Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
Day 1a Completed
Live Highlights
Dave Alfa Bags Top Stack on Day 1A of The Reunion
Day 1A of Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em has come to an end. The first flight drew a field of 2,649 entries, for a Day 1A prize pool of $1,112,580 in this $5,000,000 guarantee tournament. The survivors of this flight will be returning for Day 2 on Monday, October 4th at 10 a.m. local time where they will mix with the surviving players of Day 1B and Day 1C.
Dave Alfa bagged the top stack of 3,070,000 chips and some of the other notable stacks heading into Day 2 include Konstantinos Gennaios (2,650,000), Ryan Leng (2,500,000), Ryan Laplante (2,100,000), and Cate Hall (1,770,000).
End of Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Alfa | United States | 3,070,000 |
| 2 | Danny Martinson | United States | 3,030,000 |
| 3 | Kostantinos Gennaios | United States | 2,650,000 |
| 4 | Ryan Leng | United States | 2,500,000 |
| 5 | Paul Herberger | United States | 2,380,000 |
| 6 | Joey Weissman | United States | 2,275,000 |
| 7 | Massimo Costantini | United States | 2,270,000 |
| 8 | Walter Atwood | United States | 2,205,000 |
| 9 | Alex Greenslatt | United States | 2,175,000 |
| 10 | Adrian Curry | United States | 2,070,000 |
Matt Affleck, James Romero, and Amir Lehavot are among the players who cashed but won’t be taking their stack with them to a second day.
Some of the players who finished outside of the money included Vanessa Kade, Qui Nguyen, Kathy Liebert, Adam Hendrix, and Jeremy Wien. However, they will have an opportunity to play in one of the other two starting flights if they choose to, with Day 1B on Saturday and Day 1C on Sunday.
Stay tuned for more coverage of this event and the entire 2021 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews Live Reporting Team.
Day 1A Chip Counts (full)
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3,070,000 | 3,070,000 | ||
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3,030,000 | 3,030,000 | ||
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2,650,000 | 2,650,000 | ||
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2,500,000 | 1,300,000 | ||
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2,380,000 | 2,380,000 | ||
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2,275,000 | 1,315,000 | ||
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2,270,000 | 2,270,000 | ||
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2,205,000 | 1,955,000 | ||
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2,175,000 | 2,175,000 | ||
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2,170,000 | 1,550,000 | ||
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2,160,000 | 2,160,000 | ||
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2,100,000 | -100,000 | ||
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1,940,000 | 1,940,000 | ||
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1,890,000 | 1,890,000 | ||
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1,815,000 | 1,815,000 | ||
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1,770,000 | 470,000 | ||
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1,765,000 | 1,765,000 | ||
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1,720,000 | 1,720,000 | ||
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1,665,000 | 1,665,000 | ||
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1,655,000 | 1,655,000 | ||
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1,535,000 | -365,000 | ||
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1,515,000 | 1,515,000 | ||
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1,510,000 | 509,940 | ||
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1,475,000 | 1,475,000 | ||
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1,405,000 | 1,405,000 |
Affleck Ousted In Three Way All In
Matt Affleck was seen leaving his seat, table 17 kindly recapped the hand for us.
The cutoff shoved for 500,000, and Matt Affleck went all-in over the top for 1 million in total. The big blind called with the covering stack, and all cards were turned onto their backs.
Cutoff: 
Matt Affleck: 
Big blind: 
The board came out all low and the pocket tens held to bust two players.
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Busted |
Mendoza Holds to Double
A player in early position jammed for 330,000 and Jonathan Mendoza called for a little bit less in the big blind.
Early Position: 
Jonathan Mendoza: 
Mendoza was ahead but needed to hold. He got further ahead on the 
flop but the 
turn gave a sweat. The board completed with the 
and Mendoza doubled.
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620,000 |
Kenna James Gets Shoved On
Kenna James three-bet from the button against an open from the early position to 105,000. The early position player called to see a flop.
The flop came 
and the early position player went all in for 305,000.
James thought about it for a bit and then said "I put you on ace-queen, so I can't call," and mucked 
face up. The early position took the pot, and later said he had a pocket pair.
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1,900,000 | -100,000 |
- Level:
- 22
- Blinds:
- 25,000/50,000
- Ante:
- 50,000
Laplante Scoops a Monster
Ryan Laplante defended his big blind versus an under the gun opening raise. On a flop of 
rainbow, Laplante checked, the under the gun player continuation bet to 110,000, which Laplante responded to with a check-raise to 300,000. The under the gun player shoved for 1 million, and Laplante called
Under the gun: 
Ryan Laplante:
The turn and river were no help to the all-in player, and Laplante soared to over 2 million chips.
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2,200,000 | 1,125,000 |
Olonoh Cracks Kings
A short-stacked player moved all-in and Adekunle Olonoh called with 
; his opponent flipped over 
.
The board ran out 
and Olonoh cracked kings after flopping a pair of aces and turning two pair.
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745,000 | 745,000 |
Leng Takes A Stack With Jacks
Ryan Leng raised the cutoff to 80,000, and the small blind shoved for 590,000. Leng made the call and the hands were turned over.
Small blind: 
Ryan Leng:
The board runout came 
and Leng nearly doubled up as he eliminated the small blind player from the tournament.
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1,200,000 | 200,000 |