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

10-28-2021 19:32 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Trivett	78,000 14,000	14,000

Scott Abrams	68,000 6,000	6,000

David "Bakes" Baker	53,000 1,000	1,000

Ashly Butler	53,000 4,500	4,500
Chad Eveslage	52,000 5,000	5,000

Tom Gity	47,000 7,000	7,000
David Williams	46,000 5,000	5,000

Frankie O'Dell	44,000 17,000	17,000

Craig Chait	43,000 11,000	11,000
Kevin Gerhart	43,000 9,000	9,000

Felipe Ramos	42,000 7,000	7,000

Nate Silver	36,000 5,400	5,400
Bradley Ruben	28,000 6,000	6,000
Mike Matusow	23,000 3,000	3,000

Kassela Double Dipping

Josh Noy

Level 5

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	17,500

Tags: Frank Kassela

10-28-2021 19:06 UTC-8

Somerville Sits Down, Immediately Runs It Up

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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	20,000

Colleen Long	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Jason Somerville

10-28-2021 18:57 UTC-8

Notable Additions to the Field

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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	35,000

John Monnette	35,000 35,000	35,000

Brian Hastings	35,000 35,000	35,000

Jason Somerville	35,000 35,000	35,000

10-28-2021 18:49 UTC-8

Table of Death

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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	2,000

Yueqi Zhu	53,000 4,000	4,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	41,000 4,000	4,000

Daniel Negreanu	35,000 35,000	35,000

Dominick Sarle	33,000 33,000	33,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	23,000 12,000	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 18:19 UTC-8

Second Break of the Day

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Mike Patrick

Level 4

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

10-28-2021 18:16 UTC-8

Still More Chip Counts

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Mike Patrick

Level 4

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	80,000 2,000	2,000

Allan Le	65,000 65,000	65,000

Yueqi Zhu	57,000 25,000	25,000

Scott Bohlman	53,000 12,000	12,000

Ashly Butler	48,500 13,500	13,500
Jon Shoreman	45,000
Andrew Donabedian	39,500 39,500	39,500

Christopher Vitch	36,000 36,000	36,000

Kosei Ichinose	35,000 35,000	35,000
Frank Kassela	35,000 35,000	35,000

Anthony Zinno	35,000 35,000	35,000

Felipe Ramos	35,000

Matt Grapenthien	35,000 35,000	35,000

Hernan Salazar	35,000 1,500	1,500
Bradley Ruben	34,000 10,000	10,000
Jon Turner	33,000 9,000	9,000

Ben Ludlow	32,000 9,500	9,500
Nate Silver	30,600 4,400	4,400
Michael Dreese	30,000 30,000	30,000
Christopher Back	30,000 1,900	1,900
Frankie O'Dell	27,000 12,000	12,000

Noah Boeken	21,000 14,000	14,000

10-28-2021 18:00 UTC-8

Even More Chip Counts

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Mike Patrick

Level 4

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Trivett	92,000 44,000	44,000

Craig Chait	54,000 14,000	14,000
Tom Gity	54,000 17,500	17,500
Ray Henson	46,000 46,000	46,000

Heather Alcorn	46,000 1,000	1,000
Jon Turner	42,000 7,000	7,000

Naoya Kihara	41,500 6,500	6,500

Maria Ho	41,000 6,000	6,000
Andrew Kelsall	39,000 39,000	39,000

David "ODB" Baker	36,500 1,500	1,500

Kenneth Po	36,000 36,000	36,000
Robert Mizrachi	30,000 30,000	30,000

Mike Watson	29,000 6,000	6,000

Derek McMaster	28,500 28,500	28,500

Andrew Barber	16,000 16,000	16,000

10-28-2021 17:56 UTC-8

More Chip Counts

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Mike Patrick

Level 4

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	78,000 36,000	36,000

Chad Eveslage	57,000 5,000	5,000

Amnon Filippi	36,500 13,500	13,500

Carol Fuchs	33,000 3,500	3,500

James Woods	32,500 7,500	7,500
Joe Hachem	29,600 3,400	3,400

Daniel Anton	26,000 9,000	9,000
Chip Jett	22,000 13,500	13,500
Michael Gathy	19,500 15,500	15,500