Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-14-2021 22:56 UTC-7

Eberle Cracks Aces

Tyler Foran

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
Benedikt Eberle	118,000
Corey Hochman	75,000	-9,000

Tags: Benedikt Eberle Corey Hochman

10-14-2021 22:54 UTC-7

Eyster Takes Out Hallaert

Jeff McMillan

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
Kevin Eyster	455,000	455,000
Kenny Hallaert	Busted

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Kevin Eyster

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

10-14-2021 22:39 UTC-7

Sotiropoulos Eliminates Negreanu in Double Elimination

Tyler Foran

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The action folded around to the button who raised to 14,000, Daniel Negreanu was in the small blind and called off his last 10,000 in chips and Georgios Sotiropoulos reraised enough to get all of the buttons chips in the middle from the big blind. The button called and all three hands were tabled.

Daniel Negreanu:
Button:
Georgios Sotiropoulos:

Sotiropoulos was ahead with his pair of aces and the board ran out for the aces to hold. Both the button and Negreanu were eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	340,000
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Georgios Sotiropoulos Daniel Negreanu

10-14-2021 22:37 UTC-7

Richardson Hits River Boat

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn was the board read . Perry Richardson was facing an all in bet from his opponent. Richardson tanked for a while before calling.

Perry Richardson:
Opponent:

Richardson was behind the flush of his opponent but the river did just what he needed as the binked off to give him the full boat and send his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Perry Richardson	195,000	195,000

10-14-2021 22:22 UTC-7

Bubble Has Burst

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The money bubble has burst without even having to go to hand for hand play and every remaining player is now in the money.

10-14-2021 22:21 UTC-7

Therme Puts the Pressure on Nearing Bubble

Tyler Foran

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 14,000 and Jonathan Therme called in middle position before the action folded around.

On the flop of both players checked to see the . Once Therme's opponent checked he put in a bet of 14,000 and his opponent called.

The river was the and Therme's opponent checked once again and he fired out five red chips for a total of 125,000, putting the pressure on his opponent as he only had about 50,000 left. After a long pause he threw his hand into the muck and the chips went to Therme.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Therme	490,000	314,000

Tags: Jonathan Therme

10-14-2021 22:05 UTC-7

Smith Wins a Small One

Tyler Foran

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A player in early position raised to 10,000 and the action folded around to Jerod Smith who defended the big blind.

Before the flop came out Smith announced he checked in the dark and it came . His opponent checked behind. The turn was the and both players checked to see the on the river and they both checked for the third time. The early position announced ace-king, and Smith tabled for queens and tens to scoop the pot.