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 2d
Entries
3,749
Players Left
1,757

Backa Adds More; Late Night Big Stacks

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

The board read {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. The pot was about 60,000 and Sergio Ramirez was facing a decision for his tournament life as Marsel Backa had forced him all in.

After several minutes, clock was called. The floor came over to administer the countdown and Ramirez folded with a few seconds left. Backa wanted to show only Ramirez the cards, so he took a picture with his phone to show later, but in the rush to get the cards back to the dealer, it was blurry and he showed the table the blurry picture where the hand could not be deciphered.

He claimed it was the {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} as he hauled in the pot to add more to his large stack. Meanwhile at the table next door, Shota Nakanishi has one of the largest stacks as well.

Player Chips Progress
Marsel Backa us
Marsel Backa
785,000
45,000
45,000
Shota Nakanishi jp
Shota Nakanishi
680,000
87,000
87,000
Michael Huynh us
Michael Huynh
558,000
490,000
490,000
Sergio Ramirez us
Sergio Ramirez
88,000
88,000
88,000

Tags: Marsel BackaSergio RamirezShota Nakanishi

WSOP Main Event Railbird Pays Back Daniel Negreanu Three-Year "Debt"

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

Daniel Negreanu has had a disappointing 2022 World Series of Poker, and that didn't change on Day 1c of the Main Event, but he did receive a good luck charm from one player on the rail, so there's that.

A wholesome moment took place Tuesday evening inside Bally's when Arash Shahi, a fellow Canadian from Toronto, approached the GGPoker ambassador who was seated at his table during the $10,000 buy-in world championship event.

Read the full story on PokerNews

Azoulay Takes it Down on the Flop

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

Action started on the flop in a heads-up pot. The board showed {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{10-Spades}.

Jonathan Azoulay had checked from middle position, his opponent put out a bet of 17,000, about half pot. Azoulay slid in a stack of red chips, enough to cover the 101,000 in his opponent's stack.

His opponent went into the tank, but eventually let go of his hand to ship the pot to Azoulay.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Azoulay us
Jonathan Azoulay
215,000
215,000
215,000
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
154,500
32,500
32,500
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
97,500
40,500
40,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Michael Reisman us
Michael Reisman
Busted
StakeKings

Tags: Jonathan Azoulay

Trajkovski Forces a Fold from Guziak

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

Aleksandar Trajkovski raised and it folded to Kenneth Guziak who called in the small blind.

The flop fanned {10-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Guziak led out for 4,000. Trajkovski raised it to 16,000 and Guziak quickly called.

A {9-Hearts} appeared on the turn and Guziak checked. Trajkovski fired 75,000 into the pot, putting Guziak at risk for his tournament's life. After a minute, Guziak made the fold and the Football star from North Macedonia racked the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandar Trajkovski mk
Aleksandar Trajkovski
290,000
41,000
41,000
Kenneth Guziak us
Kenneth Guziak
53,000
-47,000
-47,000

Tags: Aleksandar TrajkovskiKenneth Guziak

Rezaei Fires River, Java Misses Everything

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

Nipun Java opened to 4,000 in middle position and was called by the button and Daniel Rezaei in the small blind. The flop came {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and Java continued with a bet of 4,500. The button folded and Rezaei check-raised to 15,000 which Java called.

The turn brought the {a-Clubs} and both players checked to the {3-Spades} on the river. Rezaei led out with a large bet of 69,500 this time. Java thought for a brief moment but opted to lay his hand down, noting that he had {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Nipun Java in
Nipun Java
360,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
202,000
24,800
24,800

Tags: Daniel RezaeiNipun Java

Yanovski Busts One

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

The action was picked up with Leonid Yanoski adding the chips to his stack with {a-}{a-} in front of him.

According to the table, Yanovski opened under the gun and a player shoved in the blinds for 104,000, holding {j-}{j-}. Yanovski made the call and a dry board fell to send Yanovski's opponent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Leonid Yanovski il
Leonid Yanovski
320,000

Tags: Leonid Yanoski

Aharoni Takes From Spragg

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

The action was picked up in a pot of roughly 33,000 on a board showing {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Daniel Aharoni bet 30,000 on the river after Benjamin Spragg checked from the small blind.

Spragg went deep in the tank, thinking for several minutes, before reluctantly tossing chips in to make the call. Aharoni tabled {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} for the nut-straight and Spragg tossed his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Aharoni us
Daniel Aharoni
135,000
135,000
135,000
Benjamin Spragg gb
Benjamin Spragg
25,000
-31,500
-31,500

Tags: Benjamin SpraggDaniel Aharoni

Merkow Wins with Choctaw Nuts

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

In a limped pot, the flop came {j-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and after his opponent, Smith Collins checked, Gregg Merkow bet 3,500 and Collins called.

The turn was the {2-Spades} and both players checked.

But on the river {4-Hearts} Merkow bet 6,500 and his Smith folded.

"Should I show them what I have?" Merkow asked the guy next to him.

"Of course you should," the player replied.

And with that Merkow showed the table {j-Spades}{2-Diamonds} the stone-cold Choctaw Nuts for those that are familiar with the North Texas/Oklahoma term

Player Chips Progress
Gregg Merkow us
Gregg Merkow
161,500
5,500
5,500
Smith Collins us
Smith Collins
67,000
-26,200
-26,200

Tags: Gregg MerkowSmith Collins