2021 World Series of Poker

Event #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$7,110,210
Entries
5,330
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
2,568
Players Left
567

Tafesh Looks Up Wilson

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Action was picked up on the river with the board reading {k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and with a pot that had about 3,800 in it already Alexander Tafesh bet 2,000 into Brock Wilson.

After some thinking Wilson raised to 21,000 putting the action back on Tafesh and sending him into the tank. After about a minute he made the call and the hands were turned up.

Brock Wilson had {10-Spades}{9-Hearts} for bottom pair and Alexander Tafesh showed {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a pair of queens.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Tafesh us
Alexander Tafesh
81,000
-38,000
-38,000
StakeKings
Brock Wilson us
Brock Wilson
18,000
-7,000
-7,000
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings

Sepiol Stacks With Queens

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Dan Sepiol raised to 3,500 in the cutoff which was followed by an all in from the button for 19,000. Action folded around to Sepiol who called.

Button: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Dan Sepiol: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Sepiol held up to eliminate a player, putting him closer to 200,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Sepiol us
Dan Sepiol
170,000
90,000
90,000

Mateos Raises River

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Adrian Mateos defended his big blind against a small blind open to 3,600.

The flop came down {a-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, the small blind bet 3,700 and Mateos called.

The turn of {6-Spades} checked through and on the river of {9-Clubs} the small blind led out 7,700 which after some thought, Mateos raised to 15,400. The small blind went into the tank for 30-seconds and he folded, giving Mateos the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
67,000
49,500
49,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Adrian Mateos

Assorted Chip Counts Before Break

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
340,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
250,000
250,000
250,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan Sepiol us
Dan Sepiol
214,000
44,000
44,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
210,000
-45,000
-45,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
190,000
190,000
190,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
190,000
135,000
135,000
Mark Seif us
Mark Seif
135,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Frank Funaro us
Frank Funaro
134,000
86,000
86,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
130,000
88,000
88,000
Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
130,000
130,000
130,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Platt us
Jeff Platt
113,000
-20,000
-20,000
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
110,000
68,000
68,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
86,000
86,000
86,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
83,000
83,000
83,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
82,000
23,000
23,000
Chris hunichen us
Chris hunichen
77,000
52,000
52,000
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
72,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
72,000
-2,000
-2,000
Jaka Coaching
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
70,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner
StakeKings
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
65,000
65,000
65,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
63,000
41,700
41,700
$25K Fantasy
Brock Wilson us
Brock Wilson
56,000
38,000
38,000
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
56,000
-11,000
-11,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Winamax
Kenneth Cleeton us
Kenneth Cleeton
53,000
19,000
19,000
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
49,000
-18,000
-18,000

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Last Break of the Night

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The remaining players are heading on their last 20 minute break of the night. When they return, there will be one more level before they bag and tag.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

PokerNews Podcast: Koon Gets WSOP Monkey Off His Back, Engel & Bronshtein Win Big

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
PokerNews Podcast
PokerNews Podcast

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Chad Holloway come to you from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

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They also chat about early champs bolstered by behind-the-scenes interviews with winners including Koon, Ari Engel, and Yuval Bronshtein. Plus, they chat with online crusher Henri 'buttonclickr' Puustinen, who is considered one of the best heads-up players in the world.

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Park's Kicker Good

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sejin Park had flatted an under the gun to 6,000 open from early position and two more players flatted behind.

The flop came down {j-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{5-Spades} and Park called a bet of 12,000 from the under the gun player while the other two players folded.

The turn of {j-Spades} was checked through, and the river came a {7-Clubs} and the under the gun player checked. Park bet 9,000, and the opponent called. Park turned over {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}, and the under-the-gun player said "kicker good" before tossing his hands into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Sejin Park kr
Sejin Park
135,000
135,000
135,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Sejin Park