Nick Petrangelo from under the gun shoved his remaining 535,000 into the middle and was looked up by Phil Ivey one seat over. The rest of the table folded.
Nick Petrangelo:
Phil Ivey:
Petrangelo was at risk but way ahead. The provided little help for Ivey but the did give him an open ended straight draw. The completed Ivey's straight and Petrangelo was ousted on the tournament bubble in gut wrenching fashion.
Matthew Steinberg moved all in for 660,000 from under the gun. He was called in two spots by David Peters in the cutoff and Chance Kornuth out of the small blind.
The flop was checked by both players. The turn was the . Kornuth bet 1,400,000 and Peters called.
The river was the and Kornuth bet 2,450,000. Peters called.
"Set," said Kornuth, tabling
"I had outs," said Steinberg with and he was eliminated. Peters' for a rivered two pair was also tabled.
"It's my biggest cash ever," Steinberg said to his tablemates. "My biggest cash before this was like $5,000." He also told them he planned on playing the $25,000 heads-up on June 2.
With that hand Kornuth took over the chip lead as the final five players bagged up for the day.
Day 2 of Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty at the 2022 WSOP at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas saw fast-paced action that narrowed down a field of 16 to 5.
Play lasted just five levels with a flurry of eliminations within the first few minutes of action, including Laszlo Bujtas, Frank Crivello and Bill Klein.
Chance Kornuth began what turned out to be a day-long heater with a huge double through day 1 chipleader Justin Young, courtesy of a rivered straight. From that point on, he seemed unstoppable, eliminating the likes of Daniel Negreanu and Matthew Steinberg, ultimately bagging a stack of 14,265,000 good for 143 big blinds. Other players returning for Day 3 include David Peters (8,920,000), Ali Imsirovic (1,815,000), Dario Sammartino (1,740,000) and Koray Aldemir (860,000).
Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Chance Kornuth
14,265,000
143
2
David Peters
8,920,000
89
3
Ali Imsirovic
1,815,000
18
4
Dario Sammartino
1,740,000
17
5
Koray Aldemir
860,000
9
Day 2 Recap
Of the initial 46 runners only seven were paid and it was Nick Petrangelo who was the unfortunate bubble boy with his pocket kings being cracked in brutal fashion by the pocket eights of Phil Ivey. It was Ivey who was the first finisher to get paid, his seventh place finish good for $133,127.
The relatively unknown Matthew Steinberg was next out, scoring a $180,872 payday, blowing his previous best cash of $2,125 out of the water.
That saw the table reach the final five players who will return Thursday, June 2nd at 1pm PDT for Day 3. The final day will be livestreamed on PokerGO on a 1-hour delay. Pokernews will also be providing updates on the same delay as the tournament plays down to a winner, who will receive a WSOP Gold Bracelet and $1,166,810 for their efforts.