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

10-28-2021 18:24 UTC-7

Ho Re-enters After Being Busted by Holder

Josh Noy

Level 4

No-Limit Hold'em

Mario Ho three-bet to 1,800 preflop, and called a four-bet to 5,000 from Paul Holder. After the flop, Holder bet 5,000 and Ho raised all-in. Holder called and had Ho's top pair dominated.

Maria Ho:
Paul Holder:

The turn and river were no help, and Ho chose to re-enter early in level four.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Holder	75,000 75,000	75,000
Maria Ho	35,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Maria Ho

10-28-2021 18:33 UTC-7

Huge Razz Pot for "Bakes"

Mike Patrick

Level 4

Razz

David "Bakes" Baker's opponent's tried their best to bet the three-time bracelet winner out of a recent razz hand, but he wasn't having it.
On fourth street, Baker held vs his early position opponent's who bet, and his late position opponent's , who raised. Baker opted to call, only to face two more raises, which Baker again called.

After the four bets on fourth, Baker again called a bet and a call on fifth and sixth street with the players' boards reading:

David "Bakes" Baker: /
Early Position Opponent: /
Late Position Opponent: /

On seventh street, both opponents checked to Baker, who bet, and was quickly called by the early position opponent. The other player folded.

Baker showed , for the best hand to drag a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	57,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: David "Bakes" Baker

10-28-2021 18:46 UTC-7

Assorted Chip Counts

Josh Noy

Level 4

Chip counts from around the Amazon room as the field grows over 200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Abrams	74,000 38,000	38,000

Adam Owen	66,500 -500	-500
Arthur Morris	63,000 20,000	20,000
David "Bakes" Baker	54,000 -3,000	-3,000

Michael Trivett	48,000 13,000	13,000
David Williams	41,000 -4,000	-4,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	37,000 6,000	6,000

Max Pescatori	35,000 35,000	35,000

Kevin Gerhart	34,000 -1,000	-1,000

Joe Hachem	33,000 -2,000	-2,000

Matt Waxman	30,500 -5,500	-5,500

Qinghai Pan	29,000 3,000	3,000
Mike Matusow	26,000 -6,000	-6,000

Ari Engel	23,000 -9,500	-9,500

Robert Campbell	22,000 -26,000	-26,000

Kyle Montgomery	9,500 -25,500	-25,500

10-28-2021 18:56 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

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

10-28-2021 19:00 UTC-7

Even More Chip Counts

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 19:16 UTC-7

Still More Chip Counts

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 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.

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 19:49 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	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

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	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