Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:58 PM Local Time
Sandrock Among the Chip Leaders
The chair previously occupied by Marc Spitaleri is empty and his chips moved over one seat as Chris Sandrock has emerged as one of the biggest stacks in the room right now. When asked how he accumulated the chips, Sandrock mentioned that he made a set of fours when under the gun and Spitaleri had a set of treys.
Another big stack in the Purple section is Alex Livingston, who follows close behind Sandrock in the counts.
Chris Sandrock | 197,000 | 100,000 |
Alex Livingston | 185,000 | 40,000 |
Marc Spitaleri | 0 | -59,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:55 PM Local Time
Lam Rakes in Over 20,000 Chip Pot
On the river the board was and there were roughly 21,000 chips in the middle in the heads up pot. Roman Pipman checked to Vincent Lam and he checked back. "Queen," said Pipman as he tabled , and Lam scooped the pot tabling with a small fist pump.
Vincent Lam | 89,500 | 22,500 |
Roman Pipman | 18,800 | |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:54 PM Local Time
Grafton Chipping Up
Sam Grafton was heads-up to a flop of and the action checked through. After his opponent checked again on the turn, Grafton slid out a bet of 2,200 and earned a quick fold.
Sam Grafton | 62,000 | 9,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:51 PM Local Time
River Diamond Saves Fragoso
Action was on the turn with the board reading .
Francisco Fragoso moved all in for 20,700 and was called quickly by Eric Kurtzman.
Fragoso was at risk with the pair and a flush draw vs the top pair top kicker of Kurtzman.
The dealer procured the on the river to elicit a clap and fist pump from Fragoso as his flush came home to keep his main event dream alive and stave off an early elimination.
Eric Kurtzman | 77,000 | -3,300 |
Francisco Fragoso | 53,000 | -5,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:47 PM Local Time
Straight Flush for Dunnett as Moshe Folds Aces
Warwick Dunnett, author of Poker Wizards, opened to 1,000 from the cutoff and Asi Moshe raised to 3,200 in the small blind. Dunnett called.
The flop was checked by both players, and so was the turn.
The completed the board and Moshe led for 600. Dunnett raised to 2,000 and Moshe showed before laying down his hand. Dunnett tossed the onto the table to show he turned the straight flush and dragged in the pot.
Asi Moshe | 88,000 | -5,000 |
Warwick Dunnett | 47,000 | 47,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:45 PM Local Time
Weng Over Bets River
Bin Weng opened to action to 1,100 from under the gun. He was called by a player in early position as well as the player in the big blind.
The flop came . The action checked to the player in early position who bet 2,000 to which only Weng made the call.
Weng checked to his opponent once more on the turn and he tossed out 3,000. Weng called again.
On the river Weng bombed it with a giant bet of 38,000. His opponent did not call the over bet and he scooped the pot.
Bin Weng | 97,000 | 97,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:45 PM Local Time
Mukherjee Gets Chanthabouasy to Fold
The board read . Steve Chanthabouasy bet 15,000 into a pot of about 22,000. Avi Mukherjee shoved all in to force Chanthabouasy to commit his remaining 11,000 if he wished to call.
But after several moments he elected to fold and preserve a short stack as Mukherjee added more to his growing stack.
Avi Mukherjee | 118,000 | 118,000 |
Steve Chanthabouasy | 11,000 | -31,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:43 PM Local Time
Mueller Flops a Set
The flop came and Matthew Mueller check-raised Jay Jesse's bet to 3,200 and Jesse made the call.
The turn was the and Mueller fired out a bet of 6,600 which got called by Jesse.
On the river, Mueller checked to Jesse who put in a bet of 7,000.
"Did you do it to me again?" Said Mueller, referring to a hand earlier against Jesse when he lost with his set of threes.
Mueller sigh called it off and tabled for a set of threes on the flop which was good against Jesse's top two pair .
Matthew Mueller | 72,000 | |
Jay Jesse | 44,000 | |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:43 PM Local Time
Papadopoulos Scores a Knockout
Kyriakos Papadopoulos bet 6,000 on the river and Jose Araya made the call.
Papadopoulos tabled for kings and tens, and that beat the jacks and tens of Araya.
A few hands later Papadopoulos shoved on the turn and Julie Silberstein called with the shorter stack.
Kyriakos Papadopoulos:
Julie Silberstein:
Papadopoulos was in front with a full house and Silberstein found no help on the river as she exited the tournament.
Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 120,000 | 53,000 |
Jose Araya | 15,800 | 15,800 |
Julie Silberstein | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:35 PM Local Time
Smith Among the Early Casualties on Day 1a
On a heads-up turn of , Jerod Smith was all-in for just 10,000 and his opponent James Hughes was in the tank for nearly a minute before making the call.
Jerod Smith:
James Hughes:
Smith was somewhat befuddled to not get instantly called as the river only improved Hughes.
