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Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:18 PM Local Time
A Few Minutes More
Ecstasy of Gold is playing as player are taking their seats and the tournament is just about to start.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:00 PM Local Time
Slight Delay
The tournament is slightly delayed, we will update you when cards are in the air.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 11:35 AM Local Time
GGPoker and ClubbGG Qualifiers for Day 1f
Another 15 GGPoker and ClubGG qualifiers take their seat for the 2021 Main Event today. All the players listed below managed to bag their seat for a fraction of the $10,000 buy-in.
| Idris Ambraisse | 60,000 | 60,000  |
| Stephen Thompson | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Shai Arbel | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Ravid Garbi | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Luigi Shehadeh | 60,000 | |
| Ryan Clark | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Christopher Frank | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Kunal Punjwani | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Amadeusz Roślik | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Michael Doherty | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Robert Le roux | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Julien Achard-Stropoli | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Luis Freitas | 60,000 | |
| Jonathan Benner | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 11:03 AM Local Time
2021 WSOP Streaming Exclusively on PokerGO
PokerGO WSOP
The 2021 World Series of Poker is in full swing, and PokerGO is live streaming many of the events.
PokerGO has partnered with CBS Sports Network to provide WSOP coverage with the likes of Lon McEachern, Norman Chad, and Jamie Kerstetter returning to the WSOP broadcast booth this year, along with PokerNews Podcast co-host Jeff Platt from time to time.
CBS Sports Network will televise 16 pre-produced and edited episodes of the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event, after striking a multi-year deal earlier this year. This deal sees coverage of the WSOP Main Event return to its original broadcast partner after featuring on CBS Sports Spectacular in the mid-1970s.
All 16 episodes will be televised following the conclusion of the tournament.
PokerGO will provide live streaming duties of the World Championship event starting on Day 1A (November 4) until the end on November 17, except Day 1B (November 5).
Away from the Main Event, there will be additional coverage of more than two dozen tournaments thru November 23, 2021. They include the $50,000 Poker Players Championship and the $250,000 Super High Roller.
Here's a look at the remaining PokerGO live-stream schedule:
*Dates, times, and specific events of this schedule are subject to change.
Remember, poker fans can catch live updates from every single bracelet event from start to finish right here on PokerNews. Make sure to bookmark the 2021 World Series of Poker Hub, with all the reporting, news, interviews, and more from Las Vegas.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021 10:27 AM Local Time
Day 1f of the 2021 WSOP Main Event Begins at Noon at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
It's been a week of huge pots, bad beats, and a whole lot of competitive energy at the World Series of Poker. The 2021 Main Event, the crown jewel of the WSOP calendar, is underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
Poker players have traveled the world to join this great spectacle. Former world champions and hometown heroes have flocked to Las Vegas for their chance at the coveted gold bracelet and the whopping grand prize waiting to be awarded at the end of this massive tournament. Day 1f begins at 12 p.m. local time.
Players will need to survive through five levels of play to advance to Day 2. Each level will be two hours, with a 20-minute break in between each level. There will also be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 3. Players start with 60,000 in chips, with the blinds at 100/200/200.
| LEVEL | ESTIMATED START | DURATION | SMALL BLIND | BIG BLIND | BIG BLIND ANTE |
|---|
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. | 120 minutes | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| | 2:00 p.m. | 20-minute break | | | |
| 2 | 2:20 p.m. | 120 minutes | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| | 4:20 p.m. | 20-minute break | | | |
| 3 | 4:40 p.m. | 120 minutes | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| | 6:40 p.m. | 75-minute break | | | |
| 4 | 7:55 p.m. | 120 minutes | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| | 9:55 p.m. | 20-minute break | | | |
| 5 | 10:15 p.m. | 120 minutes | 300 | 600 | 600 |
With five Day 1 starting flights already in the books, many have already bagged a stack for Day 2. Some of the biggest counts and notables include seven-time WSOP bracelet winner Billy Baxter (248,600), Italian poker pro Mustapha Kanit (363,500), GGPoker Qualifer Aleksandr Shevlyakov (392,600), Women in Poker Hall of Famer JJ Liu (180,200) and two-time Main Event winner, the great Doyle Brunson (151,000).
Players advancing from Day 1f will return for Day 2cef on Wednesday, November 8. Day 2cef will play another five-two hour levels beginning at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Players may also bypass Day 1 and buy directly into the start of Day 2 as registration ends after Level 7.
| 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% |
PokerNews will be there for each day of the Main Event, and each bracelet event of our continuing coverage of the World Series of Poker from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
