Action folded to Christopher Frank in the small blind who shoved all in. Jack Corrigan was in the big blind with the lower stack and made the call for roughly 1,400,000.
Jack Corrigan:
Christopher Frank:
The board ran out and the short stack of Corrigan found a much-needed double up.
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Action folded around to Daniel Custodio who moved all in for the covering stack. The small blind folded and Heidi May made the quick call for her remaining 3,400,000.
Heidi May:
Daniel Custodio:
May was in great shape but when the board ran out it was the flush of Custodio that eliminated May in 14th place.
The cards were on their backs when the PokerNews team got to the table. Johan Schumacher was all in and at risk for roughly 2,400,000 and was called by Jack Corrigan with slightly more chips.
Johan Schumacher:
Jack Corrigan:
Schumacher got it in as good as he could get but when the board ran out it was the river that saved Corrigan and eliminated Schumacher in 13th place.
Safwane Bahri raised to 1,100,000 from the small blind and left 100,000 behind. Michael Watson went into the tank from the big blind before he slid out 1,200,000 to put Bahri at risk. Bahri tossed in the last chip and the cards were turned over.
Safwane Bahri:
Michael Watson:
The board ran out and Watson held on to eliminate Bahri in 12th place for $28,978.
The 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller, the biggest buy-in of the summer, began with 56 entrants, and on Saturday the final eight returned to play down to a winner and their piece of a $13,944,000 prize pool. Alex Foxen began as the chip leader, and it took him just five hours to go wire-to-wire on his way to his first gold bracelet, and the $4,563,700 top prize, a new career-high.
“It really means a lot to me. It’s kind of been a monkey on the back. I’ve always wanted a bracelet. I’ve had some close spots and always been disappointed … this feels like a really special one to get my first in,” said Foxen, who was just one of three players at the final table without a bracelet. “To me, what means the most is consistent performance at the highest stakes. This is one of those, so it feels really good.”
Prior to the win, Foxen had just shy of $22 million in lifetime earnings, including a prior career-best $2,160,000 for finishing second in the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl.