Event #49: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-25-2021 21:44 UTC-8

Negreanu Chipping Up

Matt Hansen

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,800 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised to 2,400 from the small blind and Mike Wattel called from the big blind.

Both players drew one.

Negreanu fired 7,500 after the draw and Wattel threw his hand in the muck. Negreanu has crossed the 100K mark late in Day 1 action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	113,800 71,900	71,900

Mike Wattel	50,200 44,800	44,800

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10-25-2021 21:49 UTC-8

Gorodinsky Gets Paid

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,800 ante

Mike Gorodinsky opened to 3,000 and was called by Cary Katz in the small blind.

Both players drew one and Katz announced he checked blind.

Gorodinsky bet 6,000 and Katz checked his holding before calling.

Gorodinsky tabled and Katz mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Gorodinsky	72,000 72,000	72,000

Cary Katz	52,000 52,000	52,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 2,400

10-25-2021 22:03 UTC-8

Seidel Returns and Chips Up

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Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Erik Seidel raised to 13,000 from middle position and John Monnette was the lone caller.

Seidel stood pat and Monnette drew one card.

Both players checked after the draw and Seidel turned over . Monnette showed the losing and tossed it in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	98,400 98,400	98,400

John Monnette	43,000 16,000	16,000

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10-25-2021 22:05 UTC-8

Riess Getting Short

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Ryan Riess opened to 4,000 from the lojack and was three-bet by Yuri Dzivielevski in the cutoff. Action folded back around to Riess, who called.

Riess drew one and Dzivielevski stood pat.

Riess checked and Dzivielevski bet enough to put Riess all in for his last 18,000. Riess folded and Dzivielevski scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	190,000

Ryan Riess	18,000 44,800	44,800

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10-25-2021 22:16 UTC-8

Shak Folds His Pair

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Dan Shak raised to 6,000 from the hijack and was called by Paul Volpe in the big blind.

Both players drew one and Volpe led out for 11,000.

"I've gotta look," said Shak. "Pair."

Shak then revealed a hand containing a pair of fours and mucked — conceding the pot to Volpe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	185,000 155,000	155,000
Paul Volpe	105,000 105,000	105,000

10-25-2021 22:25 UTC-8

Schwecht Doubles Through Vieira

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Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Tobias Schwecht got it all in for around 35,000 and Joao Vieira was the lone caller.

Tobias Schwecht:
Joao Vieira:

Both players stood pat and Schwecht turned over the nine-seven to beat Vieira's ten-eight for the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	213,000 40,000	40,000

Tobias Schwecht	86,600 31,600	31,600

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10-25-2021 22:31 UTC-8

Katz Finds a Double

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Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Mike Wattel raised to 4,000 from middle position and Cary Katz shoved for 38,500 from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and Wattel called.

Cary Katz:
Mike Wattel:

Both players stood pat and Katz turned over the nine-seven to double through Wattel's ten-seven.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	82,500 30,500	30,500

Mike Wattel	8,500 41,700	41,700

Tags: Cary Katz Mike Wattel

10-25-2021 22:38 UTC-8

Glaser Gets Some Chips

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Benny Glaser opened to 4,500 on the button and was called by Dustin Dirksen in the small blind.

"This is how you win tournaments," Dirksen said to Glaser. "You steal all the blinds."

Dirksen drew two and Glaser stood pat.

"Uh oh," Dirksen remarked.

Both players checked and Dirksen showed he held a pair of queens. Glaser showed down and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Dirksen	168,000 2,000	2,000
Benny Glaser	51,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Dustin Dirksen

10-25-2021 22:45 UTC-8

Break Time

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Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Players are now on the final 15-minute break of the evening. Two levels remain until the end of Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	220,000 148,000	148,000

AJ Kelsall	179,000 179,000	179,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	176,500 13,500	13,500

Shaun Deeb	170,000 43,000	43,000

Dan Shak	155,000 30,000	30,000
Johnny Chan	149,500 64,100	64,100

Ryan Leng	148,500 83,000	83,000

Frank Kassela	146,500 61,500	61,500

Randy Ohel	143,000 27,000	27,000

Darren Elias	135,000 5,500	5,500

Joshua Faris	125,000 56,600	56,600
George Wolff	112,000 16,000	16,000

Nick Schulman	107,500 53,500	53,500

Yuval Bronshtein	96,500 4,100	4,100

Chris Vitch	93,000 35,000	35,000
James Chen	92,000 28,000	28,000

Tobias Schwecht	85,000 1,600	1,600
Jason Papastavrou	81,000 7,000	7,000
John Monnette	60,000 17,000	17,000

Erik Seidel	58,000 40,400	40,400

Mike Matusow	56,100 20,900	20,900

Daniel Negreanu	56,000 57,800	57,800

Shawn Sheikhan	51,900 9,900	9,900
Phil Hellmuth	49,000 11,000	11,000

Scott Seiver	45,200 2,800	2,800

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