2022 World Series of Poker

Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$750,120
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$12,559,680
Entries
14,112
Level Info
Level
46
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
3,573
Players Left
182

Horiuchi Doubles Through Himmelspach

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Masato Horiuchi got all of his chips in the middle in a heads-up pot against Chad Himmelspach on a board of {q-Spades}{10-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

Masato Horiuchi: {a-Spades}{4-Spades}
Chad Himmelspach: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Himmelspach was ahead with jacks while Horiuchi had a flush draw and needed a spade. The got it on the {k-Spades} turn and the {7-Hearts} on the river didn't change things for Horiuchi to double up through Himmelspach, who won his first bracelet last fall in Event #75: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em.

Player Chips Progress
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Chad Himmelspach
130,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Masato Horiuchi
90,000
90,000
90,000

2022 WSOP Featured Females: Meet Wendeen Eolis, 1st Woman to Ever Cash Main Event

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Wendeen Eolis
Wendeen Eolis

In the mid 1980��s, women were considered no factor in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and other than the famous rounder and professional gambler Thomas ��Amarillo Slim�� Preston, poker players rarely made headlines in the mainstream press. That all changed when Wendeen Eolis became the first woman to cash at poker��s ��Big Dance.��

In the 1986 WSOP Main Event, Eolis battled some of the best players in the world, including Amarillo Slim, in a field of 141 runners. She was on her way to a 25th-place finish for a $10,000, return on her buy-in, and permanent bragging rights as the first woman in history to cash in the WSOP Main Event.

Eolis attributes her 1986 WSOP performance to a year of poker tutoring from one of the best, a ��relatively�� conservative game plan, and cooperative cards. She told PokerNews, ��Even today, women can win more by bluffing less than men.��

Click here to read the full feature on PokerNews!

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With late registration having closed, the tournament directors have announced the final payouts and prize pool for tonight's flight.

Today's flight reached a total of 3,573 entries, generating a prize pool of $2,108,070. Of that field, 536 players will be get paid, with the minimum payout being $1,062. The first place prize sits at $272,769, and of course the revered WSOP gold bracelet, and still three more starting flights of players to enter and contribute to the prize pool.

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Baker Knocks Out Dowdy

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up with around 40,000 in the pot and a flop of {9-Spades}{k-Spades}{10-Clubs} on the table. Royce Baker fired for 30,000 from early position. David Dowdy raised to 85,000.

After Baker spent a few minutes in the tank, the player to his left called the clock. Not too long after, Baker moved all in, and Dowdy made the snap call as the player at risk.

David Dowdy: {a-Spades}{5-Spades}
Royce Baker: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

Baker was ahead with his set, but Dowdy's nut flush draw gave him plenty of equity. Unfortunately for Dowdy, who previously this summer made the final table and finished runner up in Event #27: No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, the {a-Hearts} turn and {6-Hearts} river did not offer him enough help, and he was sent to the rail. Baker scooped the pot to add to his stack, which is now among the biggest in the room.

Player Chips Progress
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Royce Baker
800,000
25,000
25,000
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David Dowdy
Busted

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Some Updated Counts as Sinishtaj Busts

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Kalidou Sow
580,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
320,000
320,000
320,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Francois Pirault fr
Francois Pirault
270,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Christian Soto us
Christian Soto
260,000
260,000
260,000
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
230,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
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Jimmy D'Ambrosio
220,000
-30,000
-30,000
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Chad Himmelspach
150,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Roland Israelashvili
130,000
130,000
130,000
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Karina Jett
100,000
100,000
100,000
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Melanie Weisner
100,000
-60,000
-60,000
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Tony Sinishtaj
Busted

Labat Is Cruising

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Antoine Labat
Antoine Labat

Antoine Labat currently has a lot of chips in front of him, more than 600,000. It was not about one hand, but rather the 2018 Main Event finalist busted lots of players.

"What can I say? For example, one player shoved with A-2 when I had sevens in the big blind, easy call. Another player called my three-bet preflop then jammed on a nine-high board with A-J when I had aces... I can't complain for now, my run is pretty hot," he said.

Player Chips Progress
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Antoine Labat
605,000
605,000
605,000

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Grigorian Survives With Aces

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chris Grigorian was down to 80,000 and decide to shove before the flop. He was called by a player on the button.

Chris Grigorian: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Opponent : {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

"Don't do it to me," said Grigorian to the dealer. The dealer did not do it as an {a-Diamonds} on the turn secured a double up for the Armenian, who can now think about the money as the bubble is coming soon.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Grigorian
170,000
170,000
170,000

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