Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-26-2021 19:26 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
John Leathart	238,000 163,000	163,000
[Removed:499]	186,000 11,000	11,000
Mike Lofgren	170,000 94,000	94,000
Craig Varnell	142,000 36,400	36,400

Lewis Murray	51,000 31,600	31,600
Upeshka De Silva	48,000 500	500

Michael Wang	43,000

Matt Berkey	42,000
Robert Tobin	28,000 22,900	22,900
Chris Moorman	27,000

Brinkenhoff Finishes McKeehen

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Tyler Foran

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

Joe McKeehen was down to less than 10,000 in chips and was all-in against Michael Brinkenhoff before the flop.

Joe McKeehen:
Michael Brinkenhoff:

McKeehen couldn't catch up against the pocket jacks as the board ran out and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Brinkenhoff	140,000 140,000	140,000

Joe McKeehen	Busted

Tags: Joe McKeehen Michael Brinkenhoff

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

10-26-2021 19:38 UTC-8

Strelitz Gets Kings Cracked

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a pot where an early position player opened and a late position player flat-called, Daniel Strelitz three-bet to 15,000 and only the player in early position called.

The player checked on the flop of and called when Strelitz bet 12,000. The player checked once more on the turn and snap-called when Strelitz moved all-in for around 30,000.

Daniel Strelitz:
Opponent:

Strelitz was in bad shape as his opponent had a set of jacks. The on the river didn't change the outcome of the hand and Strelitz was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Strelitz	Busted

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10-26-2021 19:38 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts From Around the Room

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Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	355,000 232,700	232,700

Uri Reichenstein	167,000 74,800	74,800
Andrew Heckman	145,000
Jared Jaffee	110,000 70,400	70,400

Darren Elias	105,000 76,300	76,300

Selahaddin Bedir	100,000 800	800
Taylor Howard	98,500 42,900	42,900
Robert Borick	98,000 13,200	13,200
Greg Baird	97,000 8,600	8,600
Matt Shepsky	96,000 43,700	43,700
Daniel Sepiol	92,500 21,300	21,300
Anthony Spinella	91,500 15,900	15,900

Brock Wilson	90,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	86,500

Vanessa Kade	84,000 44,000	44,000
Brian Altman	71,000 4,600	4,600
Matt Affleck	68,500 28,700	28,700
Seung Mook Jung	66,500
Boris Kolev	60,500 60,500	60,500

Christian Dressler	53,000 16,500	16,500
John Racener	49,000

Ryan Reiss	47,500 27,000	27,000
Benjamin Chalot	45,000 3,800	3,800
Matt Gillingham	44,500
Alexander Greenblatt	42,500 16,000	16,000

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10-26-2021 19:48 UTC-8

Mateos Stacks Opponent

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Adrian Mateos faced an all-in from a short-stacked opponent on a flop of and called.

Opponent:
Adrian Mateos:

Mateos was ahead with top pair and improved to two pair on the runout to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	150,000 93,000	93,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos

10-26-2021 19:55 UTC-8

Johnson Sends One Out

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Tyler Foran

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Marco Johnson raised under the gun to 5,000 and while the small blind was thinking about what to do, the big blind called out of turn. The small blind then raised to 27,500, leaving only 1,000 behind, and with the action changing, the big blind took back the 2,500 and folded.

Johnson accidentally only called by putting in the extra 1,000 chip and not saying anything. They both agreed to put the extra 1,000 in each as the dealer was fanning the flop.

Small Blind:
Marco Johnson:

Johnson was slightly behind with the king-high but the flop came , giving him a pair of kings. The board completed with the on the turn and the on the river, eliminating the opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	130,000

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10-26-2021 20:01 UTC-8

Astedt Leaves Wilkie With Dust

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Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Niklas Astedt raised from the button and Steve Wilkie defended his big blind bringing action heads-up to the flop.

Both players checked bringing the turn and Wilkie led out for 5,000. Astedt raised to 15,000 and Wilkie called to see the complete the board on the river.

Wilkie check-called the 30,000 bet from Astedt and the two players tabled their hands.

Wilkie rolled over for trip tens but he was out-kicked by Astedt who held to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	105,000 25,000	25,000
Steve Wilkie	15,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Steve Wilkie Niklas Astedt

10-26-2021 20:06 UTC-8

Moshe Smashes a Set to Bust Ilani

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Tyler Foran

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ran Ilani raised under the gun to 6,000 and the action folded around to the small blind who three-bet to 16,000. Asi Moshe was in the big blind and ripped his entire stack of 81,500 in the middle. Ilani instantly called off his 55,000 stack and the small blind went into the tank. After about two minutes the small blind folded and both hands were tabled.

Ran Ilani:
Asi Moshe:

Ilani gained some hope when the ace was the window card on the flop, but the seven followed giving Moshe a set. The board completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Moshe to eliminate Ilani.