2021 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $400 Colossus
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
52
Prize
$314,705
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$3,101,670
Entries
9,399
Level Info
Level
46
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
4,219
Players Left
484

Fong Fires, Takes It Down On Turn

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

A player in middle position limped. The action folded to Lisa Fong in the hijack, who raised to 36,000. It folded back to the player in middle position, and he made the call.

The flop came {6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{j-Spades}. Fong fired 26,000 when it was checked to her, which her opponent called.

The turn paired to board when it came the {j-Diamonds}. Fong's opponent checked again, and she threw out a bet of 31,000. Her opponent let his hand go, and she scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Lisa Fong us
Lisa Fong
300,000 300,000

"The Rich Get Richer"

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

On a board of {a-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}, Lucas Tabarin bet 60,000 and his opponent looked puzzled. After debating his options for about 30 seconds he announced all-in for about 175,000. Tabarin snap-called.

Oppponent: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Lucas Tabarin: {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Tabarin had flopped two pair against his opponent's top pair and the board completed with the {q-Diamonds} on the river. "The rich get richer," said a table mate as Tabarin collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Lucas Tabarin br
Lucas Tabarin
810,000 385,000

Tags: Lucas Tabarin

Brown Avoids Elimination

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action was picked up preflop when Tracy Brown was all-in and at risk against an opponent.

Tracy Brown: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{k-Clubs} and with that Brown stayed alive and avoided elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Tracy Brown
Tracy Brown
80,000 80,000

Tags: Tracy Brown

Rummel Knocks One Out

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jody Rummel raised to 16,000 on the button and the small blind jammed for her remaining stack of roughly 90,000. The big blind folded and Rummel snap-called.

Small blind: {k-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Jody Rummel: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} for Rummel's pocket eights to hold and his opponent was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Jody Rummel us
Jody Rummel
356,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Updated Chip Counts and Bust Outs

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ori Hasson il
Ori Hasson
WSOP 1X Winner
480,000 440,000
Christopher Orio us
Christopher Orio
415,000 150,000
Liam Mcguigan us
Liam Mcguigan
317,000 77,000
Jeff Boski us
Jeff Boski
300,000 187,000
Angelo Kociper ca
Angelo Kociper
282,000 -97,000
Justin Arnwine us
Justin Arnwine
280,000 150,000
J.P Griffen us
J.P Griffen
268,000 186,000
Christina Read us
Christina Read
212,000 -78,000
Damian Salas ar
Damian Salas
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
190,000 190,000
Hakki Kavsit us
Hakki Kavsit
156,000 -105,000
Robert Mather us
Robert Mather
100,000 60,000
Jeff Platt us
Jeff Platt
22,000 -308,000
Paul Sokoloff gb
Paul Sokoloff
Busted
Thomas Taylor ca
Thomas Taylor
Busted
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
Busted
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted
Kelly Dalke ca
Kelly Dalke
Busted

Tabarin Goes for the Maximum

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of {10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs} and the player first to act checked before the middle player put in a bet of 15,000. Lucas Tabarin called on the button and the third player got out of the way.

The {4-Clubs} came on the turn and Tabarin's opponent check-called a bet of 45,000.

On the {2-Hearts} river, the opponent checked to Tabarin once again and he ripped all-in. The opponent faced with the action tanked for a full minute before deciding to save his 130,000 stack.

Player Chips Progress
Lucas Tabarin br
Lucas Tabarin
425,000

Tran Near The Million Chip Mark

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
David Tran
David Tran

According to David Tran and his tablemates, he had just won a hand where he got a double knockout with a royal flush.

He is now the overwhelming chip leader of Day 1a with close to 1 million chips.

Tran finished fourth in the $1,500 Shootout event just a few days ago.

Player Chips Progress
David Tran us
David Tran
950,000 810,000