2022 World Series of Poker

Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q2
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,782,475
Entries
8,663
Players Info - Day 5
Entries
380
Players Left
123

Keating Tank-Calls for Tournament Life

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Alex Keating
Alex Keating

On a completed board of {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{q-Spades}{k-Hearts} with roughly 1,500,000 in the pot, Robert Minor had moved all in from the cutoff and Alex Keating had a huge decision in the hijack for his stack of approximately 1,600,000 and his tournament life.

"Why did you check so quick on the turn?" asked Keating, although he received no response.

Keating continued to talk quietly to himself and sometimes to his opponent while trying to make sense of the situation, as the television cameras awaited his decision.

"What's your name again?" Keating again tried to get his opponent to talk, but continued to receive no reaction. After some time, the clock was called. "Not a problem," Keating conceded that he was taking a long time to decide.

Keating put his hands on his pained face, and ultimately, put in the chips as he jumped up out of his chair and looked the other way, unable to lay his eyes on the result.

Minor tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} for a full house, and Keating turned back around to see the bad news. "Nice hand," he said as he graciously shook his opponents' hands as his own hand was revealed to be {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. Keating turned away from the cameras and stayed standing in disbelief before making his way to the payout desk as his deep Main Event run came to an end.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Minor
4,900,000
3,200,000
3,200,000
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Alex Keating
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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