Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:49 AM Local Time
Jerry Wong Bags Big In Event #79: $1,979 Poker Hall Of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
After 17 levels of play, Event #79: $1,979 Poker Hall Of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em gathered 469 entrants to build a prize pool of $801,931 and a first place of $172,499 with only 63 making it through Day 2.
One of the big stacks finishing out the day was Marc Rivera, who bagged up 721,000. Rivera had a chip lead from the early parts of the day and only extended his lead during the bubble where he played several aggressive hands that added over 350,000 to his overall chip count. Rivera is number one on the Philippines all-time money list but has yet to collect a bracelet. Rivera will be searching for his first piece of WSOP jewelry on Thursday.
Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Marc Rivera | Philippines | 721,000 | 72 |
| 2 | Jerry Wong | United States | 700,000 | 70 |
| 3 | Payam Karami | United States | 630,000 | 63 |
| 4 | Eder Murata | Brazil | 560,000 | 56 |
| 5 | Laurent Polito | France | 486,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Phil Scaletta | United States | 462,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Abhinav Iyer | India | 442,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Sonia Shashikhina | Russia | 425,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Michael Acevedo | Costa Rica | 419,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Christian Pham | Vietnam | 402,000 | 40 |
Another player who bagged a big stack at the end of the day was Jerry Wong, who ended the day with 700,000. Coming right off of a 10th place finish in Event #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha and a runner-up finish in Event #74 $2,500 Big Bet Mix as well as eight other cashes during this series, Wong will be setting up for another deep run to collect his first WSOP bracelet.
Many players came out to play, with the added bonus of collecting bounties of Hall of Famers being ever so alluring. Some of those who bagged included; Sonia Shashikhina (425,000), Maria Lampropulos (383,000), Ole Schemion (333,000), Dylan Wilkerson (240,000), Kevin Rabichow (132,000), and bracelet winner Joao Vieira (75,000).
There were eleven hall of famer bounties that were in play that included the likes of Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Eli Elezra, Barry Greenstein, Scotty Nguyen, Barbara Enright, Linda Johnson, Tom McEvoy, Jack McClelland, Phil Hellmuth, and Lyle Berman as well as one additional bounty for actor Vince Vaughn who took his seat in the tournament as well. All of them were eliminated and unable to bag Day 2.
Other players who found themselves unable to find a bag included Martin Jacobson, Damian Salas, Ryan Leng, Shaun Deeb, Jake Schwartz and Harry Lodge to name a few.
The players will return Thursday at 12 p.m. at The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante. Play will continue until there are five players remaining. Stay tuned to PokerNews to stay updated on the progression and conclusion of this tournament and many others.
Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:45 AM Local Time
Day 2 Seat Draw
| ROOM | TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|
| Amazon | 456 | 1 | Heather Alcorn | United States | 64,000 | 6 |
| Amazon | 456 | 2 | Girish Apte | United States | 132,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 456 | 3 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 226,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 456 | 6 | Victor Peixoto Moreira | Brazil | 75,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 456 | 7 | Jerry Wong | United States | 700,000 | 70 |
| Amazon | 456 | 8 | Radoslav Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 341,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 456 | 9 | Jonathan Therme | France | 79,000 | 8 |
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| Amazon | 457 | 1 | Marvin Karlins | United States | 220,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 457 | 2 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | 383,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 457 | 3 | Phil Scaletta | United States | 462,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 457 | 4 | Wilbern Hoffman | United States | 129,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 457 | 6 | Gwilym Enstone | United States | 302,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 457 | 7 | Steve Karp | United States | 130,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 457 | 8 | Arthur Conan | France | 305,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 457 | 9 | Tyler Norris | United States | 48,000 | 5 |
