Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
2021 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$951,410
Entries
1,069
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
1,069
Players Left
59
Players Left 1 / 1,069
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Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kenny Hallaert, who had a healthy stack not long ago, was spotted getting up from his chair and heading to payouts.
Kevin Eyster was the one collecting the rest of his chips as the board showed 
.
Eyster's winning hand of 
was showing and Hallaert's was discarded as his tournament was over. Meanwhile, Eyster moves into the top tier of chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000
455,000
|
455,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Benedikt Eberle raised in early position to 12,000 and Corey Hochman three-bet the button to 44,000. The blinds folded quickly and Eberle made the call.
On the 
flop Eberle checked and Hochman put in enough chips to cover Eberle's 15,000 that he had left, which he called.
Benedikt Eberle: 
Corey Hochman: 
Hochman was still ahead with his pair of aces and the 
on the turn gave Eberle more outs to go with his flush draw. The river was the 
, bringing in the flush and Eberle cracked Hochman's aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000 | |
|
75,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
663,000
663,000
|
663,000 |
|
550,000
277,000
|
277,000 |
|
525,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
455,000
455,000
|
455,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
440,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
387,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
|
340,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
303,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
280,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
275,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
187,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
135,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
80,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
70,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river as the board read 
. Jerod Smith was facing an all in shove from his opponent into a pot of about 100,000.
Smith thought for a while and eventually called and tabled the 
which was the winner as his opponent's bluff was turned over by the dealer and Smith took in the big pot as his table complimented him on the call.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
On a board of 
, there were roughly 60,000 chips in the middle and Joseph Cheong check-called a bet of 24,000.
The river was the 
and Cheong ripped the rest of his stack in the middle for 28,000 and his opponent called. Cheong tabled 
for the nut flush and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
164,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The remaining 101 players are on their final 20-minute break of the night.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
All the chips got in the middle before the flop and Nohad Teliani had her opponent at risk for roughly 20,000 in chips.
Opponent: 
Nohad Teliani: 
Teliani was a favorite with her aces and the flop came 
, giving her top set and having her opponent nearly drawing dead. The board completed with the 
on the turn and the on the river. Teliani's set of aces were good and the opponent was sent to payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 |
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Alex Yen was spotted with a huge stack a level ago and has since added even more to his haul as he was taking the chips of yet another fallen opponent.
The cards were swept away but Yen stacked his new winnings up as he remains as one of the top stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
940,000
277,000
|
277,000 |