"I guess Solana isn't up enough for you to snap that off with top pair and flush draw," Smith said on his way out as both players were sporting the Solana shirt.
James Hughes | 68,000 | 68,000 |
Jerod Smith | 0 | -38,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:32 PM Local Time
Brunson Bets the River
Doyle Brunson checked the flop from under the gun and called a bet from Eliran Yamin. Both players checked the turn before Brunson led out on the river for 16,500. Yamin slid his cards to the dealer and Brunson raked in the pot.
Eliran Yamin | 128,000 | -12,000 |
Doyle Brunson | 68,500 | -8,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:32 PM Local Time
Ross Gets Wigg to Fold
With some 19,000 to the middle and the river reading , Raymond Ross opted to check out of the big blind. Anton Wigg bet 9,000 and Ross then went into a short tank before raising to 23,000. Wigg gave it some brief consideration and tossed the cards into the muck.
Ross raked in the pot and has already more than doubled his stack in the second level of the day.
Raymond Ross | 130,000 | |
Anton Wigg | 43,500 | |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:31 PM Local Time
Pedigo Shoves River
Christopher Sandrock limped under the gun, Ryan Pedigo limped and the button limped before Hung Phan three-bet to 1,200 from the small blind. Both Pedigo and the button called.
The dealer fanned a flop of and Phan continued for 4,000. Pedigo called before the button got out of the way.
The hit the turn and Phan continued again, this time for 6,000 and Pedigo quickly called.
On the river, Phan checked over to Pedigo who jammed his remaining stack of roughly 6,700. Phan surrendered the pot and the dealer shipped the chips to Pedigo.
Christopher Sandrock | 151,000 | |
Ryan Pedigo | 31,000 | |
Hung Phan | 21,700 | -133,800 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:31 PM Local Time
Koon Holding Court
Jason Koon has been getting into the vibe on Day 1A, happily dishing out advice to his tablemates in the Amazon Orange section.
"This is the Main Event, so try to have fun. It gets much more serious later, but this is Day 1 so just try to enjoy it."
Koon had the opportunity to show them how it's done when a player in middle position raised to 800. Another player in the cutoff called and Koon three-bet to 3,500 from the button. The original raiser folded and the player in the cutoff came along.
The flop was and Koon continued for 2,500. His opponent called and the turn was .
Koon bet 8,000 on the turn and his opponent quickly folded. The newly minted WSOP champion dragged the pot with a smile and continued enjoying his Day 1 of the Main Event.
Jason Koon | 83,500 | 14,300 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:29 PM Local Time
Jacks Win For Finstein
Rania Nasreddine bet 2,200 on a flop of into two opponents, The first opponent folded and Michael Finstein called.
The turn was the . Action went check-check.
The river came the . Both players checked again. Finstein tabled the which was the winner as Nasreddine mucked.
Michael Finstein | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Rania Nasreddine | 42,000 | -5,300 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:25 PM Local Time
Fidchuk Gets a Laydown
The board read on the turn. Evgenii Fidchuk bet 7,300 into a pot of about 12,000 and was called by Donald White.
The river came the to pair the board. White checked and Fidchuk bet 13,000. White quickly folded face up and Fidchuk collected the pot.
Evgenii Fidchuk | 61,000 | 61,000 |
Donald White | 52,000 | 52,000 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:25 PM Local Time
Smoliakov's Aces Eliminate Childress
Vladimir Smoliakov quickly called an all-in from Derek Childress on the flop and promptly flipped over . Childress was in bad shape showing and was then drawing dead on the turn. The river completed the board, as Smoliakov added the chips to his growing stack.
Vladimir Smoliakov | 129,000 | 129,000 |
Derek Childress | 0 | -18,500 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:20 PM Local Time
Casserly Catches Minkin Bluffing
Three ways to the flop, the action checked to Kelly Minkin on the button and she bet 4,000. Simon Casserly called in the big blind and Seth Davies folded in the hijack. The turn was checked and Casserly checked again the on the river. Minkin bet 10,000 and was quickly called by Casserly, who won the pot with as Minkin had bluffed with the .
Simon Casserly | 74,000 | 0 |
Seth Davies | 58,800 | 0 |
Kelly Minkin | 53,100 | 0 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:20 PM Local Time
Moshe Chips Up With Boat
A middle position player raised to 700 and Asi Moshe defended the big blind.
The flop was checked by both. The turn saw a bet and a call.
The completed the board and Moshe bet 5,000. His opponent called.
Moshe showed for a turned boat to add the chips to his stack as his opponent mucked.
Asi Moshe | 93,000 | 8,500 |
Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:18 PM Local Time
A Few Updated Counts From Ladies in the Purple Section
Natalie Yao Meng | 82,500 | 82,500 |
Allie Hollander | 76,000 | 0 |
Leyla Rogers | 70,800 | 70,800 |
Maryann Wegh | 64,600 | 64,600 |
Dragana Lim | 61,500 | 61,500 |