Event #26: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 4 Completed
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$857,900
Entries
92
Level
26
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Entries
2
Players Left
1
Level 26
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Los Angeles' Jonathan Cohen is the latest 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner after taking down Event #26: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship for a career-best $245,678 and his first bracelet. Cohen defeated Wisconsin's Kyle Dilschneider in a marathon heads-up battle that lasted nearly seven hours and spanned multiple days in an event that attracted 92 runners to generate a prize pool of $857,900.
The victory comes a decade after Cohen finished runner-up in Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout at the 2012 WSOP for $192,559, a close call that was fresh in his mind as he battled for his first bracelet.
��That was misery," Cohen told PokerNews in an interview after the victory. "I definitely didn��t want to come second twice. I feel very relieved.��
Other players who made deep runs in the Championship Limit Hold'em Event include fellow Los Angeles grinder Matthew Schreiber (3rd - $107,978), poker coach and high stakes pro Matthew Gonzales (4th - $107,978) and Chad Eveslage (6th - $44,194), who was after his second bracelet of the series after winning Event #8: $25,000 High Roller.
Event #26: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Final Table Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
| 1 | Jonathan Cohen | United States | $245,678 | |
| 2 | Kyle Dilschneider | United States | $151,842 | |
| 3 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | $107,978 | |
| 4 | Matthew Gonzales | United States | $78,435 | |
| 5 | Joey Couden | United States | $58,226 | |
| 6 | Chad Eveslage | United States | $44,194 | |
| 7 | Matt Woodward | United States | $34,314 | |
| 8 | Amir Shayesteh | United States | $27,269 | |
| 9 | David Litt | United States | $22,192 |
Final Table Action
The final table action kicked off with nine hopefuls and saw David Litt being the first to go in a cooler where his trips were no good against the straight of Joey Couden, who himself later bowed out in fifth place.
Eveslage, the Day 2 chip leader, exited in sixth in brutal fashion when he made a full house only to be counterfeited by quads on the board to lose to the ace-high of Cohen.
Schreiber was down to just a few big bets during six-handed play but managed to run up his stack and ladder to third place, falling when he got it in with middle pair to be drawing thin against the two pair of Cohen.
Cohen and Dilschneider battled heads-up for two-and-a-half hours before breaking on Day 3 and returning the next day to finish the tournament. Day 4 lasted over four hours and saw both players exchanging chip leads as the betting limits crept up.
Dilschneider eventually got down to a few big bets and got his final chips in on a nine-high board with pocket fives. Unfortunately for the Dilschneider, Cohen held king-nine and the runner-up failed to improve as the river brought a king to give Cohen two pair.
Cohen told PokerNews he ��I wasn��t even (planning on) playing" the tournament that wound up bringing him his first bracelet.
"I busted out of the Shootout with like two minutes to register ... (and Schreiber) begged me to come play," he said. "And he just like got me to come play with him.��
The unsung hero in the Limit Championship Event was Riley, an eight-year-old service dog that never left Cohen's side as he played multiple 12-hour days.
"How much of it does Riley get?" Dilschneider joked earlier as he got short.
"He's my backer, and I'm in makeup!" Cohen joked back.
That wraps up the PokerNews live reporting team's coverage of Event #26: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship. Be sure to check out the WSOP live reporting hub for coverage of other bracelet events.
Level 26
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Kyle Dilschneider managed to double up his micro stack before he raised from the button and Jonathan Cohen called.
Cohen checked on the 
flop and called a bet from Dilschneider. Cohen checked again on the 
turn and Dilschneider bet. Cohen check-raised and Dilschneider called for his tournament life.
Kyle Dilschneider: 
Jonathan Cohen: 
Cohen had improved to a better pair on the turn and Dilschneider was drawing to just a five. The 
on the river gave Cohen two pair and marked Dilschneider's elimination in second place for $151,842 after a lengthy heads-up battle that spanned two days.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,500,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 26
Betting Limits: 120,000/240,000
Level 25
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
The remaining two players are on another ten-minute break.
Level 25
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Kyle Dilschneider raised on the button and Jonathan Cohen called. Cohen checked on the flop of 
and called a bet from Dilschneider.
Cohen checked again on the 
turn and called when Dilschneider bet all-in.
Kyle Dilschneider: 
Jonathan Cohen: 
Cohen was ahead and a big favorite to win his first bracelet, but the 
came on the river to give Dilschneider a flush and keep him alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,800,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
700,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
Level 25
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Jonathan Cohen opened and then called a three-bet from Dilschneider. Dilschneider bet on the 
flop and Cohen called. Dilschneider bet again on the 
turn and Cohen again called.
Dilschneider bet a third time on the river and Cohen folded a nine face-up as Dilschneider showed 
for a flopped set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,000,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
Level 25
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Jonathan Cohen opened on the button and Kyle Dilschneider called. Dilschneider checked on the flop of 
and called a bet from Cohen. Both players then checked on the 
turn.
Dilschneider bet on the river and Cohen called, only to muck when Dilschneider showed 
trip fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
|
|
||
Level 25
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Jonathan Cohen opened on the button and called when Kyle Dilschneider three-bet. Cohen checked on the 
flop and Dilschneider checked back. The same action took place on the turn.
Cohen checked again on the 
river and folded when Dilschneider bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,800,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,700,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Level 25
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Players have agreed to another ten-minute break with Kyle Dilschneider riding the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,800,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
700,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |