC-8

Aces vs. Ace-King on the Feature Table

Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Back on the Main Feature Table, Fernando Viana Da Costa raised to 30,000 with . Thu Nguyen found himself with another premium hand in. the form of the and made it 85,000. 2020 WSOP Main Event Champion Damian Salas then woke up with and four-bet 205,000.

Da Costa folded in early position while Nguyen put in the call from the hijack.

The flop kept the aces in front and Salas bet 125,000 when checked to. Nguyen did not hesitate to call.

Nguyen paired his king on the turn and checked. Salas then checked back. Nguyen led for 275,000 on the river and Salas quickly called with the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Salas	1,710,000 710,000	710,000

Fernando Viana Da Costa	610,000 10,000	10,000
Thu Nguyen	580,000 645,000	645,000

07-10-2022 20:11 UTC-8

Josephy Drops a Bit at New Table

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Mike Patrick

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Cliff Josephy was recently moved across the room to a new table, and in one of his early hands there dropped a few chips.

After Nico Schubert opened to 30,000 in the cutoff, Josephy three-bet to 120,000 from the big blind.

Schubert called and the duo saw a flop of . They each checked to see the fall on the turn.

Again they checked, and on the river, Josephy led out for 30,000.

Schubert just called and Josephy showed , but Schubert tabled for a winning top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cliff Josephy	1,340,000 160,000	160,000

Nico Schubert	760,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Cliff Josephy Nico Schubert

07-10-2022 20:09 UTC-8

Can Aldemir go back-to-back?

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Philip Hourguettes

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

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07-10-2022 20:06 UTC-8

"Any-Two Cards" Not Quite Working for Zhang Anymore

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The action folded around to Zilong Zhang in the small blind who greeted his new tablemate Dan Smith with a raise to 55,000. Smith called from the big blind and the dealer spread the flop of .

Zhang led out with a full pot-sized bet of 125,000 and Smith announced a raise to 265,000. Smith barely got the words out of his mouth before Zhang dropped in a stack of 100,000 chips.

Smith's eyes got wide as he contemplated his decision for his stack of 705,000. Smith eventually called and the cards were tabled.

Dan Smith:
Zilong Zhang:

Smith was well in front with a pair of sixes and the , runout was clean as Smith was welcomed with a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zilong Zhang	3,690,000 810,000	810,000
Dan Smith	1,535,000 760,000	760,000

Tags: Dan Smith Zilong Zhang

07-10-2022 20:03 UTC-8

Cynn Can't Make Flush for Survival

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Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action crossed back to one of the outer feature tables and John Cynn was all-in and at risk to Sean Troha.

The 2018 Main Event winner was an underdog with his but found hope on the flop. Troha, however, strengthened his hand to a pair of aces. The turn and river were not what Cynn was looking for and his Main Event run came to a halt.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Cynn	Busted

07-10-2022 20:00 UTC-8

Imsirovic Pips and Busts Opponent

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Brandon Bloom

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

On a flop with nearly a million in the pot, it appeared as though a player in middle position was already all-in, while Ali Imsirovic was on the button and bet to make another player fold.

At-Risk Player:
Ali Imsirovic:

The turn left the at-risk player needing a river jack to survive, but the completed the board to eliminate him, while Imsirovic added to his stack shortly before the table was set to move to the PokerGO stream.

"That could've been his only chance to play on the feature table in the Main Event," a player at the table remarked.

"It'll be your first and last time," replied another.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Imsirovic	3,450,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Ali Imsirovic

07-10-2022 19:58 UTC-8

Hannawa Puts Smith in the Blender

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Terrance Reid

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Dan Smith opened to 30,000 from the button and got one caller, Danny Hannawa in the big blind.

The flop showed up . Hannawa check-called a bet of 35,000 from Smith.

The appeared on the turn, Hannawa checked again. Smith ramped up the price with a bet of 190,000. Hannawa again called to take the pot to the river.

The extremely-connecting hit the river, and Hannawa would be doing no more checking. He led with an all-in bet, 550,000, about 70 percent of Smith's remaining stack. Smith sat up in his chair, counted down his stack, and thought through the hand. After thinking for about two minutes, he let it go and the dealer shipped the pot to Hannawa.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Hannawa	890,000 320,000	320,000
Dan Smith	775,000 250,000	250,000

Bill Cohen	630,000 479,000	479,000

Tags: Dan Smith Danny Hannawa

07-10-2022 19:58 UTC-8

Big Hands on the Feature Table; Luske Gets Eliminated

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Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Thu Nguyen opened to 35,000 with from under the gun before Farah Galfond three-bet to 85,000 with . Fernando Viana Da Costa, with , reraised to 200,000 on the button.

Nguyen continued the trend and jammed for 900,000 and Galfond immediately moved back into her chair and found herself in an uncomfortable situation. She found a way to fold and Da Costa followed suit soon after.

It looked liked there would be fireworks but sparks failed to ignite in the end.

As the hand ended, action panned to a side feature table where Marcel Luske was all-in for his tournament life. He was up against Matas Cimbolas and was a favorite headed to the runout

Marcel Luske:
Matas CImbolas:

The board meant Luske was eliminated in cruel fashion and he left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thu Nguyen	1,225,000 258,000	258,000
Farah Galfond	1,045,000 55,000	55,000
Fernando Viana Da Costa	600,000 128,000	128,000
Marcel Luske	Busted

07-10-2022 19:58 UTC-8

Josephy Gets Flush to Fold, Up to 1.5 Million

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Blaise Bourgeois

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

A player in early position opened to 25,000 and Mikolaj Zawadzki raised to 80,000 from middle position. Cliff Josephy cold-called from the hijack and the original raiser folded.

The flop came out and Mikolaj Zawadzki came out firing for 135,000. Josephy called.

On the turn, both players tapped the table. However, on the river, Zawadzki came out firing for 165,000. Josephy then went all in for over a million and Zawadzki snap-folded, showing for a flopped flush.

Josephy then flipped over the and the table would go on about whether or not Josephy had it for the next minute or two, with Josephy adamant that he, in fact, had the nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikolaj Zawadzki	1,500,000 200,000	200,000
Cliff Josephy	1,500,000 625,000	625,000

Tags: Cliff Josephy Mikolaj Zawadzki

07-10-2022 19:52 UTC-8

Another Round of Chip Counts

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Mike Patrick

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Mermelstein	3,990,000 1,830,000	1,830,000

Antonio Lievano	3,735,000 3,119,000	3,119,000
Phuoc Nguyen	2,600,000 800,000	800,000
Shota Nakanishi	2,500,000 400,000	400,000

Michael Rocco	2,100,000 350,000	350,000

Alex Keating	2,100,000 665,000	665,000

Patrick Clarke	800,000 310,000	310,000

Martin Zamani	700,000 425,000	425,000
Ramon Colillas	530,000 70,000	70,000