Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:03 AM Local Time
Joe Hachem Back in Form on Day 1e of Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship
Day 1e of Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker is in the books with the fifth of six opening flights to the WSOP's flagship event attracting 797 players to Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino to take their shot with 592 moving on to Day 2cef.
Former champions Scott Blumstein and Joe Hachem qualified for Day 2 after spending the evening on the featured tables that were live-streamed on PokerGO.
Hachem, the 2005 Main Event champion, was joined by mixed game specialists Nathan Gamble and Dylan Linde at a lively featured table with some of the most knowledgeable players in the game. Gamble has three cashes at the 2021 WSOP and has won two career WSOP titles. Linde is looking for his second bracelet after breaking through in this year's Mixed Omaha event. All three players will continue on to Day 2 and Hachem is near the top part of the leaderboard with 186,100 chips.
2017 Main Event champion Scott Blumstein
Day 1e Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | Country | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | David Gerassi | United States | 316,100 | 395 |
| 2 | Kenn Pluard | United States | 307,600 | 385 |
| 3 | Conrad De Armas | United States | 302,800 | 379 |
| 4 | James Mendoza | United States | 255,900 | 320 |
| 5 | Greg Pohler | United States | 248,500 | 311 |
| 6 | Victor Ramdin | United States | 228,300 | 285 |
| 7 | Yiming Cao | United States | 228,000 | 285 |
| 8 | Ryan Delgros | United States | 223,400 | 279 |
| 9 | Craig Chait | United States | 222,400 | 278 |
| 10 | Jordan Jayne | United States | 219,200 | 274 |
Blumstein, the 2017 champion, finished with 95,000 after sharing a table with Jacob Thibodeau and Las Vegas-based pro Matt Stout. Thibodeau already has five cashes at the 2021 WSOP and Stout is looking for his first WSOP gold bracelet. All three players moved on to Day 2.
David Gerassi bagged the Day 1e chip lead with 316,100 with Kenn Pluard (307,600) not too far behind. Gerassi came on strong after the dinner break while Pluard is coming off his career-best WSOP finish in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-handed Event, where he took 48th place.
Meanwhile, Conrad De Armas (302,800) bagged the third biggest stack of Day 1e with the help of chipping up at the very end when his queens full of threes delivered a big hit to Chris Hunichen. He bagged 302,800 and will be among the leaders on Day 2cef.
2021 WSOP Main Event So Far in Numbers
| Flight | Entries | Survivors | Advanced to Day 2 |
|---|
| Day 1a | 523 | 348 | 66.54% |
| Day 1b | 845 | 611 | 72.31% |
| Day 1c | 600 | 433 | 72.17% |
| Day 1d | 2,550 | 1,933 | 75.80% |
| Day 1e | 797 | 592 | 74.28% |
| Day 1f | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 5,315 | 3,917 | 73.70% |
In the group of those who will not move onto Day 2 include Daniel Negreanu, Ryan Leng, and Dan Smith. Negreanu suffered an early exit in Level 2 when his kings ran into Ayman Mahfoud's aces. Leng also fell in Level 2 when he got it in with two-pair but lost to Hunichen's flush. Smith hit the rail after his ace-king didn't improve against the queens of Matthew Jewett.
Players advancing from Day 1e will return for Day 2cef on Wednesday, November 10. Day 2cef will play another five-two hour levels beginning at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
Main Event action continues on Tuesday, November 9 with Day 2abd kicking off at 11 a.m. and Day 1f getting underway at noon local time. Both will play five two-hour levels and players advancing from Day 2abd will combine with the survivors from Wednesday's Day 2cef for Day 3 on Thursday, November 11.
Be sure to keep it here throughout the entire 2021 World Series of Poker for updates on the action as it happens from the PokerNews live reporting team.
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:43 PM Local Time
End of Day 1e Chip Counts
| David Gerassi | 316,100 | 0  |
