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Friday, October 29, 2021 4:28 PM Local Time
Aguirre Calls Brewer's Bluff
With about 12,000 in the pot on a board, Christopher Brewer led for 15,000 in the big blind and Josue Aguirre called on the button.
The completed the board and Brewer bet 13,000. Aguirre called.
Brewer showed while Aguirre flipped over for rivered two pair to add the chips to his stack.
Josue Aguirre | 90,000 | 30,000 |
Christopher Brewer | 35,000 | -25,000 |
Friday, October 29, 2021 4:25 PM Local Time
Weng Wins With No Show
The cutoff player raised to 900 only to call the 2,400 three-bet Bin Weng tossed out from the button.
The flop was checked by both players bringing the turn and Weng called his opponent's 1,100 bet.
After the paired the board on the river, Weng's opponent led out for 5,000 and he called.
Weng's opponent quickly mucked their cards face down and he collected the pot without showing his cards.
Bin Weng | 78,600 | 78,600 |
Friday, October 29, 2021 4:21 PM Local Time
PokerNews Podcast: Jeff Platt Wins $160K After Deep WSOP Run; Circuit Returns
On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Chad Holloway come to you from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!
Jeff talks about his big $160,000 score after finishing fourth in the World Series of Poker Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack NLH, Chad Norton and Alexandre Reard capture bracelets, and winner interviews with Anthony Denove and Tommy Le. The latter won the WSOP $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship for the second time!
Plus, the WSOP Circuit is returning after an 18-month hiatus. Find out all the details on the revamped WSOPC. Plus, learn which player won their way into the MSPT Hall of Fame, becoming just the eighth player to do so, and why Gershon Distenfeld is going to donate all his WSOP winnings to charity.
Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!
Friday, October 29, 2021 4:16 PM Local Time
Chidwick Hits River to Undo Counterfeit
With a flop showing, Stephen Chidwick was on the button and called for 6,000 against Scott Ball in the small blind.
The came on the turn and Ball check-called a 10,000 bet. Both players checked the river.
Ball turned over while Chidwick showed to make a boat on the river and undo the turn that counterfeited his pair.
Stephen Chidwick | 80,000 | 20,000 |
Scott Ball | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Friday, October 29, 2021 4:14 PM Local Time
Chi Takes From Mateos
Patrick Chi opened under the gun for 600 and only Adrian Mateos called from the button.
Once the flop hit the felt, Chi check-called the 600 bet from Mateos and the turn was checked by both players bringing the river.
Chi led out for 2,000 and Mateos called only to fold after Chi showed .
Patrick Chi | 81,200 | |
Adrian Mateos | 37,600 | -22,400 |
Friday, October 29, 2021 4:02 PM Local Time
Astedt Takes Some From Kuo
On a flop, Niklas Astedt was in middle position and had 5,500 chips committed to the pot. Kitty Kuo was in the cutoff and had raised to 13,000. Astedt called.
Both players checked the turn and Astedt led for 21,000 on the river. Kuo folded and Astedt took the pot.
Niklas Astedt | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Kitty Kuo | 45,000 | -15,000 |
Friday, October 29, 2021 3:53 PM Local Time
More Familiar Faces in the Crowd
Georgios Sotiropoulos | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Nick Yunis | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Tsugunari Toma | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Frank Funaro | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Kristina Holst | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Gal Yifrach | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Ben Heath | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Elio Fox | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Sandeep Pulusani | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Ignacio Moron | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Asi Moshe | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Masato Yokosawa | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Juan Pardo DomÃnguez | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Sandip Saini | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Metin Aksoy | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Victoria Livschitz | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Kitty Kuo | 60,000 | 60,000 |
George Wolff | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Mario Mosbock | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Taylor Black | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Josue Aguirre | 60,000 | 60,000 |
John Smith | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Friday, October 29, 2021 3:45 PM Local Time
Duta Raises River and Gets Fold
On a board of and 4,500 in the pot, Florian Duta bet 1,500 in the big blind and Anthony Hu raised to 6,000 on the button. Duta then reraised to 18,000 and sent Hu into the tank. After some time, Hu threw his hand into the muck to give Duta some early chips.
Florian Duta | 68,000 | |
Anthony Hu | 52,000 | |
Friday, October 29, 2021 3:27 PM Local Time
More Entrants
Damian Salas | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Adrian Mateos | 60,000 | |
Ran Ilani | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Uri Reichenstein | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Nathaniel Silver | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Sam Grafton | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Ryan Laplante | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Paul Newey | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Friday, October 29, 2021 3:18 PM Local Time
Early Runners
Klemens Roiter | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Darren Elias | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Christopher Brewer | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Pavlo Veksler | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Matthew Schwagler | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Chris Sandrock | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Chance Kornuth | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Bill Klein | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Alex Kulev | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Francisco Benitez | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Sejin Park | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Anton Wigg | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Thomas Boivin | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Friday, October 29, 2021 3:06 PM Local Time
Download the PokerNews MyStack App and Update Your Chip Count
PokerNews has activated the My Stack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.
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Friday, October 29, 2021 3:01 PM Local Time
Shuffle Up and Deal!
The cards have been dealt out to the 73 players already registered and in their seats meaning, Day 1 is officially underway!
Friday, October 29, 2021 1:22 PM Local Time
Event #56: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship Begins at 3 p.m.
The first day of Event #56: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship is set to begin at 3 p.m. local time at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
In the previous edition back in 2019, Anuj Agarwal took down this event after topping a field of 272 players to earn $630,747 and his maiden WSOP bracelet. He defeated Kahle Burns in heads-up play and Gal Yifrach rounded out the top three for that event.
This is a three-day event and the plan today is to play 10 levels of 60 minutes each with a 15-minute break every two levels. Players will start with 60,000 chips and blinds start at 100/200/200. Late registration will be available until the start of Day 2.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor to provide you with the action from start to finish, with play beginning at 3 p.m. local time on Friday, October 29th, so stay tuned.