Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:26 PM Local Time
Updated Counts in Orange
Melanie Weisner | 89,000 | 29,000 |
Robert Kuhn | 86,000 | 26,000 |
Wendeen Eolis | 82,000 | 22,000 |
Phil Mader | 64,000 | 4,000 |
Nate Silver | 62,000 | 2,000 |
Ben Ludlow | 61,000 | 1,000 |
Michael Trivett | 61,000 | 1,000 |
Phil Laak | 60,000 | |
Robert Campbell | 59,000 | 2,500 |
Julien Martini | 56,000 | -7,000 |
David Moses | 56,000 | -4,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 54,000 | -6,000 |
Matthew Vaughan | 48,000 | -12,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:25 PM Local Time
Uselis Fires Twice
Gediminas Uselis raised to 500 in early position and the big blind defended.
The dealer spread a flop of and the big blind checked to Uselis before he continued for 400 and the big blind came along.
The hit the turn and once checked to, Uselis fired out a bet of 1,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:21 PM Local Time
Good Start for Schwartz
In a heads-up raised pot, the flop read , the small blind check-called a bet worth 900 from Michael Schwartz. The same action happened on the turn, this time for 3,500.
The fell on the river and both players checked. The small blind showed but Schwartz tabled for two pair and took down the pot.
Michael Schwartz | 81,000 | 81,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:17 PM Local Time
Clock Called On Kuether
There was heads-up action between David Craven from the cutoff and Joe Kuether from the big blind with a board showing.
With roughly 8,000 already in the middle, Kuether led out for 6,000 and Craven called to see the complete the board on the river.
Kuether led out once again, this time for 16,000 and Craven raised 41,000.
The raise sent Kuether deep into the tank, so much so that a clock was called on him and after the 30-second countdown, Kuether's hand was mucked as he never made a decision.
David Craven | 86,700 | |
Joe Kuether | 39,700 | -20,300 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:16 PM Local Time
Timoshenko up Early
The cutoff raised to 500 and was called by the small blind and Yevgeniy Timoshenko in the big.
All three players chekced on the flop and the small blind led out for 600 on the turn. Only Timoshenko called.
Both players checked on the river and the small blind tabled for a whiffed flush draw.
Timoshenko revealed for two pair and took down the pot.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 68,000 | 8,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:15 PM Local Time
"I'm Going to Punish Them... For Sure"
Daniel Negreanu plans to use the tournament rules to his advantage and implement a crazy new strategy in this year's Main Event.
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:10 PM Local Time
More GG Poker Qualifiers in Amazon Orange
Jun Obara | 71,000 | 71,000 |
John Weiss | 70,500 | 70,500 |
Leo Lombardozzi | 66,500 | 66,500 |
Aleks Dimitrov | 63,100 | 63,100 |
Michael Smith | 63,000 | 63,000 |
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii | 63,000 | 63,000 |
Tomer Wolf | 59,500 | 59,500 |
Motoyoshi Okamura | 59,000 | 59,000 |
William Akins | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Rafi Elharar | 57,100 | 57,100 |
Michael Leick | 56,100 | 56,100 |
Francisco Benitez | 55,000 | 55,000 |
Kostas Theodosakis | 49,000 | 49,000 |
Nana Sanechika | 46,300 | 46,300 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:05 PM Local Time
Small Early Boost for Mather Against Amiri
In a three-bet pot to the flop, Robert Mather in the hijack opted to check. Ehsan Amiri bet 1,200 on the button and was the sole opponent for Mather. A check-raise to 3,300 followed and Amiri tapped the table in defeat before sliding his cards into the muck.
Robert Mather | 66,000 | 6,000 |
Ehsan Amiri | 53,000 | 1,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:03 PM Local Time
Cowels Rivers a Flush Against Tice
On a flop of , Dana Cowels checked to Landon Tice and he put in a bet of 1,000. Cowels called quickly.
The hit the turn and once Cowels checked Tice bet 5,000 and Cowels snap-called.
The river was the and Tice checked back once Cowels checked. Cowels tabled , which was a pair of fives that rivered a flush and Tice mucked his hand.
Dana Cowels | 56,600 | |
Landon Tice | 50,000 | -10,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:02 PM Local Time
More Faces in Amazon Purple
Filip Nechansky | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Scott Davis | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Vytautas Semaska | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Martin Pineiro | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Jaesung Lee | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:00 PM Local Time
Set Over Set Boost for Kirton
Gregory Robbins raised to 600 and then called a three-bet to 2,000 by Eric Baldwin. The flop was checked by Robbins and he then called a bet worth 1,600 by Baldwin. They checked the turn and river as Robbins collected the pot with the .