| Kenn Pluard | 307,600 | 0 |
| Conrad De Armas | 302,800 | 0 |
| James Mendoza | 255,900 | 0 |
| Greg Pohler | 248,500 | 58,500  |
| Victor Ramdin | 228,300 | 0 |
| Yiming Cao | 228,000 | 8,000 |
| Ryan Delgros | 223,400 | 0 |
| Craig Chait | 222,400 | 0 |
| Jordan Jayne | 219,200 | 219,200 |
| Edgardo Rosario | 212,300 | 46,300 |
| Lucio Procopio | 209,700 | 0 |
| Brian Kim | 209,000 | -14,900 |
| Michael Kenny | 202,500 | -24,000 |
| Kristy Duong | 200,000 | 41,500 |
| Simas Karaliunas | 198,600 | -11,400 |
| Keyu Qu | 198,500 | 198,500 |
| Brandon Hall | 192,500 | 192,500 |
| David Mccaw | 188,600 | 188,600 |
| David Butkus | 188,000 | 188,000 |
| Atanas Pavlov | 186,800 | 0 |
| Joe Hachem | 186,100 | 0 |
| Dustin Leary | 185,000 | 185,000 |
| Jamey Kramer | 181,700 | 66,700 |
| Kyle Arora | 177,500 | 0 |
| Michael Brockley | 173,400 | -12,900 |
| David Powers | 173,100 | 0 |
| Jay Majmudar | 170,400 | 170,400 |
| Eyal Eshkar | 170,000 | 0 |
| Koki Kudo | 168,500 | 0 |
| Thiago Macedo | 164,600 | 164,600 |
| James Farley | 164,500 | 0 |
| Juliet Hegedus | 164,000 | 7,000 |
| Salomon Benarroch | 160,500 | -8,500 |
| Ryan Silva | 159,500 | 7,200 |
| Norman Shapiro | 159,200 | 159,200 |
| Daniel Lowery | 158,900 | 0 |
| Jimmy Setna | 158,100 | 158,100 |
| Erick Sarkis | 157,700 | 0 |
| Romain Lewis | 157,100 | -2,900 |
| Kalyan Cheekuri | 156,600 | 48,800 |
| Darrell Haywood | 156,100 | 156,100 |
| James Burns | 155,200 | 0 |
| Brian Nerney | 154,700 | 0 |
| Mittal Patel | 152,600 | 152,600 |
| Viktor Kudinov | 152,300 | 152,300 |
| Richard Gress | 151,200 | 0 |
| Sonny Franco | 150,800 | -29,200 |
| Balakrish Patur | 150,800 | 150,800 |
| Michael Noor | 149,400 | 149,400 |
| Patrick Wall | 148,400 | 148,400 |
| Jordan Siegel | 147,100 | -9,200 |
| Anthony Huntsman | 145,600 | 21,300 |
| Thomas Gabriel | 144,800 | 144,800 |
| Barak Wisbrod | 144,400 | 144,400 |
| Brynjar Gigja | 143,000 | 143,000 |
| Corey Lieblein | 142,900 | 142,900 |
| Zachary Okin | 142,700 | 142,700 |
| Prashray Rai | 141,500 | 141,500 |
| Fabi Vesper | 140,900 | 140,900 |
| Frank Lagodich | 140,700 | 2,700 |
| Mark Gregorich | 140,400 | 25,400 |
| Sergio Moreno Andres | 140,100 | 140,100 |
| Hamin Lee | 139,500 | 139,500 |
| Andre Akkari | 139,500 | 0 |
| Vasu Amarapu | 139,100 | 35,600 |
| Michael Menzer | 138,800 | 138,800 |
| Jason Obinger | 138,600 | 138,600 |
| Jack Melki | 138,400 | 138,400 |
| Seth Angel | 136,300 | 1,300 |
| Matthew Jewett | 136,200 | -7,100 |
| Hayden Fortini | 135,900 | -1,100 |
| Jeremy Pekarek | 135,700 | 0 |
| Max Greenwood | 135,500 | 135,500 |
| Antonin Teisseire | 135,000 | 0 |
| Maher Abdulnoor | 134,400 | 134,400 |
| Timothy Kenyon | 134,100 | 134,100 |
| Robert Fried | 134,100 | 28,100 |
| Alex Greenblatt | 133,800 | 133,800 |
| Ross Feldman | 132,500 | 0 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | 132,100 | 132,100 |
| Valentyn Shabelnyk | 132,000 | 132,000 |
| Kane Lai | 131,900 | 131,900 |
| Daniel Blum | 131,000 | 0 |
| Lindsay Kido | 130,400 | 130,400 |
| Barry Wiedemann | 130,200 | 130,200 |
| Dwayne Sluis | 130,100 | 0 |
| Bryan Ercolano | 126,700 | 126,700 |
| Eugene Burshtein | 126,500 | 0 |
| Andrew Chud | 126,000 | 0 |
| Travis Yeske | 126,000 | 126,000 |
| James Ickes | 125,100 | 0 |
| Mark Mazza | 123,700 | 123,700 |
| Jeremy Levin | 123,600 | 123,600 |
| Janelle Jacobson | 123,500 | 0 |
| Dan Colpoys | 123,400 | 123,400 |
| DID NOT REPORT 3 | 122,400 | -6,700 |
| Walter Treccarichi | 122,200 | 59,200 |
| Madison Bergeron | 122,000 | 122,000 |
| David Lu | 121,900 | 121,900 |
| Michael Leanos | 121,700 | 0 |
| Jeremy Brown | 120,600 | 120,600 |
| Sarah Casey | 120,200 | 120,200 |
| Robert Kairnes | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Julian Milliard-Feral | 119,700 | 0 |
| John Carey | 119,100 | 119,100 |
| Jacob Carbone | 119,000 | 119,000 |
| Dong Kim | 118,800 | 118,800 |
| Mark Groner | 118,200 | -1,800 |
| Patrick McCullough | 117,500 | 24,500 |
| Michael Wilklow | 117,000 | 117,000 |
| Paul Nofer | 115,500 | 115,500 |
| Chad Brown | 115,500 | 115,500 |
