With 265,000 in the pot on the completed board. Loni Hui bet 96,000 with her from under the gun. Winson Yuen, on the button, had the and would be calling for his tournament life.
After several moments, he called and saw that Hui had gone runner-runner to make a flush, defeating his overpair.
William Kassouf had just finished telling the rest of the table about the man sitting to his left, 2020 Main Event Champion Damian Salas, when action was folded to him in middle position. He continued thinking out loud as he already had been.
"I have a hand. I'm gonna raise it's just how much. Do I rip it all or try to extract some value? I'll just test the water."
Kassouf opted to fire 13,000 into the middle, ending his action, but not his monologue.
"It's 93k for anyone wondering," he informed the table, spreading out his remaining chips. "Put 93,000 in and make my decision easy... I'm not saying I'll call it off but if you put 93k in I'll make a decision in... 1 second."
Much to Kassouf's dismay, Salas folded, as did the rest of the table as action made it all the way around to the big blind, the table chip leader, without yet a caller.
"C'mon chip leader, you can be my hero." The big blind was not his hero, as he made the laydown, giving Kassouf the pot, which consisted only of his own chips, the blinds, and ante.
"King high," Kassouf announced as he turned over a king, before continuing "it's always good to have backup in this game," before turning over a second king.
Darryl Norman three-bet out of the blinds and then called a four-bet to 81,000 by the initial raiser Ezra Abugazal, which led them to the flop. Once Norman checked, Abugazal bet 55,000 and the near instant check-shove by Norman followed for more than 350,000.
Only a brief spell in the tank by Abugazal followed, who then settled on a fold.
The action was picked up on a board with 85,000 in the pot.
Gianluca Speranza, seated in the big blind, checked to Ramon Colillas who fired 100,000. Speranza thought about his move for some time and announced all in for 164,000 more. Colillas asked for an exact count and went deep into the tank for a few minutes before letting it go.
For the third straight year, Chris Moneymaker has built up a sizable stack on Day 3 of the Main Event. The 2003 world champion is hovering around the 100 big blind level. PokerNews recorded a round of hands for the player many consider responsible for the 2000s poker boom, starting on the button.
Hand #1: An early position player raised to 11,000 and Moneymaker folded.
Hand #2: Action folded to Moneymaker, who also folded.
Hand #3: The under-the-gun player raised to 11,000 and Moneymaker again mucked his cards uneventfully.
Hand #4: Action folded to Moneymaker, and he did as well.
Hand #5: Moneymaker opened to 11,000 and received a call only from Kenny Tran in the small blind. The flop came and both players checked. They again checked the turn and river. Tran showed and Moneymaker mucked his cards face-down.
"I played that hand about as bad as I could," Moneymaker said.
Hand #6: Moneymaker followed the under the gun player by folding.
Hand #7: From under the gun, the Poker Hall of Famer folded his cards instantly.
Hand #8: The player in early position raised to 10,000 and Moneymaker was the only one to call. The flop was and Moneymaker check-folded to a bet of 8,000.
Hand #9: The player in late position raised to 11,000, enough to convince the 2003 world champ to toss his cards into the muck.
Stanislav Urodlivchenko raised to 10,000 with his from the button and was called by Raman Afanasenka, with in the small blind.
Raman Afanasenka check-called a bet of 15,000 on the flop. Urodlivchenko bet 30,000 with his superior pair of nines on the turn and Afanasenka smartly worked the hand out and correctly folded.
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.