Tuesday, November 9, 2021 3:14 PM Local Time
Roślik Can't Get a Bluff Through, Updates of GGPoker Qualifiers
GGPoker Qualifier Amadeusz Roślik bet 11,000 on the completed board of , with about 10,500 in the middle.
His opponent went into the tank for a minute before tossing in a call.
Roślik revealed for ace-high and his opponent tabled for a pair of jacks and the winner.
Kunal Punjwani | 63,000 | 4,500 |
Christopher Frank | 61,000 | 9,700 |
Michael Doherty | 58,400 | -3,900 |
Amadeusz Roślik | 17,500 | -28,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 3:12 PM Local Time
Assorted Counts; Schemion Sits Down
Jeffrey Trudeau | 101,000 | 26,000 |
Barry Greenstein | 97,000 | -1,000 |
Johan Guilbert | 84,000 | 18,500 |
David Benyamine | 81,000 | -3,900 |
Dominik Nitsche | 74,000 | -300 |
Christoph Vogelsang | 65,000 | -2,400 |
Andy Black | 61,000 | -5,000 |
Shawn Buchanan | 61,000 | -2,000 |
Ole Schemion | 60,000 | |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:56 PM Local Time
Level 2 started
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:50 PM Local Time
Bracelet Ceremony Before Level 2
Play has been delayed for a few minutes as a couple players are being presented with bracelets.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:24 PM Local Time
Chip Counts in Amazon Purple
Simon Burns | 69,500 | 9,500 |
Kenna James | 68,500 | 8,500 |
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos | 68,500 | 15,400 |
Shawn Sheikhan | 67,000 | 7,000 |
Marc MacDonnell | 65,000 | 5,000 |
Scott Eskenazi | 65,000 | 5,000 |
Felipe Ramos | 57,500 | -5,500 |
Davidi Kitai | 56,200 | -1,800 |
Damjan Radanov | 55,200 | -4,800 |
Frederic Normand | 52,600 | |
Cole Gauthier | 51,700 | |
Robert McMillan | 46,500 | |
Marcel Vonk | 30,400 | -29,600 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:24 PM Local Time
Counts From Tan and Orange Before the Break.
Barry Greenstein | 98,000 | 12,000 |
Jeremy Dresch | 87,200 | 27,200 |
David Benyamine | 84,900 | -9,900 |
Cate Hall | 67,700 | 6,700 |
Andy Black | 66,000 | 500 |
Christopher Frank | 51,300 | 4,700 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:24 PM Local Time
Chris Moneymaker Takes His Seat: An Orbit of Hands
Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, has joined the field. PokerNews tracked an orbit of his early hands, starting with play from the button.
Hand 1: Action folded to the Poker Hall of Famer who bumped it up to 600. The small blind called and they both saw a flop of . Moneymaker bet 700 and his opponent called. When the turn card was the , action again checked back to the former world champ who bet out 1200, and once again received a call.
The river was the and Moneymaker bet 1,000, and his opponent folded.
Hand 2: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.
Hand 3: An early position player raised to 500 and Moneymaker folded.
Hand 4: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.
Hand 5: The under the gun player raised to 500 and Moneymaker folded.
Hand 6: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.
Hand 7: Moneymaker opened to 600 from under the gun. The player directly to his left raised to 2,000 and the button called. When action came back to Moneymaker, he opted to fold.
Hand 8: A player in early position raised to 500 and Moneymaker made the call from the big blind. The flop came out . Moneymaker checked to his opponent who bet 500 and received a call. The turn was the and the preflop raiser bet 2,200 and the 2003 Main Event champ called.
The river was a . Both players checked. Moneymaker showed the for pair, but it was no good when his opponent showed .
Hand 9: A player in early position raised to 600 and Moneymaker folded from the small blind.
Chris Moneymaker | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:24 PM Local Time
Tedeschi Gets Four-Bet
David Reid raised to 600 preflop in early position and Paul Tedeschi re-raised to 2,100. Action folded back around to Reid who four-bet to 6,800. Tedeschi called and the two took a flop.
The flop of was checked through to the where Reid led out for 3,300 and Tedeschi folded, giving Reid the pot.
David Reid | 65,000 | |
Paul Tedeschi | 57,000 | -4,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:21 PM Local Time
Dempsey Takes It on the River
In a five-way raised pot, the flop read and brought no betting action. A came on the turn and the initial raiser bet 1,500, called by Natalie Hof, the small blind and Jonathan Dempsey in the big blind.
A hit the river and it was checked to Dempsey who fired 9,000. His three opponents folded and Dempsey grabbed the pot.
Natalie Hof | 61,300 | 61,300 |
Johnathan Dempsey | 48,000 | 48,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:14 PM Local Time
PokerNews Podcast: Dan Cates Wins $50K PPC, WSOP Main Event Underway & Sarah is BACK!
On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway come to you from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!
