Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

09-30-2021 21:38 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Garrett	173,000 66,000	66,000

Chip Counts After the Break

David Salituro

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Clabaugh	233,000 233,000	233,000
Juan Carlos Latuff	232,000
Robert Reyna	227,000 151,700	151,700
Craig Capello	207,000 -5,000	-5,000
Tyler Mitchell	150,000 93,500	93,500
Connor Richards	47,000 34,500	34,500

Tags: Connor Richards Craig Capello Juan Carlos Latuff Robert Clabaugh Robert Reyna

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-30-2021 21:09 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Capello	212,000 85,500	85,500
Daniel Kim	146,000 94,600	94,600
Andrew Bart	131,000 131,000	131,000
Ruben Meza	118,000 63,000	63,000
Jesse Fullen	116,000 46,000	46,000

Jerry Garver	110,000 -14,000	-14,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Minton	200,000

Break Time

David Salituro

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Level 12 has come to an end and players are heading out on a 20-minute break.

The blue 500 chips will be colored up during the break. Players will return to blinds of 2,000-3,000, with a 3,000 ante.

09-30-2021 21:00 UTC-7

Michael Wins Two All-Ins

David Salituro

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Marcie Michael was just the beneficiary of fortunate run-outs on consecutive all-in hands.

On the first hand, as relayed by her tablemates, Michael called the shove of a short-stack with and was up against . Her opponent flopped two pair on a board before the on the turn gave Michael a better two pair and the knockout.

The next hand, Michael three-bet shoved for 18,500 over an open from early position. Evan Zlock called from the hijack before the original raiser came back with a four-bet to 48,000. Zlock reraised all-in and the early position raiser folded, leaving him heads-up with Michael.

Marcie Michael:
Evan Zlock:

Michael needed help and got it when the flop gave her a set. The on the turn opened possibilities of a chop, but the river came an inconsequential to give Michael a triple-up.

She is up to 61,500 after those two hands, while Zlock, who was awarded the side pot, has 192,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evan Zlock	192,000
Marcie Michael	61,500 61,500	61,500

Tags: Evan Zlock Marcie Michael

09-30-2021 20:47 UTC-7

Payouts

Brandon Bloom

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The total prize pool is $175,980 and the top 63 players will earn a piece of it. $810 will be the minimum payout and the winner of the event will be taking home $39,013 in addition to the coveted gold bracelet.

Place	Prize
1	$39,013
2	$24,112
3	$16,540
4	$11,587
5	$8,294
6	$6,069
7	$4,542
8	$3,478
9	$2,727
10-11	$2,191
12-13	$1,804
14-15	$1,523
16-18	$1,320
19-27	$1,175
28-36	$1,075
37-45	$1,012
46-54	$886
55-63	$810

09-30-2021 20:42 UTC-7

Baltazar Gets Aggressive

David Salituro

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player in early position raised to 7,500 before Ron Baltazar three-bet to 20,000 from the cutoff. The original raiser called and they saw a flop of .

The early position player led out for 15,000 before Baltazar raised all in for about 40,000 more. After a quick think, his opponent folded and Baltazar took down the pot to climb to 134,500.