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

10-01-2021 14:21 UTC-7

Cuevas Doubles Through Weintraub Before Break

David Salituro

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 and Weintraub had . The board ran out and Cuevas doubled to 275,000.

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Weintraub	425,000	-310,000
Rico Cuevas	275,000	165,000

Tags: Rico Cuevas Shawn Weintraub

10-01-2021 14:17 UTC-7

Abbe Finds Aces to Damage Behrens

Jeff McMillan

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 against the of Abbe.

The board would stay safe for the aces as it ran out .

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Abbe	915,000	415,000
Jack Behrens	145,000	-405,000

10-01-2021 14:13 UTC-7

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

Jeff McMillan

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

Randy Martinez was all in preflop and in dire straights as his was dominated by the of Shawn Weintraub.

The board ran out and Martinez was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Weintraub	735,000	-155,000
Randy Martinez	Busted

10-01-2021 14:13 UTC-7

Williams Gets in Position for Another Deep Run

David Salituro

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 , while Williams showed .

Williams remained in the lead as the board ran out and he doubled to 496,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Baltazar	670,000	-130,000
Travis Williams	496,000	188,000

Tags: Travis Williams Ron Baltazar

10-01-2021 14:04 UTC-7

Starnoni Leaves Martinez with Crumbs

David Salituro

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.

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Starnoni had Martinez dominated and remained in the lead on the flop. The on the turn gave Martinez a flush draw, but he failed to hit when the river came .

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Starnoni	260,000	100,000
Randy Martinez	10,000	-170,000

Tags: Marco Starnoni Randy Martinez

10-01-2021 13:52 UTC-7

Schmidt Gets Kim to Fold the River

David Salituro

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

Bobby Schmidt bet 27,000 from early position on a flop of and Daniel "DK" Kim came along from middle position.

Schmidt slowed down on the and checked to Kim, who bet 54,000. Schmidt called and they saw the 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "DK" Kim	560,000
Bobby Schmidt	505,000	170,000

Tags: Bobby Schmidt Daniel Kim

10-01-2021 13:48 UTC-7

Three Table Redraw and Chip Counts (full)

Jeff McMillan

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

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
406	1	Andrew Bart	440,000
406	2	Randy Martinez	180,000
406	3	Rico Cuevas	110,000
406	4	Marco Starnoni	160,000
406	5	Justin Steinman	550,000
406	6	Jason Thompson	323,000
406	7	Shawn Weintraub	890,000
406	8	Akash Desai	334,000
406	9	Wenrong Wang	335,000
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414	1	Chris Minton	350,000
414	2	Bobby Schmidt	335,000
414	3	-
414	4	Daniel Kim	775,000
414	5	Roberto Reyna	351,000
414	6	James Scott	194,000
414	7	Ronald Baltazar	800,000
414	8	Danny Chang	678,000
414	9	Travis Williams	308,000
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421	1	Tyler Burke	452,000
421	2	David Marguiles	265,000
421	3	Kimberly Medina	215,000
421	4	Jason Smith	355,000
421	5	James Barnett	725,000
421	6	James Scott	325,000
421	7	Jack Behrens	550,000
421	8	Leo Abbe	500,000
421	9	Steven McLoughlin	415,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Weintraub	890,000	416,000
Ronald Baltazar	800,000	-15,000
Daniel Kim	775,000	145,000
Jimmy Barnett	725,000	382,000
Danny Chang	678,000
Jack Behrens	550,000	-20,000
Justin Steinman	550,000	356,000
Leo Abbe	500,000	25,000
Tyler Burke	452,000	266,000
Andrew Bart	440,000	18,000
Steven McLoughlin	415,000	165,000
Jason Smith	355,000	-190,000
Roberto Reyna	351,000	-19,000
Chris Minton	350,000	50,000
Bobby Schmidt	335,000	-140,000
Wenrong Wang	335,000	-185,000
Akash Desai	334,000	19,000
James Scott	325,000	121,000
Jason Thompson	323,000	29,000
Travis Williams	308,000	-113,000
David Marguiles	265,000	265,000
Kimberly Medina	215,000	-55,000
Randy Martinez	180,000	180,000
Marco Starnoni	160,000	-168,000
Rico Cuevas	110,000	6,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

10-01-2021 13:24 UTC-7

Down to 27

David Salituro

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.

10-01-2021 13:22 UTC-7

No Back-to-Back Final Tables for Lamers

David Salituro

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

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 and Lamers called off his last 108,000 with . The flop came with two hearts, giving Williams a flush draw which he completed on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Williams	421,000	203,000
Adam Lamers	Busted

Tags: Adam Lamers Travis Williams