WSOP 2022 Day 41: Strelitz Wins Razz Bracelet
Many tournaments are running again at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. There is the One More for One Drop and Lucky 7s, both of which offered unlimited reentries and several starting flights. There is a PLO bounty event, razz, and more to come.
Most poker fans, however, are focused on the Main Event.
Sunday saw the field play from 1,299 players down to just 380. Everyone was in the money, so the payout attendants were busy. It was a bittersweet day for both players and fans, as the players who busted did cash but still saw their Main Event dreams fizzle for this year. There were some, however, who saw some big names and fun players move forward. There are more than a few women in the field. Last year’s champion still has chips. There are many storylines to follow as the field thins further.
Meanwhile, let’s get the basics of how everything happened yesterday.
Event 70: $10K NLHE Main Event
Day 4 of the Main Event thinned the field significantly. It started with nearly 1,300 players and whittled the field down to just 380.
Several previous Main Event champions lost their bids to repeat – Chris Moneymaker, Ryan Riess, Greg Merson, and John Cynn – thought Damian Salas and reigning champion Koray Aldemir remain in the mix. Some high-profile women also exited on Day 4, like Maria Konnikova, Jen Shahade, Xuan Liu, Patty Landis, Ebony Kenney, and Thi Nguyen. And Farah Galfond was the last bustout of the night, exiting in 381st place for $36K.
Players with chips will gather today to play down further.
| Event 70: Day 4 | $10K buy-in | NLHE World Championship Main Event |
| Total entries: | 8,663 | (8569 in 2019, 6650 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 380 | |
| Total prize pool: | $80,782,475 | |
| Players paid: | 1,300 | |
| Minimum payout: | $15,000 | |
| Winner payout: | $10,000,000 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh (USA) 5,305,000 |
| #2 | Dan Colpoys (USA) 4,835,000 | |
| #3 | Johan Schumacher (Belgium) 4,600,000 | |
| #4 | Aaron Mermelstein (USA) 4,285,000 | |
| #5 | Victor Li (Canada) 4,200,000 |
Event 71: $1K NLHE One More for One Drop
After late registration ended, the WSOP announced a field of more than 5700 entries and a prize pool that exceeded $5M. And by the end of the night, there were little more than 300 players remaining with chips. The field remains diverse and well into the money. They will play toward a final table today.
| Event 71: Day 2 of 5 | $1,111 buy-in | One More for One Drop NLHE (unlimited RE) |
| Total entries: | 5,702 | (6248 in 2019, 3797 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 319 | |
| Total prize pool: | $5,074,891 | |
| Players paid: | 856 | |
| Minimum payout: | $1,778 | |
| Winner payout: | $535,610 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1: | Jorge Walker (USA) 3,665,000 |
| #2: | Andrew Moreno (USA) 2,470,000 | |
| #3: | Benjamin Thomas (USA) 2,345,000 | |
| #4: | Sejo Kasic (Croatia) 2,300,000 | |
| #5: | Dragos Trofimov (Moldova) 2,210,000 |
Event 73: $1,500 Razz
Nine players took seats at one table to play for a Razz bracelet on Sunday. Play started with Daniel Strelitz in the chip lead and Kijoon Park and Frank Kassela behind. Kassela did the first honors of eliminating short-stacked Tim D’Alessandro in ninth place, which set the official final table of eight.
Mark Gerencher busted Andres Korn in eighth place, but Gerencher was the next to hit the rail. After the first break of the day, play moved forward slowly…all the way to the next break. Phuong Tran had climbed to the top of the leaderboard, ahead of Calvin Anderson. And it was Anderson who had momentum, knocking out Kijoon Park in sixth place and Sergio Braga in fifth. Tran and Anderson teamed up to bust Kassela in fourth.
Then, the game changed. Tran and Strelitz both took big pots from Anderson, and Tran quickly eliminated Anderson in third place. Tran took the lead into heads-up play, but Strelitz stayed focused and eventually overtook her. In the end, Strelitz did win a second career bracelet.
