The action was picked up on a board with around 65,000 in the pot. The small blind checked and Simao bet 38,000. His opponent tanked before announcing all in, putting Simao at risk for a remaining stack of 138,000. Simao thought about it for some time before making the call.
The small blind tabled for trips and Simao revealed to claim the pot with a straight.
The total number of entrants tallied up to 788 entrants, creating a prizepool of $3,634,650. A total of 119 places will be paid out a minimum of $8,010 with a first place prize of $686,242 for the eventual bracelet holder.
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.
Christian Harder raised to 8,000 and Alex Keating, who just registered a few minutes ago, shoved next to him for 50,000. It came back to Harder who snap-called:
Alex Keating:
Christian harder:
Keating didn't find any miracle throughout the board and made his way to the exit.
In a blind versus blind situation, all the chips went in the middle preflop between the small blind, at risk for 47,000, and Jordan Spurlin who had a slightly higher stack.
Jordan Spurlin:
Opponent:
The board gave , improving Spurlin's hand into quads to give him the pot and bust his opponent.