2022 WSOP Day 42: Audacious Bluff Puts Lococo Over 10M in the Main Event
July 11 was the 42nd day of the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas, and it was yet another day filled with high drama, intense poker action, and a some pretty ridiculous buffs.
Only one player got their hands, or should that be wrists, on a gold WSOP bracelet and Pei Li was that player. Li came out on top in Event #74: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha to become a WSOP champion for the first time in addition to reeling in a $190,219 top prize.
Former Final Tablist Lococo Bags Big After Six-Bet Bluff on WSOP Main Event Day 5
An eventful Day 5 of the 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event saw a field of 380 players whittled down to just 124. The remaining players are all guaranteed $62,500, with the pay jumps on Day 6 coming with 98 ($73,100) and then 89 ($86,000) players remaining.
One name that stands out towards the top of the counts is Alejandro 'PapoMC' Lococo who appears to have picked up where he left off last year, when he finished seventh for $1,225,000, and is safely through to Day 6 with a stack of over 10 million.
Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James Hobbs | United States | 12,505,000 | 156 |
2 | Efthymia Litsou | United States | 11,675,000 | 146 |
3 | Aaron Mermelstein | United States | 10,680,000 | 134 |
4 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 10,020,000 | 125 |
5 | Gerald Morrell | United States | 9,775,000 | 122 |
6 | Jorge Jou | Panama | 9,500,000 | 119 |
7 | Dingxiang Ong | Singapore | 9,500,000 | 119 |
8 | Philippe Souki | United Kingdom | 9,425,000 | 118 |
9 | Robert Minor | United States | 9,160,000 | 115 |
Since his deep run last November, Lococo has cashed for over $600,000 including two titles in the Czech Republic earlier this year. Here at the 2022 WSOP, the Argentinian has cashed in three events so far but nothing compared to his deep run in this year's Main Event.
The most eye-catching hand of the day came after the dinner break, after Lococo tangled with Karim Rebei who had led the remaining players going into dinner.
You can read the full hand history here, but Lococo's six-bet shove got through against Rebei and he vaulted up the counts.
Lococo says the importance of this hand cannot be understated, calling it perhaps the most important hand he's played in his life so far.
"It's not my plan pre-flop to go all-in for 100 big blinds!" he told PokerNews. "But I was playing for many hours with this player and there were many factors that went into the decision. I could spend many hours discussing it!"
Did Alejandro Lococo Pull Off Best WSOP Main Event Bluff Since Moneymaker?
Some may think Lococo will be experiencing d��j�� vu heading into Day 6 for the second year in a row, but with a different stack size compared to last year, the Argentinian says it will be all change.
"Last year I started Day 6 with a below-average stack, and this year I have much more, so clearly there will be different decisions and strategy, with different ranges and open raises."
Another notable making another deep run is, of course, defending champion Koray Aldemir. He spent most of Day 5 under the lights of the TV table, but took it in his stride eliminating multiple opponents over the course of the day to bag a healthy stack.
Aldemir and Lococo are joined in Day 6 by 2020 WSOP Main Event champion Damian Salas (2,435,000), along with 2018 WSOP final tablist Antoine Labat.
Several players who won their first bracelets here at the 2022 WSOP are still in contention for a memorable second, including Espen Jorstad, Andrew Yeh and Dan Smith. Smith nursed his short stack through the day, but with the help of some timely doubles he remained alive to bag 2,030,000.
"You kind of just have to play every hand the way it needs to be played," Smith told PokerNews. "The structure of the tournament does mean there is a lot of play, and that does help. Having a short stack here is more valuable than in other tournaments.
"I am fully aware that the most likely result is that I'm not going to make the final table. But, I'm having a great time and I'm trying to enjoy the experience and do my best, and whatever happens, happens."
Other players through to Day 6 include the last remaining women in the tournament Shelby Wells (1,900,000) and Efthymia Litsou (11,675,000). They will be joined by bracelet winners Timur Margolin (1,095,000), Andrew Yeh (5,830,000) and Marco Johnson (2,820,000).
Players falling on Day 5 included Jake Schindler, Ali Imsirovic, five-time bracelet-winners Brian Rast and John Juanda, as well as former tenth-place WSOP Main Event finisher Gaelle Baumann.
