2022 World Series of Poker
Jeffrey Farnes raised from the hijack and was called by both David Diaz in the cutoff and Espen Jorstad in the small blind.
The trio checked the ![]()
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flop, but on the
turn, after Jorstad checked, Farnes bet 1,300,000. Diaz called and Jorstad folded.
The river brought the
and Farnes checked to Diaz, who quickly put out a bet of 5,000,000.
This sent Farnes deep into the tank for almost five minutes as he cut out several different amounts of chips and riffled them as he pondered his decision.
Ultimately, with some frustration, he chose to fold and send the pot to Diaz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
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|
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29,400,000
2,300,000
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2,300,000 |
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22,000,000
8,000,000
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8,000,000 |
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Tzur Levy min-raised to 1,000,000 in the hijack with the ![]()
and that was met with calls by Karim Rebei in the cutoff with the ![]()
, John Eames on the button with the ![]()
and Matthew Su in the big blind who held the ![]()
.
All four players checked the ![]()
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flop and the
turn brought another diamond. Su checked and Levy bet 1,400,000, earning a call from Rebei and Su. The
river completed the board and Su quickly checked once more.
Rebei checked it back and Su flashed his busted nut flush draw. That was no good, as Rebei's set won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,600,000
6,500,000
|
6,500,000 |
|
|
27,000,000
2,900,000
|
2,900,000 |
|
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|
|
26,200,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
26,100,000 | |
|
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24,100,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
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|
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11,600,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
|
|
9,800,000 | |
Matija Dobric opened to 1,000,000 on the button and was called by Adrian Attenborough out of the big blind.
Attenborough checked on a flop of ![]()
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and then raised to 2,700,000 after Dobric continued for 500,000. Dobric decided to call to send the players to the turn.
The turn came
and Attenborough continued his aggression with a bet of 7,300,000. It was not enough to shed Dobric, who again called.
Attenborough did not wait for long before moving all in on the
river and Dobric snap folded to take a hit to his still big stack while sending a large pot towards Attenborough.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,400,000
11,200,000
|
11,200,000 |
|
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37,200,000
14,700,000
|
14,700,000 |
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Matthew Su raised to 1,000,000 and Karim Rebei then three-bet to 2,700,000 on the button, which got the blinds out of the way. However, Su stuck around and the ![]()
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flop followed thereafter. Both quickly checked to the
on the turn and Su checked again within six seconds.
Rebei now fired a bet worth 2,500,000 and Su made the call, which led them to
on the river. Both players checked and Su's ![]()
for the busted nut flush draw and rivered aces up won the pot, putting a dent into Rebei's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,100,000
4,100,000
|
4,100,000 |
|
|
29,900,000
5,400,000
|
5,400,000 |
|
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|
|
27,200,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
26,100,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
24,400,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
9,800,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
Vadim Rozin opened to 1,000,000 in the cutoff and Matija Dobric defended the big blind.
Dobric check-called for 1,000,000 on the ![]()
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flop and check-called for 2,300,000 on the
turn, while both players checked the
river.
Dobric tabled ![]()
for the winning hand and added to his chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
69,600,000
6,900,000
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6,900,000 |
|
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13,800,000
4,300,000
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4,300,000 |
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Philippe Souki raised to 1,100,000 in early position and was called by Robert Welch in the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and Welch check-called a bet of 900,000 from Souki.
The turn brought the
and Welch checked again. Souki sized up a bet of 2,600,000 this time and that was enough to get Welch out of the pot.
On the next hand, Jeffrey Farnes raised to 1,100,000 in the cutoff and Welch called from the small blind. The flop fell ![]()
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and Welch check-called a bet of 650,000 from Farnes.
The turn was the
and Welch led out with a bet of 1,400,000. Farnes raised to 3,500,000 and Welch was forced to send his cards to the muck once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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|
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36,700,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
|
|
5,600,000
5,600,000
|
5,600,000 |
Aaron Mermelstein opened to 1,000,000 from under the gun and was called by Vadim Rozin in middle position. Kenny Tran then moved all in for 14,000,000 out of the small blind. Mermelstein raised to 22,500,000 which convinced Rozin to get out of the way and Tran was officially at risk.
Kenny Tran: ![]()
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Aaron Mermelstein: ![]()
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Tran was in dire straits with his tournament life on the line. No real help came on the ![]()
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flop but he did pick up flush outs on the
turn. The
river completed a miraculous comeback with Tran emitting a fist pump as he retook his seat,
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000,000
14,900,000
|
14,900,000 |
|
|
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|
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18,100,000
3,300,000
|
3,300,000 |
|
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|
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7,700,000
11,400,000
|
11,400,000 |
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Tzur Levy raised to 1,000,000 and was called by Karim Rebei in the hijack with the ![]()
as well as Matthew Su in the small blind, who held the ![]()
. The ![]()
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flop was checked all the way and the
followed on the turn. Su now bet 1,400,000 and that forced out Levy, while Rebei almost instantly raised it up to 3,300,000.
Su came along to see the
on the river on which Su checked and Rebei made it just 800,000 to go. What followed was the check-shove by Su for 13,100,000 in total with his quads and Rebei asked for a count.
Two minutes and fifty nine seconds in the tank ended with a fold by Rebei, who slipped further down in the chip count but remained the biggest stack at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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36,200,000
4,300,000
|
4,300,000 |
|
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28,600,000 | |
|
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28,400,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
25,400,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
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|
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24,500,000
9,400,000
|
9,400,000 |
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14,300,000 | |
|
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11,000,000 | |
David Diaz raised to 1,000,000 from the hijack and was called by Philippe Souki in the small blind.
Efthymia Litsou then moved all in, and her stacks were counted down.
The dealer counted a total of 13,550,000, and after not long, both her opponents folded, sending a quick 2,000,000 chips to the last remaining woman in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,300,000
2,650,000
|
2,650,000 |
|
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15,800,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
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14,000,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
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