The remaining players are now on a 20-minute break.
2021 World Series of Poker
Lou Garza opened to 1,800 from the cutoff and action folded to Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler who put in the rest of his 7,800 chips. Garza called and hands were revealed.
Allen Kessler: ![]()
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Lou Garza: ![]()
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Kessler was ahead yet still cautious and said, "Another seventy-percenter."
The flop came ![]()
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, and the
turn put him behind before the
river sent him to the rail. Kessler said he had lost three hands in the tournament where he was roughly a 70% favorite, including ace-king versus ace-ten, and as a result, he will not be moving on to the next round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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37,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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Busted | |
At table #79 Daniel Palau and Craig Trost are heads-up both looking to advance to round 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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40,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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38,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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37,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Table #31 is the first table of the day to reach heads-up play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000 | |
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90,000 | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Table #27 is one of the closest to a winner, with only three players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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30,000 |
Michael Mizrachi got his remaining 10,000 or so chips all in from middle position and Robert Borick called in the hijack.
Robert Borick: ![]()
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Michael Mizrachi: ![]()
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The two were flipping and Mizrachi stayed ahead on the ![]()
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flop. The
spiked the turn however, and Mizrachi started to get up from his seat and left the area as the
confirmed his demise.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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Busted | |
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At table #10 Osman Ihlamur raised to 1,300 from under the gun but when it got to Michael Mizrachi on the button he three-bet to 3,600. Robert Borick called from the small blind and Ihlamur completed with a call.
The flop came ![]()
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. The action checked to Mizrachi, he threw out a bet of 4,400. Borick folded but Ihlamur three-bet to 11,400. Mizrachi quickly called.
The turn card was the
. Ihlamur checked and Mizrachi sized down with a bet of 3,300 to which he made the call.
The river was the
. Ihlamur moved all-in for 10,600. Mizrachi didn't have much more in his stack and he went into the tank. He eventually let his cards go and said, "I am folding quads."
In fact, Ihlamur told PokerNews that he had pocket eights for quads and that Mizrachi let pocket kings go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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12,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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