At former EPT finalist Laurent Michot's table, half of the table is empty because some players haven't taken their seats yet. However, their stacks are in play, so when there are no players in the blinds, there is a bit of dead money.
Michot took advantage of the situation and won a few limped pots. However, he lost the blinds he won after a player under the gun limped. A player in middle position bet 300, and Michot called from the cutoff, while the button and the blinds were absent.
The player under the gun also called, and all three players checked on the flop 2♣A♠A♦. The turn was the 7♣. This time, the player in middle position bet 300. Michot was the only one to call.
The river brought the 6♠. Both players checked and the player in middle position revealed 3♠3♣ for two pair. Michot's hand wasn't better, so he folded.
Cards are in the air on Day 1 of the $600 Deep Stack Championship No-Limit Hold'em. Already 2,663 players are seated and there is also a massive queue of ~200 meters in the room full of players waiting to take a seat.
A new event of the World Series of Poker starts on Wednesday, June 28 at 10 a.m. at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas. Event #64 $600 Deep Stack Championship No-Limit Hold'em.
Last year, it was a player from Hungary, Tamas Lendvai, who navigated through 4,913 players to claim the victory and win $299,464, as well as a WSOP bracelet.
This summer, he has already cashed in five WSOP events. So why couldn't he be in the money for a sixth time, and maybe win this tournament once again?
2022 Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Tamas Lendvai
Hungary
$299,464
2
Frank Reichel
Germany
$185,027
3
Jon Van Fleet
United States
$138,149
4
Alex Jim
United States
$103,994
5
Daniel Marcus
United States
$78,793
6
Abdullah Alshanti
United States
$60,196
7
Tsuf Saltsberg
Israel
$46,347
8
Tamir Saidman
Israel
$35,964
9
John Ypma
United States
$28,129
To succeed him, this year's players will have four days of competition to fight for the title. Before having all the chips, they'll start with 30,000 chips. On the first day, the levels will be 40 minutes long, and 17 levels will be played.
Last year, the bubble burst during that time, so maybe the money will be reached again on Day 1. Then, all players qualified for the next step will play ten levels of 60 minutes on Day 2, down to five players left on Day 3, and until a winner is crowned on Day 4, on Saturday, July 1.
Eliminated players and late arrivals have until the end of Level 9 (around 5:00 p.m.) to reenter or enter the tournament, with a single reentry allowed. Three levels later, there will be a 75-minute dinner break (around 7:00 p.m.). The other breaks will be 20 minutes long, occurring every three levels.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to provide you all the details, so follow the action right here!
