Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship Day 8 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-16-2022 01:04 UTC-7

Matija Dobric Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,250,000)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Hand #168: Matija Dobric raised to 6,000,000 as the first player to act and Espen Jorstad took the better part of two minutes before three-betting to 21,000,000 in the small blind. The four-bet shove of Dobric came within a minute, and Jorstad asked for an exact count before he made the call.

Both sides of the rail went on their feet as the cards were revealed.

Matija Dobric:
Espen Jorstad:

The flop propelled Jorstad into the lead and that didn't change on the turn either. Another blank followed on the river and that sent Dobric to the rail in fifth place while Jorstad soared to the top of the leaderboard.

Dobric's rail kept chanting the first name of the Croatian for several moments before their favorite headed to the bustout interview.

The current plan for the Main Event is to play down to 3 players or finish Level 42, whichever happens first. Leve… https://t.co/bks1e89jFQ
— WSOP (@WSOP)

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	203,500,000	76,100,000
Matija Dobric	Busted

Tags: Espen Jorstad Matija Dobric

07-16-2022 00:27 UTC-7

Twitter Reacts to Duek's Nines Fold (Hand #151)

Will Shillibier

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

I’m personally offended by this fold in the small blind with 99 in the main event
— Daniel Cates 🇺🇸 🌎 (@junglemandan)

Did he just fold nines to a raise and a call?? ###
— Adam // roothlus.eth 🍌🧬💊 (@Roothlus)

Haven’t watched one hand of final table. First hand I turn on the chip leader folds 99 to a min raise out of the sb https://t.co/i3zsUXYAJw
— David Baker (@audavidb)

07-15-2022 17:47 UTC-7

Hand #39: Eames Doubles Through Duek With Cowboys

Christian Zetzsche

Level 39 : Blinds 1,000,000/1,500,000, 1,500,000 ante

Hand #39: Michael Duek raised to 3,000,000 and John Eames three-bet to 8,500,000 from the hijack. Duek spent over two minutes in the tank and asked Eames how much he was playing before moving all in.

Eames snap-called for his last 42,100,000.

John Eames:
Michael Duek:

The flop came and the turn was the . The river secured the double for Eames who now sits second in chips behind Dobric.

Meanwhile, Eames' rail went berserk chanting "Shoes off, if you love John Eames."

British rail gets Allin after a double up. Starts a chant about “shoes off”
— Dan Smith (@DanSmithHolla)

John Eames - "Shoes off, if you love John Eames."

Player	Chips	Progress
John Eames	88,100,000	45,000,000
Michael Duek	27,800,000	-42,100,000

Tags: John Eames Michael Duek

07-15-2022 15:35 UTC-7

Asher Conniff Eliminated in 10th Place ($675,000)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 38 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Hand #7: Asher Conniff open-jammed in a middling position for 17,700,000 and it folded to Michael Duek in the small blind, who made the call. The rails jumped out of their seats and the chants commenced as one of the most typical coin flips got under the way.

Asher Conniff:
Michael Duek:

Once the flop gave Duek quads, his rail from Argentina exploded while the recent birthday boy was already drawing dead. Neither the turn nor the river were important anymore as the elimination of Conniff in 10th place for $675,000 and the 2022 WSOP Main Event has reached the official nine-handed final table.

"Definitely the coolest poker experience I've ever had," he told Kara Scott shortly after his exit. "It was an unfortunate way to go out but at least they put me out quickly. I appreciate every moment though.

"It's been amazing, incredible, especially today. So many people showed up. It was special."

Got 10th in the WSOP main event. Pretty crazy to experience something so heartbreaking and heartwarming at the sam… https://t.co/UXO03NRD45
— Asher Conniff (@misterashmoney)

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Duek	65,100,000	20,100,000
Asher Conniff	Busted

Tags: Asher Conniff Michael Duek