With 125,000 when he started the hand, Elvis Toomas opened and with the big stack, Gregory Kolo called.
The rest of Toomas chips went into the middle on a flop, and Kolo called.
Elvis Toomas:
Gregory Kolo:
Elvis Toomas was chasing a lo, but the turn and the river were not the cards he was hoping for. He finished 80th and collect a fourth cash on these 2022 WSOP.
First to act, Marc Rabuse just limped. In late position, Kia Hooshmand made it to 54,000. When action was back on Rabuse, he just asked how much Rabuse had behind. It was 35,000. Then he put Hooshmand all in, and Hooshmand called.
Marc Rabuse:
Kia Hooshmand:
The dealer ran a board which shocked everybody on the table : Rabuse found a backdoor flush, cracked aces and eliminated Kia Hooshmand.
Action was picked up on the flop between Justin Liberto in early position, who had raised to 19,000 preflop, and Nai Hu in the cutoff, who had called.
The flop read and Liberto had continued for 80,000, which sent Hu into the tank. After some time Hu moved all in for 110,000 total and Liberto called.
Nai Hu:
Justin Liberto:
The turn put Liberto into the lead and the river did not change anything, leaving Liberto to add to his growing stack, while Hu left the tournament area.
In the mid 1980’s, women were considered no factor in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and other than the famous rounder and professional gambler Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston, poker players rarely made headlines in the mainstream press. That all changed when Wendeen Eolis became the first woman to cash at poker’s “Big Dance.”
In the 1986 WSOP Main Event, Eolis battled some of the best players in the world, including Amarillo Slim, in a field of 141 runners. She was on her way to a 25th-place finish for a $10,000, return on her buy-in, and permanent bragging rights as the first woman in history to cash in the WSOP Main Event.
Eolis attributes her 1986 WSOP performance to a year of poker tutoring from one of the best, a “relatively” conservative game plan, and cooperative cards. She told PokerNews, “Even today, women can win more by bluffing less than men.”
Jeff Madsen raised to 35,000 from the hijack and from the cutoff, Timothy Sullivan three-bet to 120,000 which folded out all action except Madsen who called for his remaining 90,000.
Jeff Madsen:
Timothy Sullivan:
The board ran out and Sullivan faded the flush draw, straight draw, and low draw that Madsen held to eliminate the bracelet winner from the tournament.
Nathan Gamble raised to 35,000 from the hijack and was called by Rodney Spriggs in the small blind and another player in the big blind.
The flop came out and action checked around to Gamble who bet pot and was followed quickly by Spriggs repotting, folding the big blind out and Gamble called to be at risk for his remaining 103,000.
Nathan Gamble:
Rodney Spriggs:
The turn came out a and the river a which kept Gamble's hand as best, fading all of the outs of Spriggs', and Gamble's chip count climbed higher.