WSOP 2022 Day 15: Jukich Wins Monster Stack
Poker players exhibit a variety of reactions when they win a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Some run to the rail and high-five and hug friends. Most smile, and some even cry. It is a moment that hits every player just a bit differently.
When Mike Jukich won the Monster Stack tournament on Day 15, he literally jumped up on to the poker table. It was wildly effortless, just straight up and onto the table. And then, after some a brief roar with his rail, he hugged the dealer.
That’s rare. Perhaps it shouldn’t be.
Event 21: $1,500 NLHE Monster Stack
The final day of this long tournament brought 39 players to the tables with the goal of finding one winner. The eventual elimination of Romain Lotti in tenth place set the final nine at one table with Anthony Spinella and Mike Jukich holding the vast majority of the chips.
Jukich immediately took control and grabbed chips from Spinella, though Francis Anderson took some of those. Spinella busted Ricardo Caridade in ninth, and Jukich busted Jessica Teusl in eighth and Yoshiya Agata in seventh. Chips flew around the table for awhile before Joao Simao busted David Zarrin and Anderson ousted Spinella. Mateusz Moolhuizen took out Simao in fourth and then Anderson in third.
Heads-up began with Moolhuizen holding 227M chips to the 98M of Jukich, but the latter chipped up and took a big double to grab the lead. Moolhuizen moved all-in on the very next hand with K-Q, but the A-8 of Jukich held for the victory.
| Event 21: Day 4 of 4 | $1,500 buy-in | NLHE Monster Stack (1 RE) |
| Total entries: | 6,501 | (3520 in 2021, 6035 in 2019) |
| Total prize pool: | $8,678,835 | |
| Players paid: | 976 | |
| Minimum payout: | $2,400 | |
| Final table results | 1st place: | Mike Jukich (USA) $966,577 |
| 2nd place: | Mateusz Moolhuizen (Netherlands) $597,362 | |
| 3rd place: | Franis Anderson (USA) $449,912 | |
| 4th place: | Joao Simao (Brazil) $341,095 | |
| 5th place: | Anthony Spinella (USA) $260,315 | |
| 6th place: | David Zarrin (USA) $199,995 | |
| 7th place: | Yoshiya Agata (Japan) $154,688 | |
| 8th place: | Jessica Teusl (Austria) $120,455 | |
| 9th place: | Ricardo Caridade (Portugal) $94,439 |
Watch the incredible final moments of @WSOP Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack as Mike Jukich, filled with emotion, takes a leap onto the table after sealing his victory.
A full replay of the event is available now on PokerGO.
🔁 – Watch it here: https://t.co/mGobn7nF56 pic.twitter.com/GYbehWf2PG
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 15, 2022
Event 26: $10K Limit Hold’em Championship
The final table began with a rude exit from David Litt in ninth place, courtesy of Joey Couden. Chipleader Chad Eveslage busted Amir Shayesteh in eighth, and Couden took care of Matt Woodward in seventh. Kyle Dischneider had climbed into the top spot on the leaderboard as Eveslage battled back and forth with Matthew Schreiber. Jonathan Cohen ultimately busted Eveslage in sixth place, and Couden fell from the top to hit the rail in fifth place.
Just after the dinner break, Dilschneider eliminated Gonzales in fourth, and the three played on until Cohen finally ousted Schreiber in third. Cohen took a chip advantage into heads-up, but Dilschneider took over the lead shortly thereafter. The two eventually agreed to stop for the night and play the rest of the tournament the next day.
| Event 26: Day 3 of 4 | $10K buy-in | Limit Hold’em Championship |
| Total entries: | 92 | (92 in 2021, 118 in 2019) |
| Players remaining: | 2 | |
| Total prize pool: | $857,900 | |
| Players paid: | 14 | |
| Minimum payout: | $16,920 | |
| Final table results: | #1 | Kyle Dilschneider (USA) 3M chips |
| #2 | Jonathan Cohen (USA) 2.5M chips | |
| 3rd place: | Matthew Schreiber (USA) $107,978 | |
| 4th place: | Matthew Gonzalez (USA) $78,435 | |
| 5th place: | Joey Couden (USA) $58,226 | |
| 6th place: | Chad Eveslage (USA) $44,194 | |
| 7th place: | Matt Woodward (USA) $34,314 | |
| 8th place: | Amir Shayesteh (USA) $27,269 | |
| 9th place: | David Litt (USA) $22,192 |
Event 27: $1,500 NLHE Shootout
Ten tables of ten players each started on Tuesday in true shootout format. One by one, each table declared its winner. Those ten players have virtually identical chip stacks and will play the final SNG for the win on Wednesday.
| Event 27: Day 2 of 3 | $1,500 buy-in | NLHE Shootout |
| Total entries: | 1,000 | (800 in 2021, 917 in 2019) |
| Players remaining: | 10 | |
| Total prize pool: | $1,335,000 | |
| Players paid: | 100 | |
| Minimum payout: | $5,835 | |
| Winner payout: | $240,480 | |
| Final table counts: | Ravi Raghavan (USA) 2,475,000 | |
| Roongsak Griffeth (USA) 2,480,000 | ||
| Derek Sudell (USA) 2,475,000 | ||
| David Yonnotti (USA) 2,475,000 | ||
| Michael Simhai (USA) 2,500,000 | ||
| Ariant Patel (USA) 2,475,000 | ||
| Kevin Song (USA) 2,495,000 | ||
| Timothy McDermott (USA) 2,480,000 | ||
| Austin Peck (USA) 2,475,000 | ||
| David Dowdy (USA) 2,480,000 |
Event 28: $50K PLO High Roller
The money bubble burst in this event later in the evening of Day 2, courtesy of Dash Dudley busting Andjelko Andrejevic. He then busted AP Garza. James Park followed Garza to the payout cage, as did Chance Kornuth, Duarte Baptista, James Cavanaugh, and Michael Heritsch. Jared Bleznick sent Joni Jouhkimainen out in tenth to set the final table.
