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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
2022 World Series of Poker
Tournament of Champions
Day: 2
Event Info
2022 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Total Entries
470
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Entries
153
Players Left
16
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The remaining 65 players are now on a 15-minute break. When they return the bubble looms, with the top 60 players receiving a min-cash of $3,500.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Richard Vielhak was spotted on his way out of the tournament area after the final hand of the level while his large stack was pushed over by one seat. The board and cards of Dan Smith, who won the pot, were still showing.
On a board of 
, the 
of Smith were good enough for jacks full and Ali Eslami confirmed that Vielhak had ended up second best with pocket queens. While Smith already has a decent stack, Eslami tops that by a significant margin.
Michael Mcnicholas followed shortly after and that reduced the field to just 65 contenders after four levels on Day 2.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Down to the last 26,000 in chips, Christopher Dow got it in with the 
. He was looked up by Raul Garza with the inferior 
and there was just a small sweat after both paired their kicker on the 
flop. Neither the 
turn nor the 
river was a threat and Dow doubled.
Several others were not as fortunate as the money bubble is approaching in rapid fashion.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Among others, Joe McKeehen can no longer be found among the remaining contenders and won't add a cash in the Tournament of Champions to his final resume for the 2022 World Series of Poker.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Dan Smith opened from the cutoff and Taylor Grassmick defended from the big blind.
Grassmick checked on the flop of and Smith bet 8,000. Grassmick called. Grassmick checked again on the 
turn and Smith checked back.
The river brought the 
and Grassmick checked a third time. Smith took a moment before betting 50,000 for a big overbet and he held his hands up in meditation as Grassmick thought through a decision. Grassmick folded after about a minute.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On the tail end of a heads-up pot to the 
river, Michael Bohmerwald paid off a bet worth 32,000 by Benjamin Kaupp. He was shown the for a flush and that won the pot for Kaupp, who further boosted his already impressive stack.
In the meanwhile, another table broke was the field was whittled down to the last 72 contenders. Among others, Cheryl Svenson vanished from the tournament area and came up shy of the money.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Calvin Kincade was all in for 142,000 against Ryan Smith, who had him covered.
Calvin Kincade: 
Ryan Smith:
"Ah! Really?" Kincade reacted when he saw he was up against aces.
The flop of 
gave Kincade an open-ended straight draw and then on the turn gave him the straight. To add insult to injury for Smith, the river brought the 
to give Kincade a better straight to double up.
"Oh my. Sorry, man," Kincade said after getting the unlikely double.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Three ways to the 
flop, Ray Carter in the small blind checked and so did Brent Bogdanovecz, who then called a bet worth 4,000 by the current chip leader Christopher Bissinger. Carter got out of the way and the 
turn was checked.
On the 
river, Bogdanovecz bet 6,000 and called a raise to 15,000 by Bissinger, who revealed the for the nut flush. "Of course," Bogdanovecz revealed as he briefly exposed the for trips tens.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Andrew Romeo, John Fagg and Shota Nakanishi have all been eliminated as the Day 2 field dropped below 80 hopefuls.
