Tournament of Champions Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-19-2022 11:57 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	375,000 5,000	5,000

Shota Nakanishi	360,000 222,500	222,500

Robert Cowen	360,000 68,000	68,000

Jack Shea	310,000 15,000	15,000
Dan Zack	215,000 5,000	5,000

Jonathan Woof	210,000 105,500	105,500

Gaetan Balleur	200,000 60,000	60,000
Patrick Garrett	140,000 51,000	51,000
Michael Mcnicholas	130,000 36,000	36,000
Eric Smidinger	125,000 15,000	15,000

Robert Chow	110,000 33,000	33,000
Jonathan Cohen	110,000 48,500	48,500

Dominick Sarle	100,000 1,000	1,000
Andrew Romeo	76,000 23,000	23,000
Dan Smith	60,000 30,000	30,000

Alex Dijkhoffz	21,000 15,000	15,000
Evgenii Fidchuk	Busted
Robert Lamanna	Busted
Stephanie Alderman	Busted
Kristopher Bradshaw	Busted

Players on First Break

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining 108 players are on their first 15-minute break of the day as dealers color up the purple T-500 chips.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

07-19-2022 12:25 UTC-8

Assorted Counts and Casualties Part II

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	540,000 170,000	170,000

Robert Cowen	410,000 50,000	50,000

Daniel Sepiol	380,000 95,000	95,000

Jonathan Woof	350,000 140,000	140,000

Ivan Deyra	250,000 145,000	145,000

Benjamin Kaupp	220,000 60,000	60,000

Gaetan Balleur	210,000 10,000	10,000
Mark Liedtke	155,000 26,000	26,000
Jonathan Cohen	100,000 10,000	10,000

Nicholas Hobbs	100,000 28,500	28,500
Maxx Coleman	100,000 26,500	26,500

Joe Cada	90,000 5,500	5,500

Stephen Jarrett	Busted

Derek Kwan	Busted
Dae Woong Song	Busted
Alex Dijkhoffz	Busted
Max Thain	Busted
Chad Eveslage	Busted

Sandeep Pulusani	Busted

07-19-2022 12:32 UTC-8

Four-Bet Wins It for Davidson

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Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

William Davidson opened to 7,000 from under the gun and an early position player flat called before Gregory Wish three-bet to 24,000 on the button.

Davidson responded with a four-bet jam worth 95,000 and the flat-caller quickly folded, while Wish also folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Davidson (TN)	130,000 46,000	46,000
Gregory Wish	100,000 28,500	28,500

Tags: Gregory Wish William Davidson

07-19-2022 12:32 UTC-8

Grassmick Leaves Seymour Short

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Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Taylor Grassmick got his last 141,000 into the middle and Zachary Seymour called to put him at risk.

Taylor Grassmick:
Zachary Seymour:

The board ran out and Grassmick spiked a king on the river to beat Seymour's nines.

A few hands later, Seymour was seen gathering his things and making his way for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Grassmick	280,000 80,000	80,000
Zachary Seymour	Busted

Tags: Taylor Grassmick Zachary Seymour

07-19-2022 12:36 UTC-8

Cowen Chips Back Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The start into Day 2 had been rather quiet for Robert Cowen but the Day 1 chip leader is back on track and aiming for half a million shortly. In the latest pot, he faced Shota Nakanishi as they headed to a river on which Nakanishi checked. Cowen bet 26,000 and his opponent tank-called to get shown the for a rivered pair of aces.

That was good enough to win the pot for Cowen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Cowen	465,000 55,000	55,000

Shota Nakanishi	300,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Robert Cowen Shota Nakanishi

07-19-2022 12:41 UTC-8

Garrett Flushes to Send Alaniz to the Rail

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Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Deanna Alaniz got the last of her stack in against Patrick Garrett. Action was heads-up with Alaniz at risk.

Deanna Alaniz:
Patrick Garrett:

The board ran out and Garrett flopped the flush to secure the elimination.

Alaniz earned her spot in the Tournament of Champions by winning Ring Event #10 at January's WSOP Circuit in Durant, Oklahoma.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Garrett	143,000 3,000	3,000
Deanna Alaniz	Busted

Tags: Deanna Alaniz Patrick Garrett

07-19-2022 12:46 UTC-8

Lazzaro No Moore

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The cards were already exposed and Kyle Lazzaro was on very thin ice after his in the cutoff had flopped trips on . He was up against the of Braxton Moore and caught no miracle escape on the turn and river runout to depart.

Among the next batch of casualties was also Ryan Laplante, while Sydney Krugh doubled twice from a severe short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Cowen	500,000 35,000	35,000

Shota Nakanishi	295,000 5,000	5,000

Braxton Moore	165,000 34,000	34,000
Raul Garza	80,000
Charles Hepler	70,000 81,500	81,500
Sydney Krugh	40,000 500	500
George Janssen	Busted
Ryan Laplante	Busted

Kyle Lazzaro	Busted

Tags: Braxton Moore Kyle Lazzaro Ryan Laplante Sydney Krugh

07-19-2022 12:53 UTC-8

Two Barrels Are Enough for Speranza

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Robert Chow opened the action with a raise to 6,000 and Gianluca Speranza on the button made it 19,000 to go for Chow to call. On the flop, Chow check-called for 11,000 and opted to check again the on the turn. Speranza now made it 38,000 to go and Chow carefully checked his remaining stack before he sent the cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Speranza	175,000 75,000	75,000
Preston McEwen	155,000 95,000	95,000
Robert Chow	120,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Marder	75,000 5,000	5,000
Alan Gibson	75,000 29,000	29,000
Erik Bauer	75,000 85,000	85,000
Bryan Schultz	64,000 41,000	41,000

Elias Nassif	59,000 27,000	27,000
Andrew Yeh	50,000 27,000	27,000