2021 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$610,347
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,699,200
Entries
3,520
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
1,548
Players Left
518

Kiletto with the Pot

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Lily Kiletto
Lily Kiletto

Lily Kiletto raised from the cutoff to 4,000 and both blinds made the call.

The flop {a-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts}, both blinds checked to Kiletto who made 9,000 to go and both blinds folded.

Kiletto scooped the pot but more importantly, she's is now sitting with a stack of 163,000.

Player Chips Progress
Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
163,000
77,000
77,000

Tags: Lily Kiletto

Kessler Doubles, Mateos Gone

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Allen Kessler
Allen Kessler

An early position player raised to 3,200 and a late position player raised to 9,000. Allen Kessler went all in from the small blind for 16,000 folding out all of the action back to the three-bettor who called.

Allen Kessler: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{8-Hearts} securing Kessler the double.

At a different table, Adrian Mateos' seat was empty as he had busted from the tourney.

Player Chips Progress
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
37,000
17,000
17,000
$25K Fantasy
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Winamax

Shorr Doubles Up

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr

The action was picked up on the turn with the board reading {8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}.

Shannon Shorr shoved all-in for 60,000 and his opponent called with chips behind.

Opponent: {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Shorr: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}

The river was the {8-Hearts}, Shorr faded his opponent's combo draw and doubled up with two pair aces and eights.

Player Chips Progress
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
120,000
76,000
76,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Reskallah Wins the Pot

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Aladin Reskallah
Aladin Reskallah

The action picked up on the board reading {k-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs} and the pot was already over 50,000.

Aladin Reskallah makes a pot-size bet of 50,000 and the player behind went into the tank.

The player behind eventually folded and Reskallah scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Aladin Reskallah fr
Aladin Reskallah
90,000
-30,000
-30,000
Winamax

Tags: Aladin Reskallah

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Serock Versus Rich Again

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Joe Serock
Joe Serock

Joe Serock in the small blind completed the big blind amount and Angelina Rich in the big blind checked to see a flop.

The flop came {2-Spades}{10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}, and Serock bet 3,700. Rich once again made the call.

The turn was the {10-Clubs} and Serock bet 9,000, but Rich folded and watched Serock scoop the pot.

In unrelated news, Samantha Abernathy busted from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
275,000
-35,000
-35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Angelina Rich au
Angelina Rich
70,000
-25,000
-25,000
Samantha Abernathy us
Samantha Abernathy
Busted

Tags: Angelina RichJoe SerockSamantha Abernathy

Cooke Breaks 400k

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

James "Danny" Cooke is the current tournament chip leader at table 29 in the silver section. The only player in the room with over 400,000 in chips, he now leads the field which currently has 2,181 entrants. Registration closes at the end of this level and the players will play one more level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
James Cooke
James Cooke
436,000

Nguyen Eliminates a Player

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Qui Nguyen
Qui Nguyen

The action was picked up on the river with the board showing {5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and Qui Nguyen facing an all-in bet from his opponent of 13,200. Nguyen quickly made the call.

Qui Nguyen: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

Nguyen scooped the pot and eliminated another player from the field.

Also, in unrelated news Jeff Platt has been eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Qui Nguyen us
Qui Nguyen
145,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Platt us
Jeff Platt
Busted

Tags: Jeff PlattQui Nguyen

Four Way All In Goes To Haytko

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs in a four-way all in.

Shortest stack: {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Second-shortest stack: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
James Haytko: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Biggest stack: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and the shortest stack thought making his flush gave him the pot, but it was Haytko's full house that scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
James Haytko us
James Haytko
190,000