2022 WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile: Matthew Su

Final Table Profile: Matthew Su

Matthew Su's Main Event Story

Matthew Su's Main Event story truly started coming alive on Day 7, where he started off as 25th out of 35 before ultimately soaring to the overnight chip lead. Before that, Su found himself quietly grinding throughout the tournament, including getting from Day 3 to Day 4 by literally adding just one T-5,000 chip to his stack.

Su has just three previously registered cashes on his Hendon Mob profile, with a 43rd place at last year's WPT Five Diamond Classic in the Bellagio for $29,230 as his previously best finish. Now, he's guaranteed at least $850,675 and finds himself in prime position to capture poker immortality.

Su got into poker back in high school, where he was a frequent watcher of the World Poker Tour and WSOP on ESPN. He started out playing $5 games with his friends in the woods of New Hampshire. He admires Erik Seidel as a poker player because of his ability to win across multiple eras.

Su’s Run to the Final Table

Until Day 7, Matthew Su had mostly stayed away from the spotlights. His first live reported update came on Day 5 when he sent Ari Engel packing with a flush-over-flush. He then raced for his tournament life on Day 6 but won with ace-king against pocket queens to double up and stay alive.

On Day 7, Su started his ascend by eliminating Adam Demersseman in a pair of hands before sending Tzur Levy to the rail by holding with queens against ace-queen. That pot gave him the ammo to take on the aggressive and volatile Karim Rebei, which stack he decimated to truly launch him towards the top.

There was a pivotal hand where Su got it in with a gutshot and his opponent had top pair top kicker. Su was about 14% to survive but hit his gutshot to continue his main event dream. Apart from that, a series of small and medium-sized pots kept going his way ultimately contributed to him sporting 83,200,000 at the final table.

He'll return in the five-seat with 69 big blinds to start his quest to win poker's most coveted prize.

How Matthew Su Got to the Final Table

2022 Main Event Final Table Seating

There will be one hour and 48 minutes remaining in level 38 at blinds of 600,000-1,200,000 with a big blind ante of 1,200,000. All ten survivors will return to their seats at 2pm local time on Friday, July 15, 2022, for the unofficial ten-handed final table.

Once the field is then down to the final nine contenders, they will be on a short break for the official final table pictures before commencing their journey to crown the 2022 WSOP Main Event champion.

2022 Main Event Final Table Payouts

2022 Main Event Final Table Player Stats

^{Stats courtesy of WSOP.com and HendonMob.com.}