2022 WSOP Day 35: Another Huge Day of Main Event Action
Day 35 of the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas saw only three events in play but what a trio of tournaments they were. The final two flights of the exciting $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty concluded, leaving the surviving players with a chance of drawing a $1 million bounty prize, the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship reached its final five, and the Main Event saw more than 1,200 fresh players enter the mix.
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Another 1,245 Players Buy Into the 2022 WSOP Main Event
Day 1B of the 2022 WSOP Main Event is in the bag with the 1,245 entrants almost halved to 634 survivors after five levels of action at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. The total attendance currently stands at 2,145 with two flights remaining. The interest in the Main Event is so great that the WSOP officials have made a change to the schedule in order to accommodate what could be record numbers.
Patrick Hagenlocher (lead image) of Queens, New York, finished Day 1b of the Main Event with 332,800 chips, which put him in first-place overall. Hagenlocher does not play many live tournaments but you would never have guessed that by the way he stormed to the top of the chip counts. This is the third time Hagenlocher has played in poker's "Big Dance" but he has never progressed further than Day 3. Perhaps that is set to change?
Bagging up a top ten stack were seasoned grinders Ognjen Sekularec (223,200), and Germany's Paul Michaelis (213,700), the latter being a WSOP bracelet winner.
As you can imagine, dozens of household names made it through to Day 2abc. Michael Gagliano (167,000), Dutch star Luuk Gieles (153,800), serial WSOP casher Roland Israelashvili (149,000), and Andre Akkari (126,600) each bagged up more than 125,000 chips with the average stack hovering over 111,000.
Eugene Katchalov (106,300), 2013 WSOP Main Event finalist Sylvain Loosli (99,600), Ben Heath (89,500), David Williams (65,900), Gianluca Speranza (55,100), Erik Seidel (53,500), and Vitaly Lunkin (24,900) also navigated their way through to the next stage.
Day 1c shuffles up and deals at 11:00 a.m. local time and should see an even larger number of player enter the fray.
Event 70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Hagenlocher | United States | 332,800 | 416 |
| 2 | Matthias Kribben | Germany | 268,100 | 335 |
| 3 | Julien Loire | France | 254,100 | 318 |
| 4 | Daniel Zogman | United States | 253,100 | 316 |
| 5 | Linglin Zeng | China | 239,900 | 300 |
| 6 | Ognjen Sekularec | Croatia | 223,200 | 279 |
| 7 | Guilherme Garcia | Brazil | 217,500 | 272 |
| 8 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 213,700 | 267 |
| 9 | Caleb Henson | United States | 213,000 | 266 |
| 10 | Phuoc Nguyen | United States | 205,000 | 256 |
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$1,000 Million Dollar Bounty Wraps Up Its Day 1s
Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty has progressed to Day 2 after both Day 1c and Day 1d concluded on July 4. Day 1c drew in a crowd of 4,269 players, with 232 progressing to Day 2. Day 1d, a turbo-structured flight, saw XXXX buy in for $1,000 but only XXX made it through to the business end of the tournament.
Joseph Cheong (2,415,000) bagged up the third-largest stack Day 1c. Cheong is a WSOP veteran with dozens of cashes plus a solitary bracelet. What Cheong would give to add to his bracelet collection.
David McGowan finished with 2,265,000 chips despite being down to six big blinds as the final two levels approached. McGowan, who called Chicago home, went on a heater of a lifetime and turned that short stack into a colossal stack of chips.
Ismail Abou Sharkh (2,800,000) finished as the flight's chip leader with Gabriel Schroeder (2,545,000) hot on Sharkh's heels.
Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ismail Abou Sharkh | United States | 2,800,000 | 70 |
| 2 | Gabriel Schroeder | Brazil | 2,545,000 | 64 |
| 3 | Joseph Cheong | United States | 2,415,000 | 60 |
| 4 | David McGowan | United States | 2,265,000 | 57 |
| 5 | Cory Smith | United States | 2,100,000 | 53 |
| 6 | Gennaro Proscia | Italy | 2,050,000 | 51 |
| 7 | Spencer Champlin | United States | 1,890,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Jerry Fang | United States | 1,820,000 | 46 |
| 9 | Benjamin Sim | United States | 1,685,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Benjmain Steinwachs | United States | 1,600,000 | 40 |
Justin Bonomo busted from Day 1c of this event and jumped straight into the fourth and final flight. His decision to do so was vindicated because Bonomo bagged up an above average stack of 635,000 chips when the 22nd level concluded.
While Bonomo found himself in the middle of the pack, Michael Del Vecchio (1,750,000) and Ireland's Padraig O'Neill (1,500,000) have their names towards the top of the Day 1d chip counts. Leading the way from the turbo Day 1 is Jack Melki who turned their 40,000 starting stack into 1,490,000.
Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Melki | France | 1,490,000 | 37 |
| 2 | Michael Del Vecchio | United States | 1,375,000 | 34 |
| 3 | Emily Nguyen | United States | 1,200,000 | 30 |
| 4 | Stephen Frakes | United States | 1,195,000 | 30 |
| 5 | Brendan Shiller | United States | 1,175,000 | 29 |
| 6 | Tom Cannuli | United States | 1,150,000 | 29 |
| 7 | Massoud Eskandari | United States | 1,100,000 | 28 |
| 8 | Qing Liu | United States | 1,090,000 | 28 |
| 9 | Tuan Nguyen | United States | 945,000 | 24 |
| 10 | Gerson Caldeira | Brazil | 930,000 | 23 |
Dudani Holds a Massive Chip Lead in the $10K PLO Championship
Shiva Dudani (15,650,000) holds a commanding chip lead going into the fourth and final day of Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship where only four players stand between him and poker gold. Dudani sits down with 130 big blinds, almost double that of second-place Michael Duek (9,405,000) who started Day 3 as the chip leader.
Tom Hu (7,330,000), Sean Troha (5,045,000), and Joachim Haraldstad (3,580,000) make up the rest of the final table. Each is guaranteed to take home $289,630 for their efforts but none of them will want that amount because the eventual champion scoops $1,246,770 and one of the most prestigious bracelets of the 2022 WSOP.
Play resumes at 2:00 p.m. local time on July 5 and continues until one man holds all 40,980,000 chips in play.
Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 8-Handed Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 15,650,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Michael Duek | Argentina | 9,405,000 | 78 |
| 3 | Tom Hu | United States | 7,330,000 | 61 |
| 4 | Sean Troha | United States | 5,045,000 | 42 |
| 5 | Joachim Haraldstad | Norway | 3,580,000 | 30 |
Check out the fantastic final five in the $10K PLO Championship
In this Series
- 1 2022 WSOP Day 1: Hellmuth Noticeable Absentee as WSOP Kicks Off
- 2 2022 WSOP Day 2: First Bracelet Awarded; Ivey Records a Cash
- 3 2022 WSOP Day 3: Peters Wins Gold; Seiver Hunting For Bracelet #4
- 4 2022 WSOP Day 4: Scott Seiver & Brad Ruben Win Bracelet #4
- 5 2022 WSOP Day 5: Smith Bags 25k Heads-Up Title; Housewarming Surpasses Guarantee
- 6 2022 WSOP Day 6: Szecsi Reels in His Third Bracelet; O8 Event Needs Extra Time
- 7 2022 WSOP Day 7: Dan Smith Flying High in the $50K High Roller
- 8 2022 WSOP Day 8: Schutten Leads $50K High Roller Final Six
- 9 2022 WSOP Day 9: Diebold, Schindler, and Moncek Strike Gold
- 10 2022 WSOP Day 10: Bronshtein and Foxen On Course For Bracelets
- 11 2022 WSOP Day 11: Three New Bracelet Winners Crowned, "ElkY" and Ivey Lead $10K Stud
- 12 2022 WSOP Day 12: Two More Bracelets Won; Friedman on Fire in the $10K Stud
- 13 2022 WSOP Day 13: Friedman Makes It Five; Two Other Champs Crowned
- 14 2022 WSOP Day 14: Three New Champions; Big Names Turn Out In Force
- 15 2022 WSOP Day 15: Karakitkov On Course for $50K PLO High Roller Title
- 16 2022 WSOP Day 16: The Busiest Day Yet For Bracelets as Four Awarded
- 17 2022 WSOP Day 17: Hastings Secures His Sixth WSOP Bracelet
- 18 2022 WSOP Day 18: MILLIONAIRE MAKER Draws Thousands of Runners
- 19 2022 WSOP Day 19: Hellmuth Flying High in $10K Deuce-to-Seven
- 20 2022 WSOP Day 20: Bromfman, Stovall, and 'PmpknHead' Secure Bracelets
- 21 2022 WSOP Day 21: Ivey Denied His 11th WSOP Bracelet
- 22 2022 WSOP Day 22: $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship Finally Concludes!
