Event #48: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-25-2021 19:31 UTC-7

Some Day 1 Champions

tucsonmonster

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Trivett	249,000
Jeremy Menard	248,000	248,000
Johan Schumacher	248,000	93,000
Brandon Caputo	247,000	177,000
Pedro Madeira	247,000	167,000
Valentyn Shabelnyk	247,000	247,000
Craig Welko	247,000	122,000
Lewis Murray	246,000
Selahaddin Bedir	246,000
Roman Hrabec	246,000	246,000
Reiji Kono	246,000	246,000
Ari Engel	246,000	246,000
Sean Yu	245,000	245,000
Juan Pardo Dominguez	244,000	244,000
Taylor Paur	244,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

10-25-2021 19:15 UTC-7

Cheong Versus Gruneberg

Brandon Bloom

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Joseph Cheong and Zachary Gruneberg are heads up and only one will advance.

Cheong mentioned Gruneberg was "down to 15k at one point and got f______ lucky", which Gruneberg had to agree with. Gruneberg had been drawing dead and went runner-runner to chop with a flush on board. Cheong predicted Gruneberg would make a comeback and win the table after getting that fortunate runout to stay alive.

In a later hand, Cheong jammed preflop and Gruneberg flipped over one card at a time to sweat the reveal with Cheong and called for his remaining 31,000 chips when he saw the hand.

Zachary Gruneberg:
Joseph Cheong:

The board ran out to secure the double for Gruneberg, however, Cheong still leads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	190,000	165,000
Zachary Gruneberg	60,000	5,000

10-25-2021 19:07 UTC-7

Notable Players Still Battling

tucsonmonster

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Conrad	190,000
Johan Schumacher	155,000	130,000
Jeff Gross	110,000	30,000
Ali Imsirovic	68,000	43,000
Jesse Sylvia	45,000	5,000

10-25-2021 18:59 UTC-7

A Couple Heads-Up Battles

Brandon Bloom

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Over on table #69, Danny Dagostino is one-on-one with Brandon Caputo.

On table #46, Tony Dunst recently doubled to narrow the gap between him and Mitchell Collins.

On table #11, Kory Mathewson has been eliminated and Sam Grafton is now playing heads-up against Robbi Lew.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Dagostino	180,000
Mitchell Collins	160,000
Tony Dunst	140,000	98,000
Sam Grafton	135,000	15,000
Robbi Lew	115,000	20,000
Brandon Caputo	70,000
Kory Mathewson	Busted

10-25-2021 18:52 UTC-7

Play Resumed

Brandon Bloom

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Players are back from dinner break and play has now resumed.

10-25-2021 17:48 UTC-7

Dinner Break

tucsonmonster

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The remaining players are now on a 60-minute break with the option to play through.

10-25-2021 17:45 UTC-7

Grafton Looking For Comeback After Aces Beat

Brandon Bloom

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Not too long ago on a board of , Kory Mathewson was seen acquiring chips from Sam Grafton.

Mathewson held and Grafton held . The hand left Grafton with under 10,000 chips but he has since gained back a lot of chips as he attempts to rise from the ashes on table #11, and now appears to be the chip leader of the table as the players go on dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	120,000	50,000
Robbi Lew	95,000	-15,000
Kory Mathewson	35,000	-20,000

10-25-2021 17:45 UTC-7

Some Previous Busts

Brandon Bloom

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Woods	Busted
Maria Ho	Busted
Adam Lamers	Busted
$Gal Yifrach$ Gal Yifrach	Busted
Mustapha Kanit	Busted
Dan Shak	Busted
Joao Vieira	Busted
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	Busted

10-25-2021 17:43 UTC-7

33 Tables Are Currently In Heads-Up Play

tucsonmonster

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

All players have the option to play through the dinner break if everyone at the table agrees