Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The remaining 198 players are on their final full 20-minute break of the evening, another short break for a chip race of the T-100 chips will follow after the completion of level nine.
2022 World Series of Poker
Tournament of Champions
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 World Series of Poker
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
470
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Entries
463
Players Left
144
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
140,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
130,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
130,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
125,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
125,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
115,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
29,400
|
29,400 |
|
||
|
80,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
75,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
75,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
65,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
60,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
29,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
||
|
28,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
25,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
13,000
-18,600
|
-18,600 |
|
|
||
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The small blind limped in and Ryan Laplante raised to 3,200 in the big blind. His opponent called.
The opponent checked on the flop of 
and called a bet of 2,500 from Laplante. The opponent checked again on the 
turn and opted to fold when faced with a second barrel from Laplante.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
While Chip Jett and Patrick Leonard have been eliminated recently, another WSOP stalwart has entered the fray. Former WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada has been spotted in the field and sits just under the starting stack in pursuit of earning another WSOP cash and perhaps gold bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Towards the end of the previous level, Nicholas Shock had sent an opponent to the rail when he overbet the river of a ten-high board and revealed 
for a king-high flush. His opponent could not get away from 
and hit the rail.
Shock continued his hot run soon after the break when he raised to 3,000 and called the shove of a short stack for around 11,000.
His 
were up against 
and the king came on the turn of a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Four ways to a 
flop, Ali Eslami in the cutoff called a bet worth 8,000 by the hijack and the other two players in the hand sent their cards into the muck. The 
on the turn was checked through and the fell on the river. Following a check by the hijack, Eslami bet 15,000 and his opponent sigh-called before immediately asking if there was any flush about.
Eslami rolled over the 
for flopped two pair that had indeed improved to a flush and that was good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
143,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Michael Budde was in position in a heads-up pot against Michael Jozoff on a board of 
. Budde moved all in for about 45,000 with around the same amount in the middle and Jozoff went contemplated a call.
"I don't think I've ever ahead," Jozoff said. "If you have a king with a heart then that's really bad. There's no shot I'm ahead."
Jozoff eventually folded and Budde showed for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
50,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
With one shorter stack already at risk and a side pot of 30,000 to the 
turn, Jonathan Woof checked to Ryan Messick and the table big stack made it 22,000 to go. "What do you have?" his sole active opponent sighed before he settled on a fold.
Messick tabled the 
for nines full and the all-in player was drawing dead with the 
to make the river a formality.
The player in the nine seat was trying to rub off some of the run good, to which Messick joked "at least give me a longer massage". One hand later, the very same player opened to 2,400. Messick, now in the big blind, three-bet to 9,600 and took down the next pot.
In the meanwhile, Angelina Rich was eliminated from one table over to reduce the field further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
188,000
42,800
|
42,800 |
|
120,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Not long ago, Eric Smidinger had flopped top pair and an open-ender with 
to get it in against an opponent with the 
. Both made the eight-high straight on the 
turn when the remainder went in and the 
river ensured the split pot.
The very same player then vanished as Smidinger's stack skyrocketed well above the average on a table that barely contains any of those that started in the first level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
143,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
55,000 | |
|
22,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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|
|
Busted | |