The $10,000 Main Event is underway and one Doyle Brunson jumped into action. Meanwhile, Dan "jungleman" Cates shipped the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for his first bracelet. Hear from him plus other recent bracelet winners including Ben Yu, Brian Yoon, and Kevin Gerhart, who all captured the fourth bracelets of their respective careers.
Other stories include Josh Arieh winning his second bracelet of the series, the young Cole Ferraro making a name for himself, Robert McMillan and Jean-Luc Adams finding success in the Seniors events, Team Ruter taking down the Tag Team Event, and victories by Eric Zhang and Eelis Parssinen.
Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:13 PM Local Time
A Round of Counts From Amazon Orange
Dominik Nitsche | 74,300 | -1,700 |
Matt Giannetti | 69,500 | 9,500 |
Steve Wilkie | 68,000 | 8,000 |
Christoph Vogelsang | 67,400 | 5,400 |
Johan Guilbert | 65,500 | 12,500 |
Michael Binger | 61,300 | 1,300 |
Daniel Studer | 60,500 | 500 |
Erick Lindgren | 57,000 | 0 |
David Tuchman | 54,900 | -5,400 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:11 PM Local Time
Kempe Takes It On Turn
Action picked up on the turn in a pot between Gianluca Speranza and Rainer Kempe with 9,600 chips in the middle and a board reading with action on Kempe.
Kempe bet 3,800 and Speranza went into the tank for roughly a minute before tossing his hand into the muck. "Show the bluff?" asked Speranza as Kempe shook his head, taking down the pot.
Rainer Kempe | 75,000 | 5,000 |
Gianluca Speranza | 38,000 | |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:10 PM Local Time
Boeree Folds to River Raise
With 7,200 in the pot and the board reading , Liv Boeree bet 5,000 and was faced with a raise to 12,000 from John Gravanga.
Boeree thought it over before folding as she has chipped down a bit early.
John Gravagna | 68,800 | 68,800 |
Liv Boeree | 40,800 | -16,200 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:05 PM Local Time
Zarbo Let It Go
Giuseppe Zarbo limped under the gun and it folded to Albert Kinder who raised in the cutoff to 600, followed by the blinds and Zarbo.
The four players checked on the flop and a was dealt on the turn. It checked to Zarbo who bet 1,000 and only Kinder made the call.
The river brought two pair on the board and Zarbo sent another 1,000 into the middle. Kinder raised it to 4,000 and after some consideration Zarbo let it go.
Albert Kinder | 69,000 | 69,000 |
Giuseppe Zarbo | 66,000 | 2,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:03 PM Local Time
Coin Flip for Stacks
There was some commotion occurring at Table 458 and upon arriving at the table, two players had all of their chips in the middle. Nichlaus Staker had the all-in button in front of him as he was at risk for a little over 15,000 chips.
Nichlaus Staker:
Dominic Staniscia:
It was a classic coin flip but it was taking place in the first level of Day 1 in the Main Event which tends to grab a little more attention. The board ran out ten-high and Staniscia's pocket queens held up to eliminate Staker.
Dominic Staniscia | 88,500 | |
Nichlaus Staker | 0 | |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:01 PM Local Time
Small Pot for Larabi
Bernard Larabi raised in early position to 600 and a player made the call, followed by Idris Ambraisse in the cutoff.
The three players checked on the flop and a fell on the turn. Larabi led out for 1,700 and it was enough to grab the pot right away.
Bernard Larabi | 50,000 | 16,000 |
Idris Ambraisse | 13,000 | -43,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:59 PM Local Time
Reichard Gets Put in a Tough Spot
After a few players limped in, Joshua Reichard raised to 1,400 on the button. Rayz Rayl was one of the limpers and he re-raised to 3,200 which Reichard called. The two players went to a flop of and Rayl led out with a bet of 5,000. Reichard called and the landed on the turn.
Both players checked and the completed the board. Rayl checked again and Reichard counted out a bet of 6,200. Rayl took a sip of his coffee and asked for a count before raising it up to 15,000. Reichard needed a moment to think but decided to send his cards to the muck.
Joshua Reichard | 31,500 | -28,500 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:53 PM Local Time
Assorted Orange Counts
Rex Clinkscales | 90,000 | 30,000 |
Jeffrey Trudeau | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Hakim Zoufri | 71,000 | 71,000 |
Rainer Kempe | 70,000 | 10,000 |
Harrison Gimbel | 66,000 | 66,000 |
JeWook Oh | 63,000 | 3,000 |
Paul Tedeschi | 61,000 | 1,000 |
Erick Lindgren | 57,000 | -1,900 |
Ramon Colillas | 57,000 | -3,000 |
Henrik Hecklen | 56,000 | 56,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:47 PM Local Time
Chip Counts for GGPoker Qualifiers
Michael Doherty | 62,300 | 2,300 |
Kunal Punjwani | 58,500 | -1,500 |
Christopher Frank | 46,600 | -13,400 |
Amadeusz Roślik | 45,500 | -14,500 |