Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:52 PM Local Time
Clark's Boat Sinks Rudolph
Scotter Clark raised from the hijack and got a call from Christian Rudolph in the big blind.
Rudolph checked on the flop of and Clark bet 35,000. Rudolph called, and check-called again when Clark bet 35,000 on the turn.
Rudolph checked a third time on the river and Clark fired for 77,000. Rudolph called.
"I have the nuts," Clark said before tabling for aces full. "Argh!"
"Second nuts," someone corrected a few moments after the hand.
Scotter Clark | 1,300,000 | 200,000 |
Christian Rudolph | 400,000 | -217,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:50 PM Local Time
Colpoys Catching Cards
Dan Colpoys was seen eliminating a player and stacking chips.
"Have you had tens yet?" asked a tablemate.
"I don't think so," replied Colpoys.
"Because you've had every other premium," replied the tablemate.
Colpoys has found his way to the top of the leaderboard as he rides the wave of good cards and good play.
Dan Colpoys | 2,700,000 | 150,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:46 PM Local Time
Various Red Counts
Frank Funaro | 2,150,000 | 130,000 |
Alejandro Lococo | 1,100,000 | 180,000 |
Gianluca Speranza | 995,000 | 93,000 |
Johan Schumacher | 720,000 | 80,000 |
Stanley Lee | 610,000 | -286,000 |
Rafael Moraes | 600,000 | 600,000 |
Greg Merson | 210,000 | 10,000 |
Daniel Lazrus | 125,000 | -355,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:38 PM Local Time
Rocco Makes a Set Versus Rast
Action picked up on the flop in a three-way pot. The board showed . Two players checked to Brian Rast in the cutoff who bet 48,000 into the pot of about 100,000. Only Michael Rocco called from early position.
The turn landed the and Rocco checked again. Rast checked behind.
The river was the and Rocco led for 205,000. Rast contemplated for about 20 seconds before making the call.
Rocco revealed for the flopped set, Rast tapped the table, and Rocco raked the large pot.
Michael Rocco | 2,100,000 | 225,000 |
Brian Rast | 630,000 | 47,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:36 PM Local Time
Some Updated Counts from Bally's Red
Mikal Blomlie | 1,880,000 | -110,000 |
Nicholas Howard | 1,850,000 | -150,000 |
Rigoberto Rodriguez | 1,600,000 | 431,000 |
Scotter Clark | 1,100,000 | 35,000 |
Loni Hui | 1,000,000 | 375,000 |
Max Pescatori | 741,000 | 241,000 |
Sean Troha | 585,000 | 392,000 |
Matas Cimbolas | 345,000 | 5,000 |
Alexandre Reard | 110,000 | 35,000 |
Jon Turner | 0 | -250,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:34 PM Local Time
Updated Counts in Bally's Red
Andre Akkari | 800,000 | -310,000 |
Kevin Campbell | 750,000 | -10,000 |
Wesley Fei | 600,000 | 10,000 |
John Cynn | 500,000 | 270,000 |
Ugur Secilmis | 450,000 | -215,000 |
Ebony Kenney | 400,000 | 5,000 |
Romain Lewis | 350,000 | 100,000 |
Alexandre Reard | 75,000 | -25,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:33 PM Local Time
Vrabel Showers Lyubovetskiy
Luke Vrabel briefly recapped a hand he played against Andriy Lyubovetskiy. Vrabel moved all in with and action folded to Lyubovetskiy.
Vrabel explained he tried to convince the Ukranian to fold but Lyubovetskiy ended up calling off his shorter stack with .
Vrabel paired his jack on the flop and he held on the turn and river to send Lyubovetskiy packing.
Luke Vrabel | 240,000 | 115,000 |
Andriy Lyubovetskiy | 0 | -580,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:32 PM Local Time
Dan Smith Channeling His Tilt into Deep Main Event Run
Dan Smith | 800,000 | 200,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:30 PM Local Time
Kenney Supremely Spinning
Ebony Kenney has been in short stack ninja mode on Day 4, with her stack hanging around 100,000 much of the day and getting as low as 43,000 at one point.
Recently though, she was seen with a much healthier stack of 395,000 and shared the series of spins that brought it back to life.
First, she got 43,000 in with against , and on a runout of , drilled a deuce on the river to get a double-up
Then she moved in for 86,000 over an early position raise to 17,000. Kenney had versus her opponent's , and with a runout of , she doubled again.
