Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,670,638
Entries
579
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
579
Players Left
47
David Prociak Tops Day 1 of $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
A total of 579 entries were reached today for Day 1 in the World Series of Poker Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed but only 49 hopefuls advanced to Wednesday’s final day. They are all guaranteed a minimum cash of $10,087 but all have hopes to take home the $545,638 first-place prize and the prestigious gold bracelet.
David Prociak takes the overnight chip lead with 2,405,000 in chips, over one million more than his closest opponent. This is Prociak’s fourth WSOP cash this summer and he will be trying to reach his second gold bracelet after his victory in the 2016 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. Trailing in second place is Niklas Astedt with 1,345,000, who cashed in 19 WSOP events in his poker career.
Closing the podium for today is Finnish star Joni Jouhkimainen with 1,215,000. With a total of $4,021,626 in live earnings and a solid reputation online in the highest stakes PLO games, Jouhkimainen will be a serious contender for the victory tomorrow.
Uri Reichenstein (1,010,000), Jason Somerville (690,000), Oliver Bosch (1,020,000), Barak Wisbrod (865,000), Noah Bronstein (705,000), Stefan Schillhabel (445,000) and Dan Smith as short stack with 310,000 are just a few of the many familiar names in the poker world that have made it through to Day 2.
End of the day action
The bubble burst only one hour before the end of the day, when Jason Sommerville called Gabriel Vezina for his last ten big blinds and found two pairs to eliminate Vezina right before the money. Another player was eliminated on the same hand, so they both shared the 87th place prize.
Some of the players that weren’t that lucky to progress to Day 2 but did make the money include 2019 Main Event champion Hossein Ensan, Samuel Chartier, who managed to survive to the bubble with less than three big blinds, Brian Rast, nine-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel, Yuri Dzivielevski and Romain Lewis.
Many of the famous players that did enter today but fortunate enough to make a trip to the payout desk included, five-time bracelet winner Scotty Nguyen, 16-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, and many other WSOP winners such as Dario Sammartino, Justin Liberto, Chino Rheem, Chance Kornuth, Brandon Shack-Harris, Dan Shak, David Benyamine, Shaun Deeb, Ben Yu and Mustapha Kanit just to name a few.
The action will pick up again at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday and will play down to a winner. There will be a 15-minute break every four levels and a 60-min break after Level 32 (≈ 8:30 p.m.). The tournament is scheduled to play until a new champion is crowned.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the updates from the words “shuffle up and deal” until the final all-in has been won, so make sure to keep coming back!
Day 2 Seat Draw
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 512 | 1 | Vidur Sethi | India | 355,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 512 | 2 | Dan Smith | United States | 310,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 512 | 3 | Eric Fields | United States | 440,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 512 | 4 | Youness Barakat | United States | 635,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 512 | 5 | Avi Cohen | Israel | 365,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 512 | 6 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 320,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 512 | 7 | Jacob Powers | United States | 535,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 512 | 8 | Oliver Bosch | Austria | 1,020,000 | 41 |
| Amazon | 513 | 1 | Varahram Vardjavand | Germany | 670,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 513 | 2 | Kyle Arora | United States | 775,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 513 | 3 | Garrett Garvin | United States | 305,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 513 | 4 | Sterling Savill | United States | 445,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 513 | 5 | Quang Ngo | United States | 340,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 513 | 6 | Vikranth Anga | India | 720,000 | 29 |
| Amazon | 513 | 7 | Mathew Johnson | Canada | 410,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 513 | 8 | Jason Somerville | United States | 690,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 514 | 1 | Zhen Cai | United States | 75,000 | 3 |
| Amazon | 514 | 2 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | 1 | 0 |
| Amazon | 514 | 3 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 1,345,000 | 54 |
