2022 World Series of Poker

Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$103,282
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$439,215
Entries
329
Level Info
Level
30
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
97
Players Left
8

Set Of Queens not enough

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Kenny Hsiung {x-}{x-}/{a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{5-Spades}/{x-}
Thomas Taylor{x-}{x-}/{q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{k-Spades}/{x-}

Action was caught with Kenny Hsiung betting on the sixth and seventh street. Thomas Taylor snap-called on the last bet with {q-Hearts}{q-Spades} but it was not enough to beat {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} for Hsiung, who made a full house.

Player Chips Progress
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Kenny Hsiung
800,000
160,000
160,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
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Thomas Taylor
260,000
-124,000
-124,000

Holder Didn't Hold Against Vornicu

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Kevin Macphee {x-}{x-}/ {k-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{q-Hearts} - folded on seventh street
Valentin Vornicu {x-}{x-}/{k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs}/{x-}
Paul Holder {x-}{x-}/{a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{j-Spades}/{x-}

Paul Holder's small stack was in the middle of the table on the fourth street, with both Kevin Macphee and Valentin Vornicu who checked the fifth and sixth street.

On the last street, Vornicu bet and Macphee folded.
Vornicu just showed {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} for a set and with {j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} Holder couldn't beat that.

He ended his tournament with a 29th-place finish for $3,018.

Eskandani Felted By Quads

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Mori Eskandani
Mori Eskandani

Mori Eskandani: {3-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}/{a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Manuel Labandeira: {3-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{k-Spades}{7-Spades}/{k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{x-}

On sixth street, Mori Eskandani raised all in over a bet from Manuel Labandeira who called. Seventh street was dealt and the cards were turned over.

Labandeira tabled quads with the {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} to shred Eskandani's hand and send him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Manuel Labandeira
430,000
160,000
160,000
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Mori Eskandani
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer

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Castro Rivers Small Pair to Stay Alive

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Jorgio Castro: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}/{j-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{3-Spades}
Alex Livingston: {2-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}/{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}

Action was picked up on fourth street, Alex Livingston bet and was called by Jorgio Castro. On fifth street, Livingtson bet again and Castro raised to put himself at risk, Livingston called.

Livingston had only a pair of deuces heading the the river, so Castro needed to pair any of his cards to stay alive. He slowly peeled the river card which was the {3-Spades} to pair his three and barely pip the deuces to remain in the hunt.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Livingston
1,035,000
195,000
195,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
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Jorgio Castro
170,000
-31,000
-31,000

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Bloch Get The End of Hayes

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Philip Hayes had no that many chips to play his last hand in this event, almost 20,000.
With a pocket nine in his first three cards, he finally was not favorite against a pocket Jacks for Andy Bloch.

Bloch even improved his hand in a full house, after hitting {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts} in the last four cards.

Player Chips Progress
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Andy Bloch
162,000
7,000
7,000
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Philip Hayes
Busted

Level: 21

Limits: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

PN Pod: 2022 WSOP Kicks Off w/ Katie Kopp Win; Guests Peters, Elias, Deeb & Kornuth

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
PN Podcast
PN Podcast

In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Sarah Herring come to you from the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and offer thoughts on the early goings at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.

Guests on this episode include Katie Kopp, who became the first bracelet winner of the summer and captured the inaugural bracelet offered at the new home of the WSOP; both David Peters and Chance Kornuth, who clashed heads-up battling for their respective fourth bracelet; Shaun Deeb, who shares his thoughts on the $25K Fantasy Draft, Mark-Up Police, and more; and finally Darren Elias, who opens up about falling one spot shy of his record-extending fifth World Poker Tour (WPT) title and chats about the upcoming BetMGM Poker Championship from June 23-26 at ARIA Resort & Casino.

Listen to those stories and more on the latest PokerNews Podcast!

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Hayes Loses More to Straight Over Straight

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Jason Evans: {x-}{x-}/{6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}/{x-} folded on seventh street
Philip Hayes: {q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades}/{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{3-}
Jason Gola: {9-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}/{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

There was a large pot brewing on seventh street with Jason Gola having raised a bet. Philip Hayes called and Jason Evans folded after some thought.

Gola tabled the jack-high straight. Hayes had a straight of his own, but it was merely seven-high as he became the victim of another brutal cooler to wound his stack even more.

Player Chips Progress
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John Evans
515,000
-35,000
-35,000
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Jason Gola
435,000
135,000
135,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Philip Hayes
42,000
-175,000
-175,000

Schneider Kicked By Sass

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Tom Schneider had a few chips left, and they were early involved in this hand.

Everything went too fast to get all the cards, but it was possible to quickly understand that Schneider took a bad beat, holding two pairs of kings and eights against just a pocket queens for Edward Sass.

On seventh street, Sass hit a third Queen to make trips and exclaimed, "Yes!" while eliminating Schneider in 33rd place.

Player Chips Progress
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Edward Sass
240,000
50,000
50,000
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Tom Schneider
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

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Quads Come at Right Time For Cummings

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Oxana Cummings
Oxana Cummings

Philip Hayes: {x-}{x-}/{6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}/{x-}
Oxana Cummings: {x-}{x-}/{8-Spades}{j-Spades}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}/{x-}

Action was picked up on fifth street, Oxana Cummings bet with a pair of eights showing and Philip Hayes called. Sixth street gave Cummings trip eights. She bet 20,000 and despite the trips showing, Hayes raised to 40,000. Cummings thought for a while before calling.

Cummings checked as seventh street was being dealt. Hayes bet 20,000 and Cummings raised to 40,000. This gave Hayes pause for a few moments before he called.

Cummings tabeled the goods with the {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{x-} for quad eights. Hayes flashed a ten for trip tens, She celebrated her big pot as she got some cheers from her daughter watching on the rail, supporting the last woman standing in the event.

Player Chips Progress
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Oxana Cummings
265,000
132,000
132,000
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Philip Hayes
217,000
-184,000
-184,000

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