Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship Day 2d | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-08-2022 21:21 UTC-7

Holmes Plays for Stacks, Busts Opponent

TerranceReid

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action started on the river with a full board of . George Holmes was heads up with his opponent fighting for a large pot.

Holmes moved in 125,000, enough to cover his opponent, who went deep into the tank.

After a couple of minutes, he tossed in a chip for the call.

Holmes had for the rivered straight, his opponent had , and shipped his stack over to Holmes.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Holmes	438,000 136,000	136,000
Adrian Curry	265,000

Paul Oren	203,000 76,000	76,000
Chris Grigorian	155,000
Scotter Clark	112,000 -86,000	-86,000

Tags: George Holmes

07-08-2022 21:25 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Funaro	510,000 -8,000	-8,000

Last Break of The Day

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Andrew Knowles

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players are now on their final 20-minute break of the day. One more level will be played before the remaining field will bag for day 3.

Players are busting and stack are building as play continues on Day 2d. Gaelle Baumann sent two players packing just after dinner-break, Bryn Kenney got cheeky with ace-king, and Will Kassouf found a double up.

07-08-2022 21:34 UTC-7

Bally's Red Chip Counts

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Jeff McMillan

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Hyman	670,000 325,000	325,000
Nathanael Kogel	480,000 48,000	48,000
Alejandro Lococo	435,000 235,000	235,000

Daniel Vampan	370,000 -32,000	-32,000

Padraig O'Neill	355,000 1,000	1,000
Upeshka De Silva	345,000 267,700	267,700

Paul Snead	330,000 113,000	113,000
Jared Hemingway	280,000 70,000	70,000
Maria Konnikova	225,000 225,000	225,000

Ricardo Eyzaguirre	216,000 122,500	122,500
Damian Salas	210,000 33,000	33,000

Julian Milliard-Feral	180,000 92,000	92,000
Donald Crabtree	165,000 50,000	50,000
Ramon Colillas	141,000 67,000	67,000

Chris Hunichen	137,000 4,000	4,000

Ryan Laplante	135,000 94,000	94,000

Jacob Ferro	127,000 46,600	46,600
Angelina Rich	120,000 80,000	80,000
Lexy Gavin	80,000 17,000	17,000

Vanessa Kade	35,000 -85,000	-85,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

07-08-2022 21:59 UTC-7

Richards Knocks Out Ortega

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a heads-up pot, the flop read and James Richards check-called a bet of 7,000 from Eddy Ortega in the big blind.

Things heated up on the turn. Richards checked again and Ortega fired 13,000. Richards thought about his move for a minute and raised to 100,000, putting Ortega at risk for his last 35,000 chips. The latter called and they tabled their cards:

Eddy Ortega:
James Richards:

Richards had found a straight on the turn and Ortega didn't get any help with the river to be eliminated from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Richards	297,000 106,000	106,000
Eddy Ortega	Busted

Tags: Eddy Ortega James Richards

07-08-2022 22:05 UTC-7

Nguyen Still Got It, Baby

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Kirk Brown

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a heads-up turn board of , former Main Event Champion and poker legend Scotty Nguyen bet 6,000 into the pot after the big blind checked to hin.

The big blind called and the players saw the on the river. The big blind took one last peek at his cards...

"You don't know what you have, baby?" Nguyen teased in his trademark manner.

The player just responded by checking over to Nguyen who quickly fired off a bet of 7,000. After a few moments his opponent folded and Nguyen was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scotty Nguyen	135,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

07-08-2022 22:08 UTC-7

Polk Gets Flushed to the Rail

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Doug Polk raised it up to 4,500 in middle position and Justin Chu defended from the big blind. The flop came and Chu check-called a bet of 4,000 from Polk.

The turn brought the and Chu checked again. Polk tossed in another bet of 14,000 this time and Chu check-raised all in. Polk had just over 40,500 remaining and gave it some thought before making the call for his tournament life.

Doug Polk:
Justin Chu:

Polk turned top pair but Chu had a pair and a flush draw. The river was the and Chu improved to a flush, sending Polk to the rail but not before everyone got a "good game".

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Chu	200,000 105,000	105,000
Doug Polk	Busted

Tags: Doug Polk Justin Chu

07-08-2022 22:10 UTC-7

Shack Shoves on Levy

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Itai Levy opened and Andrew Shack three-bet to 12,000 next to him, which Levy called.

The flop fanned and Shack shoved for 58,500 after Levy checked. Levy asked for the exact count and went deep into the tank before releasing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Itai Levy	94,000 4,000	4,000
Andrew Shack	91,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Andrew Shack Itai Levy

07-08-2022 22:15 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts Bally's Orange

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Andrew Knowles

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brittney Stout	480,000 15,000	15,000
Ebony Kenney	295,000 35,000	35,000
Toby Lewis	270,000 142,800	142,800

Christian Soto	217,000 52,000	52,000
Anthony Spinella	208,000 -27,000	-27,000

Eric Place	200,000 77,900	77,900

Randall Taylor	150,000 35,000	35,000
Barry Greenstein	110,000 30,000	30,000

Eddy Sabat	100,000
Jeff Sluzinski	95,000 -35,000	-35,000

Matthias Auer	70,000 -165,000	-165,000

Garrett Adelstein	50,000 7,000	7,000