Having played five-and-a-half levels on Day 5, play will resume halfway through Level 26 (40,000/80,000) at 1 p.m. local time. The tournament will take place in the Bally's Event Center right in the heart of Las Vegas.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates as they happen as we get that one step closer to crowning a new poker world champion.
All the 2022 WSOP Main Event updates are here
The One More for One Drop Dream is Still On For 41 Players; Barry Hutter Leads
Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop has reached Day 4 and only 41 players are still in the hunt for this event's bracelet and the $535,610 in prize money that accompanies the piece of poker jewelry.
Barry Hutter (14,075,000) goes into Day 4 with the chip lead and will fancy his chances of securing his second bracelet. However, Hutter must navigate his way past 40 opponents, all of whom have reached Day 4 on merit.
Christina Gollins (14,000,000) finished Day 3 only one small blind behind Hutter in the standings, so will fancy her chance of glory in this tournament, as will 2013 WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess (10,425,000) who finds himself in the top five chip counts when play resumes at 12:00 p.m. local time on July 12.
Joon Kim (7,575,000), who is tenth in chips, is the only other bracelet owner in the field.
Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
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1 | Barry Hutter | United States | 14,075,000 | 94 |
2 | Christina Gollins | United States | 14,000,000 | 93 |
3 | Boris Akopov | United States | 12,600,000 | 84 |
4 | Ryan Riess | United States | 10,425,000 | 70 |
5 | Niklas Warlich | Germany | 10,075,000 | 67 |
6 | Andrew Dubuque | United States | 9,575,000 | 64 |
7 | Mathias Duarte | Uruguay | 8,650,000 | 58 |
8 | Salah Nimer | United States | 8,475,000 | 58 |
9 | Ronnie Ballantyne | United Kingdom | 7,800,000 | 52 |
10 | Joon Kim | United States | 7,575,000 | 51 |
Will Hutter get the job done in the One More for One Drop?
Oulmekki Bags Up The $777 Lucky 7's Day 1b Chip Lead
Day 1b of Event #75: $777 Lucky 7's saw another 1,818 players buy-in but only 145 of those starters survived a frantic 22 levels of play. Frane's Selim Oulmekki (2,565,000) not only survived but thrived on Day 1b, bagging up the largest stack in the room and of the entire tournament so far.
Three other players ended Day 1b with at least two million chips. Kevin Oakes (2,125,000), Armando Figueroa (2,085,000), and Matthew Land (2,010,000) being that trio of big stacked players.
Bracelet winners Tom Franklin (1,150,000), Carlos Chang (675,000), Daniel Zack (655,000), and John Racener (640,000) are just a handful of well-known grinders to look out for on Day 2.
The third and final flight commences at 12:00 p.m. on July 12.
Event #75: $777 Lucky 7's Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Selim Oulmekki | France | 2,565,000 | 64 |
2 | Kevin Oakes | United States | 2,125,000 | 53 |
3 | Armando Figueroa | United States | 2,085,000 | 52 |
4 | Matthew Land | United States | 2,010,000 | 50 |
5 | Maxwell Young | United States | 1,980,000 | 50 |
6 | Brett Murray | United States | 1,925,000 | 48 |
7 | Tommy Kivela | United States | 1,920,000 | 48 |
8 | Carlos Villamarin | United States | 1,830,000 | 46 |
9 | Gary Armstrong | United States | 1,805,000 | 45 |
10 | Adam Adler | United States | 1,800,000 | 45 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the $777 Lucky 7's event
Hong Takes a Solid Lead Into the Final Day of the Hall of Fame Bounty Event
Event #76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty was meant to crown its champion on Day 42 of the 2022 WSOP but it became apparent that was never going to happen, so the decision was made to pause the tournament after the end of Level 30.
Only seven players remain in the hunt going into the unscheduled Day 3 and it is South Korean Jinho Hong who leads them back into battle, doing so with 7,785,000 chips.
The stacks are very shallow going into the final day's action, so this tournament's champion could be crowned within a couple of hours. Hong's stack is the equivalent of 39 big blinds, and second-placed Punnat Punsri (6,280,000) has 31 big blinds, but the other five finalists have between seven and 15 blinds in their stacks.
Rejoin the action from 2:00 p.m. local time on July 12.
