Level 37
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
After two folds by Matija Dobric and Asher Conniff, it was David Diaz who raised to 6,300,000 and kept 500,000 behind in the hijack. Matthew Su called on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
The flop brought and Diaz got the last of it in for half a big blind with Su calling instantly.
David Diaz:
Matthew Su:
Diaz was in need of a seven but found no help on the turn and river to depart in 13th place for $525,000.
Level 37
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Philippe Souki moved all in from the hijack for his last 5,550,000. Adrian Attenborough called in the big blind to put the man with the loudest rail in the room at risk.
Philippe Souki:
Adrian Attenborough:
The flop paired Souki, but the on the turn brought straight outs for Attenborough.
The river wouldn't bring any of those outs however, and Souki doubled up to over 12 big blinds.
Level 37
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Adrian Attenborough opened to 2,000,000 under the gun, Robert Welch moved all in for 9,900,000 in the small blind, and Attenborough snapped it off.
Robert Welch:
Adrian Attenborough:
Welch ran into cowboys and found no ace on the flop, but did have some backdoor possibilities. The turn gave him a flush draw, and the spiked the river, much to the disappointment of the Aussie rail and most individuals in the room not named Robert Welch.
Level 37
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
After some previous all-ins without any call, Vadim Rozin pushed all-in for 11,800,000 in the cutoff and was called by Aaron Duczak in the big blind.
Vadim Rozin:
Aaron Duczak:
The flop gave Rozin a flush draw while the turn opened some split outs. However, the river was of no help for the GGPoker qualifier and Rozin had to settle for
Level 37
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
With the sun already going up in Las Vegas, the 2022 WSOP Main Event is on the home stretch. Level 37 has been completed and several short stacks got their chips in with mixed results. There were indeed two seat open as just 11 contenders are still in the hunt for the $10 million top prize.
Espen Jorstad cemented his lead by knocking out fellow GGPoker qualifier Tom Kunze but suffered a setback just before the next 20-minute break, which you can find hyperlinked below.
Level 38
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
The unofficial final table of the most famous poker tournament in the world is set as only ten players remain in Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship at the 2022 World Series of Poker.
Norway’s Espen Jorstad bagged the shared chip lead with United States’ Matthew Su, as both players will return to the felt with 83,200,000 chips, good for 69 big blinds when action resumes.
There were 8,663 players who began the tournament, and after grinding it out for many hours over the past week, 35 players took their seats on Day 7 with aspirations of reaching the prestigious Main Event final table. The field was whittled down to 10 contenders, and only one of them will achieve poker immortality by winning $10,000,000 and the prestigious gold bracelet.
The original plan was to play down to nine players, but after a marathon day that lasted more than 16 hours, a decision was made to stop play and end the night, or rather, end the morning, as the sun was already shining brightly in Las Vegas when the announcement was made shortly after 6 a.m.
The remaining players rejoiced and bagged to return for Day 8, (which will commence after a day off) on Friday, July 15th at 2 p.m. local time. They will battle it out on a single table, slated to be streamed on PokerGO.
2022 Main Event Unofficial Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Philippe Souki
United Kingdom
13,500,000
11
2
Adrian Attenborough
Australia
50,800,000
42
3
Matija Dobric
Croatia
68,650,000
57
4
Michael Duek
United States
49,775,000
41
5
Matthew Su
United States
83,200,000
69
6
John Eames
United Kingdom
54,950,000
46
7
Jeffrey Farnes
United States
35,350,000
29
8
Aaron Duczak
Canada
56,000,000
47
9
Espen Jorstad
Norway
83,200,000
69
10
Asher Conniff
United States
24,400,000
20
A huge turning point down the stretch occurred when the biggest pot of the tournament transpired with Jorstad on the right side of a massive cooler. He picked up aces against the ace-king of GGPoker qualifier Tom Kunze and held to claim the massive pot.
"Obviously it's the dream,” Jorstad said as he bagged up for the night. “Getting it in as the biggest favorite that you can be in the biggest tournament and the biggest spot of your life, feels pretty good."
"It probably needs to sink in a bit. Right now I'm just omega-exhausted and I need to eat, drink, sleep. Tomorrow I'll be like ‘oh, it's pretty awesome.’"
Jorstad recently won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team along with Patrick Leonard, who was on the rail to cheer on and support his bracelet buddy.
Su came into the day with a stack in the bottom half of the chip counts, but rivered two pair to survive early in the day, and steadily added to his stack to share the end-of-day chip lead with Jorstad.
Matija Dobric bagged the third-biggest stack and has some experience with deep Main Event runs as he made it to Day 7 in last year’s Main Event before he ultimately fell in 32nd place. The Croatian has already surpassed that result and will soon have a shot at a gold bracelet.
Canada’s Aaron Duczak, United Kingdom’s John Eames, and Australia’s Adrian Attenborough are in the middle of the pack and will also have an opportunity to claim the title and eight-figure payout.
Michael Duek, Jeffrey Farnes, and Asher Conniff will be near the bottom of the leaderboard when play resumes, but they will each have at least 20 big blinds and room to play in the famously deep-structured tournament.
United Kingdom’s Philippe Souki was on the ropes several times and down to three big blinds at one point, but was cheered on by his exuberant rail every time he won a pot, and he will be entering Day 8 with a short stack of 11 big blinds and a dream.
Final Table Payouts
All ten returning players have locked up at least $675,000, with $10,000,000 waiting up top for the winner.
Place
Prize
1st
$10,000,000
2nd
$6,000,000
3rd
$4,000,000
4th
$3,000,000
5th
$2,250,000
6th
$1,750,000
7th
$1,350,000
8th
$1,075,000
9th
$850,675
10th
$675,000
Day 7 runners that did not bag for another day include two-time bracelet winner Marco Johnson (35th - $262,300), 2020 WSOP Main Event champ Damian Salas (27th - $262,300), Aaron Mermelstein (20th - $323,100), last woman standing Efthymia Litsou (18th - $323,100), and Kenny Tran (17th - $410,000).
Day 8 will resume with 108 minutes remaining in Level 38 with blinds at 600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 big blind ante, and play is scheduled to continue until there are four players left. The tournament is slated to conclude with the final four players returning for Day 9 on Saturday, July 16, (time yet to be determined) and they will battle it out on the felt until a winner is declared.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews team continues to provide coverage of all the final table action of the 2022 WSOP Main Event from Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.