Veselin Karakitukov led the group, but Robert Cowen and Bleznick were not far behind. Ben Lamb ousted Aaron Mermelstein in ninth and Scott Seiver in eighth. Much later, Karakitukov took out Aaron Katz in seventh, while Lamb sent Jason Mercier packing in sixth.
The final five bagged their chips and will play on Wednesday at the featured table.
| Event 28: Day 2 of 3 | $50K buy-in | PLO High Roller (2 RE) |
| Total entries: | 106 | (85 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 5 | |
| Total prize pool: | $5,074,750 | |
| Players paid: | 16 | |
| Minimum payout: | $83,960 | |
| Winner payout: | $1,393,816 | |
| Final chip counts: | #1 | Veselin Karakitukov (Bulgaria) 9,755,000 |
| #2 | Ben Lamb (USA) 8,215,000 | |
| #3 | Robert Cowen (UK) 7,935,000 | |
| #4 | Dash Dudley (USA) 4,185,000 | |
| #5 | Jared Bleznick (USA) 1,690,000 | |
| 6th place: | Jason Mercier (USA) $260,819 | |
| 7th place: | Aaron Katz (USA) $202,103 | |
| 8th place: | Scott Seiver (USA) $159,464 |
Event 29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
Lowball fans gathered to play their $1,500 event, but hundreds of players dwindled down to just 19 of them by night’s end.
| Event 29: Day 2 of 3 | $1,500 buy-in | NL 2-7 Lowball Draw (2 RE) |
| Total entries: | 437 | (272 in 2021, 296 in 2019) |
| Players remaining: | 19 | |
| Total prize pool: | $583,395 | |
| Players paid: | 66 | |
| Minimum payout: | $2,417 | |
| Winner payout: | $127,809 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1 | Yuri Dzivielevski (Brazil) 1,110,000 |
| #2 | Jonathan McGowan (USA) 1,110,000 | |
| #3 | Roland Israelashvili (USA) 1,105,000 | |
| #4 | Maxx Coleman (USA) 970,000 | |
| #5 | Yosif Nawabi (USA) 960,000 |
Event 30: $1K PLO 8-Handed
No one really needs proof that Omaha is a consistently growing game. But the fact that the $1K buy-in PLO delivered 1,891 entries proved it anyway. The night ended with 108 players still in.
| Event 30: Day 1 of 3 | $1K buy-in | PLO 8-Handed (2 RE) |
| Total entries: | 1,891 | (1069 in 2021, 1526 in 2019) |
| Players remaining: | 108 | |
| Total prize pool: | $1,682,990 | |
| Players paid: | 284 | |
| Minimum payout: | $1,603 | |
| Winner payout: | $255,359 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1 | Stephen Song (USA) 1,404,000 |
| #2 | Pedro Arroyos (USA) 1,365,000 | |
| #3 | William Kopp (USA) 1,163,000 | |
| #4 | Chino Rheem (USA) 1,100,000 | |
| #5 | Jerold Saeman (USA) 950,000 |
Event 31: $10K Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
The championship-level Lowball brought in more than 100 players, though registration remained open. Only 43 players made it through the day, but a few more may join at the beginning of Day 2.
| Event 31: Day 1 of 3 | $10K buy-in | Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship |
| Total entries: | 102 (not final) | (90 in 2021, 100 in 2019) |
| Players remaining: | 43 | |
| Total prize pool: | TBD | |
| Players paid: | TBD | |
| Minimum payout: | TBD | |
| Winner payout: | TBD | |
| Top chip counts: | #1 | Oscar Johansson (Sweden) 293,000 |
| #2 | Brian Hastings (USA) 292,000 | |
| #3 | Shaun Deeb (USA) 286,000 | |
| #4 | Jeremy Ausmus (USA) 250,000 | |
| #5 | Matthew Edgar (USA) 248,000 |
Today’s Poker Menu
Event 26 will play its final heads-up match.
Event 27 will play its ten-handed final table.
Event 28 has five players remaining to play on a televised livestream.
Event 29 has just 19 players left and will try to find one winner..
Event 30 will attempt to find a PLO final table.
Event 31 will close registration and try to reach a Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw final table.
Event 32 will kick off the $1,500 HORSE event at 11am.
Event 33 will offer a $3K NLHE 6-Handed event starting at 3pm.
Final table edition of World Series of Dogs! 🐶@WSOP #WSOP2022 pic.twitter.com/vSZPSrFmY3
— Alec Rome (@RomeForReal) June 14, 2022
