WSOP 2022 Day 43: Main Event Down to 35 Players
These last weeks and days of the 2022 World Series of Poker are tense.
The Main Event is working slowly but steadily to reach a final table. Fan favorites bust out, new stories emerge from remaining players, and the coverage loops everyone into the action.
Meanwhile, players not in the Main Event are figuring things out. There are more tournaments happening, so many players are registering and playing those events. Some players are just packing it up to go home. Those on vacation are playing their last cash games and returning to their “normal” lives. Leaving summer camp comes with all kinds of feelings.
For those still watching, let’s see what happened yesterday on the felt.
Event 70: $10K NLHE Main Event
Nearly 130 players started Day 6 of the Main Event, but some of them had to go. Dan Smith left in 121st place for $62,500. Zilong Zhang busted in 117th place for the same. One of the two women in the field, Shelby Wells, busted in 97th place for $73,100. Michael Rocco left, as did Rok Gostisa, and Andrew Yeh.
Defending champion Koray Aldemir departed in 75th place for $101,700. Eddy Sabat bowed out in 59th for $145,800. PokerStars Ambassador Alejandro “PapaMC” Lococo took off in 39th place for $214,200. And Nathanael Kogel’s 36th place bustout for $214,200 was the last of the night.
The 35 remaining players carefully bagged their chips and will return on Wednesday to play again.
| Event 70: Day 6 | $10K buy-in | NLHE World Championship Main Event |
| Total entries: | 8,663 | (8569 in 2019, 6650 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 35 | |
| Total prize pool: | $80,782,475 | |
| Players paid: | 1,300 | |
| Minimum payout: | $15,000 | |
| Winner payout: | $10,000,000 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1 | Jeffrey Farnes (USA) 37,825,000 |
| #2 | Brian Kim (USA) 33,875,000 | |
| #3 | Philippe Souki (UK) 32,475,000 | |
| #4 | Karim Rebei (France) 31,475,000 | |
| #5 | Espen Jorstad (Norway) 31,175,000 |
Event 71: $1K NLHE One More for One Drop
There were 41 players to start on Tuesday, but the fairly quickly thinned it down to just two tables of players. Eventually, the 12th place elimination of Aaron Gunn and 11th place elimination of Christina Gollins reduced it to just one table.
Basel Chaura led at that point, with Mike Allis and Ryan Riess following. Short-stacked Boris Akopov was the first to bust, setting the official table of nine. Play continued as Allis busted Niklas Warlich in ninth and Mohammed Jaafar took out Rio Fujita in eighth. After Andrew Robinson exited in seventh, Chura took out Salah Nimer and Leonardo De Souza.
Play went on for a long time before Allis finally nudged Jaafar out the door in fourth place. They then wrapped for the night with Allis holding a massive lead over Riess and Chaura to play on the next day.
| Event 71: Day 4 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: | 3 | |
| Total prize pool: | $5,074,891 | |
| Players paid: | 856 | |
| Minimum payout: | $1,778 | |
| Winner payout: | $535,610 | |
| Final table so far: | #1: | Mike Allis (USA) 142.7M |
| #2: | Ryan Riess (USA) 46.7M | |
| #3: | Basel Chaura (USA) 38.6M | |
| 4th place: | Mohammed Jaafar (USA) $190,363 | |
| 5th place: | Leonardo De Souza (Brazil) $145,892 | |
| 6th place: | Salah Nimer (USA) $112,162 | |
| 7th place: | Andrew Robinson (USA) $87,551 | |
| 8th place: | Rio Fujita (USA) $68,562 | |
| 9th place: | Niklas Warlich (Germany) $54,085 |
Event 75: $777 Lucky 7s NLHE 7-Handed
The final of the three flights of this tournament et the official field at 4,017 entries, though the WSOP didn’t release the final tally or the prize pool at the end of the night. The 285 survivors of the starting days will combine today to play on.
| Event 75: Day 1C of 5 | $777 buy-in | Lucky 7s NLHE 7-Handed (unlimited RE) |
| Total entries: | 6,903 | (1122 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 285 | |
| Total prize pool: | TBD | |
| Players paid: | TBD | |
| Minimum payout: | $1,246 | |
| Winner payout: | $777,777 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1: | Alon Messica (Canada) 3,050,000 |
| #2: | Koseph Elpayaa (USA) 2,875,000 | |
| #3: | Xinli Ye (USA) 2,800,000 | |
| #4: | Artem Metalidi (Ukraine) 2,680,000 | |
| #5: | Rodney Turvin (USA) 2,600,000 |
Event 76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame NLHE Bounty
Seven players returned for an unscheduled third day of this tournament, with Jinho Hong in the lead and Punnat Punsri not far behind. Hong kicked off the action with a big hand that elimination George Rotariu and Yuri Dzivielevski in one hand. Daniel Weinman stepped in to oust Pavel Spirins in fifth place, but Punsri then busted Weinman in fourth and Miegel in third.
Punsri took 14.76M chips into heads-up against Hong’s 11.19M. But Hong scored a huge double through Punsri to leave the latter crippled. Punsri did double once but busted on his second try.