The spinup was far from done however, as now back down to 98,000, she got it in with against and flopped a jack on a board to hit the 200,000 mark.
And most recently, after the button jammed on her for 140,000, Kenney found against the all in's and flopped a full house on the runout.
Ebony Kenney | 395,000 | 295,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:28 PM Local Time
Chanthabouasy Chipping Up
In a bloated pot with over 800,000 in the middle on a completed board, a player in the cutoff checked, and Steve Chanthabouasy bet 200,000 on the button. His opponent thought about it and ultimately called.
Chanthabouasy rolled over to claim the pot with his rockets, and he added the chips to his growing stack.
Steve Chanthabouasy | 2,100,000 | 1,170,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:23 PM Local Time
Jolly Saves the Best for Last
Tommi Lankinen opened to 22,000 in early position and Brant Jolly three-bet to 70,000 on his left. The action folded back to Lankinen who called to see a flop of . Lankinen checked to Jolly who continued with a bet of 80,000 and Lankinen folded.
Two hands later, Jolly raised to 25,000 and was called by Andrew Brinkley in the big blind. The flop fell and Brinkley check-folded to a bet of 40,000 from Jolly.
The very next hand, Lankinen raised to 22,000 again and Jolly just called this time. The button also called and Brinkley ripped all in for 161,000 from the small blind. Lankinen folded and Jolly re-shoved all in, forcing the button to fold.
Andrew Brinkley:
Brant Jolly:
Jolly was in a dominating position and the board of provided little sweat as Jolly sent Brinkley to the payout desk.
Tommi Lankinen | 1,280,000 | 741,000 |
Brant Jolly | 1,105,000 | 275,000 |
Andrew Brinkley | 0 | -600,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:23 PM Local Time
Layne Flack Selected as 2022 Poker Hall of Fame Inductee
The late great Layne Flack, who passed away last year, was selected as the 2022 Poker Hall of Fame inductee during a Hall of Fame bounty event at the WSOP Sunday afternoon.
"Back-to-Back" Flack beat out nine other talented nominees, all of whom are also deserving of the honor. The list of close calls include Matt Savage, Josh Arieh, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Kathy Liebert, Mike Matusow, Norman Chad & Lon McEachern, Michael Mizrachi, Brian Rast, and Isai Scheinberg.
Read the Full Story Here
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:22 PM Local Time
Baumann Enjoying Fantastic Day 4, Up to One Million
Gaelle Baumann opened to 22,000 from middle position and the cutoff called. The small blind three-bet to 105,000 and both Baumann and the cutoff came along for the ride.
The flop came and after the small blind checked, Baumann fired 90,000. The cutoff was quick to fold and the small blind would hesitate before folding himself.
Baumann started her day with 372,000 and has built her stack to a million in less than three hours on Day 4.
Gaelle Baumann | 1,000,000 | 160,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:18 PM Local Time
Notable Stacks in Bally's Red
Gabi Livshitz | 2,350,000 | 515,000 |
Jake Abdalla | 2,030,000 | -20,000 |
Andres Jeckeln | 2,000,000 | 504,000 |
James Stitzel | 1,900,000 | -100,000 |
Michael Rocco | 1,875,000 | -45,000 |
Baseem Nsier | 1,800,000 | 980,000 |
Rodrigo Semeghini | 1,800,000 | 981,000 |
Mathieu His | 1,700,000 | 135,000 |
Andrew Watson | 1,680,000 | -120,000 |
Jeffrey Farnes | 1,650,000 | 575,000 |
Karim Rebei | 1,425,000 | 23,000 |
Lucia Navarromartinez | 1,400,000 | 600,000 |
Laurynas Levinskas | 1,350,000 | 539,000 |
Richard Alati | 1,320,000 | 926,000 |
Maximiliano Gallardo | 1,320,000 | 617,000 |
Dingxiang Ong | 1,300,000 | 211,000 |
Igor Ioffe | 1,250,000 | 894,000 |
Arjun Srinivas | 1,200,000 | -310,000 |
Scotter Clark | 1,065,000 | 15,000 |
Jeremy Wien | 925,000 | 75,000 |
Arkadi Onikoul | 400,000 | -207,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:18 PM Local Time
Plante Gets Short, Busts Shortly After
Santiago Plante and Matas Cimbolas were heads-up in the blinds on a board reading . With around 80,000 in the middle, Plante led out with a bet of 20,000 from the small blind. Cimbolas called and the paired the board on the river.
