Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:34 PM Local Time
Bargas Shows a King
On a flop of both Vince Bargas and his opponent checked.
The turn was the and Bargas led out for 2,200. The opponent folded while she joked, "Do you have quads?" Paying attention to Bargas' run good as of recent as he flopped a royal flush just a couple of hours ago.
Bargas showed the before giving his cards back to the dealer.
| Vince Bargas | 58,500 | 34,900  |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:33 PM Local Time
Kade Gets Called
With around 13,000 in the pot and on the board, Vanessa Kade bet 15,000 from the small blind. The big blind called without much hesitation and turned over . Kade sent the losing hand into the muck but remains above the starting stack.
| Vanessa Kade | 67,800 | -24,200  |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:32 PM Local Time
Choi Still Applying Pressure
An under-the-gun player raised to 1,200 and Susan Choi called from the next seat over while action folded around to the big blind for another call.
The flop came and both the under-the-gun player and the big blind checked. Choi fired 5,000 at the pot and forced two quick folds.
| Susan Choi | 194,000 | -5,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:31 PM Local Time
Shorr's Short Stack Ride Ends
Shannon Shorr raised to 1,100 in the cutoff and Joseph Sanders called out of the big blind. On a flop, Sanders checked and Shorr bet 1,500. After mulling over his decision for a while, Sanders check-raised to 3,100 and Shorr called.
The fell on the turn and Sanders bet 10,000, which had the remaining few chips of Shorr covered. Within a few seconds, Shorr called and was drawing very slim to a chop only.
Shannon Shorr:
Joseph Sanders:
The river only improved Sanders to the nut flush and Shorr quickly departed from the tournament area.
| Joseph Sanders | 50,000 | |
| Shannon Shorr | 0 | 0 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:21 PM Local Time
Ievseieva Makes a Flush
Mariia Ievseieva raised under the gun to 1,500, the hijack called Steven Grybas called in the cutoff and David Sheinin defended the big blind.
When the flop came, the action checked to Grybas and he put in a bet of 3,100. Both Sheinin and Ievseieva made the call.
The was the turn card and all three players checked to see the on the river. Sheinin led out for 4,000 and both Ievseieva and Grybas called. Sheinin tabled for a pair of aces, Ievseieva tabled for a flush and Grybas mucked his hand.
| David Sheinin | 75,800 | 34,600 |
| Mariia Ievseieva | 59,200 | |
| Steven Grybas | 48,600 | -2,400 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:19 PM Local Time
Holladay Wins One Off Forrest
Ted Forrest was in a heads-up pot against Dustin Holladay on a board reading with about 1,5000 in the middle.
Forrest's opponent threw out a river bet of 1,500 and Forrest thought for a moment before calling. The opponent tabled for trip aces and took down the pot. Forrest did not show.
| Ted Forrest | 110,000 | 8,500 |
| Dustin Holladay | 17,000 | |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:17 PM Local Time
Updated Counts
| Richard Chevalier | 190,000 | |
| Bruno Furth | 144,000 | -18,000 |
| Daniel Smiljkovic | 125,000 | 16,100 |
| Luis Gustavo Shinike Kamei | 110,000 | 15,000 |
| JC Tran | 88,000 | -9,000 |
| Rosalie Petit | 85,000 | 48,500 |
| Christopher Ballard | 72,000 | -17,000 |
| Robbi Jade Lew | 66,000 | 11,000 |
| Tammy Winters | 65,000 | -48,000 |
| Akenya Hill | 55,000 | -27,000 |
| Mitchell Towner | 37,000 | -38,000 |
| Ben Thomas | 37,000 | 19,000 |
| Sam Abernathy | 35,000 | -9,300 |
| Anthony Denove | 27,000 | -57,000 |
| Pete Chen | 22,000 | -53,600 |
| Jay Farber | 7,500 | -12,500 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:13 PM Local Time
Arieh Wins Some Off Paddock
On a flop of , Robert Paddock opted to check and Josh Arieh bet 2,200 for Paddock to call. The fell on the turn and Paddock checked once more. Arieh now tossed out a bet of 5,000 and that did the trick to win the pot without any further resistance.
| Josh Arieh | 78,000 | 13,000 |
| Robert Paddock | 50,000 | |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:11 PM Local Time
Bohlman's Turn Bet Takes it
Scott Bohlman raised to 1,500 from the cutoff and was called by both players in the blinds.
The flop came and it was checked to the big blind, who led out for 2,000. Only Bohlman called.
The big blind checked on the turn and Bohlman fired 7,000 into the middle. His opponent folded after a bit of thought and Bohlman collected the pot.
| Scott Bohlman | 64,000 | 9,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:08 PM Local Time
Chip Counts From Purple
| Jeremiah Williams | 132,400 | 7,400 |
| Daniel Smiljkovic | 108,900 | 42,900 |
| Viliyan Petleshkov | 101,200 | 18,200 |
| Jesse Lonis | 91,200 | -12,000 |
| Bob Whalen | 78,400 | 27,200 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | 56,700 | -2,000 |
| Mike Watson | 55,200 | -14,800 |
| Soo Jo Kim | 49,800 | -30,200 |
| Ryan Hagerty | 42,300 | -3,700 |
| Will Berry | 11,600 | -39,600 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:05 PM Local Time
Dardon Calls Aoki
With 4,500 in the pot and on the board, Mikiyo Aoki bet 6,500 from early position. Belgica Dardon called from the next seat over.
