2021 World Series of Poker
A massive pot was being played on table 528.
Jamie Sequeira held ![]()
and eliminated his opponent holding ![]()
. The board had been washed, but nearly a million chips were headed in the direction of Sequeira.
Sequeira appears to be the chip leader as Day 1 winds down.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
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board was already dealt with a pot containing more than 70,000 when Joao Simao checked and faced a bet worth 35,000 from his opponent. After some thinking, Simao made the call.
The river was the
and both players checked. Simao mucked his cards when his opponent revealed ![]()
for a pair of kings.
Ryan Leng was put to the test of the river ![]()
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. There was about 100,000 already in the pot and his opponent put in a bet of 150,000, more than enough to cover Leng.
Leng thought it over, counting the 45,000 he still had behind. Eventually, he opted to call. His opponent showed ![]()
for a pair of tens, and that was good against the ![]()
of Leng.
Picking up the action on a flop of ![]()
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in a three-way pot, Daniel Negreanu led out with a bet of 16,000 and the player in the middle folded while Scott Seiver called.
Negreanu fired a bet of 30,000 on the
turn and Seiver folded.
"Queens no good, I guess," Seiver said.
"Nope," Negreanu responded.
Joao Vieira open-shoved a stack of 59,000 in middle position and the player in the small blind called.
Joao Vieira: ![]()
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Vieira was dominated but that changed when the flop came out a miracle ![]()
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to give Vieira a Broadway straight. Neither the
turn nor the
river changed a thing and Vieira doubled up to stay alive.
Arthur Conan opened to 10,000 and it was called by the players in the blinds. The flop came ![]()
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and it was checked to Conan who bet 16,000. It was enough to grab the pot without more resistance.
Arthur Conan, who recently finished in fifth place in Event #41: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em, has now a start above 100,000 not long having registered in the event.