Plante fired out another small bet of 30,000 and Cimbolas raised to 150,000 this time. Plante stared him down for a moment and then shrugged his shoulders as he sent his cards to the muck.
After getting down to under 200,000 chips, Plante was seen heading to the payout desk just moments later.
Matas Cimbolas | 340,000 | -187,000 |
Santiago Plante | 0 | -210,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:12 PM Local Time
Selected Stacks Bally's Orange
Andrew Watson | 1,800,000 | 300,000 |
John Esposito | 1,000,000 | 105,000 |
Ramiro Petrone | 900,000 | 239,000 |
Dan Smith | 600,000 | 0 |
Jared Jaffee | 580,000 | -249,000 |
Talal Shakerchi | 545,000 | 145,000 |
Alexios Zervos | 520,000 | 41,000 |
David Peters | 250,000 | -409,000 |
Blake Bohn | 248,000 | -34,000 |
Aylar Lie | 140,000 | 73,000 |
Ray Henson | 120,000 | 22,000 |
Patrick Hagenlocher | 0 | -60,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:11 PM Local Time
Chirumamilla Spikes to Double Through Akkari
With roughly 70,000 in the pot on a flop, Raja Chirumamilla check-called in the big blind for 25,000 against Andre Akkari in early position. The landed on the turn, Chirumamilla jammed for 102,000, and Akkari called.
Raja Chirumamilla:
Andre Akkari:
Chirumamilla was calling for a jack, but instead, the spiked the river to also improve him to a straight and keep his tournament life alive. "I gotta get lucky sometimes," said Chirumamilla as he collected the pot.
On the next hand, a player opened in middle position, Rok Gostisa flatted on the button, and Chirumamilla jammed in the small blind, causing both opponent to fold as he chipped up further. Chirumamilla also joked that Gostisa, who is sitting on his right, is a bad neighbor on account of the fact that Gostisa folded earlier when Chirumamilla had queens and aces.
Rok Gostisa | 1,700,000 | 270,000 |
Andre Akkari | 1,110,000 | -430,000 |
Raja Chirumamilla | 390,000 | -235,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:02 PM Local Time
Mermelstein Sends "Aces" Out with Aces
British poker legend Simon "Aces" Trumper just received the most ironic of eliminations from the Main Event after he moved all in for his last 70,000 and found a customer in Aaron Mermelstein.
Simon Trumper:
Aaron Mermelstein:
The board ran out , and while it's far from the first time the man has been eliminated by his nickname, it's likely a rarity that it's happened to him in the Main Event.
Meanwhile at a nearby table, former Main Event final tablist Kenny Hallaert was seen heading toward the payout desk.
Aaron Mermelstein | 2,160,000 | 40,000 |
Simon Trumper | 0 | -107,000 |
Kenny Hallaert | 0 | -204,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:02 PM Local Time
Stitzel Makes Kings Full to Crack Two Pairs of Aces
An early position player opened before the button put in a three-bet. James Stitzel then four-bet shoved a stack of about 650,000 from the small blind, after which John Ohara five-bet jammed a bigger stack. The button called with about 450,000.
James Stitzel:
Button:
John Ohara:
Stitzel was in big trouble as his kings were pipped by the aces of both of his opponents. The flop of didn't change much, but the miraculously appeared on the turn to give Stitzel kings full and have both opponents drawing dead as they held each other's outs.
The river didn't change anything other than giving Ohara a useless flush and Stitzel secured the near triple-up, while the button hit the rail after taking the colossally bad beat.
"That hand played itself," Ohara shrugged.
James Stitzel | 2,000,000 | 1,792,000 |
John Ohara | 500,000 | -513,000 |
Sunday, July 10, 2022 2:52 PM Local Time
Cavelier Gets Full Double With Aces
Matteo Cavelier raised to 20,000 from middle position. Big-stacked Victor Li three-bet to 60,000. Action folded back to Cavelier who four-bet to 155,000. Li called to head to a flop.
The dealer put out . Cavelier continued for 50,000. Li raised the flop to 155,000 in position. Cavelier moved all in for 425,000 and Li called immediately to put Cavelier at risk.
Victor Li:
Matteo Cavelier:
Cavelier was ahead but needed to dodge the open-ender and backdoor flush draw of Li. The turn was the and the river , both safe for Cavelier who locked up the full double.
"Welcome to the millionaire club," said a tablemate.
Matteo Cavelier | 1,100,000 | 621,000 |
Victor Li | 670,000 | 88,000 |