Event #49: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-26-2021 01:16 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Lennon	145,000 70,000	70,000
Dan Zack	Busted

Hellmuth Out Again

Matt Hansen

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

Phil Hellmuth shoved from the small blind for around 14,000 and Darren Elias called from the button.

Phil Hellmuth: /
Darren Elias: /

Both players drew one card. Elias peeled first and saw a , rendering Hellmuth's card powerless to win the hand. It was anyways, and Hellmuth headed for the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	200,000 65,000	65,000

Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Darren Elias Phil Hellmuth

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 3,500

10-26-2021 00:54 UTC-7

Gorodinsky Shoves

Matt Hansen

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

With three-way action and around 50,000 in the pot, Ryan Leng stood pat while Benny Glaser and Mike Gorodinsky each drew one card.

Glaser checked after the draw and Gorodinsky shoved more than 90,000 into the middle. Leng folded quickly and Glaser thought it over for a moment before getting away. Gorodinsky's shove earned him a big pot to chip up above 150K.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Leng	162,000 13,500	13,500

Mike Gorodinsky	155,000 83,000	83,000

Benny Glaser	92,000 70,900	70,900

Tags: Benny Glaser Mike Gorodinsky Ryan Leng

10-26-2021 00:37 UTC-7

Faris Shows a Bluff; Collects 16 Dollars

Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Ryan Riess opened to 5,000 from the lojack and was three-bet to 20,000 by Joshua Faris in the small blind. Riess called.

Both players stood pat and Faris slid out a stack of 5k-denomination chips, which was enough to put Ryan Riess all in for his last 44,000.

Riess went deep into the tank and eventually let his hand go.

"Twenty dollars to show," Faris proposed to Riess, who agreed.

Faris tabled .

"Nice hand," Riess replied. "I had a nine."

Riess then reached into his wallet and handed Faris a ten-dollar bill, a five-dollar bill, and a one-dollar bill.

"It's all I have," Riess said as he handed it to Faris.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Faris	121,000 -4,000	-4,000
Ryan Riess	44,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Joshua Faris Ryan Riess

10-26-2021 00:30 UTC-7

Baker Beats Kassela

Matt Hansen

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Frank Kassela raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Wil Wilkinson called. David "ODB" Baker three-bet to 35,000 and Kassela four-bet jammed for around 65,000. Wilkinson got out of the way and Baker called with Kassela covered.

Frank Kassela: /
David "ODB" Baker:

Baker stood pat and Kassela drew one, but he was drawing dead. It was an and Kassela hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "ODB" Baker	151,000 151,000	151,000

Frank Kassela	Busted

Tags: David "ODB" Baker Frank Kassela

10-26-2021 00:19 UTC-7

Over 100 Entrants

Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

The field is now up to 101 entrants, which is a surprising increase over the 91 that entered this event in 2019 given the overall reduction in field size throughout this year's World Series of Poker.

Registration will remain open until the beginning of play on Day 2.

10-26-2021 00:16 UTC-7

Negreanu Shoves

Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Maxx Coleman opened to 5,000 in the cutoff and was called by Daniel Negreanu in the small blind.

Both players drew one and then Negreanu shoved for a bit over 30,000. Coleman let his hand go and Negreanu collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxx Coleman	120,000 47,500	47,500

Daniel Negreanu	43,000 -13,000	-13,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Maxx Coleman

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 3,000

10-25-2021 23:45 UTC-7

Break Time

Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Players are now on the final 15-minute break of the evening. Two levels remain until the end of Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	220,000 148,000	148,000

AJ Kelsall	179,000 179,000	179,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	176,500 -13,500	-13,500

Shaun Deeb	170,000 -43,000	-43,000

Dan Shak	155,000 -30,000	-30,000
Johnny Chan	149,500 64,100	64,100

Ryan Leng	148,500 83,000	83,000

Frank Kassela	146,500 61,500	61,500

Randy Ohel	143,000 27,000	27,000

Darren Elias	135,000 -5,500	-5,500

Joshua Faris	125,000 56,600	56,600
George Wolff	112,000 -16,000	-16,000
Nick Schulman	107,500 53,500	53,500

Yuval Bronshtein	96,500 4,100	4,100

Chris Vitch	93,000 35,000	35,000
James Chen	92,000 -28,000	-28,000

Tobias Schwecht	85,000 -1,600	-1,600
Jason Papastavrou	81,000 -7,000	-7,000
John Monnette	60,000 17,000	17,000

Erik Seidel	58,000 -40,400	-40,400

Mike Matusow	56,100 -20,900	-20,900

Daniel Negreanu	56,000 -57,800	-57,800

Shawn Sheikhan	51,900 9,900	9,900
Phil Hellmuth	49,000 -11,000	-11,000

Scott Seiver	45,200 -2,800	-2,800

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