WSOP Day 41 Recap: Day 4 of Main Event Sees 380 Players Remain, Daniel Strelitz Wins Second Bracelet

Day 41 of the 2022 World Series of Poker saw Day 4 of the Main Event reach its conclusion. With four other events in action, it was a busy day of action at both Bally’s and Paris casino in Las Vegas. At the close of play, just 380 players remained in seats in the Main Event, with each of them a step nearer the $10 million top prize.

Day 4 of Main Event Sees Smith and Imsirovic Survive

With 1,299 players starting the action on Day 4, only 380 players remained by the close of play and will battle for a big stack on Day 5 of the WSOP Main Event. After another momentous day at the felt, Taylor von Kriegenbergh has the chip lead, bagging up 5,305,000 chips. He is followed in the counts by Dan Colpoys (4,835,000) and the overnight chip leader Aaron Mermelstein (4,285,000).

There are plenty of other big names who made a stack to bring back, with Rafael Mota (4,050,000) and Shelby Wells        (3,840,000) both making the top 10 chipcounts, with two former winners also making the cut in the form of 2020 Hybrid Main Event winner Damian Salas (2,355,000) from Argentina and the defending champion and 2021 winner Koray Aldemir (1,285,000), who still has in his sights the chance to become the first Main Event back-to-back winner ever to claim two titles in less than 10 months.

Oher big names survived the day, with Yuliyan Kolev (3,500,000), Alex Keating (3,000,000) and Alejandro Lococo (3,210,000) all holding more than double the average of 1.3 million chips. Lococo got some of his in the final hand when he won a coinflip to eliminate Farah Galfond. Dan Smith (390,000) made the cut albeit with one of the shorter stacks, while Ali Imsirovic (2,340,000) sits just outside the top 50 in an ominous position.

Other big busted, including four former world champions in the shape of Ryan Riess, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Merson, and John Cynn, while Bryn Kenney and Martin Zamani will not face each other, both having been eliminated from the tournament.

Strelitz Wins Second Bracelet for $115k

Daniel Strelitz won his second WSOP bracelet after conquering the $1,500-entry Razz Event #73, winning $115,723 in the process. As the final day of the action began, Strelitz had the lead and while he lost it on a couple of occasions during gameplay at the final table, he would regain and hold on to for the most pivotal moments and at the end of event.

With eight players remaining, Andres Korn was the first player to leave, as the Argentinian bracelet winner exited for $10,611. The eliminations of Mark Gerencher (7^th for $13,869) and Kijoon Park ($18,506) were two hours apart but following them, play loosened up. Calvin Anderson would have been delighted to see Frank Kassela leave in fourth place for $34,996, but while he grabbed the lead, he would lose it again and leave in third place for $49,557.

Heads-up, both Strelitz and Lynda Tran had the lead at different points, but it was Strelitz who had it when it mattered, and he sealed victory to win his second WSOP bracelet and the only six-figure score up for grabs in the event.

Jorge Walker Leads Last 319 in One Drop Event

Jorge Walker is the chip leader in the $1,111-entry One More for One Drop event, with a massive stack of 3,665,000 more than a million clear of tournament crusher Andrew Moreno (2,470,000). With big names such as 2013 WSOP Main Event winner Ryan Riess (2,110,000) and Joao Simao (2,075,000) both still battling for the win, it’s sure to be some race to the line on the penultimate day of the event which takes place tomorrow.

With 1,271 players returning to start play, only 319 players survived the day with players such as Sejo Kasic (2,300,000), Michael Stephenson (2,160,000), 2003 Main Event winner Chris Moneymaker (1,550,000), WSOP bracelet winner David Williams (1,560,000) and popular female players Lily Kiletto (1,900,000) and Christina Gollins (1,600,000) both still in the hunt and above average in chips. While they all survived, the event lost Belgian multiple bracelet winner Davidi Kitai along the way on Day 2.

King is King in Bounty PLO Event

Just nine players are left in the hunt for the BountyPLO bracelet in Event #74, with Nolan King the leader on an incredible 12.7 million chips. While he has double Pei Li’s stack of just over 5.5 million chips in second place, his lead over the rest of the field is gargantuan, with one of the biggest final day leads of the series seeing King holding more than four times any other player’s chips.

Of those who remain in the hunt for gold, Portugues player Diogo Veiga is the short stack, holding just 540,000 chips and in need of a miracle to make it much further, with a quarter of his nearest rival’s stack and not even a 16^th of the leader’s chip mountain.

Calvin Anderson Leads Lucky Sevens

The opening day of action in the $777 buy-in Lucky 7’s event saw 1,056 players whittled down to just 44 Day 2 hopefuls on a frantic Day 1a of action. Popular poker pro Calvin Anderson (2,280,000) has the chip lead, while he is followed in the counts by Phong Than Nguyen (2,000,000) and Kevin O’Harra (1,845,000).

Elsewhere in the remaining field, there were chips to bag up for Ben Yu (1,330,000), Jason Wheeler (640,000), Andrew Barber (580,000), and the five-time WSOP event winner Allen Cunningham (160,000). Players such as James Mackey, Will Berry and James Hunt busted before the close of play, missing out on what should be the final day of this fast-paced event.

Big Names Survive Hall of Fame Bounty Event’s Opening Day

The first day’s play in Event #76, the $1,979-entry Poker Hall of Fame Bounty event, produced its usual fare of entertaining bounty-hunting action in no limit hold’em. From a total of 835 entries, 139 players made the next day, with the money bubble not bursting until there are 130 players left.

With each Hall of Famer worth a bounty price of the year they were inducted, players such as Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker and Johnny Chan were all skittled on the day, but there were plenty of big names who survived, with the biggest perhaps the chip leader. Shaun Deeb piled up 574,000 chips by the close of play, a mite more than Marsel Backa (510,000) and Kfir Litman (503,000), with other stars in the top 10 including David Lappin (430,000) and Daniel Weinman (370,000).

Elsewhere in the remaining field, Barry Greenstein (327,000), Perry Friedman (320,000), Anatolii Zyrin (290,000) and Ole Schemion (246,000) all sit neatly inside the top 40 places, with this three-day event sure to go through the money bubble early tomorrow.

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