Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:30 PM Local Time
Flush on the River for Lafreniere
The flop showed in a heads up pot when Douglas Lafreniere's opponent check-called a bet for 3,000.
The turn brought the and after another check from his opponent, Lafreniere sent 10,000 in the middle. His opponent went deep into the tank and eventually called.
A fell on the river and Lafreniere's opponent called a third barrel for 5,500, but only to muck his cards when Lafreniere revealed for the nut flush.
| Douglas Lafreniere | 67,000 | 16,000  |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:30 PM Local Time
Anderson Picks Up Two in a Row
Three ways to the flop and Joni Joukimainen checked first to act and Bradley Anderson bet 2,100. The player on his left raised to 4,500. Joukimainen folded quickly and Anderson made the call.
The on the turn and the on the river got checked by both players and Anderson tabled which was good to take down the pot.
The following hand the under-the-gun player raised to 1,000 and Anderson three-bet to 4,000 next to act. The table folded back around to the original raiser who decided to let their hand go as well.
| Bradley Anderson | 59,000 | 59,000 |
| Joni Jouhkimainen | 57,700 | 57,700 |
| Melisa Singh | 39,500 | -27,500  |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:26 PM Local Time
Chen Squeezes Out a Win
A player raised from the hijack to 1,200 and was called by the cutoff. Pete Chen then raised to 6,600 from the big blind and only the original raiser called.
Chen continued for a 5,000 bet on the flop and his opponent folded after a bit of thought.
| Pete Chen | 67,000 | 11,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:25 PM Local Time
Barousse Bets Big to Win Pot Off Greenwood
Blake Barousse was in a heads-up pot against Sam Greenwood on a board reading .
Barousse bet 2,600 and Greenwood called. The turn brought the Barousse fired a nearly pot-sized bet of 11,000. Greenwood laid it down.
| Blake Barousse | 115,000 | |
| Sam Greenwood | 45,000 | -3,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:23 PM Local Time
Yockey Raises Out Two
The flop read . There were three players in the hand as the hijack bet 2,0000. Bryce Yockey raised to 10,000 and Qui Nguyen folded.
The hijack thought for a bit before folding and sending the pot to Yockey.
| Qui Nguyen | 133,000 | 8,000 |
| Bryce Yockey | 75,000 | 7,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:16 PM Local Time
Rabinowitz Calls Correctly
The player from middle position raised to 1,200 and only Darren Rabinowitz called from the button.
The flop came and Rabinowitz called the 2,000 continuation bet from his opponent.
The turn was checked by both players and the fell river, putting four clubs on the completed board.
Rabinowitz's opponent fired out 4,000 and he called, bringing action to showdown. Rabinowitz held for top pair and it was good as his opponent mucked a made hand of .
| Darren Rabinowitz | 58,700 | 2,300 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:15 PM Local Time
Various Assorted Counts
| David Altisent | 140,000 | 14,000 |
| Brian Cooper | 103,000 | 700 |
| Matt Glantz | 73,000 | -10,000 |
| Scott Bohlman | 70,000 | -9,000 |
| Melisa Singh | 67,000 | 7,000 |
| Christopher Burr | 65,000 | -5,000 |
| Yueqi Zhu | 64,500 | 14,700 |
| Pete Chen | 56,000 | -4,000 |
| Sam Greenwood | 48,000 | 1,500 |
| Kazuhiko Yotsushika | 0 | -83,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:14 PM Local Time
Mr. and Mrs. Choi are Dominating
Susan Choi is sitting in Amazon Purple as one of the Day 1c chip leaders with a stack of 211,000.
Her husband, Tom Choi, is across the room in Amazon Orange, and is also doing quite well with a healthy stack of 135,200.
| Susan Choi | 211,000 | 1,000 |
| Tom Choi | 135,200 | 135,200 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:14 PM Local Time
Petit Wins Without Showdown
Rosalie Petit raised under the gun and called a three-bet from the cutoff for 2,700.
Both players checked throughout the board to see a on the river. Petit led out for 4,100 and her opponent tanked for a minutes before letting it go.
| Rosalie Petit | 83,000 | 16,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:10 PM Local Time
Shevlyakov Scores a Massive Pot
Susan Choi had already squeezed to 23,900 and then faced the all-in of Takahiro Kidokoro for 99,100 and the reshove of Aleksandr Shevlyakov. She was in the tank for a short while and folded, mentioning in table chat that there was no more ace left in the deck when the cards were turned over.
