Tournament of Champions | 2022 World Series of Poker

2022-07-20 16:08 UTC-7

Fortunate Double For Wish

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Nível 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Yuliyan Kolev made it 105,000 to go and Gregory Wish then three-bet jammed out of the big blind for the last 460,000. Kolev snap-called and the cards were turned over.

Gregory Wish:
Yuliyan Kolev:

"Let's goooo" Kolev shouted towards his rail and continued with a loud "hooold" on the flop on which he remained ahead. The appeared on the turn and Kolev gasped a "fuck" as the rest of the table chuckled.

Nothing changed on the river and Wish doubled.

"You gotta lose one," the dry remark by another player came to Kolev who was still all smiles despite the bad beat.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Yuliyan Kolev	2,600,000 -600,000	-600,000

Gregory Wish	995,000 485,000	485,000

Tags: Gregory Wish Yuliyan Kolev

2022-07-20 16:15 UTC-7

Short Break Ahead of the Live Stream; Updates on Delay

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Nível 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The final seven players are now on a short break and the live stream will commence at 5pm local time with 30 minutes left at blinds of 25,000-50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000. Below are the updated counts.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Yuliyan Kolev	Bulgaria	2,580,000	52
2	Ali Eslami	United States	1,175,000	24
3	Ryan Messick	United States	1,855,000	37
4	Benjamin Kaupp	United States	1,365,000	27
5	Raul Garza	United States	2,680,000	54
6	Gregory Wish	United States	970,000	19
7	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	3,470,000	69

All PokerNews live updates from now on will be based on the live stream on the PokerGO platform in order to not spoil any of the action.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Robert Cowen	3,470,000 -230,000	-230,000

Raul Garza	2,680,000 -70,000	-70,000
Yuliyan Kolev	2,580,000 -20,000	-20,000

Ryan Messick	1,855,000 55,000	55,000
Benjamin Kaupp	1,365,000 -285,000	-285,000

Ali Eslami	1,175,000 300,000	300,000

Gregory Wish	970,000 -25,000	-25,000

2022-07-20 17:01 UTC-7

Live Stream Action Underway

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Nível 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The final live stream of the 2022 World Series of Poker is underway in the Mothership of the Bally's Event Center. Lon McEachern and 2022 WSOP Player of the Year Dan Zack are the commentators.

2022-07-20 17:13 UTC-7

Messick Takes Two Pots Off Kolev in a Row

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Nível 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Yuliyan Kolev raised to 105,000 with the and Ryan Messick called in the small blind with for the flop to appear. Messick check-called for 80,000 and both checked the on the turn. After the river, Messick bet 300,000 and "bucket man" Kolev counted his chips before folding.

Two hands later, Kolev opened to 105,000 with and Messick three-bet to 280,000 in the cutoff with . What followed was the reluctant call by Kolev and the very same duo headed to the flop. The Bulgarian checked and subsequently called a bet worth 250,000.

Following the turn, Kolev checked again and Messick moved all-in for 1,610,000 total to send his opponent into the blender. Kolev found a fold.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Robert Cowen	3,500,000 30,000	30,000

Ryan Messick	2,800,000 945,000	945,000
Raul Garza	2,700,000 20,000	20,000
Yuliyan Kolev	1,900,000 -680,000	-680,000

Ali Eslami	1,200,000 25,000	25,000

Benjamin Kaupp	1,200,000 -165,000	-165,000

Gregory Wish	870,000 -100,000	-100,000

Tags: Ryan Messick Yuliyan Kolev

2022-07-20 17:19 UTC-7

Kolev Loses Another Pot, Then Wins One

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Nível 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Raul Garza made it 105,000 to go in the cutoff with and Yuliyan Kolev came along out of the big blind holding to see a flop of . Once the Bulgarian checked, Garza continued for 80,000 and the call by Kolev led them to the turn.

This time, both players quickly checked and the river completed the board. Kolev checked and Garza's bet worth 300,000 took it down uncontested.

Robert Cowen then opened to 100,000 on the button with and folded when Kolev jammed for 1,625,000 in the small blind with .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Robert Cowen	3,200,000 -300,000	-300,000

Raul Garza	2,900,000 200,000	200,000
Yuliyan Kolev	1,800,000 -100,000	-100,000

Tags: Raul Garza Robert Cowen Yuliyan Kolev

2022-07-20 17:24 UTC-7

Kaupp Doubles Through Messick

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Nível 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Ali Eslami limped in for 50,000 on the button with and Ryan Messick raised to 200,000 in the small blind.

Benjamin Kaupp then jammed for 1,420,000 out of the big blind and Eslami instantly folded while Messick called within four seconds.

Benjamin Kaupp:
Ryan Messick:

While the flop provided some equity to crack the aces with a king and back door clubs, nothing changed on the turn and river as Kaupp doubled.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Benjamin Kaupp	2,900,000

Ryan Messick	1,300,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Benjamin Kaupp Ryan Messick

2022-07-20 17:28 UTC-7

Garza Takes from Eslami

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Nível 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Ali Eslami limped in with from the cutoff and Benjamin Kaupp completed in the small blind with . Raul Garza then raised to 250,000 with and only Eslami called.

The flop landed and Garza bet 350,000. Eslami quickly folded to the large bet.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Raul Garza	3,300,000 400,000	400,000
Benjamin Kaupp	2,900,000

Ali Eslami	875,000 -325,000	-325,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Raul Garza Benjamin Kaupp

2022-07-20 17:30 UTC-7

Small Showdown Pot for Cowen

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Nível 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Ryan Messick raised to 100,000 in a middle position with the and Robert Cowen called in the small blind. On the flop, Cowen check-called 75,000 and the turn as well as the river were checked. Cowen tabled his for nines and fours to win the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Robert Cowen	3,200,000

Benjamin Kaupp	3,100,000 200,000	200,000

Raul Garza	3,100,000 -200,000	-200,000
Yuliyan Kolev	1,700,000 -100,000	-100,000

Ryan Messick	1,300,000
Ali Eslami	875,000

Gregory Wish	720,000 -150,000	-150,000

Tags: Robert Cowen Ryan Messick

Nível: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

2022-07-20 17:37 UTC-7

Split Pot Between the Big Stacks

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Nível 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

From under the gun, Benjamin Kaupp raised to 130,000 and Raul Garza made it 360,000 to go from one seat over which Kaupp elected to call. Both players saw a flop of on which Kaupp check-called a bet worth 200,000.

The followed on the turn and the action was quickly checked through, which led to the on the river. Kaupp checked again and so did Garza. The former showed and Garza chopped it up with the .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Benjamin Kaupp	3,200,000 100,000	100,000

Raul Garza	3,200,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Benjamin Kaupp Raul Garza