- 23 2022 WSOP Day 23: Six Events in Play, One Champion Crowned
- 24 2022 WSOP Day 24: Ivey Bags a Big Stack in the $250K Super High Roller
- 25 2022 WSOP Day 25: Foxen Leads $250k Super High Roller, First Bracelet for Cyprus
- 26 2022 WSOP Day 26: HOF Nominee Liebert's Still Got It, How Foxen Won First Bracelet
- 27 2022 WSOP Day 27: Four Bracelets Awarded as $50K PPC Kicks Off
- 28 2022 WSOP Day 28: Kenney Leads the $50,000 PPC Event
- 29 2022 WSOP Day 29: Dzivielevski Leads the $50K PPC; Three Bracelets Awarded
- 30 2022 WSOP Day 30: The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
- 31 2022 WSOP Day 31: Cates Crowned PPC Champ on a Crazy Day of Action
- 32 2022 WSOP Day 32: Eli Elezra Wins Again, Hellmuth Chasing a Bracelet
- 33 2022 WSOP Day 33: Phil Hellmuth Denied 17th Bracelet; Jackson, Barbero & Teusl Victorious
- 34 2022 WSOP Day 34: The Main Event Shuffles Up and Deals!
- 35 2022 WSOP Day 35: Another Huge Day of Main Event Action
- 36 2022 WSOP Day 36: Clarke Leads Main Event; Glantz Banks a Milly
- 37 2022 WSOP Day 37: Vaughn Kicks Off Huge Main Event Flight
- 38 2022 WSOP Day 38: Gavin Munroe Leads After Day 2abc of the Main Event
- 39 2022 WSOP Day 39: Bryn Kenney Among Top Stacks After Day 2d of Main Event
- 40 2022 WSOP Day 40: Main Event Enters the Money, Six Former Champs Still In
- 41 2022 WSOP Day 41: Taylor von Kriegenbergh Leads the Main Event Into Day 5
- 42 2022 WSOP Day 42: Audacious Bluff Puts Lococo Over 10M in the Main Event
- 43 2022 WSOP Day 43: Main Event Field Reduced to Only 35
- 44 2022 WSOP Day 44: Main Event Reaches Its Final Table
- 45 2022 WSOP Day 45: Colpoys Claims Chip Lead in the $50K High Roller
- 46 2022 WSOP Day 46: Jorstad Leads the Main Event Final Three; Vieira Claims Second Bracelet
- 47 2022 WSOP Day 47: Jorstad Crowned Main Event Champion as 2022 WSOP Nears End
- 48 2022 WSOP Day 48: Series Begins Wrapping Up; Five Champions Crowned
- 49 2022 WSOP Day 49: Cowen Leads the Tournament of Champions
- 50 2022 WSOP Day 50: Woof Leads Final 16 in the Tournament of Champions
