It is difficult to believe that the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has been in play at its new home of Bally's and Paris Las Vegas for three whole weeks, but they do say time flies when you are having fun. June 20 was the 21st day of the series, a day that saw only one gold bracelet awarded but plenty of high-octane poker action take place.
Aleksejs Ponakovs denied Phil Ivey what would have been the legend's 11th WSOP bracelet. Ivey navigated his way through a ridiculously stacked field in Event #42: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em, and found himself heads-up against the Latvian online specialist.