| Tzu Yen | 115,300 | 115,300 |
| Jorge Ribeiro | 114,800 | 114,800 |
| Steven Stone | 114,800 | 114,800 |
| Matthew Smith | 114,400 | 114,400 |
| Emilio Nunez | 114,300 | 66,300 |
| Ajay Gnanasambanthan | 114,200 | 14,200 |
| Jason Bradley | 113,800 | 113,800 |
| Shankar Pillai | 113,400 | 113,400 |
| Michael Abrams | 113,000 | 113,000 |
| Zachary Walker | 112,700 | 112,700 |
| Dorian Rios | 112,700 | 112,700 |
| Dietrich Fast | 112,600 | 2,600 |
| Benjamin Cole | 112,300 | 0 |
| Mike Kachan | 112,200 | 112,200 |
| Ramon Dodd | 112,000 | 0 |
| Michael Taylor (AZ) | 111,800 | 111,800 |
| Eddie Blumenthal | 111,500 | 57,200 |
| Peter Park | 111,100 | 19,900 |
| Carlo Solerti | 110,700 | 110,700 |
| Vladas Tamasauskas | 110,200 | 0 |
| Freddy Caisson | 109,900 | 109,900 |
| Cary Koedyker | 109,500 | 109,500 |
| Jonathan Poche | 108,700 | 108,700 |
| Yehoram Houri | 108,500 | 13,500 |
| Alvaro Aguilar | 107,800 | 107,800 |
| Niv Decalo | 107,500 | 9,500 |
| Patrick Lacy | 106,900 | 106,900 |
| Victor Li | 106,600 | 106,600 |
| Daniel Papendick | 106,500 | 106,500 |
| Russell Vaughn | 106,300 | 41,300 |
| Charles Cusimano | 106,200 | 106,200 |
| Hoa Pham | 106,100 | 106,100 |
| David Ong | 106,000 | 106,000 |
| Kao Saetern | 105,900 | 86,800 |
| Kenny Tran | 105,800 | 0 |
| Joel Micka | 105,000 | 105,000 |
| Zachary Schwartz | 104,700 | 104,700 |
| Nicolas Dumont | 104,500 | -15,500 |
| Dawn Morton | 104,300 | -6,700 |
| Jacob Thibodeau | 104,300 | 300 |
| Dirk Wenkemann | 104,000 | 104,000 |
| Frank Funaro | 103,700 | 8,700 |
| David Gralnick | 103,500 | 103,500 |
| Scott Sitron | 103,400 | 21,400 |
| Nick Phoenix | 103,300 | 103,300 |
| Michael Letal | 103,200 | 103,200 |
| Vladimir Revniaga | 103,100 | 103,100 |
| Matthew Schiavo | 102,800 | 102,800 |
| Benjamin Parker | 102,600 | 102,600 |
| Kyung Cha | 102,600 | 102,600 |
| Kris Lee Steinbach | 102,200 | 102,200 |
| Tim Burt | 102,100 | 102,100 |
| Vincent Griboski | 102,000 | 102,000 |
| Robert Randall | 102,000 | 29,000 |
| Vid Zagar | 101,900 | 101,900 |
| Stephen Sweatt | 101,800 | 101,800 |
| Schwan Pauls | 101,500 | 101,500 |
| Cameron Hamilton | 101,400 | 101,400 |
| Casey Coughlan | 101,300 | 101,300 |
| Michael Gilmore | 101,200 | 101,200 |
| David Bonadio | 100,700 | 100,700 |
| Cain Kunze | 100,500 | 100,500 |
| Joseph Beltran | 100,200 | -4,800 |
| Jake Schindler | 99,900 | 0 |
| Peter Jetten | 99,600 | -40,400 |
| Guifang Liu | 98,700 | 98,700 |
| David "ODB" Baker | 98,100 | 0 |
| Jiyoung Kim | 98,000 | 98,000 |
| Mario Quijano | 97,800 | 97,800 |
| Andrew Hawksby | 97,700 | 97,700 |
| Jimmy Zhou | 97,600 | 97,600 |
| Michael Thach | 97,200 | 97,200 |
| Christophe Benzimra | 97,200 | 97,200 |
| Stuart Breakstone | 97,100 | 97,100 |
| Denise Pratt | 96,900 | 0 |
| Neil McFayden | 96,700 | 16,700 |
| Brandon Adams | 96,600 | 0 |
| Joseph Muldoon | 96,400 | 96,400 |
| Jose Wong | 95,900 | -19,100 |
| Justin Galifi | 95,800 | 95,800 |
| Chad Beeney | 95,700 | 95,700 |
| Cody Espeseth | 95,600 | 95,600 |
| Robert Mizrachi | 95,500 | 6,500 |
| Craig Benson | 95,500 | 95,500 |
| Andrew Hedley | 95,200 | 15,200 |
| Jeffrey Tanouye | 95,100 | 95,100 |
| Scott Blumstein | 95,000 | 0 |
| Phong Than Nguyen | 95,000 | 95,000 |
| Bradley Helm | 95,000 | 16,000 |
| Thomas Brown | 94,400 | 19,400 |
| Graydon Kowal | 94,200 | 94,200 |
| Ali Alawadhi | 94,100 | 94,100 |
| Scott Castelluccio | 94,000 | 94,000 |
| Mark Birdsall | 94,000 | 94,000 |
| Rory Brown | 93,900 | -1,100 |
| Slate Angel | 93,900 | 93,900 |
| Ben Palmer | 93,500 | 93,500 |
| Eugenio Pernia | 93,300 | 93,300 |
| Erind Puka | 92,900 | 92,900 |
| Alireza Amiri | 92,800 | 92,800 |
| Chii Sun | 92,700 | 92,700 |
| Dieter Dechant | 92,600 | 2,600 |
| Takashi Ogura | 92,300 | 92,300 |
| Matthew Belcher | 92,100 | 92,100 |
| Antonio Martins | 91,200 | 91,200 |
| Paul Dewald | 91,000 | 91,000 |
| Chris Hunichen | 91,000 | 0 |
| David Simon | 90,800 | 90,800 |
| Jorge Martinez | 90,800 | 90,800 |
| Steven Zazaian | 90,700 | 90,700 |
| Miles Reinhard | 90,700 | 90,700 |
| Kyle Burnside | 90,300 | 90,300 |
| Anthony Askey | 90,000 | 0 |
