Mike Matusow had promised during the break to be the chip leader at the end of the night but that mission was doomed from the get go when he first gave up the pot and was then in stud variants in which the antes reduced his stacks to fumes.
Matusow was all-in for a single chip on third street and Andrew Yeh bet all the way from fourth to sixth. Shaun Deeb called the first two bets, then check-called on sixth and bet seventh. Yeh raised and was caleld to reveal his wheel and six-high straight. Deeb had the eight-high straight and Matusow headed to the payout desk.
Paul Volpe: / /
Paul Sokoloff: / /
Philip Long: / folded on fifth
A short-stacked Paul Volpe got into the mix in the final hand of Razz after the redraw. He was involved in three-way action on which Paul Sokoloff bet fifth, forcing out Philip Long who gave up after having previously paired his seven. Volpe caught paint but sigh-called to find himself in more trouble when paint followed on sixth.
Last but not least, Volpe also paired the five and that spelled the end for him in 24th place for $17,669.
Kristijonas Andrulis was all-in after third street and already meshed his first three cards to reveal a king-high. He was up against a pair of sixes by Eric Rodawig and caught no help at all until sixth, which left the Lithuanian drawing dead when Rodawig improved to a set of sixes.
Both flipped over their final cards for a mere second and Andrulis headed to the payout desk to collect $17,669 for his efforts.
One of the most-highly regarded mixed game contests of the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas is one step closer to awarding the elusive WSOP gold bracelet. Out of a field of 209 entries, only 22 players remain in contention to capture the title in Event #44: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship and the money bubble has already burst.
Several participants have already received a portion of the $1,948,925 prize pool but the biggest slice will be up for grabs on the remaining two days. The field size surpassed the attendance of the previous year by an incredible 60 entries and even pulled ahead of the 2019 edition, which drew 172 entrants.
Among the 22 hopefuls are 14 former WSOP gold bracelet winners and Bryce Yockey leads by some margin after dominating the late stages. He advanced with 1,465,000 and Eric Wasserson is the only other contestant with a seven-figure stack (1,025,000). Several other players are closely bunched together thereafter including Jerry Wong, Ben Lamb, Andrew Yeh, Eric Rodawig, and Mike Gorodinsky.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day Two
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
Big Bets
1
Bryce Yockey
United States
1,465,000
73
37
2
Eric Wasserson
United States
1,025,000
51
26
3
Jerry Wong
United States
885,000
44
22
4
Ben Lamb
United States
875,000
44
22
5
Andrew Yeh
United States
865,000
43
22
6
Eric Rodawig
United States
835,000
42
21
7
Mike Gorodinsky
United States
825,000
41
21
8
Ismael Bojang
Austria
750,000
38
19
9
John Racener
United States
710,000
36
18
10
Gary Benson
Australia
640,000
32
16
Eight of the top stacks belong to mixed game specialists from the United States while German poker pro and Vienna resident Ismael Bojang (750,000) and Aussie Poker Hall of Fame member Gary Benson (640,000) can also be found in the overnight top ten as well.
Other non-Americans still in contention include Paul Sokoloff, Andres Korn, Day 1 chip leader Philip Long, Eugene Katchalov, and Yuri Dzivielevski. Shaun Deeb will return as one of the shorter stacks and has 320,000 chips at his disposal.
Five female mixed game enthusiasts took part on Day 2 including Maria Ho as late entry, Esther Taylor, Carol Fuchs, Shirley Rosario, and Christina Hill. Out of the five, Taylor and Fuchs were eliminated not far away from the money bubble while Rosario and Hill came up shy of the three table redraw to bust in 26th and 25th place respectively for a cash prize of $17,669.
Further notable players in the money included Kosei Ichinose, Jeff Madsen, Mike Matusow, Robert Mizrachi, Paul Volpe, and Kristijonas Andrulis. The last player to leave empty-handed was Michael Parizon, who made two pair in a Stud Hi-Lo hand only for Katchalov to hit a seven-high straight and low for the scoop.
Some of those in a field filled with the biggest names in the world of poker that came and left without anything to show for on Day 2 were Phil Ivey, David "Bakes" Baker, Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Weinman, Dylan Linde, the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year Robert Campbell, Alex Livingston, and Anthony Zinno.
All remaining 22 players will return to their seats on the feature tables of the Bally's Event Center at 2pm local time on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The penultimate day will aim to whittle down the field to the last five hopefuls throughout up to seven 90-minute levels. Recommencing blinds will be 10,000-20,000 in the flop games and limits of 20,000-40,000 in stud variants.
Stay tuned right here on PokerNews to find out who advances to the conclusion of this thrilling mixed game contest.