2021 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$167,272
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Entries
2,930
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
2,930
Players Left
132

Denys Chufarin Bags the Chip Lead at the End of Day 1 in Event #35: $500 NLHE

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Denys Shafikov
Denys Shafikov

Day 1 of Event #35 $500 No-Limit Hold’em drew a field of 2,930 of which 440 made the money and only 132 of them survived returning for the second and final day on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 12:00 p.m. local time.

Denys Chufarin bagged the top stack of 1,500,000 chips other notable stacks include Patrick Chong (1,355,000), Blair Morscheck (1,300,000), Nipun Java (1,295,000), Cody Wells (1,275,000), Justin Turner (1,020,000), Jacob Rich (915,000), Charbel Kanterjian (970,000), and Sundiata DeVore (905,000).

Event #35 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1Denys ChufarinUkraine1,500,00050
2Patrick ChongUnited States1,335,00045
3Blair MorscheckUnited States1,300,00043
4Nipun JavaUnited States1,295,00043
5Cody WellsUnited States1,250,00042
6Dongsheng ZhangUnited States1,199,00040
7John ClancyUnited States1,155,00039
8Bong YangUnited States1,100,00037
9David LarsonUnited States1,060,00035
10Philip NewellUnited States1,020,00034

A selection of the other notable players heading into Day 2 includes 4-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb, Mike Takayama with over $1.4 million in live earnings which is second all-time in the Philippines, and Aaron Massey with over $4,500,000 million in live earnings.

Some of the players who fell short of bagging a stack include Barry Greenstein, Bertrand Grospellier, Alexandru Masek, Kelly Minkin, and Kathy Liebert.

Stay tuned for more coverage of this event and the entire 2021 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews Live Reporting Team.

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