Saturday, July 2nd. 2022 WSOP Days #27-33.
Another week, another fifteen bracelets awarded to another sixteen bracelet winners (Patrick Leonard and Espen Jørstad get joint custody of the tag-team bracelet).
It was a week of big names. Alex Foxen won his first bracelet in the small-field $250k and Dan Cates won the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. There were two more online bracelets doled out as well.
The biggest stories of the week were all follow ups to the Ladies' Event where a player was caught introducing dodgy chips, streaming celebrity Nemo Zhou was spotted, and Haley Hintze caught up with a player whose life was literally saved by a poker game (see "Recent Coverage" below for links).
It was a week of changes for Poker.Org. Our website showed off a new facelift as our new owner, Triple Barrel Media, introduced itself to the poker world. We also launched our Voice of the Pros series with a video from Daniel Negreanu. In the video, Negreanu calls for more emotion and personality from players.
You can catch up on the headlines below.
New bracelet winners
| FT Date | Event Name | Player Name | Payout |
| Sun, June 26 | [Online] $600 Deepstack Championship | William "swaggyb" Corvino | $149,319 |
| Sun, June 26 | Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em | Alex Foxen | $4,563,700 |
| Sun, June 26 | Event #52: $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed | Kijoon Park | $219,799 |
| Mon, June 27 | Event #49: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Simeon Spasov | $527,944 |
| Mon, June 27 | Event #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha | Joao Simao | $686,242 |
| Tue, June 28 | [Online] $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack | Martin "115FTW" Stoyanov | $132,783 |
| Tue, June 28 | Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship | Eric Smidinger | $694,909 |
| Wed, June 29 | Event #51: $400 Colossus | Paul Hizer | $414,490 |
| Wed, June 29 | Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors | James Todd | $161,256 |
WSOP coverage on Poker.org
Previous WSOP round-ups:
2022 WSOP Day #1: the $100k high roller and staff events kick series off
2022 WSOP Days #2-6: First bracelets awarded, color-up error delays event
2022 WSOP Day #7-9: COVID hits the World Series of Poker
2022 WSOP Day #10: cheating accusations overshadow Jake Schindler’s first bracelet win
2022 WSOP Day #11-17: series in full swing, Hellmuth’s return, Friedman’s fifth
2022 WSOP Days #18-22: Hellmuth’s chips go missing, Ivey just misses 11th bracelet
2022 WSOP Days #23-26: High rollers clash in $250k event, Ivey final tables again
Recent coverage:
Legendary chess streamer, Nemo was spotted playing the Millionaire Maker.
Haley Hintze gave us another gallery of life at the series.
Lee Jones spoke to actress and comedian, Nikki Limo about her deep run in the $600 Deepstack.
Alex Foxen won his first bracelet.
Mary Ghiglione told the remarkable story of how poker literally saved her life.
Tamon Nakamura was outed for scamming Adam Hendrix.
A player was banned for sneaking mismatched chips into the Ladies' Event.
Poker.org's own Haley Hintze did a trip report on her run in the Colossus and a report on the dearly departed WSOP selfie stick.
Featured image source: Haley Hintze
