2022 World Series of Poker

Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
3,561
Players Left
1,158

Campbell Back in Business

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

With 7,000 in the pot on a {q-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} board, Matthew Campbell was put to the test when his small-blind opponent bet 5,000.

Campbell, in the cutoff with only 7,800 behind, deliberated before making the decision to put his chips into the middle. His cutoff opponent called, already pot-committed.

Matthew Campbell: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Small Blind: {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}

The {2-Diamonds} arrived on the river and Campbell was able to double up with second pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Matthew Campbell
23,000

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Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Zaffos Sniffs Out Bluff, Calls River with Second Pair

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

With roughly 20,000 already in the middle on a {8-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} runout, Steve Zaffos checked from the big blind to his opponent on the button, who put out 7,000.

Zaffos took his time before he put out a call and showed {a-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} for the win, seeing his opponent attempted to bluff with {9-Spades}{3-Spades}.

After the hand, the table all believed that the button could have won the pot if they had bet in the range of 15,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve Zaffos
72,000
72,000
72,000

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Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Drobes Gets Dentale Off Two Pair

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

On the {5-Spades}{a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} runout, Scott Drobes fired out a pot-sized bet of 26,300 from the hijack.

Mike Dentale winced and looked to be in pain over having to make a decision, spending over two minutes in the tank.

Eventually, he laid down his {a-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} having flopped two pair. While Drobes wouldn't show his cards, he promised to tell him after they moved tables, which heavily convinced Dentale that he folded the best hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Drobes
54,000
54,000
54,000
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Mike Dentale
50,000
50,000
50,000

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Velasco Bluffs to Win the Weirdest Pot You'll See Today

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Buckle up. Chris Dasilva opened under the gun to 1,100. Ricardo Velasco, in early position, min-clicked to 1,700, and the cutoff called.

Then, the small blind accidentally misclicked to 2,300 and Dasilva called the 2,300. After that, Velasco re-raised once more, this time to 7,000.

While the cutoff folded, the small blind and Dasilva both called and they, finally, headed to a three-way flop.

The flop came {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Velasco continuation-bet to 14,500, drawing quick folds from Dasilva and the small blind.

To finish off the action, Velasco showed the {q-Spades}{j-Hearts} bluff, drawing oohs and ahhs from around the table mixed in with a whole lot of laughter.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Dasilva
280,500
280,500
280,500
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Ricardo Velasco
125,500
125,500
125,500

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600