| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Ben Ross | United States | 565,000 |
| 2 | Fred Lavassani | United States | 640,000 |
| 3 | Christoph Kwon | United States | 1,720,000 |
| 4 | Nick Pupillo | United States | 1,750,000 |
| 5 | Damoun Nikouie | United States | 910,000 |
| 6 | Lee Markholt | United States | 605,000 |
| 7 | Joe McKeehen | United States | 2,945,000 |
| 8 | Steven Wolansky | United States | 1,705,000 |
| 9 | Yueqi Zhu | United States | 175,000 |
| 10 | Michael Moncek | United States | 2,000,000 |
2022 World Series of Poker
Joe McKeehen raised on the button and called Kenny Hsiung's three-bet from the small blind.
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flop, Hsiung fired a bet and McKeehen tossed in the chips to call.
As the
was hitting the turn, Hsiung had already fired a bet into the middle. McKeehen raised and Hsiung put the rest of his chips across the line before both hands were tabled.
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Joe McKeehen: ![]()
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Hsiung had turned two pair but McKeehen turned Broadway and Hsiung couldn't get there on the
river. Hsiung took home $8,446 for his 11th place finish.
Nível: 27
Blinds: 25,000-50,000
Limits: 50,000-100,000

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Fred Lavassani raised from the cutoff before Pedro Rios three-bet on the button. Lavassani four-bet and Rios called.
Rios only had a few chips behind and Lavassani put him all in dark. Rios committed the chips before the dealer turned over the ![]()
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flop.
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Rios was behind and left drawing to a chop when the
turn gave Lavassani the nut straight. The river came the
and Rios was eliminated in 12th place.
Yueqi Zhu raised on the button and both Michael Moncek and Ben Ross called in the blinds.
On the ![]()
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flop, Moncek and Ross checked to Zhu who continued with a bet. Only Moncek called.
The
hit the turn and both players instantly checked to see the
. Moncek checked once again and Zhu fired a bet. Moncek snap-raised with only a few chips behind. Zhu jumped out of his chair in shock and eventually put in the call.
Moncek tabled ![]()
for a flush on the river and Zhu mucked his hand.
The following hand, Moncek raised the button and Nick Pupillo called from the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of ![]()
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and Pupillo check-raised Moncek. Moncek called.
The
hit the turn and Pupillo continued to bet, and Moncek called.
The
completed the board and Pupillo fired again. Moncek took only a brief moment before calling. Moncek tabled ![]()
and Pupillo mucked, awarding back-to-back pots to Moncek.
Kenny Hsiung and Joe McKeehen just tangled in another big pot.
Hsiung raised from early position and McKeehen defended his big blind. McKeehen then check-called bets through the turn on a board of ![]()
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.
The river was the
and McKeehen checked again. "Scared check," Hsiung said, checking behind.
McKeehen turned over ![]()
for rivered two pair and Hsiung threw his cards across the table.
"If I win, it's because I saved those two bets," he said following the hand.
Joe McKeehen raised in the hijack and Kenny Hsiung three-bet the cut off. Action folded back around to McKeehen and he made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of ![]()
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and McKeehen check-called a bet from Hsiung.
When the
hit the turn, both players checked to see the
on the river. McKeehen fired out a bet and Hsiung wasted no time making a raise. McKeehen instantly announced three-bet, putting Hsiung in the tank.
"Hit your sevens," McKeehen said to the puzzled Hsiung.
"Of course I have three sevens," he responded.
After some more banter back and forth, Hsiung eventually tossed his hand face up as he mucked, tabling ![]()
. McKeehen quickly flashed his hand to Hsiung as he said he had three nines.
There was just another player all in for his tournament life, but this time it didn't end in an elimination.
Fred Lavassani was all in for his last 60,000 on the turn against Damoun Nikouie with the board showing ![]()
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. Nikouie had ![]()
, but Lavassani had woken up with ![]()
and was a big favorite to double up.
The river came the
and Lavassani survived.
"So much action," Christoph Kwon said after the hand.
"Every hand, someone has ace-king, ace-queen," added Pedro Rios.
Steven Wolansky raised in early position and Ben Ross called in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of ![]()
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and Ross led out with a bet and Wolansky called.
The
hit the turn and Ross fired out another bet. Wolansky took a moment and pushed eight green chips across the line for a raise. Ross took about five seconds and tossed his hand into the muck.