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

Marini's Aces Crush Ma's Cowboys

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

A player in the hijack opened for 600. Anthony Marini three-bet the button before Stephen Ma four-bet to 12,200 from the big blind.

Action folded back to Marini who five-bet to 32,200, sending Ma deep into the tank. Ma had Marini covered, but just barely with about 65,000 behind. He decided to call for the 20,000 more.

The dealer laid out the {6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop and Ma checked to Marini, who moved all in for 39,000. Ma called quickly, but wasn't thrilled, especially after seeing the cards.

Anthony Marini: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}
Stephen Ma: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Ma couldn't escape the nightmare scenario when the {10-Diamonds} and {10-Spades} completed the board to secure the full double for Marini and leave Ma with less than 5,000.

Ma recovered some the next hand when he got it all in with pocket jacks against ace-ten suited and held to double up his new short stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Anthony Marini
135,000
135,000
135,000
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Stephen Ma
9,200
9,200
9,200

Tags: Anthony MariniStephen Ma

Updated Chip Counts From Bally's Blue

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
74,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
68,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
64,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brent Hanks us
Brent Hanks
63,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ivan Deyra fr
Ivan Deyra
62,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Yuliyan Kolev bg
Yuliyan Kolev
55,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
54,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ashley Frank us
Ashley Frank
53,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
48,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Chris Moorman
47,000
-24,000
-24,000
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
33,500
-4,500
-4,500
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Ken Aldridge
30,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Allen KesslerAshley FrankBrent HanksChris MoormanDavid BenyamineDietrich FastGeorgios SotiropoulosGreg MersonIvan DeyraKen AldridgePhil IveyYuliyan Kolev

Soto Scores Massive Pot

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Christian Soto
Christian Soto

The action was relayed by the table after the fact. The cutoff opened to 800 and popular host of the "Only Friends" poker podcast Christian Soto three-bet to 2,500. It folded to the big blind who four-bet to 6,000 and only Soto made the call.

On the flop of {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} the big blind led for 7,800 and Soto raised to 15,000. The big blind player elected on a shove for roughly 40,000 and Soto quickly called.

Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Christian Soto: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Soto flopped the world with trip nines and had his opponent drawing almost dead. The turn came the {9-Hearts} sealing the deal with quad nines and the inconsequential {4-Spades} hit the river. Soto is off to a great start with nearly a six-figure stack in only level two.

Player Chips Progress
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Christian Soto
94,000
34,000
34,000

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Laak Makes Right Call

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up with a complete board of {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades}{a-Diamonds} on the table and a modest pot.

Phil Laak, in the cutoff, was facing a bet of 2,700 from late position. He went into the tank for a minute or two, before emerging with a call. His opponent showed {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for bottom pair, before Laak turned over {k-Hearts}{j-Spades} for a pair of jacks, enough to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Laak
80,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Phil Laak

More Chip Counts in Paris Black

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alan Sternberg us
Alan Sternberg
150,000
58,000
58,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
150,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Robert Campbell au
Robert Campbell
146,000
71,000
71,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Conrad Simpson
117,500
7,500
7,500
Profile photo of Patrick Leonard gb
Patrick Leonard
87,700
19,700
19,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
84,500
24,500
24,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
79,200
-15,800
-15,800
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Weston Pring ca
Weston Pring
78,800
7,800
7,800
Profile photo of Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
64,400
6,200
6,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Daconti us
Daniel Daconti
48,600
-2,400
-2,400

Dolan Profits In Bizarre Hand

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Raymond Dolan from under the gun bet 800 and was called by an early position player and Scotter Clark in the big blind.

Dolan continued on the flop of {7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} for 1,700. The early position made the call and Clark folded. The {4-Hearts} landed on the turn and Dolan bet 2,900. Early position quickly called.

The {6-Diamonds} came on the river for a third diamond and paired the board. Dolan bet 8,100 and was verbally snap-called by his opponent.

Dolan revealed {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} for two pair and early position tabled {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and grabbed Dolan's bet and added it to their stack believing that they made the flush.

Clark told the player that there is no flush there and he needed to put the bet back. The early position player was stunned with their hands clasping their head muttering "No! God no!" before taking a closer look at the runout.

The early position player eventually put two 5,000 chips into the middle to pay Dolan's bet but still looked in disbelief. On the next hand they folded straight away and walked away from the table to let off some steam.

Player Chips Progress
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Raymond Dolan
85,400
85,400
85,400
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Scotter Clark
83,400
1,400
1,400

Feature Tables on Main Stage

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Ben Mintz and Phil Ivey
Ben Mintz and Phil Ivey

During the second break of the day, three tables will be pulled from where they are currently playing and head over to the Bally's Main Stage for live streaming which will air around 4:30 p.m. PT on PokerGO.

The three feature tables of Day 1d will showcase:

  • Main Feature: Phil Ivey, Benjamin Mintz & Tobias Peters
  • Secondary Feature 1: Melanie Weisner, Chino Rheem & Jack Oliver
  • Secondary Feature 2: Andrew Neeme, Brock Parker, Toby Lewis & Chris Vitch

Tags: Andrew NeemeBenjamin MintzBrock ParkerChino RheemChris VitchJack OliverMelanie WeisnerPhil IveyTobias PetersToby Lewis