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

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	20,000

Colleen Long	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Jason Somerville

10-28-2021 20:28 UTC-7

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 20:32 UTC-7

Assorted Chip Counts

Josh Noy

Level 5

Chip counts as level five comes to a close.

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

Level: 6

Limit Flop/Draw:
Small blind: 500
Big blind: 1000 Limits: 1000-2000
Stud Games:
Ante: 200
Bring-in: 300
Complete: 1000
Limits: 1000-2000
No-Limit/Pot-Limit Ante: 500/800
Small blind: 300
Big blind: 500

10-28-2021 20:36 UTC-7

Big Stacks in the Room

Mike Patrick

Level 6

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	98,500 18,500	18,500

Adam Owen	97,500 31,000	31,000
Ray Henson	93,000 47,000	47,000
John Reading	85,000 85,000	85,000

Jonathan Williams	85,000 85,000	85,000

10-28-2021 20:55 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

Josh Noy

Level 6

Player	Chips	Progress
Heather Alcorn	54,000 8,000	8,000
Anthony Zinno	53,000 18,000	18,000

Robert Mizrachi	47,000 17,000	17,000

David "ODB" Baker	38,000 1,500	1,500

Andre Akkari	38,000 10,500	10,500

Qinghai Pan	37,000 8,000	8,000
Maria Ho	33,000 -8,000	-8,000
Max Pescatori	32,000 -3,000	-3,000

Robert Campbell	31,000 9,000	9,000

Andrew Kelsall	26,000 -13,000	-13,000

Kosei Ichinose	11,000 -24,000	-24,000

10-28-2021 21:02 UTC-7

Razz at the Table of Death

Mike Patrick

Level 6

Razz

With action picking up on fourth street in a three-way pot, Yueqi Zhu bet and got calls from Yuri Dzivielevski and Brandon Shack-Harris. The action repeated on fifth and sixth streets, with the players boards reading,

Yueqi Zhu: /
Yuri Dzivielevski: /
Brandon Shack-Harris: /

On seventh street, Zhu and Shack-Harris checked to Dzivielevski, who put out a bet that was quickly called by Zhu. Shack-Harris folded.

Dzivielevski showed he made an eight on the end with for the winner as Zhu frustratedly mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	57,500 16,500	16,500

Scott Bohlman	56,000 1,000	1,000

Daniel Negreanu	50,000 15,000	15,000

Yueqi Zhu	49,500 -3,500	-3,500

Dominick Sarle	31,000 -2,000	-2,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	10,300 -12,700	-12,700

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Yueqi Zhu Yuri Dzivielevski

10-28-2021 21:13 UTC-7

New Faces in the Field

Mike Patrick

Level 6

Players continue to trickle into the tournament area as the entry list has now reached 259.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	35,000 35,000	35,000

Adam Friedman	35,000 35,000	35,000

Randy Ohel	35,000 35,000	35,000

Ryan Leng	35,000 35,000	35,000

Matt Vengrin	35,000 35,000	35,000
Eli Elezra	35,000 35,000	35,000

10-28-2021 21:26 UTC-7

Doyle Brunson Can't Resist Lure of Another WSOP

MrCleverFox

Level 6

We haven't seen him yet, but according to Doyle Brunson he can't resist the lure of another WSOP.

Earlier this year he tweeted out that he would be playing "a few select tournaments" during the 2021 World Series of Poker.

Poker fans will surely be looking forward to potentially seeing the ten-time bracelet winner in action in some of the bigger buy-in Mixed Game events such as the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

Check out this article ahead of Brunson's return!

Tags: Doyle Brunson

10-28-2021 21:27 UTC-7

Somerville Hits a Set

Josh Noy

Level 6

Limit Hold'em

Jason Somerville was up against two opponents after calling on a flop. Facing a bet and an all-in call on the turn, Somerville raised and was called. The river saw Somerville's final bet called before announcing "set" as he flipped over . Both opponents mucked, as Somerville scored a knockout for the second straight hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Somerville	79,000 24,000	24,000

Joe Hachem	56,000 26,400	26,400

James Woods	54,000 -7,500	-7,500
Andrew Donabedian	43,000 3,500	3,500

Brian Hastings	34,000 -1,000	-1,000

Carol Fuchs	33,000

John Monnette	32,000 -3,000	-3,000

Tags: Jason Somerville