2022 World Series of Poker

[Online] $7,777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$396,366
Event Info
Buy-in
$7,777
Prize Pool
$1,468,023
Entries
161
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
161
Players Left
1

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

Elias Pressures Kuether; Continues to Climb

Level 14 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Darren "kingstayking" Elias raised to 3,200 from middle position and Joe "swansong79" Kuether called from the big blind. The flop was {10-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}.

Kuether check-called a 2,200 bet from Elias and the turn was the {2-Diamonds}.

Both players checked the turn and the {q-Spades} dropped on the river. Kuether checked and Elias bet 7,500, enough to force the fold and take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Darren "kingstayking" Elias us
Darren "kingstayking" Elias
195,330
57,904
57,904
BetMGM Poker NJ
Joe "swansong79" Kuether us
Joe "swansong79" Kuether
31,115
31,115
31,115

Tags: Darren EliasJoe Kuether

Eveslage Eliminates Kornuth

Level 14 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Chance "BingShui" Kornuth raised to 6,000 from middle position, leaving himself just 238 behind. Chad "Alienprobed" Eveslage then three-bet shoved for 116,920 out of the small blind and Kornuth called off for his tournament life.

Chance Kornuth: {a-Clubs}{6-Spades}
Chad Eveslage: {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}

Kornuth was flipping to survive but found no help on the {3-Hearts}{4-Spades}{k-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{10-Spades} runout, sending him to the rail short of the money.

Player Chips Progress
Chad "Alienprobed" Eveslage us
Chad "Alienprobed" Eveslage
126,358
67,455
67,455
WSOP 3X Winner
Chance "BingShui" Kornuth us
Chance "BingShui" Kornuth
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Chad EveslageChance Kornuth

Kuether Fights Back Against Elias

Level 14 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Elias vs. Kuether
Elias vs. Kuether

Darren "kingstayking" Elias was continuing his run to the top of the leaderboard when Joe "swansong79" Kuether raised to 4,000 from middle position. Elias three-bet to 10,800 from the button and the rest of the table got out of the way before Kuether called.

The flop was {6-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Kuether checked. Elias shoved his big stack and Kuether quickly called for his last 27,115.

Joe "swansong79" Kuether: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
Darren "kingstayking" Elias: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The turn and river were the {8-Diamonds} and {a-Clubs} to lock in the big double for Kuether and slow down Elias' red-hot run.

Player Chips Progress
Darren "kingstayking" Elias us
Darren "kingstayking" Elias
203,121
7,791
7,791
BetMGM Poker NJ
Joe "swansong79" Kuether us
Joe "swansong79" Kuether
80,030
48,915
48,915

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 240

Danchev Takes With Turn Bet

Level 15 : Blinds 1,200/2,400, 240 ante

Dimitar "gradushkata" Danchev raised to 4,800 from middle position and Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu came along from the small blind before Anthony "Venus" Hu called from the big blind.

The flop was {2-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Danchev continued for 4,500 after his two opponents checked. Both players called and the turn was {q-Hearts}.

Negreanu and Hu checked again before Danchev fired 19,605. Both players folded quickly and Danchev took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dimitar "gradushkata" Danchev bg
Dimitar "gradushkata" Danchev
143,945
4,569
4,569
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu ca
Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu
110,200
2,185
2,185
Anthony "Venus" Hu us
Anthony "Venus" Hu
37,330
37,330
37,330

"banderson0" Continues To Ascend

Level 15 : Blinds 1,200/2,400, 240 ante

Harry "timexCNT" Lodge opened to 5,200 on the button and was met by a three-bet to 15,800 by "banderson0" out of the small blind. The big blind got out of the way to send the action back to Lodge, who made the call.

Both players checked through the {6-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop to the {4-Diamonds} turn. Again, "banderson0" and Lodge checked.

On the {q-Spades} river "banderson0" led out for 15,400, enough to get Lodge to fold his hand and keep "banderson0" chipping up.

Player Chips Progress
banderson0 us
banderson0
150,726
96,216
96,216
Harry "timexCNT" Lodge gb
Harry "timexCNT" Lodge
93,856
93,856
93,856
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Harry Lodge

Winter Eliminates Enselme

Level 15 : Blinds 1,200/2,400, 240 ante

Arnaud "takeleschu" Enselme shoved 16,537 from the button and Sean "Truckerben" Winter called from the big blind.

Arnaud "takeleschu" Enselme: {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Sean "Truckerben" Winter: {k-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The board ran out {8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and Winter made a flush to eliminate Enselme from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Sean "Truckerben" Winter us
Sean "Truckerben" Winter
40,957
-60,899
-60,899
Arnaud "takeleschu" Enselme fr
Arnaud "takeleschu" Enselme
Busted

Lichtenberger Out, "NXTTime" Opens Up a Lead

Level 15 : Blinds 1,200/2,400, 240 ante

"NXTTime" raised to 4,800 from under the gun and Andrew "WATCHGUY42" Lichtenberger called from the small blind before Chad "Alienprobed" Eveslage came along from the big blind. The flop was {10-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}.

Lichtenberger and Eveslage checked before "NXTTime bet 7,800. Lichtenberger called and Eveslage got out of the way.

The turn was {2-Hearts} and Lichtenberger check-called a bet of 23,400 to see {7-Spades} on the river.

Lichtenberger checked once more and "NXTTime" fired 53,000. Lichtenberger called and "NXTTime turned over {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} to take the pot with a set of kings.

Moments later, Lichtenberger was knocked out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
NXTTime us
NXTTime
383,979
383,979
383,979
Chad "Alienprobed" Eveslage us
Chad "Alienprobed" Eveslage
141,398
15,040
15,040
WSOP 3X Winner
Andrew "WATCHGUY42" Lichtenberger us
Andrew "WATCHGUY42" Lichtenberger
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Break Time

Level 15 : Blinds 1,200/2,400, 240 ante

The remaining 42 players have been sent on another five-minute break. They will return to blinds of 1,400/2,800 with a 280 ante. With the field just 12 eliminations away from the money, expect bubble play to commence shortly.