Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em Dia 3 | 2022 World Series of Poker

2022-06-13 22:21 UTC-7

Agata Leads; Teusl and Steinberg in The Hunt at End of Day 3 of Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack

Nível 31 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

At the end of play, only 39 remain of the 271 players who started Day 3. A total of 6,051 entered the tournament between the two starting flights. The remaining players will return for Day 4 to play down to a winner and the coveted gold bracelet in Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack at the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.

The entrants generated a prize pool of $8,678,835. First place will receive a payout of $966,577, as well as a gold WSOP bracelet. The 39 remaining players are all guaranteed a payout of at least $25,369.

Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Day 4 Big Blinds
1	Yoshiya Agata	Japan	19,475,000	65
2	Frank Lagodich	United States	16,450,000	55
3	Anthony Spinella	United States	15,850,000	53
4	Andrej Senic	Austria	15,375,000	51
5	Francis Anderson	United States	15,300,000	51
6	Jeremy Saderne	France	14,400,000	48
7	Ricardo Caridade	Portugal	14,000,000	47
8	Max Steinberg	United States	12,875,000	43
9	Alexios Zervos	Greece	12,100,000	40
10	Ricardo Eyzaguirre	United States	12,100,000	40

Yoshiya Agata bagged one of the largest stacks in the room, at 19,475,000. Andrej Senic also bagged a stack of 15,375,000. WSOP bracelet winner Max Steinberg (12,875,000) and Jessica Teusl (12,025,000) are also in the hunt bagging among the largest stacks remaining.

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Day 4 will kick off at 10 a.m. local time with a 15-minute break after every second level. A 60-minute dinner break will occur following Level 39, expected to be around 7:00 p.m. local time.

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Tags: Alexios Zervos Andrej Senic Francis Anderson Frank Lagodich Jeremy Saderne Jessica Teusl Max Steinberg Ricardo Caridade Ricardo Eyzaguirre Yoshiya Agata

2022-06-13 20:14 UTC-7

Rollercoaster Hand For Mishuk

Nível 30 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The action started when Sebastian Toro opened to 400,000 from middle position. Alexey Mishuk shoved all in for 2,750,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Toro who tanked for awhile before eventually making the call.

Alexey Mishuk:
Sebastian Toro:

It was a fair fight between the two hands until the flop came putting Toro well in the lead. The turn was still no help to Mishuk.

"Give me a six", said Mishuk just before the dealer put out the giving Mishuk what he wished for.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sebastian Toro	6,800,000	1,400,000
Alexey Mishuk	5,800,000	1,300,000

Tags: Alexey Mishuk Sebastian Toro

2022-06-13 18:48 UTC-7

Hendrix Rockets To 12 Million Chips

Nível 29 : 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Adam Hendrix opened to 300,000 from early position and it folded around to Tyler Airschferd who three-bet to 1,500,000 leaving himself 100,000 behind. Action was back on Hendrix who shoved to put Airschferd at risk and he made the call.

Tyler Airschferd:
Adam Hendrix:

The board ran out securing the knockout for Hendrix and propelling his stack over the 12 million mark.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Adam Hendrix	12,000,000	3,900,000
Tyler Airschferd	Eliminado

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2022-06-13 18:42 UTC-7

Simao Hits Fortunate Five to Stay Alive

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Nível 29 : 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Colin Beveridge opened from the button to 300,000 and WSOP bracelet winner Joao Simao jammed for his last 2,525,000 from the small blind. After 30 seconds, Beveridge called.

Joao Simao:
Colin Beveridge:

Simao hit his five on the flop and was able to hold on as the board ran out to give Simao a full house and bring him back to over five million chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joao Simao	5,200,000	300,000
Colin Beveridge	3,800,000	-500,000

Tags: Colin Beveridge Joao Simao

2022-06-13 18:29 UTC-7

Spinella Makes The Hero Call

Nível 29 : 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

In a heads-up pot of roughly 700,000 on a board of , Anthony Spinella bet 265,000 which was called by Jeff Lennon.

The completed the board and Spinella chose a sizing of 290,000. Without much thought Lennon announced "Raise to 740,000".

Spinella quickly called the raise and waited for Lennon to table his hand. Lennon reluctantly showed for king-high and Spinella rolled over for the hero-called middle-pair putting his stack over the ten million chip mark.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Anthony Spinella	10,800,000	2,100,000
Jeff Lennon	2,500,000	300,000

Tags: Anthony Spinella Jeff Lennon

2022-06-13 16:14 UTC-7

Saderne Rides Aces to Over Five Million

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Nível 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Rene Lazaro opened in early position to 200,000 and Jose Rodriguez raised in middle position to 500,000.

2019 WSOP bracelet winner Jeremy Saderne, on the button, shoved for just over 2,500,000 chips. It folded around to Lazaro who put in his remaining 2,000,000 into the middle. Rodriguez, with only 1,100,000 behind, tanked for about two minutes before folding face up.

