Tournament of Champions Dia 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

2022-07-19 11:57 UTC-7

Final Payouts Announced

MattHansen

Nível 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The final tally for the Tournament of Champions was 470 entrants, out of more than 575 players that were eligible. The total prize pool for the tournament is $1,000,000, with $250,000 going to first and a min-cash of $3,500 for the top 60 finishers.

Tournament of Champions Prize Pool

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$250,000	10-11	$11,400
2	$150,000	12-13	$9,100
3	$100,000	14-17	$7,400
4	$75,000	18-26	$6,200
5	$50,000	27-35	$5,300
6	$37,500	36-44	$4,600
7	$27,500	45-51	$4,000
8	$20,000	52-60	$3,500
9	$15,000

2022-07-19 11:25 UTC-7

The Champ is Here

MattHansen

Nível 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

One of the last registrants to take his seat was Espen Jorstad, winner of the 2022 Main Event. Jorstad outlasted 8,663 entries to win his second bracelet of the year and the $10,000,000 top prize.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Espen Jorstad	30,000 30,000	30,000

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2022-07-19 11:15 UTC-7

Nines Full for Zack

connorrichards

Nível 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Dan Zack opened to 4,500 in middle position and Ryan Laplante flat-called as the player next to act. Brett Freiler then three-bet to 15,000 from the hijack and only Zack called.

Zack checked on the flop and Freiler quickly checked back. Zack then led out for 16,000 on the turn and Freiler called.

The river brought the and Zack bet 64,000 to leave himself just 500 behind. Freiler called, only to muck when Zack showed to win the pot with nines full of eights.

"Not a bad start," Laplante commented.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan Zack	220,000 119,500	119,500

Ryan Laplante	75,000 -5,000	-5,000

Brett Freiler	60,000 -98,500	-98,500

Tags: Brett Freiler Dan Zack Ryan Laplante

2022-07-19 09:57 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2022 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions

MattHansen

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2022 Tournament of Champions at the World Series of Poker. Cards go in the air at 11 a.m. local time for the penultimate day in this year’s WSOP.

Robert Cowen leads the way with more than 200 big blinds as 149 survivors return from an initial Day 1 field of 463. That number is expected to grow today with late registration remaining open through the beginning of Day 2 in order to accommodate the final bracelet winners of 2022.

Tournament of Champions Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	428,000	214
2	Ali Eslami	United States	305,000	153
3	Daniel Sepiol	United States	285,000	143
4	Aleksejs Ponakovs	Latvia	247,500	124
5	Zachary Seymour	United States	241,000	121
6	Daniel Strelitz	United States	235,000	118
7	Cheryl Svenson	United States	221,500	111
8	Carlos Loving	United States	203,000	102
9	Fred Li	United States	183,500	92
10	Erik Bauer	Slovakia	183,000	92

Following Cowen is Ali Eslami in second and Daniel Sepiol in third. Alesejs Ponakovs and Zachary Seymour round out the top five. Razz-specialist Daniel Strelitz also makes an appearance in the top ten.

Day 1 was a star-studded affair with more than 575 bracelet winners and circuit grinders eligible to take their shot in the unique closing event. Entry is restricted to this year's bracelet winners and those that won rings on the WSOP Circuit. This includes Monday's bracelet winners Minh Nguyen and Gregory Jensen, as well as the recent first-time champion Gianluca Speranza.

Players will return to the Bally’s Event Center in Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante. The plan for Day 2 includes ten 60-minute levels with a dinner break after Level 16. The Day 3 finale is scheduled for Wednesday at a time that is to be determined.

Be sure to keep it here all day long for updates from the floor of the Bally’s Event Center as the Tournament of Champions continues at the 2022 World Series of Poker.

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Ali Eslami Daniel Sepiol Daniel Strelitz Robert Cowen Zachary Seymour