Level 38
: 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Players will be going to a 15 minute break as they continue to battle for bracelet glory and the grand prize of $272,065.
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #82: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
Day: 2
Level 38
: 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Marc MacDonnell raised from the cutoff to 400,000 and Gary Whitehead moved all in for approximately 8,000,000. MacDonnell called when action folded back to him.
Gary Whitehead: 
Marc MacDonnell: 
Whitehead was at risk and behind but had two live cards. However a jack came in the window as the flop came 
to put Whitehead in poll position. The turn came the 
and the river the 
giving Whitehead two pair and the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
18,500,000
10,500,000
|
10,500,000 |
Level 38
: 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
After Patrick Truong moved all in from early position for 1,975,000. Ari Angel then called from the button and Richard Alsup called from the big blind.
The 
brought a bet from Engel of 1,200,000 when checked to by Alsup, who responded by moving all in for 6,375,000. Engel went deep into the tank, rubbing his face with his hand as he decided, before ending up on a fold.
Patrick Truong: 
Richard Alsup: 
The turn 
and river 
gave Alsup the win with a flush, busting Truong in seventh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,445,000
-5,555,000
|
-5,555,000 |
|
||
|
14,800,000
7,800,000
|
7,800,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 38
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
Level 37
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Ari Engel raised from early position to 1,600,000 and action folded to Patrick Truong who moved all in. Action folded back to Engel who had 11,600,000 and he called for his tournament life.
Ari Engel: 
Patrick Truong: 
Engel was behind and his dreams of winning his third bracelet were at high risk of being crushed. The flop came 
giving Truong top set. The turn was no help as it came the 
. However the river was the which gave Engel the double up and left Truong short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000,000
8,600,000
|
8,600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,750,000
-13,250,000
|
-13,250,000 |
Level 37
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000,000
6,000,000
|
6,000,000 |
|
19,000,000 | |
|
|
19,000,000
2,550,000
|
2,550,000 |
|
|
15,000,000 | |
|
|
14,400,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
8,000,000
-3,100,000
|
-3,100,000 |
|
|
7,000,000
-2,500,000
|
-2,500,000 |
Level 37
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Patrick Truong raised from the hijack to 1,200,000 before Ari Engel moved all in from the small blind for 6,900,000. Artem Metalidi was in the big blind and asked for a count before moving all in covering both opponents. Truong quickly folded and card were on their backs.
Ari Engel: 
Artem Metalidi: 
It was a classic flip as Engel's ace-king was up against Metalidi's pocket jacks. The board came 
which doubled up the two time bracelet winner as he hunts for his third.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,000,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
15,000,000
-2,600,000
|
-2,600,000 |
|
|
14,400,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 37
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
After Artem Metalidi raised from early position to 1,200,000 in back-to-back hands, this time he met a jam from Frederick Brown of 6,200,000. Metalidi snap-called when it folded back to him and we were in a classic race.
Frederick Brown: 
Artem Metalidi: 
The 
ran out to bust Brown in eighth place. Metalidi busted his opponent a few metres from the Main Event final table area where he finished eighth back in 2018. He'll hope he can bag his first bracelet here in this event instead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000,000
13,250,000
|
13,250,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 36
: 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley, 70, was one of the most feared players in the game. In fact, he even went toe-to-toe with the legendary Stu Ungar at the final table of the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was there that Stanley donned a tuxedo while playing in the intense Las Vegas heat on Fremont Street.
Stanley, who has been playing poker for a living for “at least 50 years,” was recently spotted at the 2022 WSOP and was kind enough to chat with PokerNews.
“My dad used to play poker and he’d take me to the games when I was a kid,” he said about how he learned poker in the first place. “I was watching and it got pretty interesting. He was pretty good at it and I picked it up from him. It’s in my blood I guess.”
While he hasn’t had any major tournament scores since before the Poker Boom, Stanley is still on the grind.
“I play poker 5-6 days a week at least, mostly cash games,” he said. “In Vegas, I mostly play at South Point, but I’ve been in South Carolina for six months playing a lot of home games.”