Welcome to Day 1a of Event #85: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em
With the 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event final table beginning today, it marks that the inaugural series at Bally's and Paris, Las Vegas is coming to its conclusion. And with that, the apt named Event #85: The Closer No-Limit Hold'em gets underway today with Day 1a kicking off at 12 p.m. local time.
The Closer has two starting flights, with Day 1b getting underway tomorrow Saturday, July 16. The fields from Day 1a and Day 1b will then merge on Sunday, July 17 and will play down to a winner.
Last year's iteration of the event saw 1,903 players enter the field and generated a prize pool of $2,540,505. Team Winamax pro Leo Margets came out victorious after defeating Bulgaria's Alex Kulev in heads-up play.
She took home $376,850 for her efforts, and the first WSOP bracelet of her career. Other notables making a deep run included Chris Moorman (8th - $44,740) and Kenny Haellert (13th - $22,310).
Players will sit down with 50,000 in chips in their starting stacks. Blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Levels will last 30 minutes a piece, with a 20-minute break scheduled after every fourth level.
There will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12, expected to be around 6:40 p.m. local time. Players can rebuy once per starting flight, with late registration closing at the end of the dinner break, (approx. 7:55 p.m. PDT).
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates at the 2022 World Series of Poker.
on the felt.
. All four players checked and the 
landed on the turn. 
was dealt on the river and the middle position moved all in. Watts called within an instant and the middle position player reluctantly showed 
who missed their double-gutter. 
to win the pot and the YouTube Vlogger is now in the six-figures.
came on the turn, and Taylor continued for 8,000 and got the same callers, leading to the 
on the river. Action checked over to the player in the one seat, who moved all in for 15,000. Taylor called with about 15,000 left behind. The third player rejammed to put Taylor all in as well, but she folded 
face up.
turn and 
river changed nothing, and the pot belonged to Walton, doubling his stack through the six-time bracelet winner.
flop. McClelland called while the blinds got out of the way.
turn, Greenstein fired a third barrel, this time for 20,000. McClelland tossed in a single chip, announcing that he was all-in as he did so, a shove worth 47,100. Greenstein thought for a bit before eventually making the laydown. 
for Werner who made a set at the river, sending the small blind out of the competition.
turn completed that flush to put Joshi ahead, leaving Negreanu drawing dead. The 
flop was of no help, nor was the 
turn. Negreanu had just two outs, but neither came as the 