Event #76: $1,979 Hall of Fame Bounty Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jinho Hong | South Korea | 7,785,000 | 39 |
2 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 6,280,000 | 31 |
3 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 2,975,000 | 15 |
4 | Jakob Miegel | Germany | 2,825,000 | 14 |
5 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 2,700,000 | 14 |
6 | George Rotariu | Romania | 1,905,000 | 10 |
7 | Pavel Spirins | Latvia | 1,430,000 | 7 |
Hold onto your hats: this is going to be explosive!
Drinan Shines Brightest on Day 1 of the $1,500 NLHE/PLO Mixed
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Connor Drinan (1,200,000) is the man to catch going into Day 2 of Event #77: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha. Drinan was one of only two players to finish with a seven-figure stack, Vincent Lam (1,070,000) was the other.
Lam was involved in a monster-sized pot as the rest of the field were bagging up their chips. Lam called a three-way all-in with middle pair and a flush draw against an underpair and a superior flush draw. The river bricked and Lam soared towards the chip counts' summit.
Some 151 players return for Day 2 at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 12, including Daniel Negreanu (325,000), Anson Tsang (209,000), Scott Davies (207,000), and British grinder Barny Boatman (86,000)
Event #77: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
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1 | Connor Drinan | United States | 1,200,000 | 200 |
2 | Vincent Lam | Canada | 1,070,000 | 178 |
3 | Zachary Grech | United States | 906,000 | 151 |
4 | Carter Newhof | United States | 782,000 | 130 |
5 | Leonard Sande | United States | 624,000 | 104 |
6 | Vangelis Kaimakamis | Greece | 620,000 | 103 |
7 | Millard Hale | United States | 614,000 | 102 |
8 | Aden Salazar | United States | 606,000 | 101 |
9 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | Austria | 569,000 | 95 |
10 | Mohammad Affaneh | United States | 555,000 | 93 |
Discover if Drinan can build on his impressive start
Jones Takes an Early Lead in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event
The last tournament of Day 42 was a new addition to the schedule: Event #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em. A field of 1,364 bought in and created a $3,034,900 prize pool but only 257 of the players who sat down with high hopes will return for Day 2 on July 12.
British star Ben Jones (738,000) is in pole position going into Day 2 at 2:00 p.m. local time on July 12. Jones has several impressive live scores on his CV in addition to a glowing history in the online poker world. Jones holding a big stack spells bad news for anyone seated with him.
The controversial Bryn Kenney (484,000) bagged up a top five stack, while the likes of Christian Rudolph (381,000), David Miscikowski (296,000), Anatoly Filatov (288,000), David Peters (260,000), and Scott Seiver (223,000) all made it through Day 1 relatively unscathed.
Event #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ben Jones | United Kingdom | 738,000 | 123 |
2 | Ari Oxman | United States | 685,000 | 114 |
3 | Leandro Vlastaris | United States | 586,000 | 98 |
4 | Weiming Aaron Lim | Singapore | 518,000 | 86 |
5 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 484,000 | 81 |
6 | Georgios Kapalas | Greece | 464,000 | 78 |
7 | Axel Hallay | France | 464,000 | 77 |
8 | Sergey Sergeev | Russia | 457,000 | 76 |
9 | Virgile Turchi | France | 452,000 | 75 |
10 | Emmett Rutkowski | United States | 450,000 | 75 |
Get your fill of $2,500 NLHE updates here
In this Series
