Adam Grandmaison, also known as "Adam22" for his podcast NoJumper, is in the house. He is coming off a 25th place finish in the million-dollar bounty event for $31,000 plus whatever he scored in bounties.
He found himself heads-up with five-time bracelet winner Brian Rast.
Grandmaison overbet to 20,000 into a pot of about 17,000 on the river and Rast was in the blender.
"I don't know about this one," said Rast.
He flicked in a call and Grandmaison showed a set of sevens to take the pot. He is sitting on about a quarter million, while Rast is still sitting on a big stack.
Xing He raised in the hijack to 2,600 and Sunny Jung three-bet the button to 7,000. The blinds quickly folded and He made the call.
On the board, He check-called a bet of 6,000 from Jung.
The fell on the turn and both players checked to the river. He checked once more and Jung fired out 18,200. He looked perplexed as he tanked for about a minute before surrendering the pot.
David Ivers raised it up to 2,500 in early position and Yuri Dzivielevski called on his left. The rest of the table folded and they went heads-up to a flop of .
Ivers continued with a bet of 2,200 and Dzivielevski stuck around to see the on the turn. Ivers tossed in another bet of 6,000 and Dzivielevski quickly sent his cards to the muck.
Faraz Jaka opened to 2,500 from middle position and was called by the big blind.
The big blind checked on a flop of and then called when Jaka continued for 2,500.
The turn saw the big blind check for a second time and Jaka, unperturbed by his opponent's call on the flop, fire another bullet, this time sizing up to 7,000. The big blind open folded and Jaka obliged by showing . "I wanted to show you a seven," Jaka told his opponent, "but you made me show the bluff. Next time I'll have it I promise," he continued. "If I'm still in," joked the big blind player as Jaka stacked his newfound chips.
A player in the small blind three-bet to 10,200 before the flop and Karina Lima called in early position. The flop came and the small blind continued for 6,000.
Lima came back with a raise to 25,000 before the small blind shoved for around 65,000. Lima quickly called with for trip jacks, while her opponent could only show .
The small blind got no help on the turn and river to hit the rail soon after coming back from break.
The schedule for the 18th season of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit was released on Wednesday and is comprised of 25 stops with 10 additional stops expected to be announced in the future. The new season will kick off immediately after the 2020 WSOP with a stop at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma from July 20-31.
“The World Series of Poker is back with the Circuit returning in just short of a month,” said WSOP Senior Vice President and Executive Director Ty Stewart. “With record-breaking attendance so far this summer, we expect a huge response to the full-scale return of our regional mid-stakes tour.”
Most WSOP Circuit stops will begin on Thursdays, with the four-day Main Events beginning on the second Friday of the tournament. Each stop is encouraged to add Seniors and Ladies events, where the winners will qualify to participate in the “Tournament of Champions” in Las Vegas. Each stop will offer at least a dozen official gold ring events starting as low as $250 with a capstone $1,700 buy-in Main Event.
Additionally, there will be monthly online circuit events scheduled for players on WSOP.com.
The prestigious $1 million freeroll will return featuring a similar format as the 2021-22 season. Beginning with the Choctaw Circuit Event, any official gold ring winners from either the live or online circuit events through May 2023, will qualify for the invitation-only “Tournament of Champions” event during the 2023 WSOP tournament in Las Vegas.
Right before the break, George Chen raised to 6,000 and Barry Shulman put his tournament life on the line by shoving all in for 9,900. Chen called and the cards were on their backs.
Barry Shulman:
George Chen:
The board ran out hitting a ten for Schulman to win the hand and get the double up.