2021 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
32
Prize
$432,575
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,400,609
Entries
3,823
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
3,823
Players Left
282

The Great Bubble Survival Story

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

It seems like there's usually a great story about someone surviving the bubble under crazy circumstances, and the Mini Main Event is no different.

Just four places before the bubble burst, Dan Wagner was all in for his last 5,000 chips with {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs} versus Lloyd Fransenmeier's {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}. The {j-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} appeared on the flop and Wagner was in dire straits. A miraculous runout of the {4-Clubs} turn and the {9-Clubs} river came for Wagner to make a flush and survive.

But his peril wasn't done there.

Still, with just 40,000 chips, he was due to be all-in in the big blind on the next hand as play was paused to count the remaining players.

However, before his final few chips had to go in the middle again, the announcement was made that players were now in the money, and Wagner had survived.

Even better still, Wagner survived that all-in and has since quickly spun his stack up to 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Lloyd Frensemeier us
Lloyd Frensemeier
300,000
300,000
300,000
Dan Wagner us
Dan Wagner
90,000
90,000
90,000

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Post Bubble Chip Counts

Level 21 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
900,000
445,000
445,000
Asher Conniff us
Asher Conniff
800,000
360,000
360,000
Tim Reilly us
Tim Reilly
660,000
445,000
445,000
Will Berry us
Will Berry
625,000
535,300
535,300
Arian Stolt us
Arian Stolt
600,000
300,000
300,000
Norman Michalek us
Norman Michalek
600,000
445,000
445,000
Femi Fashakin us
Femi Fashakin
600,000
294,000
294,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nick Yunis cl
Nick Yunis
340,000
5,000
5,000
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
305,000
-155,000
-155,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
200,000
5,000
5,000
Brian McDaniel us
Brian McDaniel
125,000
15,000
15,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
Winamax

Two Players Drawing Chop Pot

Level 21 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With an already inflated pot as the action was caught on the {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades} flop, the player on the button bet 25,000 and got check-raised to 75,000 by Victor Parades. The raise was called and both players saw the {7-Clubs} on the turn. Parades jammed, putting his opponent all-in for around 210,000.

Parades showed {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for an open-ended straight draw, and was destined to chop when his opponent showed the {k-Spades}{8-Spades}. The {3-Spades} river was meaningless and they chopped it up.

Player Chips Progress
Erkut Yilmaz us
Erkut Yilmaz
930,000
580,000
580,000
Victor Parades
Victor Parades
830,000
830,000
830,000

Tags: Victor Parades

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 21 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kyriakos Papadopoulos gr
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
2,000,000
800,000
800,000
Jin Kwang Do us
Jin Kwang Do
1,425,000
375,000
375,000
Farid Jattin co
Farid Jattin
1,400,000
520,000
520,000
Klemens Roiter at
Klemens Roiter
1,050,000
545,000
545,000
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
955,000
445,000
445,000
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
850,000
-300,000
-300,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
630,000
480,000
480,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Arnwine us
Justin Arnwine
600,000
-110,000
-110,000
Michael Lech us
Michael Lech
550,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
500,000
-160,000
-160,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jesse Lonis us
Jesse Lonis
310,000
310,000
310,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Toomas Secures Late Night Double

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Elvis Toomas was all in preflop from the button for 255,000 and Klemens Roiter called from the cutoff.

Elvis Toomas: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Klemens Roiter: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Toomas was ahead and an ace appeared in the window on the {6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{a-Spades} flop.

The {a-Clubs} turn improved Toomas to trips and the {q-Spades} river secured his double.

Player Chips Progress
Klemens Roiter at
Klemens Roiter
1,000,000
-50,000
-50,000
Elvis Toomas us
Elvis Toomas
560,000
390,000
390,000

Jiejiezheng Wins Crazy Three-Way All-In Pot

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

An under-the-gun player raised to 75,000 and another player to his left jammed for 475,000 with {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}. JJ Jiejiezheng, on the button, called his entire stack of 425,000 with {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and then the small blind called for 180,000 with {k-}{2-}.

Action back on the original raiser who tanked for a few minutes before folding. He said he folded pocket jacks.

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Jiejiezheng won the massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
JJ Jiejiezheng
JJ Jiejiezheng
1,200,000
Antonio Payne us
Antonio Payne
375,000
-80,000
-80,000

Tags: JJ Jiejiezheng

Kamp Dropped in Double Elimination From Sotiropoulos' Rockets

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Dana Kamp
Dana Kamp

There was three-way all in action preflop from the middle position player (525,000), Dannah Kamp from late position (775,000) and Georgios Sotiropoulos from the small blind who had the two other covered.

All In Player: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Dannah Kamp: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Georgios Sotiropoulos: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Sotiropoulos was out in front with his pair of aces and the {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} runout secured him the double elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
2,000,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Dannah Kamp us
Dannah Kamp
Busted

Tags: Georgios SotiropoulosDannah Kamp