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| Amazon | 458 | 1 | Luigi Shehadeh | Italy | 183,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 458 | 3 | Eder Murata | Brazil | 560,000 | 56 |
| Amazon | 458 | 4 | Marc Rivera | Philippines | 721,000 | 72 |
| Amazon | 458 | 6 | Scott Davies | Canada | 96,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 458 | 7 | Kevin Rabichow | United States | 132,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 458 | 8 | Michael Panos | Germany | 10,000 | 1 |
| Amazon | 458 | 9 | Giovani Torre | Portugal | 329,000 | 33 |
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| Amazon | 459 | 1 | John Dolan | United States | 312,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 459 | 2 | Mohammad Haghdoust | United States | 116,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 459 | 3 | Aiman Abdelkarim | United States | 120,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 459 | 4 | Lawrence Whyte | United States | 248,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 459 | 5 | Artem Sloitsev | Russia | 49,000 | 5 |
| Amazon | 459 | 6 | Payam Karami | United States | 630,000 | 63 |
| Amazon | 459 | 7 | Igor Dursel | United Kingdom | 40,000 | 4 |
| Amazon | 459 | 8 | Andrew Martin | United Kingdom | 170,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 459 | 9 | Stephen Seffense | United States | 225,000 | 23 |
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| Amazon | 463 | 1 | Ronald Sullivan | United States | 339,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 463 | 2 | Emmanuel Rapinier | France | 144,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 463 | 3 | Eugene Castro | United States | 234,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 463 | 5 | Peter Johnson | United States | 163,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 463 | 6 | Michael Acevedo | Costa Rica | 419,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 463 | 7 | David Lappin | Ireland | 3,000 | 0 |
| Amazon | 463 | 8 | David Somers | United States | 55,000 | 6 |
| Amazon | 463 | 9 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 202,000 | 20 |
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| Amazon | 464 | 1 | Christin Maschmann | Germany | 37,000 | 4 |
| Amazon | 464 | 2 | Christopher Cullen | United States | 150,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 464 | 3 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 75,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 464 | 5 | Yueqi Zhu | United States | 74,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 464 | 6 | Sonia Shashikhina | Russia | 425,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 464 | 7 | Dylan Wilkerson | United States | 240,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 464 | 8 | Michael Gloess | Germany | 137,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 464 | 9 | Borja Gross | United Kingdom | 120,000 | 12 |
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| Amazon | 465 | 1 | Gerald Tejada | United States | 97,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 465 | 2 | Ole Schemion | Austria | 333,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 465 | 3 | Bryce Mcvay | United States | 204,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 465 | 5 | Matthew Bingel | United States | 136,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 465 | 6 | Christian Pham | Vietnam | 402,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 465 | 7 | Bin Liu | United States | 348,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 465 | 8 | Laurent Polito | France | 486,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 465 | 9 | James Alexander | United States | 1 | 0 |
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| Amazon | 466 | 1 | Benjamin Underwood | Canada | 362,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 466 | 2 | Timothy Flank | United States | 319,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 466 | 3 | Jacob Powers | United States | 208,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 466 | 5 | Thomas Zanot | United States | 127,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 466 | 6 | Sebastien Comel | France | 38,000 | 4 |