Hong, a friend of Bertrand Grospellier through the StarCraft gaming world, told PokerNews, “For now I’m so happy, my head is empty, very nervous but I am just so grateful that I’ve won a bracelet.”
| Event 76: Day 3 of 3 | $1,979 buy-in | Poker Hall of Fame Bounty NLHE (unlimited RE) |
| Total entries: | 865 | (468 in 2021, was a freezeout) |
| Total prize pool: | $1,495,363 | |
| Players paid: | 130 | |
| Minimum payout: | $3,122 | |
| Final table results: | 1st place: | Jinho Hong (S.Korea) $276,067 |
| 2nd place: | Punnat Punsri (Thailand) $170,615 | |
| 3rd place: | Jakob Miegel (Germany) $120,756 | |
| 4th place: | Daniel Weinman (USA) $86,730 | |
| 5th place: | Pavel Spirins (Latvia) $63,225 | |
| 6th place: | Yuri Dzivielevski (Brazil) $46,791 | |
| 7th place: | George Rotariu (Romania) $35,164 | |
| 8th place: | Bas de Laat (Netherlands) $26,841 | |
| 9th place: | Dov Markowich (Canada) $20,814 |
Jinho Hong takes down the $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty event to earn $276,067 and his first WSOP bracelet.https://t.co/xoZKFPtBP0
📸: @MannyDaxwell pic.twitter.com/APWRZFtOGK
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 13, 2022
Event 77: $1,500 Mixed NLHE-PLO
From the day’s starting field of 151 players, the action thinned this mixed tournament down to just 11 by the end of the night. Along the way and close to the end of the night, players like Daniel Negreanu and Nick Schwarmann busted to leave just 11 players to bag.
| Event 77: Day 2 of 3 | $1,500 buy-in | Mixed NLHE-PLO 7-Handed (2 RE) |
| Total entries: | 1,234 | (1250 in 2019, 579 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 11 | |
| Total prize pool: | $1,647,390 | |
| Players paid: | 186 | |
| Minimum payout: | $2,400 | |
| Winner payout: | $277,949 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1: | Aden Salazar (USA) 9.14M |
| #2: | Noah Bronstein (USA) 4.2M | |
| #3: | Vincent Lam (Canada) 3.81M | |
| #4: | Vegard Andreassen (Norway) 3.5M | |
| #5: | Daniel Chuprun (USA) 2.04M | |
| #6: | Robert Topham (USA) 1,805,000 | |
| #7: | Richard Kellett (UK) 1,580,000 | |
| #8: | Esther Taylor (USA) 1,385,000 | |
| #9: | Sandeep Pulusani (USA) 1,210,000 |
Event 78: $2,500 NLHE
More than 250 players took to the tables for more Hold’em in this event, but only 22 finished the night in the same tournament. They will return for one more day to play for the win.
| Event 78: Day 2 of 3 | $2,500 buy-in | NLHE (1 RE) |
| Total entries: | 1,364 | (996 in 2019) |
| Players remaining: | 22 | |
| Total prize pool: | $3,034,900 | |
| Players paid: | 205 | |
| Minimum payout: | $4,009 | |
| Winner payout: | $499,636 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1: | David Miscikowski (USA) 6,085,000 |
| #2: | Matt Berkey (USA) 5,430,000 | |
| #3: | Thomas MacDonald (UK) 3,935,000 | |
| #4: | Sebastien Aube (Canada) 3,130,000 | |
| #5: | Nicolas Vayssieres (France) 3,100,000 |
Event 79: $10K Razz Championship
Razz on a championship level is not the most popular game going, but there were 125 die-hard players who wanted to win the bracelet and put up $10K to try to do it. But when the dust settled, only 59 players remained. However, registration remained open for more players to join the fun.
| Event 79: Day 1 of 3 | $10K buy-in | Razz Championship |
| Total entries: | 125 (so far) | (116 in 2019, 109 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 59 | |
| Total prize pool: | TBD | |
| Players paid: | TBD | |
| Minimum payout: | TBD | |
| Winner payout: | TBD | |
| Top chip counts: | #1: | William Kakon (Morocco) 308,500 |
| #2: | Hal Rotholz (USA) 299,000 | |
| #3: | Brian Hastings (USA) 263,000 | |
| #4: | Kyle Dilschneider (USA) 247,000 | |
| #5: | Daniel Negreanu (Canada) 240,000 |
Today’s Poker Menu
Event 70 plays down to the Main Event final table.
Event 71 returns with just three more players at the One More for One Drop final table.
Event 75 combines all first-flight survivors in the Lucky 7s Seven-Handed tournament.
Event 77 plays to a Mixed NLHE-PLO winner.
Event 78 plays to and through the $2,500 buy-in NLHE final table.
Event 79 sets the $10K buy-in Razz Championship field and prize pool and continues on.
Event 80 starts a $600 Mixed NLHE-PLO Deepstack event with a fast structure.
Event 81 kicks off a $5K NLHE Freezeout.
If you didn't enjoy yesterday's WSOP Main Event stream, then maybe watching poker isn't for you.
— Remko Rinkema (@RemkoRinkema) July 12, 2022
