Event #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-14-2021 00:25 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Adam Lamers

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arie Kliper	1,500,000 1,082,500	1,082,500
Craig Mason	1,430,000 700,000	700,000
Ryan Laplante	1,280,000

John Racener	1,060,000 455,000	455,000

Raman Afanasenka	900,000 555,000	555,000
Diogo Veiga	870,000 561,000	561,000

Rogen Chhabra	692,000 -39,000	-39,000
Scott Ball	680,000 381,000	381,000

Xuan Liu	613,000 468,700	468,700
Vicent Bosca	610,000 371,000	371,000
George Wolff	505,000 227,000	227,000
Galen Hall	410,000 145,000	145,000

Chance Kornuth	360,000 -518,000	-518,000

Ben Heath	315,000 -15,000	-15,000

Markus Gonsalves	292,000 173,700	173,700

10-14-2021 00:31 UTC-7

Gonzalez Eliminates Yifrach and Garcia

Adam Lamers

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Justin Garcia shipped all in for his last 107,000 from late position and Gal Yifrach called in the cutoff. Andres Gonzalez was in the small blind and re-raised, which led to Yifrach calling off his stack of around 230,000.

Justin Garcia:
Gal Yifrach:
Andres Gonzalez:

The dealer spread the flop of and Yifrach maintained the lead with his pair of nines. The on the turn changed nothing but the on the river gave Gonzalez a pair of aces. Both Garcia and Yifrach were forced to head to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Gonzalez	1,095,000 665,000	665,000
$Gal Yifrach$ Gal Yifrach	Busted

Justin Garcia	Busted

Tags: Andres Gonzalez Gal Yifrach Justin Garcia

10-14-2021 00:32 UTC-7

Jaffe Busts Diebold

Matt Hansen

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Benjamin Diebold got it in for around 400,000 from early position and Jonathan Jaffe was the lone caller.

Benjamin Diebold:
Jonathan Jaffe:

The board ran out and the sixes held to knock Diebold out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Jaffe	955,000 579,000	579,000
Benjamin Diebold	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Jaffe Benjamin Diebold

10-14-2021 00:45 UTC-7

Assorted Chip Counts

benlysne

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arie Kliper	1,900,000 400,000	400,000
Daniel Negreanu	1,500,000 743,000	743,000

Vanessa Kade	1,200,000 -39,000	-39,000
Scott Drobes	900,000 200,000	200,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	832,000 -268,000	-268,000

Nick Petrangelo	800,000 -290,000	-290,000

Rogen Chhabra	760,000 -149,000	-149,000
Ben Yu	680,000 5,000	5,000

Benjamin Miner	670,000 670,000	670,000

10-14-2021 00:48 UTC-7

Hall Doubles Through Ting-Yi Tsai

Matt Hansen

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Galen Hall shoved for 272,000 from early position and Eric Ting-Yi Tsai was the only caller.

Galen Hall:
Eric Ting-Yi Tsai:

The board ran out and Hall made aces and threes to secure an important double late in Day 2 action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Ting-Yi Tsai	960,000 -40,000	-40,000
Galen Hall	556,000 146,000	146,000

Tags: Galen Hall Ting Yi Tsai

10-14-2021 00:49 UTC-7

Negreanu Storms Into the Lead

Adam Lamers

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action folded around to Arie Kliper in the small blind who raised it up to 40,000. Daniel Negreanu was in the big blind and re-raised to 120,000. Kliper called and the two big stacks went heads-up to a flop of .

Kliper checked to Negreanu who continued for 65,000 and Kliper quickly called. The turn was the and Kliper checked again. Negreanu threw in a bet of 225,000 and Kliper snap-called again.

The landed on the river and Kliper checked for the third time. Negreanu put together a bet of 675,000 and Kliper had to think about it this time. A minute passed and Kliper slid his cards to the muck, allowing Negreanu to drag in a huge pot and move atop the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	2,240,000 740,000	740,000

Arie Kliper	1,330,000 -570,000	-570,000

Tags: Arie Kliper Daniel Negreanu

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

10-14-2021 01:15 UTC-7

Dzivielevski Takes from Laplante

Matt Hansen

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

With more than 300,000 in the pot and on the board, Ryan Laplante bet 170,000 from the big blind. Yuri Dzivielevski called from the cutoff.

The river was and Laplante bet 125,000. Dzivielevski called quickly and turned over for a pair of aces. Laplante showed and also had a pair of aces, but Dzivielevski's jack-kicker was good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	1,130,000 298,000	298,000

Ryan Laplante	870,000 -410,000	-410,000

Tags: Ryan Laplante Yuri Dzivielevski

10-14-2021 01:22 UTC-7

Scarborough Doubles Up In Back To Back Hands

benlysne

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Mike Scarborough shoved all-in for 137,000 with and his opponent called with .

The board ran out and Scarborough doubled up to 275,000 with two pair, jacks and sixes.

The very next hand, Scarborough shoved all-in for 275,000 with , and his opponent called with .

The board ran out and Scarborough doubled up to 550,000 with a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Scarborough	550,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Mike Scarborough

10-14-2021 01:23 UTC-7

Liu Wins a Flip to Double

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

There was a raise to 32,000 from under the gun and a three-bet to 108,000 in the cutoff. Xuan Liu was in the big blind and four-bet jammed for 483,000. The initial raiser folded but her other opponent called.

Xuan Liu:
Opponent:

Liu was flipping for her tournament life but was still in the lead after the flop. The on the turn and the on the river was also safe for Liu, who scored a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Liu	1,020,000 407,000	407,000

Tags: Xuan Liu