| Jake Bazeley | 90,000 | 37,700 |
| Daniel Golder | 89,800 | 89,800 |
| Jaime Godoy | 89,500 | 89,500 |
| Leo Zamarripa | 89,500 | 17,500 |
| Michael Webb | 89,100 | 89,100 |
| Ben Lamb | 89,100 | 0 |
| Nicholas Manganaro | 88,900 | 88,900 |
| Stanislovas Norkus | 88,300 | 88,300 |
| Abbas Moradi | 86,900 | 86,900 |
| Jeffrey Farnes | 86,600 | 86,600 |
| John Tech | 86,100 | 86,100 |
| Michael Leahy | 86,000 | 4,000 |
| Tristan Forge | 85,400 | 85,400 |
| Charles Parrish | 84,900 | 84,900 |
| Kyle Aiken | 84,700 | 84,700 |
| Harijs Broza | 84,000 | -1,000 |
| Jonathan Cohen (SD) | 83,600 | 83,600 |
| Robert Wilson | 83,400 | 83,400 |
| Joseph Salvaggi | 83,400 | 83,400 |
| Pejman Niyati | 83,300 | 34,300 |
| Bryan Pimlott | 83,200 | 83,200 |
| Jose Ferro | 82,700 | 82,700 |
| Jorge Pena | 82,500 | 82,500 |
| Nathan Gamble | 82,300 | 0 |
| Jayson Nosack | 82,200 | 82,200 |
| Thadd Wolff | 82,100 | 82,100 |
| Tracy Sibson | 82,000 | 82,000 |
| Brandon Becker | 81,600 | 81,600 |
| Oliver Renick | 81,400 | 81,400 |
| Theodore Taber | 81,300 | 81,300 |
| Pedro Fernandez | 81,300 | 81,300 |
| Chanracy Khun | 81,200 | -13,800 |
| Nick Jivkov | 81,100 | 81,100 |
| Ying Wong | 81,000 | 81,000 |
| Joshua Lessner | 80,600 | 80,600 |
| Dennis Zollo | 80,400 | 80,400 |
| Jie Jie Zheng | 80,300 | 80,300 |
| Yuuki Usui | 79,900 | 79,900 |
| Caleb Larsen | 79,500 | 79,500 |
| Matthew Schwagler | 79,000 | 17,800 |
| Ronald McGinnity | 79,000 | 79,000 |
| Seyedmohamma Sadatkhonsari | 78,700 | 78,700 |
| Bo Hu | 78,500 | 78,500 |
| Gary Bain | 78,500 | 4,000 |
| Robert French | 78,400 | 78,400 |
| Jean-Luc Adam | 78,100 | 0 |
| John Campbell | 78,000 | 78,000 |
| Allen Feldman | 78,000 | 78,000 |
| Benjamin Jackson | 77,900 | 77,900 |
| Paul Dhaliwal | 77,800 | 28,800 |
| Mark Burford | 77,800 | 77,800 |
| Keven Stammen | 77,500 | 23,500 |
| Huihan Wu | 77,000 | 77,000 |
| James Calderaro | 77,000 | 2,000 |
| Timothy Gundrum | 76,700 | 6,700 |
| Igor Ioffe | 76,700 | 76,700 |
| Kawaguchi Akihiro | 76,500 | 76,500 |
| Stephen Benkovic | 76,300 | 76,300 |
| Xiang Lin | 76,000 | 76,000 |
| Simon Shalev | 76,000 | -68,000 |
| Kim Livensparger | 75,800 | 75,800 |
| Jared Hemingway | 75,500 | 75,500 |
| Michael Cannon | 75,100 | 75,100 |
| Ian Modder | 75,100 | 75,100 |
| Nolan Brower | 74,900 | 74,900 |
| Michael Federico | 74,800 | 74,800 |
| Patrick Eskandar | 74,700 | 74,700 |
| Paul Balzano | 74,600 | 74,600 |
| Emil Tiller | 74,100 | 74,100 |
| Daniel Chambers | 73,900 | 73,900 |
| Christophe Panetti | 73,900 | 73,900 |
| Marc Remmes | 73,800 | 0 |
| Brett Shaffer | 73,600 | 73,600 |
| Yuval Bronshtein | 73,500 | 0 |
| Matthew Zazaian | 72,700 | 72,700 |
| Mark Bansemer | 72,600 | -2,400 |
| Mac Sohrabi | 72,400 | 72,400 |
| Artem Tymoshenko | 72,400 | -27,600 |
| Kazuki Ikeuchi | 72,300 | 0 |
| Mark Ioli | 72,200 | 0 |
| Bryan Hunter | 72,200 | 72,200 |
| David Solomon | 72,100 | 72,100 |
| Jason Lipiner | 71,900 | 71,900 |
| Sean Sisco | 71,800 | 71,800 |
| Charles Waymel | 71,600 | 71,600 |
| Kamran Zarghouni | 71,600 | 71,600 |
| Brian Mccarty | 71,600 | 71,600 |
| Dominic Lopez | 71,600 | 71,600 |
| Xai Vang | 71,200 | 71,200 |
| Michael Cardosa | 71,200 | 71,200 |
| David Mount | 71,000 | 71,000 |
| Reza Mahjoub | 70,700 | 70,700 |
| Louis Barlow | 70,500 | 70,500 |
| Rick Biever | 70,500 | 70,500 |
| Scott Boxenhorn | 70,500 | 70,500 |
| Yaniv Karniel | 70,500 | 70,500 |
| Kyle Shigano | 69,900 | 69,900 |
| Sean Osman | 69,800 | -53,600 |
| Ezra Mutnick | 69,700 | 69,700 |
| Brent Mutter | 69,200 | -3,800 |
| Gaurav Raina | 69,200 | 69,200 |
| Raymond Tsang | 69,100 | 69,100 |
| Nick Grippo | 68,600 | 68,600 |
| Mark Gunterman | 68,600 | -31,400 |
| Michael Koh | 68,300 | 68,300 |
| Thomas Thornburgh | 68,300 | 68,300 |
| Jon Finton | 67,900 | 67,900 |
| Brent Francia | 67,700 | 67,700 |
| Jeffrey Fuhr | 67,500 | 67,500 |
| Scott Meyers | 67,400 | 67,400 |
| Lucas Priour | 66,900 | 66,900 |
| Anthony Mowad | 66,600 | 66,600 |
| Mickael Lacaze | 66,400 | 66,400 |
| Ernie Hou | 66,400 | 66,400 |
| Ayman Mahfoud | 66,400 | -33,600 |
