Level: 35
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #82: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
Day: 2
Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Robert Pisel in the cutoff was heads-up on a flop against Gary Whitehead, Whitehead in the big blind after a min-raise from Pisel and call from Whitehead.
The flop of 
was check-called by Whitehead. On the 
turn, Whitehead once again checked. Pisel then fired all in and Whitehead snapped him off.
Robert Pisel: 
Gary Whitehead: 
It was a huge cooler as both players flopped trips. The 
completed the board as Pisel mistakingly celebrated, thinking it was a chop, when in fact Whitehead's ten played, sending Pisel to the rail in 11th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,100,000
4,325,000
|
4,325,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
After Ryan Jaworski opened to 1,200,000 from the button, Michael Kelly called leaving himself around 2,000,000 behind, which he moved in to the pot on a flop of 
which Jaworski called
Michael Kelly: 
Ryan Jaworski: 
The turn and river 
gave Jaworski a straight from four to eight to bust Kelly in 10th for just shy of $21,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Patrick Truong | United States | 27,500,000 |
| 2 | Donny Casho | United States | 625,000 |
| 3 | Frederick Brown | United States | 10,000,000 |
| 4 | Gary Whitehead | United Kingdom | 9,000,000 |
| 5 | Ryan Jaworski | United States | 23,000,000 |
| 6 | Ari Engel | Canada | 9,200,000 |
| 7 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | 9,500,000 |
| 8 | Richard Alsup | United States | 9,500,000 |
| 9 | Marc Macdonnell | Ireland | 20,000,000 |
Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Richard Alsup raised to 1,000,000 from the cutoff and Donny Casho moved in from the small blind for his last 150,000.
Donny Casho: 
Richard Alsup: 
The board ran out 
eliminating Casho in ninth place for $26,413. Casho said on his way out. "It was nice to be at the final table," having survived just two hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,500,000
5,100,000
|
5,100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 36
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
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.”
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: 37
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
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 |
|
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