2022 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$65,168
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$349,440
Entries
832
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
82
Players Left
1

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Break Time Chip Counts (full)

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brandon West us
Brandon West
1,700,000
680,000
680,000
Profile photo of Arturo Jimenez us
Arturo Jimenez
1,000,000
-154,000
-154,000
Profile photo of Howard Dion us
Howard Dion
850,000
155,000
155,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Liu us
Jonathan Liu
850,000
-60,000
-60,000
Profile photo of Alfonso Dominguez us
Alfonso Dominguez
820,000
310,000
310,000
Profile photo of Donavan Koldoff us
Donavan Koldoff
735,000
Profile photo of Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
680,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Charles Nguyen us
Charles Nguyen
670,000
342,000
342,000
Profile photo of Kyle Dempsey us
Kyle Dempsey
625,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Kirby Brewer us
Kirby Brewer
580,000
138,000
138,000
Profile photo of Peter Penas us
Peter Penas
550,000
351,000
351,000
Profile photo of Billy Johnson us
Billy Johnson
515,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Ryan Cahill us
Ryan Cahill
455,000
-135,000
-135,000
Profile photo of Michael Senter us
Michael Senter
445,000
148,000
148,000
Profile photo of Shaun Colquhoun us
Shaun Colquhoun
435,000
109,000
109,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Anthony Silvestri us
Anthony Silvestri
425,000
172,000
172,000
Profile photo of Wyatt Frost us
Wyatt Frost
370,000
243,000
243,000
Profile photo of John Divecha
John Divecha
365,000
-160,000
-160,000
Profile photo of Joseph Phillips gb
Joseph Phillips
340,000
220,000
220,000
Profile photo of Orlando Marquez us
Orlando Marquez
335,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of William Anderson us
William Anderson
305,000
-50,000
-50,000
Profile photo of Gonzalo Gonzalez us
Gonzalo Gonzalez
300,000
116,000
116,000
Profile photo of Joe Chang us
Joe Chang
275,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Kelli Phillips us
Kelli Phillips
275,000
-349,000
-349,000
Profile photo of Andrew Haynie us
Andrew Haynie
245,000
179,000
179,000

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Becker Wakes Up With Jacks

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Jonathan Liu jammed all in from the small blind with his big stack and Paul Becker called in the big blind.

Paul Becker: {j-Clubs}{j-Spades}
Jonathan Liu: {7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}

Becker had woken up with jacks and was looking to stay clean to double up.

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Becker was able to shave some chips away from Liu's large stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jonathan Liu us
Jonathan Liu
910,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Paul Becker us
Paul Becker
205,000
82,000
82,000

Dempsey Celebrates a Double

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

A loud "yes!" was heard throughout the room to draw some eyeballs to what had happened at the table as it was Kyle Dempsey who was celebrating a big double.

His winning hand of {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts} was showing with the board of {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{j-Spades}{2-Hearts} as his stack of 304,000 was being doubled through Michael Murray. Murray's losing hand, which had been the {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} according to the table, was already mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kyle Dempsey us
Kyle Dempsey
608,000
338,000
338,000
Profile photo of Michael Murray us
Michael Murray
140,000
-212,000
-212,000

Tags: Kyle DempseyMichael Murray

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Assorted Updated Chip Counts

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Arturo Jimenez us
Arturo Jimenez
1,154,000
306,000
306,000
Profile photo of Brandon West us
Brandon West
1,020,000
140,000
140,000
Profile photo of Minkyun Kim kr
Minkyun Kim
760,000
227,000
227,000
Profile photo of Howard Dion us
Howard Dion
695,000
196,000
196,000
Profile photo of Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
675,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Kelli Phillips us
Kelli Phillips
624,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Ryan Cahill us
Ryan Cahill
590,000
224,000
224,000
Profile photo of Alfonso Dominguez us
Alfonso Dominguez
510,000
166,000
166,000
Profile photo of Billy Johnson us
Billy Johnson
435,000
77,000
77,000
Profile photo of Michael Gibbs us
Michael Gibbs
405,000
79,000
79,000
Profile photo of Shaun Colquhoun us
Shaun Colquhoun
326,000
-559,000
-559,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Cameron Hewlett us
Cameron Hewlett
160,000
-66,000
-66,000
Profile photo of Justin Turner us
Justin Turner
Busted
Profile photo of Michelle Schissler us
Michelle Schissler
Busted
Profile photo of Trey Boone us
Trey Boone
Busted
Profile photo of Randall Dorff us
Randall Dorff
Busted

Vijay Knocks out Potoroka and Bart

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ward Potoroka shoved in hijack position getting called by small blind, Andrew Bart and big blind Vikram Vijay. The three players flipped their cards revealing high pocket pairs:

Ward Potoroka {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Andrew Bart {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Vikram Vijay {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {7-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Spades} and Vijay's kings held, sending the others players to the rail for a double knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vikram Vijay us
Vikram Vijay
870,000
414,000
414,000
Profile photo of Andrew Bart us
Andrew Bart
Busted
Profile photo of Ward Potoroka ca
Ward Potoroka
Busted

Tags: Andrew BartVikram VijayWard Potoroka