| Amazon | 514 | 4 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 375,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 514 | 5 | John Racener | United States | 415,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 514 | 6 | Greg Dyer | United States | 1,175,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 514 | 7 | Steven Forman | United States | 395,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 514 | 8 | Tommy Le | United States | 1,050,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 519 | 1 | Corey Zedo | United States | 785,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 519 | 2 | Ezra Abu Gazal | United States | 355,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 519 | 3 | Anton Wigg | Sweden | 260,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 519 | 4 | Stefan Schillhabel | Germany | 445,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 519 | 5 | Adam Johnson | United States | 435,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 519 | 6 | Christoph Csik | United States | 560,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 519 | 7 | Daniel Zack | United States | 530,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 519 | 8 | Samuli Sipila | Finland | 780,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 520 | 1 | Barak Wisbrod | Israel | 865,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 520 | 2 | Ian O'Hara | United States | 180,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 520 | 3 | Alan Sternberg | United States | 310,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 520 | 4 | Kyle Montgomery | United States | 430,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 520 | 5 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | 1,215,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 520 | 6 | James Crawley | Ireland | 535,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 520 | 8 | Randel Brown | United States | 295,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 521 | 1 | Taehyung Kim | South Korea | 325,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 521 | 2 | Jeff Hakim | Lebanon | 215,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 521 | 3 | Amnon Filippi | United States | 590,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 521 | 4 | David Prociak | United States | 2,405,000 | 96 |
| Amazon | 521 | 5 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 705,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 521 | 6 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 1,010,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 521 | 7 | Shahar Levi | Israel | 945,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 521 | 8 | Juan Ramirez | United States | 355,000 | 14 |
Official End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,405,000 | |
|
1,345,000 | |
|
1,215,000 | |
|
1,175,000 | 1,175,000 |
|
1,050,000 | 1,050,000 |
|
1,020,000 | |
|
1,010,000 | |
|
945,000 | |
|
865,000 | |
|
785,000 | |
|
780,000 | 780,000 |
|
775,000 | |
|
720,000 | 720,000 |
|
705,000 | |
|
690,000 | |
|
670,000 | |
|
635,000 | |
|
590,000 | |
|
560,000 | 560,000 |
|
535,000 | 535,000 |
|
535,000 | |
|
530,000 | 530,000 |
|
445,000 | |
|
445,000 | |
|
440,000 |
Jouhkimainen Wins Massive Three-Way All In
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
A short-stack moved all in before another player also shoved with a larger stack. Action folded to Joni Jouhkimainen, who tanked for several minutes.
Jouhkimainen counted out his stack and rubbed his lucky golf ball in his hands before eventually sliding his 576,000 chips forward, showing 
. He was up against the larger stack's 
and the short-stack's 
.
Jouhkimainen ended up with two pair on a board of 
, cracking his opponent's two aces to double up and eliminate the shorter stack in a million chip pot just as play was ending for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,120,000 | 800,000 |
Three More Hands
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The tournament director has just announced that each table will be dealt three more hands until bagging and tagging for the night.
Curcio Keeps Chipping Down
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
All the chips went in the middle preflop between Luigi Curcio and John Racener, who was at risk for a stack worth 129,000.
It was a typical flip situation, Racener holding and being against 
for Curcio. The board came 
, giving a pair of jacks to Racener and the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 119,000 |
|
276,000 | -69,000 |
Reichenstein Races Out Suarez
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Anton Suarez moved all in from under the gun and Uri Reichenstein called next to act. The rest of the table folded.
Anton Suarez: 
Uri Reichenstein: 
Suarez didn't get any help on the 
flop. "Ten," Reichenstein said, and the 
came on the turn to give Suarez a straight draw. Suarez missed the 
river and made his way to the payout line.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | 260,000 |
|
Busted |
Savill Doubles on Bosch
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Oliver Boschraised to 50,000 and it was called by Sterling Savill in the big blind. The flop came 
and brought no betting action.
Things heated on the 
turn. Savill bet 30,000 and Bosch quickly raised it to 125,000. Savill announced all in for 186,000 and Bosch called.
Sterling Savill:
Oliver Bosch: 
The completed the board on the river and Savill doubled up with a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000 | 420,000 |
|
|
550,000 | 550,000 |
Brown Cracks Dzivielevski's Aces
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Yuri Dzivielevski went all in pre-flop for around 145,000 and Randel Brown called with a nearly identical stack.
Yuri Dzivielevski: 
Randel Brown: 
The 
flop gave Brown a full house and left Dzivielevski in desperate need of help, which didn't come on the turn or river. The stacks were counted down and Brown had a few thousand more chips, sending Dzivielevski to the rail near the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | |
|
Busted |