2021 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
12
Event Info
2021 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j2
Prize
$39,013
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$175,980
Total Entries
419
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
50
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 419
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Cuevas Doubles Through Weintraub Before Break

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Rico Cuevas moved all in from early position for his last 118,000 chips and Shawn Weintraub made the call.

Cuevas had to hope to win a race, as he showed {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} and Weintraub had {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}. The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Cuevas doubled to 275,000.

Weintraub was left with 425,000 as players headed out on a 20-minute break.

Tags: Rico CuevasShawn Weintraub

Abbe Finds Aces to Damage Behrens

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

A huge preflop hand was in progress with two of the larger stacks battling. Jack Behrens was on the button and found himself all in against the small blind, Leo Abbe.

It was a cooler situation as Behrens held the {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} against the {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} of Abbe.

The board would stay safe for the aces as it ran out {5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{j-Hearts}.

There was a lengthy delay with the chip counting as it the stacks were close. Eventually it was determined that Behrens still had chips remaining and just like that Behrens was a short stack while Abbe had heaps.

Randy Martinez Eliminated in 26th Place ($1,175)

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Randy Martinez
Randy Martinez

Randy Martinez was all in preflop and in dire straights as his {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs} was dominated by the {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} of Shawn Weintraub.

The board ran out {8-}{10-}{j-}{4-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and Martinez was eliminated.

Williams Gets in Position for Another Deep Run

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Travis Williams, who finished in ninth place in this event in 2019, just doubled up after winning a coin flip against Ron Baltazar.

Baltazar opened the action with a raise to 40,000 before Williams jammed for his last 228,000. Baltazar made the call with {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, while Williams showed {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}.

Williams remained in the lead as the board ran out {7-Hearts}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and he doubled to 496,000.

Tags: Travis WilliamsRon Baltazar

Starnoni Leaves Martinez with Crumbs

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Randy Martinez raised to 46,000 from the button before Marco Starnoni three-bet all in from the big blind for his last 126,000. Martinez snap-called.

Starnoni- {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Martinez- {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

Starnoni had Martinez dominated and remained in the lead on the {5-Clubs}{j-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop. The {k-Clubs} on the turn gave Martinez a flush draw, but he failed to hit when the river came {10-Spades}.

Starnoni doubled to 260,000, while Martinez was left with only around 10,000.

Tags: Marco StarnoniRandy Martinez

Schmidt Gets Kim to Fold the River

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Bobby Schmidt bet 27,000 from early position on a flop of {k-Spades}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Daniel "DK" Kim came along from middle position.

Schmidt slowed down on the {10-Clubs} and checked to Kim, who bet 54,000. Schmidt called and they saw the {a-Clubs} fall on the river.

This time Schmidt led out with 80,000. After a few moments of thought, Kim let his hand go and surrendered the pot to Schmidt.

Tags: Bobby SchmidtDaniel Kim

Three Table Redraw and Chip Counts (full)

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerChip Count
4061Andrew Bart440,000
4062Randy Martinez180,000
4063Rico Cuevas110,000
4064Marco Starnoni160,000
4065Justin Steinman550,000
4066Jason Thompson323,000
4067Shawn Weintraub890,000
4068Akash Desai334,000
4069Wenrong Wang335,000
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4141Chris Minton350,000
4142Bobby Schmidt335,000
4143- 
4144Daniel Kim775,000
4145Roberto Reyna351,000
4146James Scott194,000
4147Ronald Baltazar800,000
4148Danny Chang678,000
4149Travis Williams308,000
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4211Tyler Burke452,000
4212David Marguiles265,000
4213Kimberly Medina215,000
4214Jason Smith355,000
4215James Barnett725,000
4216James Scott325,000
4217Jack Behrens550,000
4218Leo Abbe500,000
4219Steven McLoughlin415,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Down to 27

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The field has been reduced to 27 players from a starting field of 50 after just over an hour of play on Day 2.

Players are currently redrawing for the final three tables. The average stack is around 388,000.

No Back-to-Back Final Tables for Lamers

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers

PokerNews's Adam Lamers was seen getting up from his table and heading over to the payout desk after losing his remaining chips to Travis Williams.

According to Williams, he shoved from the small blind with {9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Lamers called off his last 108,000 with {a-}{3-}. The flop came {k-}{j-}{10-} with two hearts, giving Williams a flush draw which he completed on the river.

Tags: Adam LamersTravis Williams