It all started with a raise to 80,000 in early position by Bastien Joly. On the button, Lisa Taylor called and the big blind also stuck around.
On the flop , Joly continued with a bet of 130,000 after the big blind checked and Taylor called. The big blind got out of the way and they went heads-up to the turn.
The was dealt and Joly put in another bet of 278,000. Another call followed by Taylor and the tiver completed the board. A quick "all in" was announced by Joly and snap-called the bet of roughly 475,000.
Joly showed but was clearly flustered when Taylor tabled for the nut flush.
As the end of the day closes in there are several big stacks in the room.
Kyle Shigano propelled himself close to the chip lead thanks to a sick cooler between his and the of Eric Baldwin. The two players went all in before the flop, and the aces of Shigano held up when the dust settled.
Baldwin was left short and was eliminated from the tournament on the very next hand.
Yavine Brewer opened to 125,000 from the button, the small blind called and Stephen Foutty in big blind three-bet to 350,000. Brewer quickly shoved his 1,400,000 folding the small blind out but having Foutty snap-call.
Yavine Brewer
Stephen Foutty
The flop saved the day for Brewer when the board ran out hitting his set to crack the kings of Foutty, leaving him short. He wasn't able to spin it up and busted the next hand.
A massive field of 3,913 players jam-packed into the 2022 World Series of Pokerat Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas for Day 1b of Event #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold-em. By day's end, there were only 164 players who found a bag to advance to Day 2.
Gianluca Pace (4,085,000) from Encinitas, California finished with the biggest stack in the room after 22 levels of play. Pace won an MSPT title at Sycuan Casino in San Diego back in January for $74,562.
Others who bagged big tonight include New York poker pro Will Failla (3,700,000) with a late-night surge, Yavine Brewer (3,700,000), Justin Lapka (3,000,000), Spencer Champlin (2,910,000), Joao Simao (1,385,000) and Ashley Frank (2,300,000).
Event #5: $500 The Housewarming NLHE Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Gianluca Pace
United States
4,085,000
2
Yavine Brewer
United States
3,705,000
3
Will Failla
United States
3,700,000
4
Justin Lapka
United States
3,000,000
5
Riley Stahley
United States
2,995,000
6
Spencer Champlin
United States
2,916,000
7
Kyle Shigano
United States
2,900,030
8
Lisa Taylor
United States
2,505,000
9
Chad Yurkin
United States
2,500,000
10
Daniel Weinman
United States
2,315,000
Today's field generated a massive prize pool of $1,643,460. That pushes the overall prize pool from days 1a and 1b to $3,060,120. If this pace of entries continues over the weekend, as expected, the tournament will smash the $5,000,000 guarantee.
Some of the notables to fall throughout the day included Jamie Kerstetter, Men Nguyen, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Shaun Deeb, Kristen Foxen, Chris Moorman, and Angelina Rich.
The 164 players who made it through the day and will join the 147 players who advanced from Day 1a. Players who did not find a bag tonight will have two more opportunities on Day 1c and 1d. Surviving players from all flights will return for Day 2 at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 6.
Follow all the updates here on PokerNews through to the conclusion of this event, as well as the rest of the events from the WSOP’s new home at the Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.