| Dillon Ott | 66,100 | 0 |
| Kevin Gao | 65,600 | 65,600 |
| Aaron Been | 64,900 | 2,900 |
| Aaron Pinson | 64,800 | 64,800 |
| Michael Lech | 64,600 | 0 |
| Akash Seth | 64,600 | -3,300 |
| Arnaldo Gordon | 63,300 | 63,300 |
| William Jennings | 63,200 | 63,200 |
| Chen Sagi | 63,100 | 63,100 |
| Michael Cagliuso | 62,100 | 62,100 |
| Millard Hale | 62,100 | 62,100 |
| David Dibernardi | 62,000 | 62,000 |
| Ari Mezrich | 61,300 | 61,300 |
| Parrish Newsome | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Alfonso Cammarota | 61,200 | 28,200 |
| Sheldon Kent | 61,100 | 61,100 |
| Ralph Bratcher | 60,600 | 60,600 |
| Benya Zeevi | 60,500 | 0 |
| Vikas Sondhi | 60,500 | 60,500 |
| Adam Krosser | 60,400 | 60,400 |
| Bahbak Oboodi | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Jon Friedberg | 59,900 | 59,900 |
| Jeremy Jagoda | 59,400 | 59,400 |
| Steven Russo | 59,300 | -58,000 |
| Toby Lewis | 59,000 | -21,000 |
| Rex Smith | 59,000 | -21,000 |
| Michael Grzeskiewicz | 58,900 | 58,900 |
| David Chang | 58,800 | -13,500 |
| Kenny Lay | 58,500 | 58,500 |
| Shane Pacheco | 58,200 | 58,200 |
| Sean Stevens | 58,000 | 58,000 |
| Max Steinberg | 57,800 | -3,200 |
| Robert Gilbert | 57,700 | 57,700 |
| Robin Guillaumot | 57,700 | 57,700 |
| Paul Wainer | 57,700 | -72,300 |
| Alvaro Vasquez | 57,600 | -24,400 |
| Rodney Levingston | 57,500 | -32,500 |
| Ronald West | 57,500 | 57,500 |
| Nader Malakan | 57,100 | 57,100 |
| Lisa La | 57,100 | 57,100 |
| John Strawser | 56,900 | 56,900 |
| Eralio Villarreal | 56,700 | 56,700 |
| Brian Foley | 55,700 | 3,700 |
| Tony Sinishtaj | 55,200 | 0 |
| Sebastien Naus | 55,200 | 55,200 |
| Ranjit Randhawa | 55,200 | 55,200 |
| Bernd Gleigner | 54,800 | 54,800 |
| Shan Jing | 54,700 | 54,700 |
| Julien Perouse | 54,200 | 54,200 |
| Anthony Ibrahim | 53,800 | 53,800 |
| Andros Ioakimides | 53,500 | 3,500 |
| Pfizer Jordan | 53,500 | 53,500 |
| Todd Rebello | 53,300 | 53,300 |
| Michael Kong | 53,300 | 53,300 |
| Bryce Mcvay | 52,800 | 52,800 |
| Krista Farrell | 52,600 | 9,600 |
| Shawn Libersky | 52,500 | 52,500 |
| Robert Rini | 52,500 | 52,500 |
| Jeffrey Weil | 52,400 | 52,400 |
| Robert Boyko | 52,200 | 52,200 |
| Mariano Grandoli | 52,200 | -1,600 |
| David Shun | 52,100 | 52,100 |
| Robert Mullaney | 52,000 | 52,000 |
| Scott Hempel | 52,000 | 52,000 |
| Bobby Law | 52,000 | 52,000 |
| Brian Gachne | 51,900 | 51,900 |
| Ha Diep | 51,800 | 51,800 |
| Brock Wilson | 51,700 | 0 |
| Benjamin Caneba | 51,700 | 51,700 |
| Rafael Da Silva Moraes | 51,200 | 51,200 |
| Altanulzii Onom | 50,200 | 50,200 |
| Paul Chauderson | 50,100 | 50,100 |
| Charles Pacheco | 49,900 | 49,900 |
| Shkelzen Gocaj | 49,700 | -14,300 |
| Johnny Landreth | 49,300 | 34,300 |
| Raymond Rivera | 49,200 | -18,800 |
| Charles Hundt | 48,700 | 48,700 |
| Nicholas Tsantsoulas | 48,500 | 48,500 |
| Nick Schoonover | 48,500 | 48,500 |
| Griffin Benger | 48,200 | 11,200 |
| Jamie Vela | 48,100 | 48,100 |
| Dylan Linde | 48,100 | 0 |
| Sean Moore | 48,000 | 48,000 |
| James Frank | 48,000 | 48,000 |
| Tyler Sumrall | 47,800 | 47,800 |
| Sanjeev Kapoor | 47,700 | 0 |
| Michael Noori | 47,700 | 700 |
| Patrick Obrien | 47,600 | 47,600 |
| Damien Simon | 47,500 | 47,500 |
| Zachary Gruneberg | 47,400 | 47,400 |
| Hamid Mezhoud | 47,400 | 47,400 |
| Dean Freedlander | 47,100 | 47,100 |
| Gregory Shuda | 46,900 | 46,900 |
| Brian Joachim | 46,800 | 46,800 |
| Rick Stockfield | 46,700 | 46,700 |
| Donald Thompson | 46,100 | 46,100 |
| David Stamm | 45,800 | 45,800 |
| David Siegel | 45,800 | 45,800 |
| Anuy Voong | 45,400 | 45,400 |
| Brian Bonacci | 45,300 | 45,300 |
| Mark Charleston | 45,200 | 0 |
| Jonathan Nicol | 45,000 | 45,000 |
| Swadeep Mishra | 45,000 | 45,000 |
| Paul Volpe | 44,800 | 0 |
| Scott Allacher | 44,800 | -20,200 |
| Phaly Nou | 44,200 | 44,200 |
| Shane Mcdaniel | 43,800 | 43,800 |
| Matthew Sullivan | 43,800 | -6,200 |
| James Alexander | 43,700 | -32,800 |
| Phuong Ta | 43,500 | 43,500 |
| Franklyn Fiene | 43,300 | 43,300 |
| Melissa Saphier | 43,200 | 20,900 |
| Federico Marquez | 42,800 | 0 |
