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

Natale Flops a Set to Stay Alive

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

The player under the gun raised to 30,000. The action folded to the small blind who moved all-in for 108,000. Nino Natale, the player in the big blind also moved all-in for 62,000. The original raiser called and had both all-in players covered.

Nino Natale: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Small Blind: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Original Raiser: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Natale hit a set to triple his stack, and the original raiser turned a pair of queens to scoop the side pot knocking out the player in the small blind.

Player Chips Progress
Nino Natale us
Nino Natale
211,000 211,000

Patel Among the Bigger Stacks

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

In a big pot prior to the scheduled break, Ketan Patel jammed the river of a {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} board for 103,000. He was called by an even bigger stack at the table and Patel rolled over the {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} for a set of treys, which scored a big double through {a-}{j-} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Ketan Patel gb
Ketan Patel
540,000

Tags: Ketan Patel

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

Tags: Ron Koenemann

Level: 15

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

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

Tags: Ryan Franklin

Reskallah Vanishes Against Adler

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

The previously bigger stack of Aladin Reskallah had melted and he got it in with a short stack from the small blind. That was quickly called by the button raiser Adam Adler.

Aladin Reskallah: {4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Adam Adler: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{9-Spades}{j-Spades} and that spelled the end for the Frenchman.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Adler us
Adam Adler
180,000 180,000
Aladin Reskallah fr
Aladin Reskallah
Winamax
Busted

Tags: Adam AdlerAladin Reskallah