WSOP 2022 Day 11: Zack Wins Second after Marathon

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on June 11th, 2022

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Most tournaments at the 2022 World Series of Poker have specific end times. They play to a certain level or number of players/tables, and they wrap. Obviously, the playdowns to find winners are more unpredictable, but most tournaments end at a reasonable hour.

Sometimes, a tournament plays down to the final two competitors at a reasonable hour and then plays on…and on…and on…for more than seven hours. Event 15 was that tournament, and Omaha-8 was the game. The last hand finally played out just before the sun came up over the Las Vegas skyline.

Anything can happen at the World Series of Poker.

Event 15: $10K Omaha-8 Championship

Five players took their seats to play for this championship title on Friday. Yuval Bronshtein was the chip leader, followed by Dustin Dirksen and Daniel Zack. Short-stacked Jake Liebeskind quickly hit the rail in fifth place to kick off the action, though Ray Dehkharghani held on and chipped up for the first few hours of play. Eventually, though, he busted in fourth place.

Dirksen had the lead at that point, though Zack quickly took it from him. Bronshtein lost a lot of ground quickly and busted to Zack in third place, denied his third WSOP bracelet.

Dirksen took more than 6.1M chips into heads-up against the 5.6M of Zack. They played…for more than seven hours. When Zack finally won in the wee hours of the morning, a few friends remained awake to support him. He admitted that he was exhausted, but his second career bracelet meant a lot.

 

I won!

— Daniel Zack (@Dan__Zack) June 11, 2022

Event 16: $3K NLHE

Day 3 played from 75 players down to the final table of nine. That was the plan, and the final nine will return on Saturday to play for the bracelet.

 

Event 17: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball

From 17 players, this event found its final table at the expense of Frank Kassela, who exited in tenth, Andrew Brown out in ninth, and Alejandro Torres out in eighth. Philip Eisman was the first to go from the seven-handed table.

Jerry Wong sent Alex Epstein out in sixth place in short order. John Monnette took care of Matthew Schreiber as Jerry Wong ran away with the chip lead. But Monette and Dominick Sarle both doubled through Wong, and Sarle climbed as he eliminated Monnette. Sarle also busted Strelitz, though Wong took a significant lead into heads-up. Sarle got aggressive, though, taking several significant pots. Wong fought back from a short stack, but Sarle finally busted Wong in an Ace-5 Triple Draw hand.

This was Sarle’s first bracelet and the biggest payday of his poker career.

 

Hey someone who minted 5 cards and has never sold might of won a bracelet:)@DegeneracyNFT run good 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/xqBFvvcDcf

— Dominick Sarle (@Fl0wC0ld) June 11, 2022

Event 18: $1K NLHE Freezeout

It was a two-day tournament. Day 1 started with 2,663 players, and Day 2 brought back only 203 of them. They didn’t find the final two tables until evening turned to night on Friday, and the elimination of Seth Fischer in tenth place set the official final nine.

Young Sik Eum was the chip leader, and Bryan Schultz was on the shortest stack. Eum started strong by busting Kevin Legerski in ninth. But Schulz chipped up a bit and then busted Michael Holz in eighth place and then Tony Dam in seventh and Robert Hofer in sixth. From worst to first, Schulz was in charge, though Eum did double through him. Eum then busted Nick Palma, but Schultz took care of Harry Rubin in fourth. Eum stepped in to bid adieu to Angela Jordison in third place.

Schultz took the lead into heads-up and didn’t let up, except when Eum doubled once. When Eum tried it again, Schultz and his A-Q busted Eum. Schultz walked away with his first bracelet.

 

Bryan Schultz outlasts 2,663 entrants in the $1,000 NLH Freezeout to earn $330,057 and his first WSOP bracelet.

📸: Rachel Kay Millerhttps://t.co/lbESCg9vZ5 pic.twitter.com/FB418eT2wr

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 11, 2022

Event 19: $25K PLO High Roller

Day 2 of this high-stakes game set the field with 264 entries and a $6.2M prize pool. This tops the same event from last year by quite a few entries. But by the end of the night, there were only 28 players still in action, all in the money.

 

Event 20: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

More than 100 players started this day, but only nine bagged chips by the end of it. Von Altizer leads the final table going into the final day, and she will be looking for her first bracelet.

 

Event 21: $1,500 NLHE Monster Stack

Big chip stacks brought nearly 3,000 players into the mix on the first of this event’s two starting flights. Players can only reenter today if they busted yesterday’s flight. With that in mind, the tournament will need quite a few more players to beat the 2019 registration number of 6,035. That just might happen, though, as many expect this day to eclipse the first flight.

 

Event 22: $10K Seven-Card Stud Championship

Another championship-level tournament, this one brought Stud players to the tables. There were only 85 entries, but that was more than last year and almost as many as in 2019. Registration remains open, so the final number will likely go higher. Only 41 players survived the night, though.

 

Today’s Poker Menu

Event 16 will play the final day of $3K NLHE.

Event 19 has only 28 players remaining in high-stakes PLO.

Event 20 will find its Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw winner.

Event 21 will welcome the second – and probably larger – of two flights of Monster Stack NLHE action.

Event 22 should find its Seven-Card Stud Championship final table.

Event 23 will welcome players to a $3K 6-Handed Limit Hold’em event.

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— Nathan Gamble (@GambleOnPoker) June 10, 2022