Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:40 PM Local Time
Choi's Turn Bet Takes it
Stephen Song opened to 2,300 and was called by Chulhan Choi from the middle and Ehsan Amiri in the big blind.
Action checked to Choi on the flop and he bet 2,000. Both Ehsan and Song called.
The fell on the turn and it was again checked to Choi, who bet 5,000. This time, both his opponents folded and Choi collected the pot.
Stephen Song | 145,000 | 29,800 |
Chulhan Choi | 73,000 | 8,300 |
Ehsan Amiri | 58,000 | -21,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:35 PM Local Time
Updated Counts From Across Pavilion
Jimmy D'Ambrosio | 250,000 | 10,000 |
Michael Wang | 135,000 | 5,000 |
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 121,700 | -28,300 |
Justin Bonomo | 110,000 | 12,000 |
Mike Matusow | 100,000 | -45,000 |
Todd Witteles | 77,000 | -10,300 |
Jesse Sylvia | 38,000 | -7,000 |
Maria Ho | 32,500 | -5,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:34 PM Local Time
Nguyen Withstands Pressure
The flop read . From middle position, Minh Nguyen bet 2,400. Anatolii Zyrin raised to 6,400 from the cutoff and Nguyen called.
The turn was the . Nguyen check-called a bet of 11,500.
The river came the . Nguyen checked again and Zyrin shut it down and checked back.
Nguyen tabled the for ace-high which was good enough as Zyrin mucked his hand, to drop a few more chips as his stack has gone south in the last hour.
Anatolii Zyrin | 106,000 | -89,000 |
Minh Nguyen | 76,000 | 17,100 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:31 PM Local Time
Chait Doubles After Cracking His Neighbor's Aces
Cole Chait was seen getting a pot shipped in his direction after he was all-in and at risk for 88,000 with against the of Alain Rodriguez on a board that ran out . Rodriguez was left with crumbs after the hand.
It will likely be an awkward day from here on out for the two players as they are seated directly next to one another.
Cole Chait | 176,000 | 74,300 |
Alain Rodriguez | 5,000 | -89,300 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:30 PM Local Time
Marshak Makes a Straight
With 22,500 in the pot and on the board, Cheryl Spencer-Nejtek bet 11,000 from early position. Stuart Marshak raised to 36,000 and Spencer-Nejtek called.
Spencer-Nejtek showed for a pair of kings, but Marshak turned over for the rivered straight and took a big pot.
Stuart Marshak | 118,000 | 8,500 |
Cheryl Spencer-Nejtek | 87,000 | -74,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:24 PM Local Time
Updated Counts From Pavilion Black
Adrian Mateos | 265,000 | -15,000 |
Yuri Dzivielevski | 250,000 | -10,000 |
Fabian Quoss | 245,000 | -17,000 |
JJ Liu | 202,000 | -100,000 |
Amnon Filippi | 104,000 | 14,000 |
Ivan Demidov | 62,000 | 3,000 |
Brian Yoon | 60,700 | -1,300 |
Melanie Weisner | 56,000 | 1,000 |
Maria Konnikova | 47,500 | 21,500 |
Clayton Fletcher | 44,000 | 400 |
Sam Grafton | 0 | 0 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:22 PM Local Time
Pavilion Yellow Chip Counts
Zachary Grech | 372,000 | 30,800 |
Rittie Chuaprasert | 345,000 | -10,400 |
Jaime Cervantes | 333,000 | 134,200 |
Masashi Fujiike | 320,000 | 168,300 |
Clayton Maguire | 215,000 | 140,400 |
Anatolii Zyrin | 195,000 | -2,200 |
Marle Spragg | 121,000 | -4,000 |
Kathy Liebert | 110,000 | 20,000 |
David Guay | 105,000 | 37,000 |
Jose Montes | 90,000 | 17,400 |
Faraz Jaka | 89,000 | -79,200 |
Jordan Handrich | 85,000 | -3,500 |
Nick Guagenti | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Santiago Plante | 44,000 | 21,300 |
Greg Himmelbrand | 32,000 | -7,400 |
Timothy Miles | 21,000 | -8,700 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:20 PM Local Time
A Tally of Total Tokens
Cheryl Spencer-Nejtek | 161,000 | 11,100 |
Masato Yokosawa | 125,300 | 300 |
Adam Friedman | 107,600 | -6,400 |
Ebony Kenney | 106,000 | -19,000 |
Thomas Chapman | 105,700 | 21,200 |
Allen Kessler | 94,000 | 1,200 |
Jordan Spurlin | 92,200 | -18,300 |
Jessica Vierling | 91,100 | 56,200 |
Adam Owen | 91,000 | 46,900 |
Joseph Weinberger | 84,500 | 5,000 |
Andra Zachow | 75,400 | 0 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:20 PM Local Time
Game Over for Snow
The cards were already tabled as Ryan Snow ended up at risk before the flop with the . Keegan Westover looked him up with the superior but Snow gained a lot of equity on the flop.
"That's a good start", Snow said. However, there was no help on the turn and river to send Snow to the rail. He had been gaining some spotlight at the tables during Day 1 after sporting large gold chains around the neck which were apparently not made of real gold.
Keegan Westover | 285,000 | 54,300 |
Ryan Snow | 0 | -56,100 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:18 PM Local Time
Grech Sets One Up
Action folded to the button who raised all in for 15,000 and Zachary Grech looked them from the big blind.
