Dan Smith opened under the gun to 18,000 and was called by Danny Hannawa in middle position. Eric Most, from the small blind, three-bet to 72,000. Smith and Hannawa both called.
The flop came and after Hannawa checked, Smith bet 60,000. Hannawa got out of the way and Most called.
The turn brought the and after Smith bet 120,000, Most shoved and and Smith called with the rest of his stack.
Dan Smith:
Eric Most:
While Smith had Most completely dominated on the flop, the turn had them chopping but drawing to one another's potentially better full houses.
Each player dodged disaster on the river and were forced to chop it up, earning Hannawa's dead money plus the blinds.
PokerNews spent a few hands with Wesley Fei, better known as "Wes" from the Hustler Casino Live stream, before his table broke inside the Bally's blue section.
Hand 1: Joshua Rothberg opened to 18,000 in late position and Fei defended out of the big blind. The flop of checked through and Fei led out with a bet of 50,000 on the turn to win the pot without a fight.
Hand 2: The action folded to Fei in the small blind and he raised to 18,000. Craig Casino folded face-up out of the big blind to send another pot to Fei.
"Always lucky!" Fei laughed as he scooped in the blinds.
Hand 3: Dean Sanderson raised to 20,000 from early position and Brian Kirschner called in late position, while Fei folded from the button and the big blind also came along. Sanderson continued with a bet of 25,000 on the flop of and both of his opponents folded.
Hand 4: Kirschner opened to 17,000 in late position and Fei folded in the cutoff before the button also called. The small blind then three-bet jammed to win the hand without going to a flop.
Hand 5: Fei opened to 17,000 from the hijack and only the small blind called. The small blind checked on the flop of and Fei bet 15,000. The small blind raised to 48,000 and Fei took a moment before calling. The small blind sized up to 90,000 on the turn and Fei laid it down.
"You bluff me that hand?" Fei later asked his opponent, who said it wasn't a bluff.
Hand 6: In the last hand before the table broke, Fei folded in middle position before the button raised to 18,000 to see the big blind call. The flop of checked through and the same action took place on the turn. The big blind led out for 21,000 on the river and folded when his opponent bumped it up to 73,000.
The action folded around to Luke McIntosh on the button who raised to 16,000. Ryan Riess was in the big blind and moved all in for 210,000. McIntosh rechecked his cards and quickly called.
Ryan Riess:
Luke McIntosh:
The board ran out and Riess was unable to find any help on the runout. The 2013 champion will not be making another bid for the title this year as he was eliminated early on Day 4.
Terakun Karnchanakphan was all in for 71,000 and at risk of elimination against Canada's Landon Holloway.
Terakun Karnchanakphan:
Landon Holloway:
Holloway had a lock on the hand following the flop but "Papa Karn" hit a miracle on the turn to make a set. The completed the board and yesterday's Feature Table participant boosted his stack.
Chris Moneymaker opened from late position to 18,000. Action folded to Daniel Buzgon who three-bet to 68,000. Moneymaker thought for a bit before moving all in for about 260,000. Buzgon called immediately.
Chris Moneymaker:
Daniel Buzgon:
Moneymaker ran into the aces and couldn't improve, Buzgon turned a set of aces to seal the deal and Moneymaker was sent to the payout line.
"I don't really have a backup plan", shared Moneymaker about his plans for the day. "If I came in with 100,000, I'd have made a backup plan, but I planned on playing longer. I might go hop into the Hall of Fame Bounty."
Scotter Clark, once again dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from the famous movie series Pirates of the Caribbean, opened from early position to 18,000. Anthony Ortega called from the button.
The flop came and Clark continued for 20,000. Ortega called.
The turn brought the and Clark once again applied the pressure, this time to the tune of 31,000. Ortega called once more.
The action came to a halt on the river with both players tapping the table. Clark turned over , rhetorically asking "What other hand is Captain Jack going to get with his first hand?".
Jacks were good enough to win the pot and take Clark to over a million.
Day 4 of action in the 2022 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event kicks off today at noon local time after an exciting and lengthy Day 3 that saw the money bubble burst. All 1,299 of the remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,000 of the $80,782,475 prize pool, while the top prize of $10 million awaits the eventual winner.
Defending champion Koray Aldemir, who less than a year ago won the 2021 Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for $8 million, is now looking to win a Main Event bracelet in the WSOP's new home at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas as he enters the fourth day of play with a healthy stack of 67 big blinds.
The German poker pro will be joined on the felt by a handful of Main Event champions still in contention: Damian Salas (2020), John Cynn (2018), Ryan Riess (2013), Greg Merson (2012), and Chris Moneymaker (2003).
Topping the counts heading into Day 4 is Aaron Mermelstein, who bagged a stack of more than two million that is good for 250 big blinds as he looks to add to his $3.6 million in live earnings. Close behind is another crusher with millions in earnings, Michael Rocco, who ended Day 3 with 1,866,000 in chips.
2022 WSOP Main Event Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Aaron Mermelstein
United States
2,059,000
2
Michael Rocco
United States
1,866,000
3
Gabi Livshitz
Israel
1,835,000
4
Brandon Lulo
United States
1,679,000
5
Leo Zamarripa
United States
1,643,000
6
Jake Abdalla
United States
1,615,000
7
Thi Nguyen
Canada
1,600,000
8
Jordyn Miller
United States
1,580,000
9
Mathieu His
France
1,565,000
10
Ian Armstrong
United Kingdom
1,563,000
Other well-knowns who will battle it out in Day 4 of poker's most prestigious tournament include Shannon Shorr, Brian Rast, Martin Zamani, Cliff Josephy, Mitchell Halverson, Jared Jaffee, Loni Hui, Phillip Hui, Angela Jordison, Joey Weissman, Max Pescatori and John Juanda.
The money bubble burst in the early Sunday morning hours on Day 3 and saw three players chopping up the $15,000 min-cash for $5,000 each, a nice rebate on their $10,000 entry. Those three players were Robert Lipkin, Ognjen Sekularac and Tom McCormick, who were fortunate enough to avoid going home empty-handed when they busted in unison.
Like previous days, Day 4 will consist of five two-hour levels of play with 20-minute breaks after every level and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 18, which is expected to be around 5:40 p.m. Play will resume on Level 16 with blinds of 4,000/8,000/8,000.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to bring readers all the updates on Day 4 of the $10,000 Main Event at the 2022 World Series of Poker.