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 1d
Entries
4,370
Players Left
3,295

Spragg's Spidey Sense Goes Off Correctly

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Marle Spragg
Marle Spragg

Action was joined on the turn as the board read {a-Spades}{2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}. From the button, Marle Spragg bet 4,000 into a pot of around 7,000. Stephen Benkovic raised it up to 11,000 from the small blind.

Spragg took a few seconds but folded the {a-Clubs} face up fairly quickly. Benkovic was surprised and showed her that she had correctly sussed it out as he showed the {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} to get the chips, although probably wishing the pot had been a bit bigger.

Player Chips Progress
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Stephen Benkovic
99,000
99,000
99,000
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Marle Spragg
52,000
-2,700
-2,700

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Enriquez Chops It Up

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Steve Enriquez
Steve Enriquez

Action was caught on the {k-Hearts}{9-Spades}{6-Spades} flop with four players in the hand.

Joel Micka and PokerStars ambassador Steve Enriquez checked in the blinds which prompted Stanislav Barshak to bet 1,600 from under the gun. A player in middle position mucked and Micka followed suit before Enriquez called.

The {4-Spades} turn checked through to the {9-Hearts} river and Enriquez led for 3,500. Barshak flicked in the call.

Enriquez tabled his {k-Clubs}{j-Spades} for top pair and Barshak exposed his {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds} for the same hand.

Enriquez has made a good start to the day while his counterpart in the field, Ramon Colillas, has lost over half of his stack.

Colillas finished in 14th place at the 2021 WSOP Main Event and pocketed $380,050 for his deep run.

Ramon Colillas
Ramon Colillas
Player Chips Progress
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Steve Enriquez
96,000
35,000
35,000
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Ramon Colillas
21,500
-41,500
-41,500

Mendes Demedeiros Raises it Away on the Flop

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Welker Mendes Demedeiros raised to 800 in middle positon before the hijack called. Robert Minor was in the big blind and three-bet to 3,100, which only Mendes Demedeiros called.

The dealer spread a flop of {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Minor continued for 1,700. Mendes Demedeiros pushed out one red chip as he announced a raise to 5,000. Minor took about five seconds before passing his cards to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Minor
101,300
101,300
101,300
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Welker Mendes Demedeiros
91,500
91,500
91,500
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Esther Taylor
57,400
57,400
57,400

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Levy Cracks Aces and Kings for Triple Up

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up after Itai Levy, in the cutoff had moved all in for 13,400. The player in middle position called, before Benjamin Ane, the hijack, put in a raise to around 60,000, enough to put the middle position player all in. That player made the call, and it was a three way showdown.

Itai Levy: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Middle Position: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Benjamin Ane: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Levy was dominated by both of his opponents, and Ane seemed on the precipice of a double knockout and a massive stack. That all changed quickly when the {3-Hearts}{q-Spades}{9-Hearts} flop gave Levy a set to pull ahead of both opponents. The {8-Hearts} turn and {10-Clubs} river changed nobody's hand, and the main pot went to Levy with his set, tripling his stack. The side pot went to Ane, whose aces were still good to beat middle position's kings. That middle position player was promptly sent to the rail, as Levy and Ane stacked their new chips.

Levy shared with PokerNews after the fact that he had lost a pot with a set of aces on the hand right before his triple up.

Player Chips Progress
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Benjamin Ane
118,000
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Itai Levy
41,000

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Paris Selected Counts

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Conrad Simpson
110,000
1,000
1,000
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Dario Sammartino
84,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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John Gallaher
75,000
18,000
18,000
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David Tuchman
64,000
-9,000
-9,000
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Mikita Badziakouski
63,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Steven Sarmiento
63,000
63,000
63,000
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Ki Rector
58,000
15,000
15,000
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Daniel Daconti
51,000
51,000
51,000
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Phaly Nou
49,000
49,000
49,000
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Max Pescatori
49,000
49,000
49,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Matthew Wantman
17,000
17,000
17,000

Mackelprang Finds a Fold

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Dragana Mackelprang
Dragana Mackelprang

A player opened to 800 from the cutoff and was called by Dragana Mackelprang out of the small blind. The player in the big blind then three-bet to 2,700. The cutoff folded while Mackelprang called to send the two players to the flop.

Mackelprang checked after the {9-Spades}{k-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop and then called when her opponent bet out 2,000.

The {3-Hearts} turn saw Mackelprang check for a second time. The big blind was in no mood to slow down and tossed 5,000 into the middle. That bet was enough to convince Mackelprang to release her hand and in so doing take a small hit to her still big stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Dragana Mackelprang
137,000
3,000
3,000

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Qualifier Durmis Calls River Raise

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Ole Schemion opened to 800 on the button and was called by the hijack, GGPoker Qualifier Sasa Durmis and Craig Turner from the blinds.

Durmis led out for 800 on the {q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop and only Turner called.

Action checked through on the {7-Hearts} turn before Durmis bet 1,200 on the {7-Clubs} river. Turner made it 3,000 and was called. Turner tabled his {a-Clubs}{4-Spades} for an ace-high flush and scooped the pot.

On an adjacent table is Unibet Ambassador Alexandre Reard. The Frenchman placed 16th in the 2017 Main Event and collected a $340,000 payday for the feat.

Reard then won his maiden WSOP bracelet last year after taking down Event #47: Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed for $428,694.

Alexandre Reard
Alexandre Reard
Player Chips Progress
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Sasa Durmis
72,000
72,000
72,000
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Ole Schemion
60,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Alexandre Reard
47,000
47,000
47,000

Eelkema Shoves River, Up to 86,000

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With a huge pot of well over 40,000 in the middle on the {6-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Spades}{9-Hearts} board, Eric Eelkema shoved all in for about 41,500 from the hijack.

The small blind thought for a few seconds before making the laydown.

Elsewhere, Bill Klein has already added 50% to his starting stack and is sitting on a hair less than 90,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Bill Klein
89,300
3,300
3,300
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Eric Eelkema
86,000

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