Opponent:
Zachary Grech:
Grech was way behind until the fell giving him a set of sixes.
The turn kept Grech ahead, as did the river and he eliminated his opponent from the Main Event.
Zachary Grech | 341,200 | 38,200 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:15 PM Local Time
Yoon Spikes the River Double
Brian Yoon was among two players to call an open raise and then bet the flop for 3,000. He earned one call and Roman Hrabec then check-raised to 10,000. Yoon jammed for 26,400 and the third player folded for Hrabec to snap-call.
Brian Yoon:
Roman Hrabec:
The turn provided some split opportunities but the river instead secured the full double.
Roman Hrabec | 190,000 | -22,100 |
Brian Yoon | 62,000 | 32,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:11 PM Local Time
Fuhs Flops Best and Gets Paid
Daniel Fuhs defended the big blind against a button raise by Brock Squire and check-raised the flop from 2,500 to 7,200. Squire eventually called and then called bets worth 9,000 on the turn and 14,500 on the river. Fuhs rolled over the for trips eights and claimed the pot.
Daniel Fuhs | 200,000 | 93,900 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:09 PM Local Time
Mateos on the Rise
Among the bigger stacks in the Pavilion Black section is Adrian Mateos, who has already chipped up significantly in the first two and a half hours of play.
Adrian Mateos | 280,000 | 119,000 |
Ben Yu | 180,000 | 36,000 |
Ken Aldridge | 140,000 | 87,000 |
Niall Farrell | 130,000 | -20,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | 105,000 | -10,000 |
Florian Fuchs | 70,000 | -10,600 |
Melanie Weisner | 55,000 | 16,000 |
Aymon Hata | 28,000 | -27,800 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:04 PM Local Time
Set of Tens for Downs
Robert Downs saw a flop against two opponents in a three-bet pot with approximately 20,000 in the middle.
The first opponent checked on the flop of and the middle position player bet 13,000. Downs raised to 43,000 and the action folded to the middle position player, who thought for a minute and then called.
Both players checked on the turn and the middle position player checked on the river. Downs threw out a quarter-pot bet of 27,000 and the opponent tanked before eventually calling.
Downs showed for a flopped set and the opponent mucked.
"King?" Downs asked his opponent.
"Better," she replied.
Robert Downs | 289,000 | 900 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:04 PM Local Time
Boivin Cooked
Thomas Boivin was all in preflop and at risk holding against the of Alex Wood.
The dealer spread out the flop to hit the ace. The turn was the and the river was the to eliminate Boivin.
Alex Wood | 78,000 | -12,200 |
Thomas Boivin | 0 | -63,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:03 PM Local Time
Clock Called Twice on Tang
Steven Rivero raised to 2,000 from the cutoff only to be faced with a 6,000 three-bet Ian Tang made from the button.
Action folded back to Rivero who four-bet to 15,000 and Tang called bringing the two heads-up to the flop.
Rivero continued for 7,000 and Tang quickly called.
The fell on the turn and Rivero fired out 11,000. The bet sent Tang into the tank and after a clock was called, Tang called to see the pair the board on the river.
Rivero quickly jammed putting Tang's stack at risk sending him deep into the tank once again.
After a rough few minutes, another clock was called but this time, Tang mucked his hand and Rivero collected the pot.
Steven Rivero | 287,600 | 90,600 |
Ian Tang | 61,200 | -73,600 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:02 PM Local Time
Boski Bets Ostroumov Out
Jeff Boski was heads-up in the cutoff against Oleg Ostroumov in the big blind on a flop, where Ostroumov check-called a 3,000 bet from Boski.
Both players checked on the turn and Ostroumov checked again on the turn. Boski fired 8,000 into the middle and Ostroumov folded — awarding the pot to Boski.
Jeff Boski | 28,000 | 28,000 |
Oleg Ostroumov | 24,000 | -19,800 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:00 PM Local Time
Miracle River for Kozenkai
Javier Gomez cold-called a raise and then called the all-in by Bjorn Kozenkai for the last 9,200.
Kozenkai flipped with the as Gomez turned over . The Spaniard turned the nut straight on the turn but the river saved Kozenkai.
Javier Gomez | 25,000 | -16,800 |
Bjorn Kozenkai | 22,000 | -200 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:59 PM Local Time
Gross Expelled by Aces
Zu Zhou raised to 6,100 from the button and Jeff Gross made it 17,000. Zhou shoved with Gross covered.
"Uh oh," Gross said as he took out his camera and called.
Jeff Gross:
Zu Zhou:
The board ran out and the aces held to knock Gross out of the tournament in the early part of Day 2.
Gross gathered his things, gave the table a "gg", and was headed for the door.
Zu Zhou | 83,000 | 5,500 |
Jeff Gross | 0 | -26,900 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:58 PM Local Time
Koliakoudakis Raises River
Action was on the river as the board read . David Brightman bet 6,500 from the big blind into a pot of about 10,000. Roussos Koliakoudakis was on the button and raised to 24,000.
Brightman mucked his hand to send the pot over to the Greek player. Also at the table is fellow Greek, Kyriakos Papadopoulos as well as a couple of bigger stacks.
Christopher Bolio | 215,000 | 64,100 |
Christopher Lastiwka | 175,000 | 30,400 |
Roussos Koliakoudakis | 122,000 | 64,600 |
Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 77,000 | -13,300 |
David Brightman | 76,000 | -53,400 |