2021 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $400 Colossus
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
5,182
Players Left
697

Redemption For Rodriguez

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The action was picked up with Rigoberto Rodriguez all in with a call on a flop that read {10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. Their hands were tabled.

Rigoberto Rodriguez: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Opponenet: {10-Hearts}{7-Spades}

The opponent of Rodriguez flopped two pair but when the {2-Spades} paired the board he improved to a better two pair.

The river came the {q-Hearts} changing nothing. Rodriguez double through his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Rigoberto Rodriguez us
Rigoberto Rodriguez
480,000
480,000
480,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Gicain More Than Doubles With Aces

Level 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Three players were already all in, including a short stack and Leonidas Gicain, being at risk for a stack worth 92,000.

Gicain had {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts} and was facing {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and {k-Spades}{q-Spades} in his opponents's hands. The board revealed {5-Spades}{9-Clubs}{j-Spades}{6-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} and Gicain's pair of aces held to give him the double up and eliminate one of his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Leonidas Gicain us
Leonidas Gicain
222,000

Bad Beat for Franco

Level 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Sonny Franco started the action with a raise to 11,000 and faced a three-bet to 34,000 from the cutoff. It came back to Franco who took a minute and announced all in for 142,000. It was quickly called by his opponent with a slightly higher stack.

Franco tabled {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} and was in good shape for a double up, his opponent holding {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}. However the board fell {5-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, improving he cutoff's hand into two pairs and busting Franco from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Sonny Franco fr
Sonny Franco
Busted

Alvarenga Loses One

Level 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jose Alvarenga raised in early position and it was called by Rashad Karima and the cutoff player.

A flop {10-Spades}{2-Spades}{a-Clubs} came and after a check from Alvarenga, Karima bet 18,000. It was enough to make the cutoff and Alvarengo fold their hands.

Player Chips Progress
Rashad Karima
Rashad Karima
250,000
Jose Alvarenga us
Jose Alvarenga
215,000
-127,000
-127,000

Assorted Chip Stacks

Level 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Lawrence Boubill
Lawrence Boubill
550,000
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
540,000
540,000
540,000
Phong Nguyen us
Phong Nguyen
530,000
440,000
440,000
Corey Paggeot us
Corey Paggeot
450,000
450,000
450,000
Kyle Fischl us
Kyle Fischl
440,000
440,000
440,000
Samantha Lake us
Samantha Lake
425,000
425,000
425,000
Stephen Holstein
Stephen Holstein
410,000
410,000
410,000
Sean Kraper us
Sean Kraper
410,000
410,000
410,000
Diego Fossatti ar
Diego Fossatti
360,000
360,000
360,000
Rioy Bar
Rioy Bar
323,000
323,000
323,000
Danny Dagostinap
Danny Dagostinap
49,000
49,000
49,000

Double Up for “Papo MC”

Level 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

After a first player raised, the cutoff shoved for a stack worth 119,000 and Argentine rapper Alejandro Lococo, known as “Papo MC”, called also all in for a stack of 105,000. The initial player folded and the players tabled their cards:

Alejandro Lococo: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Lococo was in good shape for the double up, which he did after the {5-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{j-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} ranout.

Player Chips Progress
Alejandro Lococo ar
Alejandro Lococo
230,000