| Amazon | 466 | 7 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 157,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 466 | 8 | Abhinav Iyer | India | 442,000 | 44 |
| Amazon | 466 | 9 | Romain Nussmann | France | 56,000 | 6 |
Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:44 AM Local Time
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts
| Marc Rivera | 721,000 | 201,000  |
| Jerry Wong | 700,000 | 120,000 |
| Payam Karami | 630,000 | 0  |
| Eder Murata | 560,000 | 130,000 |
| Laurent Polito | 486,000 | 166,000 |
| Phil Scaletta | 462,000 | 462,000 |
| Abhinav Iyer | 442,000 | 172,000 |
| Sonia Shashikhina | 425,000 | 425,000 |
| Michael Acevedo | 419,000 | 0 |
| Christian Pham | 402,000 | 402,000 |
| Maria Lampropulos | 383,000 | 110,000 |
| Benjamin Underwood | 362,000 | 362,000 |
| Bin Liu | 348,000 | 348,000 |
| Radoslav Stoyanov | 341,000 | -24,000 |
| Ronald Sullivan | 339,000 | 339,000 |
| Ole Schemion | 333,000 | -27,000 |
| Giovani Torre | 329,000 | 329,000 |
| Timothy Flank | 319,000 | 319,000 |
| John Dolan | 312,000 | 312,000 |
| Arthur Conan | 305,000 | -255,000 |
| Gwilym Enstone | 302,000 | 302,000 |
| Lawrence Whyte | 248,000 | 248,000 |
| Dylan Wilkerson | 240,000 | 187,000 |
| Eugene Castro | 234,000 | 118,000 |
| Sriharsha Doddapaneni | 226,000 | -24,000 |
| Stephen Seffense | 225,000 | 225,000 |
| Marvin Karlins | 220,000 | 17,000 |
| Jacob Powers | 208,000 | 48,000 |
| Bryce Mcvay | 204,000 | 204,000 |
| Michael Gathy | 202,000 | 202,000 |
| Luigi Shehadeh | 183,000 | 48,000 |
| Andrew Martin | 170,000 | 170,000 |
| Peter Johnson | 163,000 | 163,000 |
| Thomas Boivin | 157,000 | 157,000 |
| Christopher Cullen | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| Emmanuel Rapinier | 144,000 | 144,000 |
| Michael Gloess | 137,000 | -173,000 |
| Matthew Bingel | 136,000 | 136,000 |
| Kevin Rabichow | 132,000 | 132,000 |
| Girish Apte | 132,000 | -71,000 |
| Steve Karp | 130,000 | 130,000 |
| Wilbern Hoffman | 129,000 | 129,000 |
| Thomas Zanot | 127,000 | 127,000 |
| Aiman Abdelkarim | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Borja Gross | 120,000 | 68,000 |
| Mohammad Haghdoust | 116,000 | 116,000 |
| Gerald Tejada | 97,000 | 97,000 |
| Scott Davies | 96,000 | 96,000 |
| Jonathan Therme | 79,000 | 79,000 |
| Joao Vieira | 75,000 | -30,000 |
| Victor Peixoto Moreira | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| Yueqi Zhu | 74,000 | 74,000 |
| Heather Alcorn | 64,000 | 64,000 |
| Romain Nussmann | 56,000 | 56,000 |
| David Somers | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| Artem Sloitsev | 49,000 | 49,000 |
| Tyler Norris | 48,000 | 0 |
| Igor Dursel | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Sebastien Comel | 38,000 | 38,000 |
| Christin Maschmann | 37,000 | -54,000 |
| Michael Panos | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| David Lappin | 3,000 | -129,000 |
| James Alexander | 1 | -166,999 |
Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:36 AM Local Time
Poker Home Game Player Wins $4,000,000 in Main Event
Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:05 AM Local Time
Tournament Play Has Ended For The Night
Tournament play has ended for the night. End of night chip counts and full recap to follow.
Thursday, November 18, 2021 1:52 AM Local Time
Three More Hands
The floor has announced that there will only be three more hands dealt at this tournament.
Thursday, November 18, 2021 1:51 AM Local Time
Yoshimichi Falls Short of The Money
Makoto Yoshimichi shoved all-in preflop for about 100,000 from middle position and Payam Karami called on the button, covering him.
Makoto Yoshimichi:
Payam Karami:
The board ran out and Karami eliminated Yoshimichi on the stone bubble with a pair of jacks.
| Payam Karami | 630,000 | 90,000 |
| Makoto Yoshimichi | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, November 18, 2021 1:38 AM Local Time
Konnikova Eliminated Short of the Money
Maria Konnikova was all-in on the big blind and three additional callers saw a flop, including Laurent Polito in the small blind.
The flop came out and Polito bet 10,000 which the other two players called.
The turn came an and Polito sized up to 37,000 which elicited two folds and the cards were turned up.