| Walan Kite | 42,700 | 42,700 |
| Noam Muallem | 42,600 | -30,400 |
| Aaron Massey | 42,500 | -3,500 |
| Sarah Pluard | 42,100 | 42,100 |
| Kee Fredkove | 42,000 | 42,000 |
| Michael Hudson | 41,500 | 41,500 |
| Bradley Howard | 41,500 | 13,700 |
| Stephanie Nguyen | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| Karo Davtyan | 41,300 | 41,300 |
| Ivan Deyra | 41,300 | -23,700 |
| Richard Cray | 41,100 | 41,100 |
| Romain Arki | 41,100 | 41,100 |
| Frank Dedato | 41,000 | -8,000 |
| Jorge Deoliveiralopez | 40,600 | 40,600 |
| Adam White | 40,500 | 40,500 |
| Louison Vincent | 40,500 | 40,500 |
| Patrick Sacrispeyre | 40,400 | 40,400 |
| Andrew Halseth | 39,700 | 39,700 |
| Benjamin Harrison | 39,300 | -65,700 |
| Dane Canelas-Miller | 39,300 | 39,300 |
| Antony Darmani | 39,300 | -8,700 |
| Michael Stanko | 39,300 | 39,300 |
| Matthew Brooks | 39,200 | 39,200 |
| Jason Liberman | 39,000 | 39,000 |
| Andrew Doan | 39,000 | -3,300 |
| Paul Roy | 39,000 | 39,000 |
| Michael Cordes | 38,500 | 38,500 |
| Laurynas Levinskas | 38,300 | 38,300 |
| Marcus Zepeda | 37,500 | 37,500 |
| Daniel Zack | 37,500 | 0 |
| Oliver Bithell | 37,000 | -18,000 |
| Matt Stout | 36,900 | 36,900 |
| Derek Piercey | 36,200 | 36,200 |
| William Byrnes | 36,100 | 36,100 |
| Harold Rosnick | 35,800 | 35,800 |
| Keith Donovan | 35,500 | 35,500 |
| Dayane Kotoviezy | 35,500 | 35,500 |
| Daniel Ott | 35,300 | 35,300 |
| Mark Hammond | 35,200 | 35,200 |
| Dylan Farley | 35,100 | 35,100 |
| Brian Bangunan | 34,800 | 34,800 |
| Casey Stewart | 34,600 | 34,600 |
| Erhart Edquist | 34,400 | 34,400 |
| Juan Marcos Lopez | 34,400 | 34,400 |
| David Baba | 34,400 | 34,400 |
| Mohammed Ayyash | 34,300 | 34,300 |
| Jason Picciolo | 34,200 | 34,200 |
| Joel Nimmo | 34,000 | 34,000 |
| Cedric Adam | 33,500 | -6,500 |
| Robert Adams | 33,300 | -700 |
| Keith Eoll | 32,900 | 0 |
| Patrick Dimartino | 32,800 | 32,800 |
| Eric Christ | 32,200 | 0 |
| Milos Ivanovic | 32,200 | 32,200 |
| Xiaoqiang Li | 30,600 | 30,600 |
| Noah Bronstein | 30,500 | -8,500 |
| Christopher Meyers | 30,500 | 30,500 |
| Talal Shoush | 30,400 | 30,400 |
| Moshe Vaizman | 30,400 | 30,400 |
| Mark Tracy | 30,200 | 0 |
| Steve Younes | 30,100 | 30,100 |
| Kelly Kim | 29,500 | 29,500 |
| Eli Elezra | 29,500 | 0 |
| David Laury | 29,400 | 29,400 |
| Rodolfo Martinez | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| David Kim | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| Darren Elias | 28,700 | 0 |
| Laurie Tournier | 28,600 | 4,300 |
| Kyle Abbey | 28,500 | 28,500 |
| Evan Wirsch | 28,300 | -8,800 |
| Javier Figueroa | 28,000 | 28,000 |
| Mikhail Fabro | 27,900 | 27,900 |
| Amit Makhija | 27,600 | 27,600 |
| Israel Pantaleon | 27,600 | 27,600 |
| Ben Lichtenstein | 27,500 | 27,500 |
| Behnam Esfahanizadeh | 27,400 | 27,400 |
| Toko Luu | 27,000 | 27,000 |
| Dash Dudley | 26,400 | -3,600 |
| Russell Iwane | 26,200 | 26,200 |
| John Stauffer | 26,100 | 26,100 |
| Bret Karr | 25,000 | -33,900 |
| Harsukhpaul Sangha | 24,900 | 24,900 |
| Robert Gibson | 24,500 | -32,500 |
| Kao Saechao | 24,100 | -27,900 |
| Leo Whitt | 23,300 | 23,300 |
| Anthony Mar | 23,200 | -10,500 |
| John Gordon | 23,000 | 23,000 |
| Scott Roberts | 22,500 | 22,500 |
| William Berman | 22,500 | -43,500 |
| Richard Mijares | 22,400 | 22,400 |
| Daniel Monosson | 22,000 | 22,000 |
| Kelly Ann Saxby | 21,500 | 21,500 |
| James Oconnor | 21,400 | 21,400 |
| Ryan Stoker | 21,200 | 21,200 |
| Lance Gordon | 21,100 | 21,100 |
| Mohammad Arani | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| Scott Seiver | 21,000 | -600 |
| Ted Gillis | 20,800 | 20,800 |
| Monte George | 20,600 | 20,600 |
| Brandon Bergin | 20,500 | -14,500 |
| Kelley Slay | 19,700 | 19,700 |
| Raymond Moscoe | 19,300 | 19,300 |
| Jonathan Schechter | 19,100 | 19,100 |
| Andrew Kim | 19,000 | 19,000 |
| Asvin Ganesh | 18,800 | -41,000 |
| Jacob Baumgartner | 18,300 | -23,700 |
| Michael Zurn | 18,200 | 18,200 |
| Max Silver | 18,100 | -41,900 |
| Duey Duong | 17,900 | 17,900 |
| Mike Durand | 17,800 | 0 |
| Joseph Harrison | 16,600 | -16,700 |
