After Men Nguyen raised to 60,000 under the gun, Rami Boukai moved his last 195,000 into the middle, which was called by Nguyen.
Rami Boukai:
Men Nguyen:
Boukai's low was quickly conterfeited on the flop, and the turn and river gave Nguyen a pair of queens for the high, as well as the low with his ace-five to eliminate the two-time bracelet winner and former MMA fighter, Boukai.
With 275,000 in the middle on a flop of [as104d], James Chen in middle position moved all in for 150,000 and was called by Scott Abrams in the small blind and Mark Erickson in the big blind.
Abrams and Erickson checked to showdown after a runout of
James Chen:
Scott Abrams:
Mark Erickson:
Abrams took the high pot with aces and queens, while Erickson had the nut low for the low pot leaving Chen with nothing and exits in 11th place.
There was 195,000 in the middle on a board of when William Slaght bet the pot from the small blind. Scott Abrams in the big blind also bet the pot. Slaght called for 415,000 which put all of their chips in the middle.
William Slaght:
Scott Abrams:
Abrams paired with every card on the board while Slaght had the nut low draw and but flush draw. Slaght missed everything on the river and Abrams aces and tens were good enough to take the entire pot and send Slaght to the pay cage.
Chip Leader Mark Erickson raised to 90,000 in the cutoff and was met with a pot-sized bet from Adam Friedman on the short stack.
Friedman was left with 25,000 after Erickson just called and on the flop, the rest of it went into the middle to put the five-time bracelet winner at risk.
Adam Friedman:
Mark Erickson:
Erickson's queen had out-flopped Friedman and a second on the turn sunk Friedman further with only his flush draw or a jack for a straight to save him.
The river was neither of those and a frustrating and disappointing day for Friedman unfortunately came to an end shy of the unofficial final table.
From his short stack, Shawn Carter raised pot for 140,000 from the hijack. Peter Neff then re-potted it from the big blind to put Carter in for 355,000 total. Carter called to put himself at risk.
Shawn Carter:
Peter Neff:
The board ran out , giving both players trip aces, but Neff's jack kicker played for high, and his eight-deuce also pipped Carter's eight-three for low, bringing the field to its official final table of seven.
Scott Abrams, who finished third in this event last year may just be the man to beat, as he's steadily boosted his stack throughout the day and has now taken his turn as the chip leader.
After Barny Boatman raised in the lojack, Abrams called in the hijack and Mark Erickson called in the big blind.
The flop came and after Erickson checked, Boatman bet and Abrams raised. Erickson then called, as did Boatman, and a huge pot was already brewing.
Erickson checked again on the board-pairing turn, as did Boatman. Abrams then bet and received calls from both his opponents, creating a 1,800,000 pot before the river.
That river brought the , ensuring the pot would not be split. After action was checked to Abrams, he bet once more and received folds from both opponents, with Erickson mentioning that his was "embarrassing".
Regardless, Abrams took down the massive pot and is on his way to improving on his 2021 finish.
There were three players with 1,000,000 in the pot on a flop of . Men Nguyen in the hijack bet and was called by Mark Erickson on the button and Jarod Minghini in middle position.
Nguyen bet again on the turn and was called by Erickson straight away. Minghini agonized over his decision a little longer as a call would put him all-in.
He eventually pushed his two red stacks into the middle creating a main pot of 2,000,000 and Erickson and Nguyen would be playing for the side pot.
The landed on the river and Nguyen bet and Erickson called.
Jarod Minghini:
Men Nguyen:
Mark Erickson:
Erickson took the high pot with the six-high straight and Nguyen took the low pot with which eliminated Minghini from the tournament.
After Men Nguyen, Peter Neff, and Mark Erickson limped, Bradley Anderson made it 300,000 on the button.
Scott Abrams called in the big blind, as did the limpers, and over 1,500,000 was already in the pot.
On the flop, all five players checked, but that civility would not last, starting on the turn.
Action was checked to Anderson who bet 1,000,000. Only Nguyen and Erickson called. The pot was now over 4,500,000.
On the river , Nguyen moved all in for 1,705,000. Erickson took a moment and called, then after several minutes, Anderson called as well.
The winner(s) of the near ten million chip pot were now determined.
Anderson showed and was shocked to see he was the only player holding ace-three to claim the low half of the pot.
Nguyen showed for a queen-high straight.
Erickson then frustratedly splashed his hand down before it was turned up, revealing for a turned top two pair and rivered set of queens, neither of which were good for high, as he lost out on a share of easily the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Level 11 of the 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event was unkind to 888poker ambassador Sam Abernathy, who lost a brutal bad beat to exit poker's world championship event.
During the first level of Day 3, with around 110,000 in chips and the blinds at 1,000/2,500, Abernathy picked up and was poised to earn a valuable double-up, perhaps putting her in position to make a run at the money, and then potentially deeper as the tournament progressed. But her opponent, Mike Gao, also had , so a chop pot seemed inevitable.
Men Nguyen bet from under the gun and Erickson called to go all in for 220,000 from middle position. Barny Boatman in the small blind and Scott Abrams in the big blind also called.
The three players still with cards and a stack in front of them checked until the river where the board read . Nguyen bet and Boatman made the fold. Abrams pondered for a while before eventually folding.
Mark Erickson:
Men Nguyen:
Erickson turned over his cards hoping to get half the pot with the nut low. But to his amazement, his pocket queens were good enough to take the high pot leaving Erickson flabbergasted that he quadrupled up. "Put that in the record books!" yelled Erickson.