Play was slow and steady on Day 1b of the Main Event at the 2022 World Series of Poker.
The marquee $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship event saw another slew of top players from around the globe. There were a total of 880 entries on Day 1b, with 634 advancing to Day 2. This brings the total number of entries so far to 1,780.
Atop the leaderboard is Patrick Hagenlocher (332,800) from Queens, New York. He has $87,082 in recorded earnings but he could be looking at a much bigger payday if his pace continues. He said he was in shock and gave a shout-out to his wife and daughter back home. He also wanted to dedicate this tournament to his other daughter Izzy, who passed away a few years ago.
"I feel like it could be (destiny)," he said. "This is my third time playing the main event. The furthest I went was deep in Day 3."
Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Hagenlocher | United States | 332,800 | 416 |
| 2 | Matthias Kribben | Germany | 268,100 | 335 |
| 3 | Julien Loire | France | 254,100 | 318 |
| 4 | Daniel Zogman | United States | 253,100 | 316 |
| 5 | Linglin Zeng | China | 239,900 | 300 |
| 6 | Ognjen Sekularec | Croatia | 223,200 | 279 |
| 7 | Guilherme Garcia | Brazil | 217,500 | 272 |
| 8 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 213,700 | 267 |
| 9 | Caleb Henson | United States | 213,000 | 266 |
| 10 | Phuoc Nguyen | United States | 205,000 | 256 |
Some of those who took their seat and bagged included international players Asi Moshe (119,200) from Isreal, Andre Akkari (126,600) from Brazil, and Frenchmen Francois Pirault (115,000) and Sylvain Loosli (99,600).
Wendeen Eolis, who was the first woman ever to cash in the Main Event back in 1986 for 25th place, took her seat today. She bagged a healthy stack of 90,200.
Two former NFL greats Lincoln Kennedy and Antoine Winfield took to the felt. They each found a bag with Kennedy at 53,300 and Winfield at 14,000.
Neil Blumenfield (39,000) also found a bag. He's no stranger to the Main Event as he finished third back in 2015 for more than $3,000,000.
There was also a change to the Main Event schedule. Due to a large turnout expected on 1d, the surviving players of flights A, B, and C will now join to play on 2ABC.
Some of those who busted included Kristen and Alex Foxen, Leo Margets of Spain, Chance Kornuth, Julien Martini, Joe Serock, and Robert Cowen.
The players who survived the day will return on July 7 for Day 2abc Stay tuned to PokerNews as another group of Main Event hopefuls will fire on July 5 for Day 1c at 11 a.m. local time.
to secure his double-up and keep him in contention for the gold bracelet.
, Hanson checked it over to his opponent who continued for 2,000. Hanson check-raised to 5,600 and his opponent called. 
and Hanson led for 11,000. The under-the-gun player called quickly as he stared at Hanson. 
. Hanson looked at his opponent's stack and went for a healthy bet of 35,000, about half of his opponent's stack. Once again, he was called within a few seconds. 
for the flopped set that turned into a boat for the winner.
on the felt and around 11,000 in the pot.
river, both players checked. Kennedy showed 
board.
and his opponent had bet 19,000 into a pot of about 30,000. After some thought, Hagenlocher made the call. 
runout to double, but he was seen exiting the tournament area minutes later after another shove. 
turn saw Hong check for a second time and his opponent again bet, this time a much chunkier 11,400. Hong counted out his stack before announcing all in for 28,700. The late position player did not appear happy but made the call. 
and told the players at the table "Good luck!"
