Event #54: $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-28-2021 20:32 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Trivett	78,000	-14,000
Scott Abrams	68,000	-6,000
David "Bakes" Baker	53,000	-1,000
Ashly Butler	53,000	4,500
Chad Eveslage	52,000	-5,000
Tom Gity	47,000	-7,000
David Williams	46,000	5,000
Frankie O'Dell	44,000	17,000
Craig Chait	43,000	-11,000
Kevin Gerhart	43,000	9,000
Felipe Ramos	42,000	7,000
Nate Silver	36,000	5,400
Bradley Ruben	28,000	-6,000
Mike Matusow	23,000	-3,000

Frank Kassela ran up his stack after registering late, but has since left the Amazon room. Kassela will be blinding off while he returns to Event #52: $1,000 Seniors Championship after the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	52,500	17,500

Tags: Frank Kassela

10-28-2021 20:06 UTC-7

Somerville Sits Down, Immediately Runs It Up

Mike Patrick

Level 5

2-7 Triple Draw

Jason Somerville has recently entered the tournament, and he's quickly off and running.

Colleen Long raised in early position, Somerville called in late position and the big blind also called. Each player then drew two cards and the action checked through.

On the second draw, the big blind bet, Long folded and Somerville raised. The big blind called and patted his hand, leading Somerville to draw one.

The final round of betting was checked through and Somerville showed , which just outdrew his opponent's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Somerville	55,000	20,000
Colleen Long	28,000	28,000

Tags: Jason Somerville

10-28-2021 19:57 UTC-7

Notable Additions to the Field

Josh Noy

Level 5

In addition to Daniel Negreanu, the field has seen other notable new entrants after the break including Alex Livingston, Jason Somerville, John Monnette and Brian Hastings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	35,000	35,000
John Monnette	35,000	35,000
Brian Hastings	35,000	35,000
Jason Somerville	35,000	35,000

10-28-2021 19:49 UTC-7

Table of Death

Mike Patrick

Level 5

No disrespect to Dominick Sarle, who has over $100,000 in career WSOP earnings, but he could be in for a tough day, as after the break, his table has become loaded with five WSOP bracelet winners.

Seat	Name	WSOP Bracelets	Career WSOP Earnings
1	Yueqi Zhu	1	$2.863M
2	Brandon Shack-Harris	2	$3.448M
3	Daniel Negreanu	6	$19.830M
4	Yuri Dzivielevski	2	$1.122M
5	Scott Bohlman	1	$1.679M
6	Dominick Sarle	0	$107,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	55,000	2,000
Yueqi Zhu	53,000	-4,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	41,000	4,000
Daniel Negreanu	35,000	35,000
Dominick Sarle	33,000	33,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	23,000	-12,000

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Daniel Negreanu Scott Bohlman Yueqi Zhu Yuri Dzivielevski

Level: 5

Limit Flop/Draw:
Small blind: 400
Big blind: 800 Limits: 800-1600
Stud Games:
Ante: 200
Bring-in: 200
Complete: 800
Limits: 800-1600
No-Limit/Pot-Limit Ante: 400/600
Small blind: 200
Big blind: 400

10-28-2021 19:19 UTC-7

Second Break of the Day

Mike Patrick

Level 4

The players have gone on another 15-minute break with the tournament clock showing 222 entries.

10-28-2021 19:16 UTC-7

Still More Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 4

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	80,000	2,000
Allan Le	65,000	65,000
Yueqi Zhu	57,000	25,000
Scott Bohlman	53,000	12,000
Ashly Butler	48,500	13,500
Jon Shoreman	45,000
Andrew Donabedian	39,500	39,500
Christopher Vitch	36,000	36,000
Kosei Ichinose	35,000	35,000
Frank Kassela	35,000	35,000
Anthony Zinno	35,000	35,000
Felipe Ramos	35,000
Matt Grapenthien	35,000	35,000
Hernan Salazar	35,000	1,500
Bradley Ruben	34,000	-10,000
Jon Turner	33,000	-9,000
Ben Ludlow	32,000	-9,500
Nate Silver	30,600	-4,400
Michael Dreese	30,000	30,000
Christopher Back	30,000	1,900
Frankie O'Dell	27,000	-12,000
Noah Boeken	21,000	-14,000

10-28-2021 19:00 UTC-7

Even More Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 4

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Trivett	92,000	44,000
Craig Chait	54,000	14,000
Tom Gity	54,000	17,500
Ray Henson	46,000	46,000
Heather Alcorn	46,000	-1,000
Jon Turner	42,000	7,000
Naoya Kihara	41,500	6,500
Maria Ho	41,000	6,000
Andrew Kelsall	39,000	39,000
David "ODB" Baker	36,500	1,500
Kenneth Po	36,000	36,000
Robert Mizrachi	30,000	30,000
Mike Watson	29,000	-6,000
Derek McMaster	28,500	28,500
Andrew Barber	16,000	16,000

10-28-2021 18:56 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 4

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	78,000	36,000
Chad Eveslage	57,000	5,000
Amnon Filippi	36,500	13,500
Carol Fuchs	33,000	-3,500
James Woods	32,500	-7,500
Joe Hachem	29,600	-3,400
Daniel Anton	26,000	-9,000
Chip Jett	22,000	-13,500
Michael Gathy	19,500	-15,500