With his parents celebrating their wedding anniversary on his rail, Strelitz attributed some of his success to the support and his eight-month-pregnant wife. “Just so many emotions come out,” he told PokerNews after his win. “I’m terrified. I’m super excited. They say baby rungood is real, so there you go.”
| Event 73: Day 3 of 3 | $1,500 buy-in | Razz |
| Total entries: | 383 | (363 in 2019, 311 in 2021) |
| Total prize pool: | $511,305 | |
| Players paid: | 58 | |
| Minimum payout: | $2,413 | |
| Final table results: | 1st place: | Daniel Strelitz (USA) $115,723 |
| 2nd place: | Lynda Tran (USA) $71,527 | |
| 3rd place: | Calvin Anderson (USA) $49,557 | |
| 4th place: | Frank Kassela (USA) $34,996 | |
| 5th place: | Sergio Braga (Brazil) $25,198 | |
| 6th place: | Kijoon Park (USA) $18,506 | |
| 7th place: | Mark Gerencher (USA) $13,869 | |
| 8th place: | Andres Korn (Argentina) $10,611 |
Daniel Strelitz became a two-time @WSOP champion after taking down Event 73: $1,500 Razz at the 2022 World Series of Poker. https://t.co/qIJLm2dwhv
— PokerNews (@PokerNews) July 11, 2022
Event 74: $1,500 PLO Bounty
The original 124 players thinned down to just a few dozen by early evening. After the dinner break, names like Connor Drinan, Vivian Saliba, Mark Gregorich, Ankush Mandavia, and Maxx Coleman hit the rail. The eventual tenth-place elimination of Emrah Cakmak in tenth place set an unofficial final table of nine for Monday, when they will play to a winner.
| Event 74: Day 2 of 3 | $1,500 buy-in | PLO Bounty 8-Handed (2 RE) |
| Total entries: | 1,390 | (860 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 124 | |
| Total prize pool: | $1,855,650 | |
| Players paid: | 209 | |
| Minimum payout: | $1,504 | |
| Winner payout: | $190,219 | |
| Final table counts: | #1: | Nolan King (USA) 12,700,000 |
| #2: | Pei Li (Canada) 5,525,000 | |
| #3: | Konstantin Angelov (Bulgaria) 2,850,000 | |
| #4: | Eemil Tuominen (Finland) 2,800,000 | |
| #5: | Ryan Scully (USA) 2,700,000 | |
| #6: | Raul Esquivel (USA) 2,370,000 | |
| #7: | William Gross (USA) 2,350,000 | |
| #8: | Eric Lescot (Belgium) 2,330,000 | |
| #9: | Diogo Veiga (Portugal) 540,000 |
Event 75: $777 Lucky 7s NLHE 7-Handed
The first of three starting days brought in more than 1K entries. Since payouts are guaranteed each day, the WSOP calculated that the top 159 players would earn at least $1,249 for their work. Many of them did take home payouts, but 44 kept accumulating chips and will return when the other flights are complete to play for a bracelet and the $777,777 first-place prize.
| Event 75: Day 1A of 5 | $777 buy-in | Lucky 7s NLHE 7-Handed (unlimited RE) |
| Total entries: | 1056 (so far) | (1122 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 44 | |
| Total prize pool: | $722,051 (so far) | |
| Players paid: | 159 | |
| Minimum payout: | $1,249 | |
| Winner payout: | TBD | ($777,777 GTD) |
| Top chip counts: | #1: | Calvin Anderson (USA) 2,280,000 |
| #2: | Phong Than Nguyen (USA) 2,000,000 | |
| #3: | Kevin O’Harra (USA) 1,845,000 | |
| #4: | Mohammadreza Soltany (USA) 1,580,000 | |
| #5: | Pieter Susebeek (Belarus) 1,550,000 |
Event 76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame NLHE Bounty
This event started with the announcement of a new inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame. That person is Layne Flack, who died last year. Quite a few living members of the Hall of Fame played in the event, most of them busting and awarding their victors each a bounty in the amount of the year they were inducted. In the end, Barry Greenstein and Barbara Enright remained in action among the 139 players who bagged chips for the night.
| Event 76: Day 1 of 2 | $1,979 buy-in | Poker Hall of Fame Bounty NLHE (unlimited RE) |
| Total entries: | 865 | (468 in 2021, was a freezeout) |
| Players remaining: | 139 | |
| Total prize pool: | $1,495,363 | |
| Players paid: | TBD | |
| Minimum payout: | TBD | |
| Winner payout: | TBD | |
| Top chip counts: | #1: | Shaun Deeb (USA) 574,000 |
| #2: | Kfir Litman (USA) 503,000 | |
| #3: | Shane Rose (USA) 483,000 | |
| #4: | Michael Brown (USA) 467,000 | |
| #5: | Joseph DiPascale (USA) 444,600 |
Today’s Poker Menu
Event 70 moves the Main Event onward.
Event 71 brings back several hundred players in the One More for One Drop to find a final table.
Event 74 plays the PLO Bounty final table.
Event 75 starts the second of three flights of the $777 buy-in Lucky 7s Seven-Handed tournament.
Event 76 plays more of the Poker Hall of Fame Bounty tournament with the goal of playing to a winner.
Event 77 starts the Mixed NLHE-PLO tournament.
Event 78 kicks off a $2,500 buy-in NLHE tournament.
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