Monday, May 30, 2022. 2022 WSOP Day #1.
And we’re off!
The very first day of action at the 2022 WSOP kicked off today with the Day 1 shuffle-up and deal for the 2022 WSOP Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em and the 2022 WSOP Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold’em.
These two events represent the full range of buy-ins at this series with one of the most expensive events kicking off alongside the cheapest.
The $100k event attracted 45 entries. The employees event got 832, almost double its 2021 incarnation. It looks like the series is off to a great stard.
2022 WSOP Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em top ten chip stacks
| Rank | Player Name | Country | Chipstack |
| 1st | Shaun Colquhoun | United States | 885,000 |
| 2nd | Arturo Jimenez | United States | 848,000 |
| 3rd | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 695,000 |
| 4th | Jonaghan Liu | United States | 660,000 |
| 5th | Brandon West | United States | 656,000 |
| 6th | Kelli Phillips | United States | 613,000 |
| 7th | Kirby Brewer | United States | 588,000 |
| 8th | John Divecha | United States | 567,000 |
| 9th | Michael Murray | United States | 533,000 |
| 10th | Minkyun Kim | South Korea | 533,000 |
2022 WSOP Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty Hold’em top ten chip stacks
| Rank | Player Name | Country | Chipstack |
| 1st | Justin Young | United States | 3,565,000 |
| 2nd | David Peters | United States | 3,085,000 |
| 3rd | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 2,930,000 |
| 4th | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,545,000 |
| 5th | Bill Klein | United States | 2,240,000 |
| 6th | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 2,180,000 |
| 7th | Phil Ivey | United States | 1,975,000 |
| 8th | Erik Seidel | United States | 1,645,000 |
| 9th | Cary Katz | United States | 1,570,000 |
| 10th | Chance Kornuth | United States | 1,335,000 |
Tweets of the Day
Kevin Mathers tweeted a picture of the vast hall filled with poker felts with the caption, “Needs more tables.”
Twitter also gave us our first look at one of the new chip sets in play at the WSOP. The new designs have an old-school simplicity to them, with chocolate-colored 100s and puce 500s.
Garry Gates tweeted a photo of a starting stack with the caption: “Credit where it’s due, the @WSOP Day 1 space is light years nicer than the old set up. It looks like they also have a brand new chip set in play!”
Featured image source: PokerGO