Maria Konnikova:
Laurent Polito:
Polito had flopped trip-fours which was good against Konnikova's pair of threes. She was drawing dead before the river completed the board and the total number of remaining was moved down to 72 players.
| Laurent Polito | 320,000 | |
| Maria Konnikova | 0 | -172,000 |
Thursday, November 18, 2021 1:29 AM Local Time
Doddapaneni Makes The Call
Marc Rivera bet 100,000 on a board reading putting Doddapaneni to the test for his tournament life. Doddapaneni went deep into the tank before finally flicking in the call.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni:
Marc Rivera:
The river was and Doddapaneni scored the double up with king high.
| Marc Rivera | 520,000 | -230,000 |
| Sriharsha Doddapaneni | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:57 AM Local Time
Hand For Hand Begins
The clock reads 73 entrants, only two away from the money.
Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:52 AM Local Time
Level 17 started
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:52 AM Local Time
Wong Applies Bubble Pressure
Jerry Wong raised to 12,000 and action folded around to the big blind who called.
The flop came down and the big blind checked over to Wong who sized down to 10,000. The big blind went into the tank for a bit before folding his face-up.
"Not a good flop for you," said Wong as he raked in the pot.
| Jerry Wong | 580,000 | 90,000 |
Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:31 AM Local Time
Assorted Big Stacks
| Marc Rivera | 750,000 | |
| Arthur Conan | 560,000 | |
| Carlos Loving | 550,000 | |
| Payam Karami | 540,000 | 451,000 |
| Eder Murata | 430,000 | |
| Radoslav Stoyanov | 365,000 | |
| Ole Schemion | 360,000 | 47,000 |
Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:13 AM Local Time
Barnum's Snowmen Hold
The action picked up with Justin Barnum all-in and at risk against Gianluca Speranza who had the covering stack.
Justin Barnum:
Gianluca Speranza:
The board ran out and Barnum breathed a sigh of relief as his tournament life was no longer at risk.
| Gianluca Speranza | 83,000 | -108,000 |
| Justin Barnum | 46,000 | -7,000 |
Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:12 AM Local Time
Level 16 started
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:51 PM Local Time
Break
Players have gone on their final 20-minute break of the night.
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:39 PM Local Time
Updated Counts
| Jerry Wong | 490,000 | 340,000 |
| Ole Schemion | 313,000 | 274,000 |
| Maria Lampropulos | 273,000 | 27,000 |
| Maria Konnikova | 172,000 | -35,000 |
| David Lappin | 132,000 | -128,000 |
| Joao Vieira | 105,000 | 3,000 |
| Christin Maschmann | 91,000 | -32,000 |
| Dylan Wilkerson | 53,000 | -50,000 |
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:29 PM Local Time
Iyer Scores The Last Bounty
Abhinav Iyer raised to 8,000 in middle position. Jack McClelland three-bet to 25,000 from behind then Iyer shoved all-in putting McClelland at risk for his tournament life. McClelland called and the cards were flipped over.
Jack McClelland:
Abhinav Iyer:
Iyer's cowboys held after the ran out on the board and he scored a $2,014 bounty with a pair of kings.
| Abhinav Iyer | 270,000 | 118,000 |
| Jack McClelland | 0 | -85,000 |
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:28 PM Local Time
Apte "Finds Help"
Action picked up with Girish Apte all-in and at risk with one player having called. "Dealer give me some help," he said before the cards were turned up.
Girish Apte:
Opponent:
The ran out on the board to give Apte an unneeded full house to take down the pot.
"Thank you, dealer. I will mow your lawn for a week," Apte joked after the hand.
| Girish Apte | 203,000 | 108,000 |
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 11:19 PM Local Time
Oxman Eliminated By Karlins
Ari Oxman raised his last 18,000 into the middle from early position and Marvin Karlins snap-called him from middle position. The action folded around and Karlins said "I have a pair."
Marvin Karlins:
Ari Oxman:
On the gave Oxman a pair of tens which pulled him ahead, but Karlins had a diamond flush draw to still have some outs. The turn came the , which gave him aces and tens, but the river came the . Oxman slammed the table as Karlins had hit a set of nines to eliminate him from the tournament.
The tournament clock reads 82 players with only eleven more eliminations until the bubble.
| Marvin Karlins | 203,000 | 28,000 |
| Ari Oxman | 0 | -150,000 |