Wednesday, June 15, 2022 4:05 PM Local Time
Roongsak Griffeth Eliminated in 6th Place ($49,414)
Roongsak Griffeth opened with an all in for 970,000 from early position. Anant Patel went all in himself from late position for 2,340,000.
The rest of the table folded and hands were turned over.
Roongsak Griffeth:
Anant Patel:
The board was bad for Griffeth when the came out, giving Patel top set. The turn and river made it official and Griffeth was eliminated.
"First pair I've had all day," noted Patel. This one sent about a million chips in his direction and one stop closer to the bracelet.
Anant Patel | 3,400,000 | 1,055,000 |
Roongsak Griffeth | 0 | -1,700,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:58 PM Local Time
Austin Peck Eliminated in 7th Place ($38,455)
Austin Peck wasted little time in moving all in, getting a snap call from Michael Simhai. With Peck the player at risk, the two flipped their cards.
Austin Peck:
Michael Simhai:
With Peck well behind and on the brink of elimination, the board came , offering no help to Peck. Simhai's aces had held, sending Peck to the rail in 7th place for a cash of $38,455. Meanwhile, Simhai scooped the pot and entered the chip lead.
Michael Simhai | 7,620,000 | 4,310,000 |
Austin Peck | 0 | -2,400,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:51 PM Local Time
Level 31 started
Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:46 PM Local Time
Simhai Puts Griffeth to the Test
Ravi Raghavan opened to 225,000 from the hijack. He found three callers, Roongsak Griffeth from the cutoff, Michael Simhai from the button, and Timothy McDermott from the big blind.
The flop came out . Action checked to Griffeth who bet 500,000. Only Simhai made the call in position.
On the turn, Griffeth went for the check. Simhai quickly moved all in.
"Why didn't you do that on the flop?" asked Griffeth.
"Two people behind," grumbled Simhai.
After thinking for about a minute, Griffeth made his decision. "I'll fold a monster," said Griffeth as he showed the .
"That's a monster? I flopped two pair," admitted Simhai.
Ravi Raghavan | 4,400,000 | -1,230,000 |
Timothy McDermott | 3,350,000 | -600,000 |
Michael Simhai | 3,310,000 | 210,000 |
Roongsak Griffeth | 1,700,000 | -1,280,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:38 PM Local Time
Raghavan Doubles Up through Dowdy
David Dowdy fired for 250,000 from the button. A moment later, Ravi Raghavan announced that he was all-in from the big blind, with the effective stack of 2740000. Dowdy made the snap calling, tossing a single 5,000 chip into the middle.
Ravi Raghavan:
David Dowdy:
No help came for Dowdy, as the board came . Raghavan's kings had held. In doing so he double his own chip stack, while taking a significant chunk out of Dowdy's leading stack, with that lead down to less than half a million.
David Dowdy | 6,000,000 | -2,700,000 |
Ravi Raghavan | 5,630,000 | 2,930,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:30 PM Local Time
Dowdy Continues to Steamroll
David Dowdy opened to 225,000 from late position. Austin Peck called from the button and Roongsak Griffeth called from the big blind.
The flop showed . Dowdy continued for 300,000, Peck made the call, and Griffeth let it go.
The turn was the . Dowdy checked the card and Peck took the opportunity to bet 460,000. Dowdy assembled the 460,000, but announced "all in," as he slid in the calling chips.
Peck immediately folded.
"Strange," Peck thought out loud.
However it happened, Dowdy won another pot and added to his overwhelming lead.
David Dowdy | 8,700,000 | 700,000 |
Roongsak Griffeth | 2,980,000 | -120,000 |
Austin Peck | 2,400,000 | -470,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:24 PM Local Time
Griffeth's Turn for Bullets
Roongsak Griffeth opened to 250,000 from early position and Michael Simhai made the call on his immediate left.
The flop showed up . Griffeth continued for 350,000 and Simhai made the call in position.
On the turn, Girffeth bet 600,000. After some thought, Simhai laid it down.
