Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

Oct 18, 2021

Burgess' Fold Goes from Good to Bad as Beckman Doubles

David Salituro

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Corey Burgess raised pre-flop before Greg Beckman moved all in for about 20,000 and the player to Beckman's right re-shoved. Burgess gave it some thought but decided to fold, saying he had .

Beckman showed and was up against . The flop gave Beckman's opponent top set. "Good fold," a tablemate said to Burgess.

But the turn and river ran out , which would have given Burgess the straight and knocked out both opponents. "Bad fold. From good fold to bad fold," the tablemate said.

Beckman had the lower end of the straight to crack his opponent's set and double up.

Tags: Corey Burgess Greg Beckman

Oct 18, 2021

Updated Chip Counts From Brasilia

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David Salituro

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Oct 18, 2021

20-Minute Break

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break and ceremony celebration for Phil Hellmuth's 16th bracelet in the Brasilia room.

Oct 18, 2021

Wong Rivers A Set

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Benjamin Lysne

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Chon Wong shoved all-in from the high jack over a middle position open, then the button re-shoved over the top, and the middle position player called with very little behind.

Chon Wong:
Button:
Middle Postion:

The board ran out and Wong won with a set of deuces.

Oct 18, 2021

Poker Hall of Famer in the Field

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David Salituro

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

"We have a Poker Hall of Famer here. He's the GOAT," a tablemate said, pointing to Jack McClelland sitting to his right.

McClelland, with 27 WSOP cashes dating back to the 1980s, made the final table of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship earlier in this series.

Tags: Jack McClelland

Oct 18, 2021

Kade Chopped Down by Straight

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David Salituro

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Vanessa Kade was heads-up on the turn with the board showing . Her opponent in the blinds bet out 3,000, and Kade called.

Kade was then faced with a bet of 8,000 on the river and she called. Her opponent turned over for a straight, and Kade fell below 10 big blinds.

Kade was eliminated shortly afterward.

Tags: Vanessa Kade

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Oct 18, 2021

Kessler Double Starting Stack

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

The hand was picked up on the flop of and the pot of 4,000.

Allen Kessler bet 2,600 and the only other player in the pot mucked.

More importantly for Kessler he's now doubled his original starting stack.

Oct 18, 2021

Deeb Lets One Go

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David Salituro

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Shaun Deeb raised from the hijack and the big blind defended. Deeb continued for 1,000 on a flop of and the big blind called.

On the turn, Deeb's opponent led out for 3,500 and Deeb quickly let his hand go. A late addition to the field, the four-time bracelet winner has already lost more than half his starting stack.

Tony Miles at the same table is up to 55,000.

Tags: Tony Miles Shaun Deeb