Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,922,400
Entries
720
Level
31
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
Entries
720
Players Left
108
Lucas Gets a Full Double
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Landon Lucas was all in for 258,000 on the 
flop, and his opponent called to put Lucas at risk. The risk was minimal because Lucas held 
and his opponent 
. The board ran out 
and gave Lucas the full double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
536,000 | 536,000 |
Konnikova Flops Quads to Move Over 400K
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Maria Konnikova had 
in front of her and the board reading 
. She flopped quad nines to secure a massive double-up to around 450,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 210,000 |
Elias Takes Big Pot With River Shove, Riess Busts
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Darren Elias and a player to his immediate left went heads-up to the river with 
on the board. There was already more than 100,000 in the pot. Elias shoved all in, and his opponent quickly folded.
A few hands earlier at this table, former Main Event champion Ryan Riess jammed his last 170,000 with 
but ran into 
and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 65,000 |
|
Busted |
Serock Busts to Potis a Few Off the Money
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Joe Serock pushed all in for his last 28,000 and Anthony Potis called from the big blind.
Joe Serock: 
Anthony Potis: 
The board ran out 
, and Potis made two pair to bust Serock only 10 spots away from the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | -4,000 |
|
Busted |
Heller Doubles Tsai, Gets Some Back Off Konnikova
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Tingyi Tsai moved all in for his last 59,000, and Freddy Heller called with 
; Tsai showed 
.
Tsai flopped a pair of kings on the flop and stayed ahead as the board ran out 
to secure a double to around 130,000.
On the next hand, Heller called a pre-flop raise from Maria Konnikova from the small blind. Both players checked to the river on a board of 
, and Heller won the pot with a 16,000 bet.
Despite doubling Tsai, Heller still sits with 510,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000 | 510,000 |
|
|
240,000 | 40,000 |
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Time For a Break
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 15 has come to an end and players are on another 20-minute break.
There are two more 40-minute levels scheduled before players bag up for the night.
Ewing All In For His Tournament Life
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Once an unstoppable force earlier in this tournament, Chris Ewing just had to survive an all in less than 30 spots away from the money.
Sam Grafton opened the pot with a raise from the cutoff to 12,000. Kyriakos Papadopoulos called from the button and Ewing defended his big blind.
Ewing led out for 12,000 on a flop of , Grafton folded and Papadopoulos called. He bet again on the turn, this time for 25,000. Papadopoulos called once again.
On the river, Ewing pushed all in for his last 30,000 and sent Papadopoulos into the tank.
"Do you have a flush?," Papadopoulos asked. He eventually called with 
for a pair of aces, but Ewing had spiked two pair on the river with to win the pot and double up.
"If you're going to get lucky you might as well value shove," Ewing said as he stacked up around 200,000 chips. Papadopoulos was left with 190,000, while Grafton has 175,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | -75,000 |
|
190,000 | |
|
175,000 | -25,000 |
Caputo Takes Out Shak
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Dan Shak shoved 53,000 in late position with . Brandon Caputo woke up with 
in the big blind, and the board ran out 
, meaning Caputo's kings held up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
508,000 | 508,000 |
|
Busted |