Aoki turned over the missed club draw and Dardon tabled for queens and eights to drag the pot.
Dardon has been chipping up and Aoki is looking for traction after falling behind from an earlier run.
| Belgica Dardon | 76,500 | 76,500 |
| Mikiyo Aoki | 31,000 | -12,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:00 PM Local Time
Various Betting Units in Order From High to Low
| Paul Baksi | 235,000 | -5,000 |
| Matt Glantz | 150,000 | 34,500 |
| Arash Ghaneian | 110,000 | 25,400 |
| Joni Jouhkimainen | 110,000 | 4,500 |
| JC Tran | 97,000 | 7,000 |
| Daniel Smiljkovic | 85,000 | 19,000 |
| Cord Garcia | 64,000 | -27,200 |
| Paul Newey | 38,000 | -4,000 |
| Shannon Shorr | 11,500 | -700 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 6:58 PM Local Time
A Round of Chip Counts
| Ben Underwood [Benjamin Underwood] | 143,200 | 58,200 |
| Pete Chen | 75,600 | 36,600 |
| David Altisent | 56,700 | -101,300 |
| Andrew Frankenberger | 51,200 | -5,500 |
| Sam Abernathy | 44,300 | 4,300 |
| Mikiyo Aoki | 43,000 | -13,000 |
| Andrew Rubinberg | 34,500 | -22,200 |
| Christina Renz | 33,200 | |
| Amanda Botfeld | 32,400 | 7,400 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 6:57 PM Local Time
Hartje Doubles With Two-Pair
Three players were in a hand with the board reading . Amanda Botfeld bet 2,000, Colby Hartje raised all in for 13,800. The third player in the hand called the all in and Botfeld folded.
Hartje showed the for two-pair while his opponent reluctantly tabled the .
The board stayed clean for the double up as the came on the turn and the on the river.
| Colby Hartje | 27,600 | -1,100 |
| Amanda Botfeld | 25,000 | 5,800 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 6:54 PM Local Time
Gutierrez Rebuilds Stack
Terry Lunder raised to 1,200 and was called by one opponent. Elias Gutierrez then three-bet to 5,000 on the button for Lunder and the third player in the hand to call. Lunder led all the way on the flop for 2,000, the turn for 3,500 and the river for 5,000.
Gutierrez was the only one to call all three bets and his prevailed, as Lunder only tabled the .
| Elias Gutierrez | 51,000 | 19,200 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 6:51 PM Local Time
Kim Jams Into Winters
Picking up the action on the turn, the action was checked by Soo Jo Kim out of the blinds and he then faced a bet worth 3,300 and two calls. Kim check-raised to 14,300 and the turn bettor folded while Tammy Winters came along. On the river, Kim jammed near instantly for 31,400 and Winters folded after approximately 10 seconds.
| Tammy Winters | 113,000 | 113,000 |
| Soo Jo Kim | 80,000 | 51,300 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 6:49 PM Local Time
Chen Calls Maor Down
Daniel Maor opened to 1,100 from early position and was called by Sam Abernathy in the small blind and Pete Chen in the big.
It was checked to Maor on the flop and he bet 1,800. Only Chen called.
Maor bet 6,000 after being checked to on the turn and Chen again called.
The completed the board and Chen checked once more to Maor, who fired 18,500 into the middle.
Chen contemplated his decision for some time before eventually placing calling chips into the middle.
Maor tabled for top two pair and Chen mucked — conceding the pot to Maor.
| Daniel Maor | 85,000 | 27,000 |
| Sam Abernathy | 40,000 | 0 |
| Pete Chen | 39,000 | -11,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 6:46 PM Local Time
Assorted Chip Counts from Around the Room
| Susan Choi | 199,000 | -11,000 |
| Shawn Gill | 131,000 | 76,000 |
| Matt Glantz | 115,500 | 39,800 |
| Ted Forrest | 101,500 | -14,900 |
| Yueqi Zhu | 77,600 | 7,600 |
| Scott Ball | 70,500 | 10,500 |
| Tony Miles | 46,200 | 21,200 |
| Sam Greenwood | 41,800 | 26,600 |
| Niklas Astedt | 30,500 | -2,500 |
| Eric Hicks | 22,000 | -8,000 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 6:43 PM Local Time
Phillips Folds to Big Turn Bet
2008 November Niner Dennis Phillips is picking up chips and looks to make yet another deep run at the Main Event.
Phillips raised to 1,200 from the button and the small blind called. The big blind raised to 5,600 and Phillips called while the small blind folded.
The flop came and the big blind bet 4,200. Phillips called and the turn was .
The big blind bet 15,000 on the turn and Phillips reluctantly folded.
| Dennis Phillips | 123,200 | 13,200 |
Saturday, November 6, 2021 6:35 PM Local Time
Frenz Finds Aces
John Frenz held the vs the of his opponent who was already standing up as he say the bad news when the hands were tabled.
The board would not help the queens as it ran out and Frenz gathered in the critical pot.
| John Frenz | 75,000 | 75,000 |