| John Luisana | 16,200 | 16,200 |
| Paul Hockin | 15,900 | 15,900 |
| James Baltazar | 15,600 | 15,600 |
| Eric Tyler | 15,500 | 15,500 |
| Stephen Oates | 15,400 | 15,400 |
| Samm Wiggins | 15,200 | 15,200 |
| Mindaugas Kruminas | 15,100 | 15,100 |
| Hyndi Khomutetsky | 14,900 | 14,900 |
| Bradley Crandall | 14,600 | 14,600 |
| Mark Vogler | 14,100 | 14,100 |
| Itzhak Korenfine | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| Krisha Augerot | 13,600 | 3,800 |
| Robert Bickley | 13,500 | -6,500 |
| Jason Lee | 12,800 | 12,800 |
| Trevor Rosenberg | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Keith Heine | 11,700 | -27,300 |
| Alexander Green | 10,800 | -94,200 |
| Michael Silverman | 10,700 | 10,700 |
| Christopher Hoke | 10,700 | 10,700 |
| Daniel Treptow | 10,500 | 10,500 |
| Matthew Itkin | 7,900 | 7,900 |
| Lance Botkin | 7,700 | 7,700 |
| Michael Hollenberg | 7,100 | 7,100 |
| Mark Salerno | 6,700 | 6,700 |
| Corey Belair | 1 | 1 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:37 PM Local Time
Day 1e Complete
Day 1e has come to an end.
Stay tuned for a full recap from the PokerNews live reporting team.
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:25 PM Local Time
Four Last Hands Announced
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes remaining and the players will be completing another four hands until bagging and tagging.
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:21 PM Local Time
Adams Takes Another Hit
Brandon Adams and Mark Bansemer got their chips in the middle pre-flop, with Bansemer holding the shorter stack with 34,800.
Mark Bansemer:
Brandon Adams:
Adams was in good position to secure another knockout at the end of the night as the flop came . But the turn brought the , improving Bansemer to a set. The river came the and Bansemer doubled up.
Adams, who took the chip lead with more than 250,000 earlier in the day, dropped down to below 100,000.
| Brandon Adams | 90,000 | -28,300 |
| Mark Bansemer | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:18 PM Local Time
Huge Pot Goes To De Armas at the Expense of Hunichen
The was on the board with about 18,000 in the pot when Chris Hunichen check-called a bet of 12,000 from Conrad De Armas.
The river peeled the and Hunichen checked again. De Armas quickly fired 75,000.
Hunichen went deep into the tank.
"Damn that was a big bet," said Hunichen. "I have a really good hand man."
Hunichen eventually tossed in a call and he saw the bad news as De Armas tabled for a full house.
"You had a flush huh," asked tablemate Kyle Arora to Hunichen?
"Yea," said Hunichen.
With that pot, De Armas surges towards the top of the leaderboard as the night comes to a close.
| Conrad De Armas | 285,000 | 95,300 |
| Chris Hunichen | 100,000 | -88,000 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:17 PM Local Time
Lee Eliminated From Game
Daniel Lee was on the button and had four-bet to 19,500. Daniel Blum was in the big blind and jammed all in. Lee had about 35,000 behind and had a big decision on his hands.
He stewed it over for quite a while before he called.
Daniel Lee:
Daniel Blum:
Lee saw the bad news and was in trouble. The flop came to leave him drawing even thinner. The turn was the and the river came the and unlike Squid Game's Player 456 (as he was dressed up as at the table), Lee was not able to survive the game of poker.
| Daniel Blum | 132,000 | 62,000 |
| Daniel Lee | 0 | -15,000 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:16 PM Local Time
Karaliunas Kicks It Up With a Raise
Simas Karaliunas was facing a bet from the cutoff and he popped it up to 4,800. The action folded back around to the original raiser who made the call.
Karaliunas continued for 5,500 after the came on the flop and was quickly called.
The followed on the turn and Karaliunas won the hand after his opponent folded to a bet of 15,500.
| Simas Karaliunas | 210,000 | 210,000 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:15 PM Local Time
Final Four Hands
The tournament director has just announced the final four hands of the evening.
