Tournament of Champions
Day 2 Started
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
Entries
470
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Entries
153
Players Left
16
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Welcome to Day 2 of the 2022 Tournament of Champions at the World Series of Poker. Cards go in the air at 11 a.m. local time for the penultimate day in this year’s WSOP.
Robert Cowen leads the way with more than 200 big blinds as 149 survivors return from an initial Day 1 field of 463. That number is expected to grow today with late registration remaining open through the beginning of Day 2 in order to accommodate the final bracelet winners of 2022.
Tournament of Champions Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 428,000 | 214 |
| 2 | Ali Eslami | United States | 305,000 | 153 |
| 3 | Daniel Sepiol | United States | 285,000 | 143 |
| 4 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 247,500 | 124 |
| 5 | Zachary Seymour | United States | 241,000 | 121 |
| 6 | Daniel Strelitz | United States | 235,000 | 118 |
| 7 | Cheryl Svenson | United States | 221,500 | 111 |
| 8 | Carlos Loving | United States | 203,000 | 102 |
| 9 | Fred Li | United States | 183,500 | 92 |
| 10 | Erik Bauer | Slovakia | 183,000 | 92 |
Following Cowen is Ali Eslami in second and Daniel Sepiol in third. Alesejs Ponakovs and Zachary Seymour round out the top five. Razz-specialist Daniel Strelitz also makes an appearance in the top ten.
Day 1 was a star-studded affair with more than 575 bracelet winners and circuit grinders eligible to take their shot in the unique closing event. Entry is restricted to this year's bracelet winners and those that won rings on the WSOP Circuit. This includes Monday's bracelet winners Minh Nguyen and Gregory Jensen, as well as the recent first-time champion Gianluca Speranza.
Players will return to the Bally’s Event Center in Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante. The plan for Day 2 includes ten 60-minute levels with a dinner break after Level 16. The Day 3 finale is scheduled for Wednesday at a time that is to be determined.
Be sure to keep it here all day long for updates from the floor of the Bally’s Event Center as the Tournament of Champions continues at the 2022 World Series of Poker.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Christopher Bissinger forgot to hand in his white slip but remains third in chips heading into Day 2. Other players who appeared among the Day 1 survivors were John Duke, Patrick Garrett, and Bryan Schultz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,500
300,500
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300,500 |
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95,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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89,000
89,000
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89,000 |
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34,500
34,500
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34,500 |
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Cade Lautenbacher was eliminated with a short stack while Steven Christopher was more successful in his all-in showdown. He was all-in with the 
against the 
of Charles Hepler and got there on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
4,500
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4,500 |
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27,000
11,500
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11,500 |
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Busted |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Dan Zack opened to 4,500 in middle position and Ryan Laplante flat-called as the player next to act. Brett Freiler then three-bet to 15,000 from the hijack and only Zack called.
Zack checked on the 
flop and Freiler quickly checked back. Zack then led out for 16,000 on the 
turn and Freiler called.
The river brought the and Zack bet 64,000 to leave himself just 500 behind. Freiler called, only to muck when Zack showed 
to win the pot with nines full of eights.
"Not a bad start," Laplante commented.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000
119,500
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119,500 |
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75,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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60,000
98,500
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98,500 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Brian Jamses and Moises Jattin were eliminated on table 679 and Alex Kulev was among those to be moved in order to balance the tables. Kulev then raised to 18,000 and left one T-500 chip behind. Ryan Hohner reraised and Kulev called all-in.
Alex Kulev: 
Ryan Hohner: 
The board ran out 
and the inferior kicker got there for Kulev to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
21,500
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21,500 |
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42,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
James Brundige got it all in and Charles Hepler was there to go for the early knockout.
James Brundige:
Charles Hepler: 
The board ran out 
and the kings held to give Hepler the pot and send Brundige to the rail in early Day 2 action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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151,500
71,500
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71,500 |
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Busted |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
One of the last registrants to take his seat was Espen Jorstad, winner of the 2022 Main Event. Jorstad outlasted 8,663 entries to win his second bracelet of the year and the $10,000,000 top prize.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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