2021 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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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
Total 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
Players Left 1 / 3,520
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Break Time

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

The tournament is now on a 20-minute break and the 100 chips will be colored up. There are about 2,243 entrants.

Hawkins Doubles; Miles Out

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

A player raised under the gun to 5,000 and Maurice Hawkins defended his big blind, leaving himself less than 10,000 behind.

The flop came out {3-Spades}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Hawkins went all-in immediately. The under the-gun player called and the cards were tabled.

Maurice Hawkins: {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The turn and river came out {q-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and Hawkins got the double. "I'm not the guy you double for no reason," Hawkins said after the hand.

At a table nearby Tony Miles seat was vacant after he busted.

Arnwine Scoops the Pot

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

The action was picked up with a pot already over 28,000, on the board showing {7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

A player in early position bets 12,000 and Justin Arnwine makes the call.

The river was the {8-Spades}, the early position player checked, Arnwine bet 25,000 and his opponent made the call.

Arnwine showed {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for the two pair and scooped the pot as his opponent mucked the hand.

Tags: Justin Arnwine

Buzzer Beater Entrants

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

With registration closing in ten minutes, only a few moments are left for players to enter the tournament. Dan Sepiol and Bertrand Grospellier are a few of the players that have bought in during the final moments of the day.

Hegedus Wins the Pot

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

The action was picked up with the board showing {8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Hearts} and the pot already over 40,000.

The river {q-Clubs} was checked around to go to showdown, Juliet Hegedus showed {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and the {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} of her opponent were no good.

Tags: Juliet Hegedus

Decastro Soars

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

An under the gun player raises to 4,000 and Jared Decastro in the big blind re-raised to 12,000. The under the gun player went all in for 150,000 and Decastro snap-called.

Opponent: {a-}{8-}
Jared Decastro: {a-}{a-}

The board ran out as no help for the ace-eight as the player busted and Decastro's stack nearly doubled.

Assorted Chip Stacks

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

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.

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.

Tags: Jeff PlattQui Nguyen

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.