Tournament of Champions
Dia 3 Iniciado
Tournament of Champions
Dia 3 Iniciado
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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Bally's | Feature 1 | 1 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 870,000 | 44 |
Bally's | Feature 1 | 2 | Gregory Wish | United States | 955,000 | 48 |
Bally's | Feature 1 | 3 | Ryan Messick | United States | 660,000 | 33 |
Bally's | Feature 1 | 5 | Carlos Loving | United States | 1,800,000 | 90 |
Bally's | Feature 1 | 6 | Antoine Vranken | Netherlands | 340,000 | 17 |
Bally's | Feature 1 | 7 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 1,685,000 | 84 |
Bally's | Feature 1 | 8 | Eric Bensimhon | France | 525,000 | 26 |
Bally's | Feature 1 | 9 | Ali Eslami | United States | 790,000 | 40 |
Bally's | Feature 2 | 2 | Dominick Sarle | United States | 425,000 | 21 |
Bally's | Feature 2 | 3 | Jonathan Woof | Canada | 2,190,000 | 110 |
Bally's | Feature 2 | 4 | Ryan Hohner | United States | 300,000 | 15 |
Bally's | Feature 2 | 5 | Alan Gibson | United States | 275,000 | 14 |
Bally's | Feature 2 | 6 | Raul Garza | United States | 915,000 | 46 |
Bally's | Feature 2 | 7 | Gianluca Speranza | Italy | 520,000 | 26 |
Bally's | Feature 2 | 8 | Erik Bauer | Netherlands | 985,000 | 49 |
Bally's | Feature 2 | 9 | Benjamin Kaupp | United States | 1,250,000 | 63 |
After nearly eight weeks of non stop poker action, the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas will draw to a close today. So far, 88 gold bracelets have been awarded during the first stop on the new location on the Las Vegas Strip and the last winner of the series will be crowned today. Out of a field of 470 entries, sixteen players remain in Event #89: Tournament of Champions.
The final tournament on the schedule, replaces the former invitation-only Global Casino Championship, was only available to ring event winners of the 2021/2022 WSOP Circuit and WSOP bracelet winners of the current summer in "Sin City" with more than three quarters of the eligible players entering the fray. The biggest portion of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool in the restricted freeroll will be awarded today.
Canada's Jonathan Woof will return to the two Horseshoe Feature tables with a stack of 2,190,000 and leads four further finalists with a seven-figure stack including Carlos Loving (1,800,000), Robert Cowen (1,685,000), and Benjamin Kaupp (1,250,000).
All of them have more than 50 big blinds at their disposal for the restart at 11 a.m. local time. The top ten also features two further 2022 WSOP bracelet winners in Yuliyan Kolev and Ali Eslami.
Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Jonathan Woof | Canada | 2,190,000 | 110 |
2 | Carlos Loving | United States | 1,800,000 | 90 |
3 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 1,685,000 | 84 |
4 | Benjamin Kaupp | United States | 1,250,000 | 63 |
5 | Erik Bauer | Netherlands | 985,000 | 49 |
6 | Gregory Wish | United States | 955,000 | 48 |
7 | Raul Garza | United States | 915,000 | 46 |
8 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 870,000 | 44 |
9 | Ali Eslami | United States | 790,000 | 40 |
10 | Ryan Messick | United States | 660,000 | 33 |
Besides chip leader Woof, who is the sole Canadian in contention, nine of the sixteen finalists represent the United States while another six Europeans are still in contention. All finalists have already locked up $7,400 as a boost for their bankroll, while the winner walks away with the top prize of $250,000 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
The final day of the inaugural Tournament of Champions and the 2022 WSOP at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas will recommence at 11 a.m. local time with Level 21, which features blinds of 10,000/20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000. Once the field has reached the final five or six contenders, the action will also be picked up by the PokerGO live stream on the Mothership with the broadcast tentatively getting underway as of 4 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned for the conclusion of the 2022 WSOP as the PokerNews live reporting team will be in the Bally's Event Center until the last gold bracelet has been awarded.
Nível: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Yuliyan Kolev raised from under the gun and then called a three-bet by Robert Cowen on the button. They headed to the flop on which Kolev check-folded to a bet worth 90,000.
"I don't blame you, he has a bucket on his head," Ali Eslami chimed in towards Kolev.
"Is it the same one?" Cowen asked, referring to the KFC bucket that Kolev was wearing en route to winning his second gold bracelet earlier this year.
Once Kolev nodded, Carlos Loving added "we are in trouble".
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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1,850,000 | 165,000 |
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700,000 | -170,000 |
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Yuliyan Kolev opened to 45,000 in the hijack and Ryan Messick three-bet jammed a stack of 685,000 from the button. Carlos Loving then four-bet re-shoved a bigger stack from the small blind, which got Kolev to fold.
Ryan Messick:
Carlos Loving:
Messick was able to win the flip to double up as the board ran out .
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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1,500,000 | -300,000 |
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1,200,000 | 540,000 |
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600,000 | -100,000 |
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Ali Eslami raised to 55,000 from under the gun and was called by Carlos Loving on the button, Robert Cowen called in the big blind. The flop was checked to Eslami, who bet 90,000. Only Cowen called and then led the
turn himself for 160,000.
Eslami reluctantly called and was checked to on the river. He then bet for around 500,000 with a single chip behind and Cowen instantly folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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1,525,000 | -325,000 |
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1,500,000 | |
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1,195,000 | 405,000 |
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425,000 | -175,000 |
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Jonathan Woof made it 40,000 to go in the hijack and was called by Gianluca Speranza. The flop was checked by the Italian, who then faced a bet worth 55,000 by Woof. That was enough to win the pot uncontested and Speranza dropped to 20 big blinds as a result.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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2,300,000 | 110,000 |
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400,000 | -120,000 |
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Benjamin Kaupp opened from the hijack and Alan Gibson three-bet jammed for 195,000 from the big blind. Kaupp took a moment and called.
Alan Gibson:
Benjamin Kaupp:
Gibson was dominated and received no help from the runout of for him to go out in 16th place as the first casualty of Day 3.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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1,200,000 | -50,000 |
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Eric Bensimhon raised it up and was then three-bet to 155,000 by Gregory Wish on the button. The Frenchman clicked it back to 280,000 and Wish then moved all-in with the superior stack. Bensimhon had nearly half of his stack in the middle but opted to fold.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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1,200,000 | 245,000 |
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310,000 | -215,000 |
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