"You fold a jack?" asked Griffeth as he showed .
"What do you think, I called you with nothing"? replied Simhai, implying that he did have a jack.
Michael Simhai | 3,100,000 | 380,000 |
Roongsak Griffeth | 3,100,000 | 700,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:16 PM Local Time
Dowdy Adds to Chip Lead
David Dowdy opened to 225,000 from middle position. Ravi Raghavan raised to 675,000 from the cutoff. Dowdy thought for a moment, but eventually found the call.
The flop was checked through, before the Dowdy fired for 675,000 on the turn. Raghavan snap folded.
Dowdy scooped the pot, adding to his stack, which is now about twice as large as the next biggest at the table.
David Dowdy | 8,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Ravi Raghavan | 2,700,000 | -980,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:10 PM Local Time
Level 30 started
Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:07 PM Local Time
David Yonnotti Eliminated in 8th Place ($30,277)
Roongsak Griffeth opened to 225,000 from the button as the short stack. David Yonnotti moved all in from the small blind for about 1,700,000. The big blind folded and Griffeth made the call for 1,170,000 effective.
Roongsak Griffeth:
David Yonnotti:
The board ran out and Griffeth secured the full double that left Yonnottie with about three big blinds.
*****
On the next hand, David Dowdy opened to 180,000 from middle position. Over to Yonnotti on the button, he said, "Alright Georgia, let's do it." He moved all in for slightly more, 205,000. Dowdy called.
David Dowdy:
David Yonnotti:
The board showed and gave Dowdy the win.
Three big hands in a row didn't go Yonnotti's way and he was eliminated in eighth place.
David Dowdy | 7,000,000 | 810,000 |
Roongsak Griffeth | 2,400,000 | 1,500,000 |
David Yonnotti | 0 | -1,740,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:59 PM Local Time
Raghavan Rivers a Flush to Survive and Double Up
After Timothy McDermott opened to 175,000, Ravi Raghavan jammed with 1,740,000 behind. After getting an official count, David Yonnotti, with Raghavan covered, moved all in as well. McDermott snap folded, and the two all-in players flipped their cards.
Ravi Raghavan:
David Yonnotti:
With Raghavan behind, the flop saw him pick up a backdoor flush draw. He hit his first runner with the turn, and the river completed the flush for Raghavan, giving him the pot and doubling his stack of chips.
Ravi Raghavan | 3,680,000 | 1,230,000 |
David Yonnotti | 1,740,000 | -1,310,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:48 PM Local Time
Simhai Makes Moves
David Yonnotti opened to 160,000 from the cutoff and found calls from Michael Simhai on the button and Timothy McDermott in the big blind.
The flop came . Action checked to Yonnotti who continued for 105,000. Simhai quickly raised to 400,000. McDermott folded, and after some thought, Yonnotti made the call.
The turn was the and Yonnotti checked. Simhai immediately moved all in for about 2,200,000. Yonnotti thought for about 20 seconds before making the fold.
Timothy McDermott | 3,950,000 | -100,000 |
David Yonnotti | 3,050,000 | -575,000 |
Michael Simhai | 2,720,000 | 45,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:40 PM Local Time
McDermott Takes it on the Flop
David Yonnotti opened to 160,000 from late position. Timothy McDermott, on the button, raised to 500,000. After the blinds got out of the way and a quick clarification of the raise amount, Yonnotti put in the call, giving heads-up action to the flop with over 1,000,000 already in the middle.
On the flop, McDermott continued for 300,000. After a brief moment of thought, Yonnotti mucked his hand, giving the pot to McDermott.