Rene Lazaro:
Jeremy Saderne:

Already a massive favorite, Saderne had Lazaro eliminated on the flop. The and completed the board.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeremy Saderne	5,300,000	2,000,000
Jose Rodriguez	1,100,000	-800,000
Rene Lazaro	Eliminado

Tags: Jeremy Saderne Jose Rodriguez Rene Lazaro

2022-06-13 14:14 UTC-7

Uselis Doubles Up Through Emami

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Nível 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Gediminas Uselis opened in late position to 120,000 and Amirpasha Emami raised to 275,000 on the button. Uselis then moved all in for 1,095,000 total and after about 90 seconds, Emami made the call.

Gediminas Uselis:
Amirpasha Emami:

The board ran out to double up Uselis.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gediminas Uselis	2,340,000	1,215,000
Amirpasha Emami	2,330,000	270,000

Tags: Amirpasha Emami Gediminas Uselis

2022-06-13 13:02 UTC-7

Toro Well Over Seven Million After Latest Knockout

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Nível 24 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mark Perry opened from under the gun to 100,000 and Sebastian Toro moved all in from the small blind, with both remaining stacks having 20 big blinds or fewer behind.

Joel Gilmore called off for his final 185,000 from the big blind and Perry folded.

Mark Perry:
Sebastian Toro:

The flop came to give both players a pair. The turn came the and the river was the to give Toro trip aces and the win.

Toro, who started the day third in chips, has more than doubled his starting stack and is now around 7,500,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mark Perry	1,000,000	1,000,000
Joel Gilmore	Eliminado

Tags: Joel Gilmore Mark Perry Sebastian Toro

2022-06-13 10:15 UTC-7

Moreno Strikes Early

Nível 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action started when Johnnie Moreno opened to 60,000 from early position. Only Arash Houshmand-Parsi called from the big blind.

The flop was . Houshmand-Parsi checked and Moreno bet 70,000 which was called.

When the hit the turn Houshmand-Parsi now bet out 95,000 and Moreno made the call.

The completed the board and again Houshmand-Parsi bet, this time to 325,000.

"I have the best hand to bluff catch", said Moreno before flicking in a call.

Houshmand-Parsi turned over for ace-high and Moreno turned over , good enough to scoop the early pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Arash Houshmand-Parsi	2,300,000	-635,000
Johnnie Moreno	2,250,000	580,000

Tags: Johnnie Moreno

2022-06-13 09:21 UTC-7

Two-Time Bracelet Winner Calvin Anderson on Top Heading into Day 3 of Event #21: Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em

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After starting with 6,501 entrants in Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em, we enter the pivotal Day 3 with just 271 remaining players.

On Monday, these final 271 runners can all take a huge step toward their dream of the $966,577 top prize and, of course, the gold bracelet.

Everyone still in has already locked up at least $5,054 of the $8,678,835 prize pool, with two-time WSOP bracelet winner Calvin Anderson leading the way with 4,040,000 chips.

Not too far behind is John Simonian, who is also over the four million mark with 4,020,000.

Rounding out the top five are Colombia's Sebastian Toro (3,520,000), George Abi-Zeid (3,495,000), and Brazilian WSOP bracelet winner Joao Simao.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RANK	PLAYER	Country	CHIP COUNT	Big Blinds
1	Calvin Anderson	United States	4,040,000	135
2	John Simonian	United States	4,020,000	134
3	Sebastian Toro	Colombia	3,520,000	117
4	George Abi-Zeid	United States	3,495,000	117
5	Joao Simao	Brazil	3,490,000	116
6	Josh Weiss	United States	3,465,000	116
7	Joseph Bartholdi	United States	3,340,000	111
8	Aditya Agarwal	India	3,240,000	108
9	Nishant Sharma	United States	3,135,000	105
10	Rahul Deevara	United States	3,065,000	102

Three-time WSOP winner Ryan Leng is very much in contention with 2,615,000, while fellow bracelet winners Arash Ghaneian (1,940,000), Anthony Spinella (1,670,000), Andres Korn (1,650,000), James Mackey (1,555,000), Justin Saliba (1,505,000), Boris Kolev (1,475,000), Jason Gooch (1,415,000), Max Steinberg (1,350,000), Eoghan O'Dea (1,205,000), Steven Wolansky (1,195,000), Gediminas Uselis (1,125,000), Nipun Java (1,025,000), Michael Noori (635,000), and Scott Bohlman (485,000) are all looking to add another piece of hardware to their collections.

Popular poker vlogger Johnnie "Vibes" Moreno is also in the mix, having bagged 1,670,000 chips going into Day 3. Matt Affleck is also still hanging around with 1,990,000.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Payouts (USD)
1	$966,577
2	$597,362
3	$449,912
4	$341,095
5	$260,315
6	$199,995
7	$154,688
8	$120,455
9	$94,439

Just like Sunday's Day 2, the remaining field will play 10 one-hour levels, taking 15-minute breaks every two levels. The 60-minute dinner break will commence at the end of level 29 (roughly 7 p.m. local time).

PokerNews will be on-site all day long to capture all the action as the remaining runners look to make a deep run and go after the gold bracelet.

Tags: Andres Korn Anthony Spinella Arash Ghaneian Boris Kolev Calvin Anderson Eoghan O'Dea Gediminas Uselis George Abi-Zeid James Mackey Jason Gooch Joao Simao John Simonian Justin Saliba Max Steinberg Michael Noori Nipun Java Ryan Leng Scott Bohlman Sebastian Toro Steven Wolansky