Selahaddin Bedir then raised to 500 and earned four callers. Steven Kirton in the big blind three-bet to 1,600, picking up four callers including Bedir and Robbins. Kirton then bet all the way for 3,000 on the flop, 6,000 on the turn and 9,000 on the river. Only Robbins called and was shown the for a set of queens.
"My friend warned me about set over set," Robbins said as he exposed the for the inferior set.
Steven Kirton | 91,000 | |
Selahaddin Bedir | 57,000 | |
Eric Baldwin | 54,000 | -6,000 |
Gregory Robbins | 41,000 | |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:57 AM Local Time
Some GGPoker Qualifiers in Amazon Orange
Colten Yamagishi | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Harry Lodge | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Kfir Tubi | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Aneris Adomkevicius | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Yingzheng Shi | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Masaki Nakamura | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Inkyu Choi | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Wooyoung Lee | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Sean Downs | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:56 AM Local Time
New Notables in Amazon Tan
Jamie Kerstetter | 60,000 | |
Esther Taylor | 60,000 | |
Tomas Ribeiro | 60,000 | |
Jacqueline Burkhart | 60,000 | |
Justin Liberto | 60,000 | |
Jeff Gross | 60,000 | |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:51 AM Local Time
Early Trips for Nakamura
Tamon Nakamura opened to 600 in middle position and called when former PokerNews presenter Oliver Biles three-bet to 2,000.
Nakamura checked on the flop reading and Biles checked back. Nakamura checked again on the turn and called when his opponent bet 1,700.
Nakamura checked a third time on the river and Biles checked back. Nakamura turned over for trip tens and Biles mucked.
Tamon Nakamura | 64,000 | 4,000 |
Oliver Biles | 56,000 | |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:51 AM Local Time
A Family Affair for Imsirovic
Ali Imsirovic and his family are on the rail today sweating the patriarch of the family, Salko Imsirovic.
Ali surprised his dad by putting him into the tournament, his first-ever WSOP event.
In the early going it's been like son, like father, as Salko has chipped up to 65,500.
Salko Imsirovic | 65,500 | 65,500 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:49 AM Local Time
Newhouse Cracks Two Pocket Aces
After a series of raises preflop, Mark Newhouse was at risk for a little over 45,000 against two opponents.
Mark Newhouse:
Opponent One:
Opponent Two:
Newhouse had run his pocket kings into two players who both had pocket aces and the flop wasn't looking good for him as his king-high flush draw was no good. The turn was the changing nothing and the board completed with the on the river, giving Newhouse a set of kings to crack aces early in the tournament.
Mark Newhouse | 140,000 | 140,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:48 AM Local Time
Faces From Brasilia
Dario Sammartino | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Landon Tice | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Nacho Barbero | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Ben Heath | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Greg Raymer | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Joe McKeehen | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Jesse Sylvia | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Blair Hinkle | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Allen Kessler | 60,000 | 60,000 |
David Williams | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Kathy Liebert | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Frank Kassela | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Brandon Shack-Harris | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Kane Kalas | 60,000 | 60,000 |
James Chen | 60,000 | 60,000 |
John Monnette | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Patrick Tardif | 60,000 | 0 |
Aditya Agarwal | 60,000 | |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:44 AM Local Time
Martini Takes From Campbell
With 4,100 in the pot and a flop of , Julien Martini checked in the hijack and Robert Campbell bet 1,200 in the cutoff. Martini responded with a raise to 4,100, which prompted the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year to lay down his hand.
Julien Martini | 63,000 | 3,000 |
Robert Campbell | 52,000 | -8,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:39 AM Local Time
McLaughlin Loses Some Chips
In a three-way pot, the board read when Marc Etienne McLaughlin bet 1,100 after a check from the blind blind. Only the player on the button called.
A fell on the river and this time McLaughlin, who final tabled the 2013 WSOP Main Event, quickly check-folded after a bet worth 1,300 from his opponent.
Marc Etienne McLaughlin | 57,000 | -3,000 |
Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:35 AM Local Time
Zinno Loses a Small Pot
With 4,800 in the middle and the completed board showing , Anthony Zinno bet 1,600 and was called by his two opponents. Zinno tabled the for the top pair but the button had that beat with for two pair.
Dylan Wilkerson then sat down right as the hand ended and can be found one seat over from Zinno.
Dylan Wilkerson | 60,000 | 0 |
Anthony Zinno | 57,500 | -2,500 |