Friday, June 24, 2022 10:21 PM Local Time
Mateos Pays Off Kabrhel
Adrian Mateos raised to 240,000 from under the gun and Martin Kabrhel defended his big blind.
The flop saw Kabrhel check-call 170,000 and the pair checked the turn.
The river was the . Kabrhel bet 300,000 and was quickly called by Mateos. Kabrhel showed for two pair, tens and eights, and won the pot after Mateos mucked.
| Adrian Mateos | 6,500,000 | -580,000  |
| Martin Kabrhel | 3,850,000 | 790,000  |
Friday, June 24, 2022 10:19 PM Local Time
Davies Down to 15 Big Blinds
Moments after getting a shove through Dan Zack, Seth Davies opened to 270,000 and was called by Phil Ivey.
Both players checked the flop and the turn was the . Ivey bet 350,000 and Davies folded.
| Phil Ivey | 5,400,000 | 400,000 |
| Seth Davies | 1,725,000 | -375,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 10:15 PM Local Time
Foxen Finally Gets Some Chips from Zack
The action folded to Alex Foxen in the small blind who just limped in. Dan Zack checked his option and the dealer fanned the flop of .
Foxen led out with a bet of 120,000 and Zack called to see the on the turn. Foxen checked this time and Zack checked it back.
The paired the board on the river and Foxen put together a bet of 720,000. Zack used one of his time banks but decided to make the call. Foxen turned over for trip deuces and Zack conceded.
| Dan Zack | 13,430,000 | -1,470,000 |
| Alex Foxen | 8,050,000 | 900,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 10:11 PM Local Time
Ponakovs Pays Off Steven
On a flop Aleksejs Ponakovs bet 185,000 and Brandon Steven raised to 600,000. Ponakovs called and then checked the turn.
Steven bet 440,000 and Ponakovs called. The river completed the board and Ponakovs checked again. Steven bet 2,100,000 and Ponakovs flicked out a single chip to call.
Steven tabled for a turned set and took down the pot.
| Brandon Steven | 12,250,000 | 3,760,000 |
| Aleksejs Ponakovs | 1,250,000 | -2,340,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 10:02 PM Local Time
Davies Can't Get a Bluff Through
Nick Petrangelo raised it up from the hijack and Seth Davies called from the big blind. The flop came and Davies check-called a bet of 130,000 from Petrangelo.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Davies thought for a minute before throwing in a bet of 260,000. Petrangelo also gave it some thought before calling. Davies showed for a missed flush draw while the of Petrangelo was good for king-high.
| Nick Petrangelo | 11,400,000 | 900,000 |
| Seth Davies | 2,100,000 | -750,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 9:52 PM Local Time
Level 17 started
Level: 17
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:52 PM Local Time
Chip Counts at Dinner
| Dan Zack | 14,900,000 | 500,000 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 10,500,000 | -410,000 |
| Brandon Steven | 8,490,000 | 2,040,000 |
| Alex Foxen | 7,150,000 | -670,000 |
| Adrian Mateos | 7,080,000 | 105,000 |
| Phil Ivey | 6,860,000 | 20,000 |
| Sam Soverel | 6,305,000 | -545,000 |
| Chris Hunichen | 5,325,000 | 2,275,000 |
| Henrik Hecklen | 3,960,000 | -1,140,000 |
| Aleksejs Ponakovs | 3,590,000 | -985,000 |
| Martin Kabrhel | 3,060,000 | -140,000 |
| Jason Koon | 3,025,000 | -1,325,000 |
| Seth Davies | 2,850,000 | -450,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:47 PM Local Time
Dinner Break
Players are going on a 60-minute dinner break with 13 players left. A reminder that the top nine places are paid with a min-cash worth $414,815.
Play will resume at approximately 21:48 local time.
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:41 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Adrian Mateos | 6,975,000 | -250,000 |
| Sam Soverel | 6,850,000 | 350,000 |
| Brandon Steven | 6,450,000 | -150,000 |
| Henrik Hecklen | 5,100,000 | -530,000 |
| Aleksejs Ponakovs | 4,575,000 | -3,150,000 |
| Martin Kabrhel | 3,200,000 | 0 |
| Chris Hunichen | 3,050,000 | -775,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:41 PM Local Time
Foxen Flips Oya to the Rail
Alex Foxen raised to 215,000 in the cutoff and Dan Zack just called on the button. Masashi Oya ripped all in for 2,835,000 from the small blind for the second hand in a row. Foxen re-shoved all in and Zack quickly folded.
Masashi Oya:
Alex Foxen:
The flop came and Foxen remained in the lead with his pair of nines. The on the turn gave Oya some more outs but he was unable to connect with the on the river.
| Alex Foxen | 7,820,000 | 2,650,000 |
| Masashi Oya | 0 | -1,775,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:38 PM Local Time
Kabrhel Bluffs Off Half His Stack as Steven Doubles
Martin Kabrhel raised to 200,000 and got calls from Sam Soverel and Brandon Steven.
The flop checked to Kabrhel who bet 200,000. Soverel folded and action was on Steven.
"Don't do anything stupid Brandon," said Kabrhel. "I don't want to bust you."
Steven called and the turn was the . Again it checked to Kabrhel who bet 1,200,000.
"You want advice?" asked Kabrhel. "When someone is talking during a hand it's never a bluff."
Steven used a time bank before ultimately calling.
The river was the and it checked to Kabrhel. "You hit your flush," said Kabrhel. "I think I lost. How can I run this bad?