- 1 2022 WSOP Day 1: Hellmuth Noticeable Absentee as WSOP Kicks Off
- 2 2022 WSOP Day 2: First Bracelet Awarded; Ivey Records a Cash
- 3 2022 WSOP Day 3: Peters Wins Gold; Seiver Hunting For Bracelet #4
- 4 2022 WSOP Day 4: Scott Seiver & Brad Ruben Win Bracelet #4
- 5 2022 WSOP Day 5: Smith Bags 25k Heads-Up Title; Housewarming Surpasses Guarantee
- 6 2022 WSOP Day 6: Szecsi Reels in His Third Bracelet; O8 Event Needs Extra Time
- 7 2022 WSOP Day 7: Dan Smith Flying High in the $50K High Roller
- 8 2022 WSOP Day 8: Schutten Leads $50K High Roller Final Six
- 9 2022 WSOP Day 9: Diebold, Schindler, and Moncek Strike Gold
- 10 2022 WSOP Day 10: Bronshtein and Foxen On Course For Bracelets
- 11 2022 WSOP Day 11: Three New Bracelet Winners Crowned, "ElkY" and Ivey Lead $10K Stud
- 12 2022 WSOP Day 12: Two More Bracelets Won; Friedman on Fire in the $10K Stud
- 13 2022 WSOP Day 13: Friedman Makes It Five; Two Other Champs Crowned
- 14 2022 WSOP Day 14: Three New Champions; Big Names Turn Out In Force
- 15 2022 WSOP Day 15: Karakitkov On Course for $50K PLO High Roller Title
- 16 2022 WSOP Day 16: The Busiest Day Yet For Bracelets as Four Awarded
- 17 2022 WSOP Day 17: Hastings Secures His Sixth WSOP Bracelet
- 18 2022 WSOP Day 18: MILLIONAIRE MAKER Draws Thousands of Runners
- 19 2022 WSOP Day 19: Hellmuth Flying High in $10K Deuce-to-Seven
- 20 2022 WSOP Day 20: Bromfman, Stovall, and 'PmpknHead' Secure Bracelets
- 21 2022 WSOP Day 21: Ivey Denied His 11th WSOP Bracelet
- 22 2022 WSOP Day 22: $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship Finally Concludes!
- 23 2022 WSOP Day 23: Six Events in Play, One Champion Crowned
- 24 2022 WSOP Day 24: Ivey Bags a Big Stack in the $250K Super High Roller
- 25 2022 WSOP Day 25: Foxen Leads $250k Super High Roller, First Bracelet for Cyprus
- 26 2022 WSOP Day 26: HOF Nominee Liebert's Still Got It, How Foxen Won First Bracelet
- 27 2022 WSOP Day 27: Four Bracelets Awarded as $50K PPC Kicks Off
- 28 2022 WSOP Day 28: Kenney Leads the $50,000 PPC Event
- 29 2022 WSOP Day 29: Dzivielevski Leads the $50K PPC; Three Bracelets Awarded
- 30 2022 WSOP Day 30: The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
- 31 2022 WSOP Day 31: Cates Crowned PPC Champ on a Crazy Day of Action
- 32 2022 WSOP Day 32: Eli Elezra Wins Again, Hellmuth Chasing a Bracelet
- 33 2022 WSOP Day 33: Phil Hellmuth Denied 17th Bracelet; Jackson, Barbero & Teusl Victorious
- 34 2022 WSOP Day 34: The Main Event Shuffles Up and Deals!
- 35 2022 WSOP Day 35: Another Huge Day of Main Event Action
- 36 2022 WSOP Day 36: Clarke Leads Main Event; Glantz Banks a Milly
- 37 2022 WSOP Day 37: Vaughn Kicks Off Huge Main Event Flight
- 38 2022 WSOP Day 38: Gavin Munroe Leads After Day 2abc of the Main Event
- 39 2022 WSOP Day 39: Bryn Kenney Among Top Stacks After Day 2d of Main Event
- 40 2022 WSOP Day 40: Main Event Enters the Money, Six Former Champs Still In
- 41 2022 WSOP Day 41: Taylor von Kriegenbergh Leads the Main Event Into Day 5
- 42 2022 WSOP Day 42: Audacious Bluff Puts Lococo Over 10M in the Main Event
- 43 2022 WSOP Day 43: Main Event Field Reduced to Only 35
- 44 2022 WSOP Day 44: Main Event Reaches Its Final Table
- 45 2022 WSOP Day 45: Colpoys Claims Chip Lead in the $50K High Roller
- 46 2022 WSOP Day 46: Jorstad Leads the Main Event Final Three; Vieira Claims Second Bracelet
- 47 2022 WSOP Day 47: Jorstad Crowned Main Event Champion as 2022 WSOP Nears End
- 48 2022 WSOP Day 48: Series Begins Wrapping Up; Five Champions Crowned
- 49 2022 WSOP Day 49: Cowen Leads the Tournament of Champions
- 50 2022 WSOP Day 50: Woof Leads Final 16 in the Tournament of Champions