Takahiro Kidokoro:
Aleksandr Shevlyakov:
The board ran out and Kidokoro was eliminated while Shevlyakov skyrocketed to the top of the leaderboard.
"I would have been sick to my stomach if I had called but really happy on the flop," Choi said and mentioned that she had folded ace-jack.
| Aleksandr Shevlyakov | 260,000 | |
| Susan Choi | 210,000 | 9,000 |
| Takahiro Kidokoro | 0 | -85,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:07 PM Local Time
More Chip Counts From Orange
| Hossein Ensan | 109,700 | 5,200 |
| Farid Jattin | 84,500 | 21,500 |
| Soo Jo Kim | 81,200 | 16,200 |
| Lisa Tehan | 79,200 | |
| Erik Seidel | 73,200 | -6,800 |
| David Sheinin | 71,200 | 6,900 |
| Thomas Gjerde | 71,200 | -3,500 |
| Jungwon Kim | 68,700 | -2,500 |
| Yueqi Zhu | 49,800 | -14,200 |
| Youjin Jang | 46,500 | -1,000 |
| Shannon Shorr | 46,300 | 16,800 |
| Phong Chau | 35,200 | -39,300 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:06 PM Local Time
Tolbert Fires Flop and Turn
With a flop of , the action checked to Thomas Tolbert who bet 3,500 and only the player out of position called.
The turn was the and Tolbert's opponent checked to him once again and he fired a bet of 6,500 which forced the opponent out of the hand.
| Thomas Tolbert | 63,800 | -4,200 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 3:03 PM Local Time
Some Chip Counts from Amazon Orange
| Sam Ho | 76,300 | 11,500 |
| Allyn Shulman | 66,500 | -12,500 |
| Adam Demersseman | 63,600 | -8,100 |
| Tawab Hessam | 63,000 | 22,000 |
| Peter Patricio | 55,700 | 700 |
| Steven Grybas | 50,000 | -4,500 |
| Thomas Zeitler | 49,900 | 12,900 |
| Thierry Veilleux | 32,800 | -30,500 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 2:50 PM Local Time
Level 3 started
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Saturday, November 6, 2021 2:47 PM Local Time
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Saturday, November 6, 2021 2:31 PM Local Time
Dimmig Loses Small Pot to Eyster
Jonathan Dimmig raised to 700 on the button and was called by Kevin Eyster in the big blind. The flop was checked and Eyster then bet the turn for 1,100, which Dimmig called. They checked the on the river and Eyster won the pot with the for a pair of queens.
| Ted Forrest | 100,000 | 2,900 |
| Jonathan Dimmig | 47,000 | -6,400 |
| Kevin Eyster | 36,500 | 3,300 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 2:28 PM Local Time
Sparks Avoids Going Broke
Shawn Sparks in late position was in a pot against Donald Boyer on a board reading and called a flop bet from his opponent.
Boyer continued with a bet of 6,000 on the turn with around 25,000 already in the middle. Sparks called.
Boyer fired again with a bet of 6,000 on the river and Sparks signed before calling.
"You got aces?" asked Sparks.
Boyer did have aces and. turned over , while Sparks showed . Sparks likely lost the minimum as he had flopped a big hand with both the nut flush draw and top pair-top kicker.
"Thank goodness I didn't shove the flop," he said. "Anybody else goes broke there."
| Donald Boyer | 90,000 | 90,000 |
| Shawn Sparks | 50,000 | |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 2:26 PM Local Time
Full House Gets Paid for Greenwood
On a board of , Lucas Greenwood was faced with a bet of 3,000 before he raised to 13,500.
His opponent eventually threw in the chips to call and Greenwood tabled , making a full house and getting over the 100,000 chip mark.
| Lucas Greenwood | 102,200 | 15,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 2:26 PM Local Time
Garcia Scoops With Turn Bet
There were four players that saw a flop and action was checked to the cutoff who continued for 1,600.
WSOP bracelet winner Cord Garcia called from the button, as did the small blind and the big blind folded bringing action three-ways to the turn.
Action was checked Garcia who fired out an uncontested 5,000 bet to win the pot.
| Cord Garcia | 37,600 | -36,700 |