2022 World Series of Poker

Event #75: $777 Lucky 7's
Day: 1b
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$777,777
Event Info
Buy-in
$777
Prize Pool
$3,517,898
Entries
6,903
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,818
Players Left
75

Selim Oulmekki Leads Field at End of Day 1b in the Lucky 7's

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Selim Oulmekki
Selim Oulmekki

Selim Oulmekki was the presumable chip leader at the end of Day 1b of Event #75: Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em at the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. The field attracted 1,818 with 273 making the money. A total of 75 players survived after 22 levels of play and will be joined on Day 2 by the 44 players from Day 1a as well as those who bag at the end of Day 1c which kicks off on Wednesday 12th July at 12 p.m. in Bally's.

Those who also bagged big included Adam Adler (1,800,000), Mathew Land (2,010,000), Tommy Kivela (1,920,000) as well as British player Gary Armstrong (1,805,000) and Kevin Oakes (2,125,000). Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Kevin MacPhee (460,000) also found a bag.

Event #75: $777 Lucky 7's Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1Selim OulmekkiFrance2,565,00064
2Kevin OakesUnited States2,125,00053
3Armando FigueroaUnited States2,085,00052
4Matthew LandUnited States2,010,00050
5Maxwell YoungUnited States1,980,00050
6Brett MurrayUnited States1,925,00048
7Tommy KivelaUnited States1,920,00048
8Carlos VillamarinUnited States1,830,00046
9Gary ArmstrongUnited States1,805,00045
10Adam AdlerUnited States1,800,00045

Those who made the money but failed to make it to Day 2 included PokerStars Team Pro Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg as well as Robert Ostler who lost a big flip towards the end of the day with his ace-king versus Oakes's queens.

Lexy Gavin and Bill Klein were also in the field but failed to cash.

Day 2 kicks off at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13th where surviving players from all flights will be combined. Levels will be extended to 40-minutes where they will play 17 levels or down to five players, whichever comes first. The blinds will start at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews team will be onsite for live coverage until a champion has been crowned.

Tags: Adam AdlerBill KleinConrad SimpsonGary ArmstrongGreg UrbanskiHyo Jung UrmKevin MacPheeKevin OakesLexy GavinLucky SevensMathew LandParis Las VegasRobert OstlerSelim OulmekkiTommy Kivela