2021 World Series of Poker

Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$513,604
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$5,449,500
Entries
12,973
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
5,871
Players Left
286

Welcome to Day 1c of Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em

Cards and Chips
Cards and Chips

The 2021 World Series of Poker is looking forward to a packed day at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino as the third and final starting day of Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em is scheduled to kick off at 10 a.m. local time. As one of the highlight tournaments of the festival, it carries a $5 million guarantee and certainly attracts thousands of poker enthusiasts from all over the world.

Throughout the first two starting days, the low-stakes competition has already attracted 7,104 total entries and is getting ready for another strong turnout with three rooms in play: Brasilia, Pavilion and Amazon. So far, 333 players have bagged and tagged chips for Day 2 on Monday, October 4, 2021, and they will be joined by the Day 1c survivors.

As has been the case for the first two flights as well, all players start with 50,000 in chips and all levels today will last 30 minutes each. The late registration period is open for the first ten levels and the following break until approximately 4 p.m. local time. Every four levels there will be a 20-minute break and a 90-minute dinner break is scheduled after the conclusion of level 14 at approximately 6 p.m. local time.

Day 1c will play a total of 22 levels or down to the final 15% of the field, whichever of the two comes latest. Players who have previously cashed in one of the first two starting days can take another shot at running up a stack for Day 2 and another WSOP cash.

The chip leader so far is Robert Brobyn with a massive stack of 5,015,000, followed by Jon Lindquist (3,625,000), and Day 1a crusher Dave Alfa (3,070,000). Whether or not anyone will be able to surpass the trio atop the leaderboard remains to be seen.

Stay tuned for all the action from the latest WSOP gold bracelet event right here on PokerNews as the live reporting team will roam the tournament area to try and catch as many exciting hands as possible. Poker players can also use the MyStack application to update their chip count throughout the day as well.

Tags: Dave AlfaJon LindquistRobert Brobyn

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Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
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Mahfooth Triples Up in Setup Hand

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante
2021 World Series of Poker
2021 World Series of Poker

With the turn showing {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, a three-way all-in emerged with Wasim Mahfooth as the player at risk for 39,800. John Nguyen had that barely covered and piled his chips in while Peter Bonck as the biggest stack made the call to look up both opponents.

Wasim Mahfooth: {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
John Nguyen: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Peter Bonck: {j-Spades}{7-Spades}

While the main and side pot were sorted out, Mahfooth was asking for the deuce of diamonds. He didn't mind the {k-Clubs} river either as he tripled up. Nguyen lost the side pot and hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Wasim Mahfooth us
Wasim Mahfooth
155,000
155,000
155,000
Peter Bonck
Peter Bonck
55,000
55,000
55,000
John Nguyen us
John Nguyen
Busted

Tags: John NguyenPeter BonckWasim Mahfooth

Moses Gets Lucky On The River To Get A Full Double

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante
David Moses
David Moses

The player under the gun open limped. The action folded to the player on the button who tossed in calling chips. Both blinds came along to the flop which read {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}.

David Moses from the small blind led with a bet of 1,000. The button was the only player to make the call.

The turn was the {9-Clubs}. Moses led again with a bet of 4,000. The button quickly called.

The river brought a {7-Diamonds}. Moses led for a third time with a down bet of 1,600. The player on the button then raised to 4,600.

Moses raised all-in for 36,000 and his opponent snap-called. Moses tabled {a-Spades}{7-Clubs} and the button showed {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}. Both players rivered a full house.

Player Chips Progress
David Moses us
David Moses
85,200
35,200
35,200
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: David Moses

The $5 Million Guarantee Has Been Surpassed

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The field size for Day 1c keeps on growing and has now reached 5,040 entries with the tendency going up further. There are still waiting lines on all late registration tables in each of the three rooms and with more than 12,000 entries in total, Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em has now also surpassed the $5 million guarantee as well.

Heimiller Doubles With a Big Blind Special

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Dan Heimiller
Dan Heimiller

Dan Heimiller defended the big blind and check-raised the {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop from 8,000 to 16,000. He was then jammed upon and called all-in for 31,500. Heimiller tabled the {6-Spades}{5-Hearts} and faced the {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} of his opponent for a big draw. Nothing changed on the {k-Hearts} turn and the {8-Hearts} river kept Heimiller in contention.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
75,000
75,000
75,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Dan Heimiller

Baldwin Doubles Through Vaitiekunas

Level 11 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Eric Baldwin
Eric Baldwin

Following a limp, Paulius Vaitiekunas raised to 8,000 and Eric Baldwin three-bet to 21,000 from one seat over. The limper folded and Vaitiekunas checked the {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} flop. Baldwin bet 16,000 and then called all-in when he was jammed upon.

Eric Baldwin: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Paulius Vaitiekunas: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The {2-Clubs} turn and {2-Diamonds} river changed nothing whatsoever and Baldwin doubled for 83,000.

Player Chips Progress
Paulius Vaitiekunas lt
Paulius Vaitiekunas
375,000
105,000
105,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
210,000
210,000
210,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Eric BaldwinPaulius Vaitiekunas

Big Double for Shulman

Level 14 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Barry Shulman
Barry Shulman

With plenty of chips already in the middle and the turn showing {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, Barry Shulman faced a bet worth 50,000 and moved all-in. Without even asking for a count, his opponent called and the cards were turned over.

Barry Shulman: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Opponent: {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

The {5-Clubs} on the river brought no straight and Shulman doubled for 175,000. "Oh wow, I didn't know he had that much," his opponent said after paying it off.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
425,000
330,000
330,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Franklin Rivers the Nuts

Level 14 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ryan Franklin
Ryan Franklin

Picking up the action with two players all-in, one being Ryan Franklin, the original raiser was left to act. She called covering both players putting their tournament lives at risk.

Original Raiser: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Second Player: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Ryan Franklin: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The flop came {4-Spades}{k-Clubs}{k-Spades}. The turn card was the {7-Spades} and the river was the {j-Diamonds} giving Franklin a full house to triple his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Franklin us
Ryan Franklin
346,000
346,000
346,000

Tags: Ryan Franklin

Koenemann Crushes

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Ron Koenemann
Ron Koenemann

A player in middle position raised to 19,000. The action folded around to Ron Koenemann in the small blind who raised to 65,000. The original raiser snap-called the three-bet and they went heads-up to the flop.

{5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} fell on the flop. Koenemann checked and the original raiser bet 75,000. Koenemann moved all-in for 203,000 and was called.

Original Raiser: {k-Spades}{10-Spades}
Ron Koenemann: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Koenemann had his opponent drawing dead on the flop with his quad eights. The turn card was {k-Clubs} and the river was the {j-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Ron Koenemann
Ron Koenemann
636,000
344,000
344,000

Tags: Ron Koenemann