Event #56: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-29-2021 16:58 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
George Wolff	139,800 79,800	79,800
Uri Reichenstein	122,300 62,300	62,300
Rogen Chhabra	105,600 105,600	105,600
Robert Brobyn	78,900 78,900	78,900
Joey Weissman	69,700 69,700	69,700

Ryan Reiss	66,700 66,700	66,700
Chance Kornuth	66,500 6,500	6,500

Faraz Jaka	65,700 65,700	65,700

Daniel Reijmer	64,500 64,500	64,500
Denys Chufarin	63,500 63,500	63,500

Nikolai Mamut	59,700 59,700	59,700
Taylor Black	47,600 -12,400	-12,400
David Coleman	42,300 42,300	42,300
Thomas Boivin	35,400 -24,600	-24,600
Masato Yokosawa	25,000 -35,000	-35,000
Qing Liu	18,600 18,600	18,600

Take 15

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

10-29-2021 17:21 UTC-7

Froelich Doubles With Aces Over Laplante's Kings

Brandon Bloom

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Just before the break, Eric Froelich had gotten all his chips in preflop against Ryan Laplante.

Eric Froelich:
Ryan Laplante:

It was a classic cooler early in the day, The board ran out to keep Froelich's aces ahead and give him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Froehlich	90,000

Ryan Laplante	45,000 -15,000	-15,000

10-29-2021 17:30 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts From After Break

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	166,700 91,700	91,700
Allen Pock	122,300
Chris Sandrock	112,900 52,900	52,900
Josue Aguirre	108,900 18,900	18,900
Victoria Livschitz	98,800 38,800	38,800
Georgios Sotiropoulos	77,600 17,600	17,600

Sylvain Loosli	71,200 11,200	11,200
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	65,400
Gediminas Uselis	60,000
Freddy Deeb	60,000 30,000	30,000

Sam Grafton	58,700 -1,300	-1,300

Hossein Ensan	45,600

Darren Elias	44,500 -15,500	-15,500

Christopher Brewer	30,100 -4,900	-4,900
James Carroll	30,000

10-29-2021 17:39 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
$Gal Yifrach$ Gal Yifrach	70,000 10,000	10,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	121,300 51,600	51,600

Manig Loeser	101,300 101,300	101,300

Stephen Chidwick	100,200 20,200	20,200

Boris Kolev	91,200 91,200	91,200

Elio Fox	87,200 27,200	27,200

$Gal Yifrach$ Gal Yifrach	86,700 16,700	16,700

Ran Ilani	82,300 22,300	22,300
James Chen	82,300 82,300	82,300

Galen Hall	74,500 74,500	74,500

Brandon Wilson	73,200 73,200	73,200
Daan Mulders	71,200 71,200	71,200
Frank Funaro	67,500 7,500	7,500

Joao Vieira	63,400 63,400	63,400

Jeremy Ausmus	62,300 62,300	62,300

Adrian Mateos	58,700 21,100	21,100

Kitty Kuo	51,200 6,200	6,200

Ryan Leng	44,300 44,300	44,300

Upeshka De Silva	38,200 38,200	38,200

Kristina Holst	30,100 -29,900	-29,900
Pavlo Veksler	24,300 -35,700	-35,700

Cowboys No Good for Salas

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Reigning WSOP Main Event Champ Damian Salas raised to 1,000 from the cutoff and Darren Elias three-bet to 3,000 from the button.

Action folded back around to Salas who four-bet to 6,800 and Elias called bringing about the flop.

Salas check-called the 4,500 bet from Elias and the turn followed by the river were checked to showdown.

Salas showed but it was no good as Elias held to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	62,300 17,800	17,800

Damian Salas	15,300 -44,700	-44,700

Tags: Damian Salas Darren Elias

10-29-2021 18:02 UTC-7

Ramos' Nut Flush Ousts Brewer

Brandon Bloom

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

With about 20,000 in the pot and a completed board of , Christopher Brewer bet 5,000 in the small blind. Felipe Ramos put in a stack of orange chips which was enough to put Brewer all-in. Brewer thought about it and eventually put in his remaining 18,000 chips.