Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2022 World Series of Poker
Tournament of Champions
Day: 1
Event Info
2022 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
470
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Entries
463
Players Left
144
Players Left 1 / 470
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Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The remaining 198 players are on their final full 20-minute break of the evening, another short break for a chip race of the T-100 chips will follow after the completion of level nine.
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sydney Krugh raised to 2,000 from under the gun and received two callers. She then bet the 
flop for 3,000 to receive one caller and check-called the 
turn for 3,000. Both checked the 
on the river and the 
of Krugh were good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000
4,200
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4,200 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ben Diebold limped in from the small blind and then called a raise to 4,000 by Eric Smidinger. Both checked the 
flop and the 
turn. Diebold then overbet the 
river for 12,000, which represented half of his stack. That was good enough to win the pot uncontested as Smidinger sent the cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
7,500
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7,500 |
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33,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Joe McKeehen opened to 2,300 in the cutoff and John Jensen flat-called in the small blind, while the big blind also came along.
The action checked to McKeehen on the flop of 
and he bet 2,000. Only Jensen called. Jensen checked again on the turn and McKeehen sized up to 7,000. Jensen check-jammed a stack of 19,000 and McKeehen snap-called.
John Jensen: 
Joe McKeehen: 
It was a brutal cooler for the 2015 Main Event champ as his set of sevens was far behind Jensen's set of aces. The 
river improved both players to full houses and Jensen secured the double-up.
"You see this shit, Phil?" McKeehen moaned to table mate Phil Hui.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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55,000
16,000
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16,000 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After defending his big blind, Maxx Coleman check-raised a flop of 
and looked up the shove of a shorter stack to table the 
for the top two pair. He was up against 
for the top pair and top kicker, which found no help on the turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
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Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
James Traber had raised from under the gun and the action was picked up on the 
flop on which Dan Zack in the small blind checked, Traber checked back. Zack bet the turn for 3,000 and Traber snap-called, which led them to the 
river.
Zack now followed that up with a bet worth 12,000 and Traber sent his cards into the muck and Zack chipped up further without the need to show his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,600
600
|
600 |
|
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|
62,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Phil Hui was seen tripling up his short stack of around 10,000 on a board of 
.
Hui held for a set to beat out the 
and of his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
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Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Steven Christopher was the first player to call a raise to 3,000 and another two players behind came along. The 
flop was checked to Christopher and he bet 4,500, which only Matthew Sundberg called. The 
turn was checked to Christopher and he now bet 10,000 to win the pot.
"Would have anyone called all-in preflop?" Christopher then inquired and admitted in table chat he had ace-king albeit without showing them before collecting the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
160,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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|
130,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
125,000 | |
|
|
85,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
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|
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80,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
|
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|
70,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
63,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
48,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
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|
45,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
31,600
26,400
|
26,400 |
|
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|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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