Timothy McDermott | 4,050,000 | 530,000 |
David Yonnotti | 3,625,000 | -170,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:16 PM Local Time
Full Chip Counts at First Break
David Dowdy | 6,190,000 | -760,000 |
David Yonnotti | 3,795,000 | -355,000 |
Timothy McDermott | 3,520,000 | 1,135,000 |
Austin Peck | 2,870,000 | 270,000 |
Michael Simhai | 2,675,000 | 1,150,000 |
Ravi Raghavan | 2,450,000 | -160,000 |
Anant Patel | 2,345,000 | 145,000 |
Roongsak Griffeth | 900,000 | 195,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:09 PM Local Time
Break Time
Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:06 PM Local Time
Kevin Song Eliminated in 9th Place ($24,001)
David Yonnotti opened from late position for 125,000. Kevin Song put in a raise to 375,000 before Yonnotti moved all in. Song thought for a few moments before making the call as the player at risk.
Kevin Song:
David Yonnotti:
"Best hand I've had," Song remarked, clearly frustrated at how far behind he was. The flop saw Song pick up more outs with a gutshot straight draw, but the turn and river provided no help to Song, instead giving Yonnotti a full house.
Song was sent to the rail in 9th place, for a cash of $24,001. As Song was the only player at the final table to have a previous WSOP bracelet, his elimination guarantees that a first-time bracelet winner will be crowned at the end of the day.
David Yonnotti | 4,150,000 | 2,225,000 |
Kevin Song | 0 | -1,900,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 1:41 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
David Dowdy | 6,950,000 | 1,050,000 |
Ravi Raghavan | 2,610,000 | 410,000 |
Austin Peck | 2,600,000 | -155,000 |
Timothy McDermott | 2,385,000 | -465,000 |
Anant Patel | 2,200,000 | 350,000 |
David Yonnotti | 1,925,000 | -1,025,000 |
Kevin Song | 1,900,000 | -50,000 |
Michael Simhai | 1,525,000 | -835,000 |
Roongsak Griffeth | 705,000 | -520,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 1:31 PM Local Time
Derek Sudell Eliminated in 10th Place ($19,253)
Kevin Song opened from under the gun to 80,000. From middle position, David Dowdy three-bet to 275,000. Over to Derek Sudell, who began to think as he counted his chips. After about a minute, he moved all in for about 1,700,000. Song folded and Dowdy called immediately.
David Dowdy:
Derek Sudell:
The flop increased Sudell's chances greatly when the came out, giving him a spade flush draw. The turn was the and the river was the , both black, but neither was the fourth spade Sudell was looking for.
Sudell was eliminated and Dowdy took a commanding chip lead.
"Did you like that runout, black-black?" asked a tablemate.
"I think we all liked that runout," said another. Each elimination comes with a pay jump at this point in the tournament.
"It took me a minute to process that it didn't hit," said Dowdy.
David Dowdy | 5,900,000 | 1,300,000 |
Kevin Song | 1,950,000 | -610,000 |
Derek Sudell | 0 | -2,150,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 1:23 PM Local Time
Dowdy's Shove Takes it Down
David Dowdy opened from middle position to 100,000. Roongsak Griffeth, the cutoff, and Michael Simhai, the big blind, both made the call.
Griffeth fired for 200,000 on the flop. Simhai got out of the way, before Dowdy announced that he was all-in. Griffeth took a few moments, at one point asking if he was allowed to ask Dowdy to show his cards, before finally tossing his hand in the muck, giving the pot to Dowdy.
"I'll tell you if you tell me," Dowdy said, "You got a jack?"
"You'll tell me? King-jack" Griffeth responded.
"I had queens" Dowdy told him, although neither player showed any hole cards.
David Dowdy | 4,600,000 | 900,000 |
Roongsak Griffeth | 1,225,000 | -550,000 |
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 1:20 PM Local Time
Song and Peck Turn a Straight to Chop Pot
After limping preflop, five players stayed in the hand to see the flop.
On the flop, Kevin Song bet 160,000 from the hijack. Austin Peck, the small blind, was his only caller.
Peck fired for 250,000 on the turn, and Song called. The river was checked through. Song turned over while Peck showed , giving both players the eight-high straight, leading to a chopped pot between the two.
Austin Peck | 2,755,000 | 375,000 |
Kevin Song | 2,560,000 | 240,000 |