"Brandon I promise I'm not going to go all in," he continued before announcing a bet of 3,000,000 — almost a million more than Steven's stack. Steven snap-called.
Kabrhel tabled for a stone-cold bluff while Steven had indeed rivered a flush with to double through the two-time WSOP bracelet winner.
| Brandon Steven | 6,600,000 | 2,800,000 |
| Martin Kabrhel | 3,200,000 | -3,350,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:29 PM Local Time
Petrangelo Chips Up with Two Pair
Nick Petrangelo raised to 225,000 on the button and was called by Phil Ivey and Alex Foxen in the blinds. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.
Ivey checked again and Foxen tossed in a bet of 260,000. Petrangelo just called and Ivey stepped aside. The river was the which halted the action as both players checked. Foxen showed for top pair but Petrangelo held for two pair to rake in the pot.
| Nick Petrangelo | 10,910,000 | 610,000 |
| Phil Ivey | 6,840,000 | 765,000 |
| Alex Foxen | 5,170,000 | 620,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:25 PM Local Time
Kabrhel vs Mateos
Blind on blind on the flop, Martin Kabrhel bet 100,000 and Adrian Mateos called.
The turn was the . "On the flop we bet one hundred, so on the turn..." said Kabrhel as he bet 200,000. Mateos folded.
"Adrian folded! Last time he folded was November 1986," said Kabrhel, forgetting that Mateos was born in July 1994.
"Today is a special day," replied Mateos.
"No no no," said Kabrhel. "Tomorrow is a special day. You will be in my winner's photo Adrian. Brandon [Steven] can be in my winner's photo too!"
| Adrian Mateos | 7,225,000 | -325,000 |
| Martin Kabrhel | 6,550,000 | 250,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:20 PM Local Time
"Happy Person, Happy Wife"
"Do you have a wife?" Brandon Steven asked Martin Kabrhel from across the table.
"A wife?" replied Kabrhel. "Yes I have a wife."
"And is she the same?" asked Steven.
"Is she sane?" said Kabrhel, mishearing. His tablemates corrected him. "Yes she is the same as me. Otherwise how can she be with me?
"She will be coming soon. I will have to let her meet you Brandon. I promise - it's not a ghost. Why do you ask?"
"You seem like a happy person," replied Steven. "Happy person, happy wife."
| Martin Kabrhel | 6,300,000 | 100,000 |
| Brandon Steven | 3,800,000 | 375,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 8:03 PM Local Time
Is This Real Life?
Martin Kabrhel raised the minimum to 200,000 in the hijack and Sam Soverel flat-called on the button. The flop came and they both checked to the on the turn and the on the river.
Kabrhel finally led out with a bet of 100,000 and Soverel raised to 640,000. Kabrhel thought for a minute and then made the call. Soverel flipped over for a rivered full house and Kabrhel was left talking to himself.
"Is this real life, Andy?" Kabrhel started by questioning the tournament floor. "Aces. I had aces. And he just takes the pot and doesn't say anything. No "sorry bro" or anything like that. I played it perfectly but the river. There's always a river."
| Sam Soverel | 6,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Martin Kabrhel | 6,200,000 | -200,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 7:59 PM Local Time
Zack Bests Foxen
In a limped pot blind on blind, Alex Foxen checked to Dan Zack who bet 100,000. On a flop Foxen check-raised to 330,000 and Zack called.
The turn was the and Foxen bet 290,000. Zack called.
The pair checked the river and Foxen tabled for two pair, queens and deuces. Zack showed for a better two pair, queens and eights, and took down another pot.
| Dan Zack | 14,400,000 | 400,000 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 10,300,000 | -270,000 |
| Phil Ivey | 6,075,000 | -725,000 |
| Alex Foxen | 4,550,000 | -450,000 |
| Jason Koon | 4,350,000 | 870,000 |
| Seth Davies | 3,300,000 | -100,000 |
| Masashi Oya | 1,775,000 | 75,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 7:48 PM Local Time
Level 16 started
Level: 16
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Friday, June 24, 2022 7:44 PM Local Time
Another Scalp for Zack as Katz Hits the Rail
Cary Katz shoved for 1,035,000 and it folded to Dan Zack on the button. He eyed the stacks of the players in the blinds before calling. The blinds both folded.
Katz tabled and Zack made a noise as he showed
There was an ace in the window as well as a jack on the flop. The turn left Katz drawing slim as the hit on the river to send him to the rail.
| Dan Zack | 14,000,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Cary Katz | 0 | -1,800,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 7:41 PM Local Time
Petrangelo Picks Away at Mateos
Adrian Mateos opened to 175,000 from under the gun and Nick Petrangelo re-raised to 565,000 on his left. The action folded back to Mateos who called to go heads-up.
The flop fell and Mateos check-called a bet of 275,000 from Petrangelo. The paired the board on the turn and both players checked to the on the river.
Mateos checked for the third time and Petrangelo announced a bet of 900,000. Mateos gave it a brief thought but decided to throw his cards away.
| Nick Petrangelo | 10,570,000 | 1,170,000 |
| Adrian Mateos | 6,460,000 | -1,040,000 |
Friday, June 24, 2022 7:32 PM Local Time
Tang Elimination Boosts Big-Stack Zack
Stanley Tang was all in for 1,800,000 and had been called by Dan Zack.
Stanley Tang:
Dan Zack:
The flop didn't change things but the turn gave Tang both straight and flush draws to stay alive.
The river was a brick and Tang was eliminated.
| Dan Zack | 12,800,000 | 1,700,000 |
| Stanley Tang | 0 | -1,200,000 |