Welcome to the 2022 WSOP Tournament of Champions
The 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas is on the home stretch and almost all elusive gold bracelets have already been awarded. However, one new tournament on the schedule remains and that's Event #89 Tournament of Champions.
It is a new addition to the schedule and requires no buy-in while offering a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000, replacing the invitation-only Global Casino Championship. The exclusive tournament awards no points towards the 2022 Player of the Year race due to the same restrictive nature and is open to winners of ring events from the 2021/2022 WSOP Circuit season as well as bracelet winners from the 2022 WSOP.
This not only includes the events at the new location on the Strip in Las Vegas but also the various competitions held online on the WSOP.com and GGPoker platforms. In total, nearly 600 players have qualified for this $1 Million Freeroll and the vast majority of them are expected to join the action. The list of eligible players can be found on the WSOP website.
Day 1 is set to get underway at 11 a.m. local time in the Bally's Ballroom and there are ten levels of 60 minutes each scheduled with a break every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after the sixth level of the day at approximately 5.40 p.m. local time.
All participants start with 30,000 in chips and initial blinds of 100/100 and a big blind ante of 100. With the late registration open until Day 2 at the very same starting time the following day, all those still competing for the WSOP gold bracelets in the final events of the 2022 WSOP still have a chance to enter the fray as well.
The three-day tournament will conclude the very successful series in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 20, and the final day will also be streamed on the PokerGO platform as well. All exclusive live updates from start to finish can be found right here on PokerNews until the final gold bracelet winner of the 2022 WSOP at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas has been crowned.
turn, Brad Ruben bet 1,100 in the hijack and was called by Christina Gollins in the cutoff. They headed to the 
turn on which Ruben bet another 3,500. Gollins instantly called and then mucked when Ruben tabled the 
for nines full of treys.
flop, Pedro Bromfman checked his option and then called a bet worth 2,700 into a pot of 4,500 while in the blinds. Patrick Schuhl also came along as Paula Zingelmann had continued and the 
fell on the turn.
flop, Mendez continued for 8,700 and Hizer called reluctantly as the 
followed on the turn. Mendez then pushed all-in for 33,300, which had the 20,000 of Hizer covered. The Brit tank-called after some two minutes and the cards were revealed.
on the river brought no miracle for Hizer and he was sent to the rail.
to send Baldwin to the rail.
of Goodman in a preflop contest and there was no miracle escape on a board of 
, boosting the stack of the High Roller regular and Event #42: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em gold bracelet winner further.
river and Kopp raised to 20,000 within a very short time span. That immediately sent Bodley spinning and he eventually sigh-called.
turn for 4,000 to receive a call and bet another 15,000 on the 
for a straight flush. "That's usually good enough to win the pot," David Moses chimed in and Sawers nodded before sending her cards into the muck.
, the pocket pair of Tantillo remained ahead and he scored the knockout.
