2021 Golden Nugget Grand Poker Series

$600 Grand Poker Series Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info

2021 Golden Nugget Grand Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
$100,266
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$565,536
Entries
1,096
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
531
Players Left
67

Wolper Gets More Nines Than He Needs

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Howard Wolper was in the small blind and called a jam from a middle position player for about 25,000.

Middle Position: {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Howard Wolper: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Wolper was looking for some help and found it on the {9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop. He got another nine on the {9-Hearts} turn to seal it and improved to an even better boat on the {a-Diamonds} river to chip up and eliminate a player.

Player Chips Progress
Howard Wolper us
Howard Wolper
170,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Lecardonnel Eliminates Two with Two Pair

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

According to Fabien Lecardonnel, he covered two players, one with about 50,000 and the other with about 100,000, and their entire stacks had gone into the pot on the {q-}{j-}{8-} flop.

Fabien Lecardonnel: {j-}{8-}
Opponent: {k-}{q-}
Opponent: {a-}{a-}

Lecardonnel was ahead but needed to hold. The board ran out {5-}{6-} to confirm the hold and knock out two players.

Player Chips Progress
Fabien Lecardonnel fr
Fabien Lecardonnel
313,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Bland Flops Set of Aces to Double

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

After multiple raises preflop, Reggie Bautista and Robert Bland were heading to a flop.

The flop came {a-}{7-}{8-} and Bland got all his chips in against Bautista.

Reggie Bautista: {8-}{7-}
Robert Bland: {a-}{a-}

Bautista found a bad time to flop two pair and didn't improve on the final two streets. He later said he thought his opponent was weak, but he isn't concerned about his current chip situation. Meanwhile, Bland scooped the pot and got the double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Bland us
Robert Bland
135,000
Reggie Bautista us
Reggie Bautista
31,000 -54,000

Sandoval Finds Ace to Oust Cowboys

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

A player in early position raised to 7,000, a player in middle position jammed for 28,000, and Robert Sandoval put in his stack for a bit more. The early position player thought about but folded and later said he had {a-}{j-}.

Middle Position: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Robert Sandoval: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Sandoval needed to improve and found what he needed on the {4-Spades}{a-Spades}{9-Hearts} flop. The {5-Diamonds} turn and {j-Clubs} river changed nothing and Sandoval busted a player and chipped up.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Sandoval us
Robert Sandoval
75,000