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:11 PM Local Time
Burns Takes Care of Waldbaum
James Burns and Carla Waldbaum were heads-up on the turn with the board showing . Burns threw out a bet of 15,000 and Waldbaum called.
The river came the and Burns bet 30,000, enough to put Waldbaum all in. Waldbaum called after a brief tank and Burns showed .
"A set of threes. I knew it before he even turned it up," a tablemate said.
Waldbaum turned over for a beaten two pair and took one last long look at the board before the so-called "hustler" who claimed she didn't know what she's doing was eliminated a few minutes before the end of the day.
| James Burns | 160,000 | 43,000 |
| Carla Waldbaum | 0 | -53,000 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:10 PM Local Time
Father/Son Main Event Last Longer is ON!
Lukas and Peter Robinson (father and son) are playing the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event for the first time ever. A love for the game runs in the family and this year they're actualizing their poker dream... together. But that doesn't mean there isn't a little friendly father-son rivalry ensuing. Find out who is the better poker player and, more importantly, who has more chips on Day 1 of the WSOP Main Event?!
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:10 PM Local Time
Bergin Reveals After Three Streets
A player from early position called and in the cutoff, Brandon Bergin raised to 2,000 in the cutoff and got a call from the button and the early position caller.
The flop came down and action checked to Bergin who continued on the flop for 2,500. The button folded and the early position player called.
The turn came out the and action checked to Bergin who fired once more to the tune of 5,100 and the early position player called again.
The river came out a and action checked to Bergin once more who went all-in for 10,700. The opponent snap-folded and Bergin said "I never bluff," and turned over for the second nut flush as he raked in the pot.
| Brandon Bergin | 35,000 | 12,000 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:08 PM Local Time
More Late Night Betting Units
| Dietrich Fast | 110,000 | 18,000 |
| Joseph Beltran | 105,000 | 57,000 |
| Rory Brown | 95,000 | 53,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 95,000 | 0 |
| Jason Wheeler | 85,000 | 12,000 |
| Mark Ioli | 78,000 | -34,000 |
| James Calderaro | 75,000 | 7,000 |
| Aaron Been | 62,000 | -11,600 |
| Jean-Luc Adam | 55,000 | -45,000 |
| Kazuki Ikeuchi | 43,000 | -27,000 |
| Eli Elezra | 40,000 | 0 |
| Cedric Adam | 40,000 | 0 |
| Kao "Flexx" Saechao | 40,000 | -30,000 |
| Noah Bronstein | 39,000 | 17,000 |
| Robert Bickley | 20,000 | -17,000 |
| Joao Teixeira | 0 | -76,000 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:04 PM Local Time
Dumont Jams Into Darmani
Nicolas Dumont raised to 1,500 and the cutoff then three-bet, which Antony Darmani in the big blind and Dumont called. The trio opted to check the flop and Darmani also checked the turn. Dumont now bet 10,000 into 15,000 and Darmani was the only caller.
Both Frenchmen headed to the river on which Darmani checked once more. Dumont then shoved for 74,900 total, which had Darmani covered by quite a margin. There was no call as Dumont raked in the pot without revealing his cards.
| Nicolas Dumont | 120,000 | 22,000 |
| Antony Darmani | 48,000 | |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:00 PM Local Time
Chip Counts in Amazon Purple
| Kenn Pluard | 275,000 | 0 |
| Greg Pohler | 190,000 | 190,000 |
| Juliet Hegedus | 157,000 | 32,000 |
| Victor Ramdin | 130,000 | -63,000 |
| Jamey Kramer | 115,000 | -5,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 95,000 | 10,000 |
| Ben Lamb | 85,000 | 85,000 |
| Eli Elezra | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| Ethan Yau | 0 | -55,200 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 11:00 PM Local Time
Losing Race Ends Garshofsky's Main Event
A series of preflop raises saw Mitch Garshofsky get his 20,000 stack in the middle from the cutoff and Deidson Camargos called from the button.
Mitch Garshofsky:
Deidson Camargos:
Garshofsky was in a behind race for his Main Event life and couldn't catch-up as the runout eliminated him from the tournament.
| Deidson Camargos | 120,000 | |
| Mitch Garshofsky | 0 | |
Monday, November 8, 2021 10:56 PM Local Time
Chait Turns the Screws
Action was on the flop of . Craig Chait bet 17,000, his opponent called.
The turn was the . Chait tossed three big green chips into the middle to force his opponent all in.
His opponent had a big decision for his tournament life on his hands nearing the end of the day with about 49,000 left behind. He took his time before slowly sliding his cards forward for the fold.
Chait tabled the for an overpaid and the straight flush draw while his opponent claimed he folded a set as Chait added more to his growing stack.
| Craig Chait | 233,000 | 38,000 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 10:53 PM Local Time
More Updated Stacks From the Orange Section
| Kyle Arora | 160,000 | 27,000 |
| Jeremy Pekarek | 125,000 | 17,000 |
| Robert Mizrachi | 89,000 | -6,000 |
| Darren Elias | 33,000 | 20,000 |
| Prince Cassell | 0 | -45,500 |
Monday, November 8, 2021 10:46 PM Local Time
Chips for Cole
A player in early position raised to 1,500 and was called by Benjamin Cole on the button and the player in the big blind.
The appeared on the flop and the original raiser continued for 1,800. He was called only by Cole.
The turn card was the . The original raiser led again with a bet of 2,700 but he was met with a three-bet from Cole to 7,700. His opponent called.
Cole sized up to 16,000 on the river. His opponent shuffled his chips but ultimately folded.
| Benjamin Cole | 125,000 | -5,000 |
