2022 World Series of Poker

Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$966,577
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$8,678,835
Entries
6,501
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
2,947
Players Left
898

Marsala Cruising After Scoring Knockout with Aces

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The action picked up with two players all-in before the flop, with Stephen Benkovic putting his final 12,000 chips at risk against Dawn Marsala.

Stephen Benkovic: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}.
Dawn Marsala: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

Benkovic was far behind and needed a lot of help. He picked up a backdoor straight draw and a backdoor flush draw on the {9-Clubs}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs} flop but was drawing dead when the {2-Clubs} hit the turn.

The {j-Hearts} completed the board.

While Marsala is quietly climbing up the leaderboard, Benkovic has been sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Dawn Marsala
175,000
175,000
175,000
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Stephen Benkovic
Busted

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