Event #65: $1,000 Mini Main Event Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

11-03-2021 14:02 UTC-7

Some Chip Counts From Pavilion

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ori Hasson	201,300 201,300	201,300

Seung Mook Jung	83,200 83,200	83,200
Joe McKeehen	61,200 61,200	61,200

Bryan Mileski	60,000 60,000	60,000
Richard Bai	56,400 56,400	56,400
Michael Marder	55,200 -4,800	-4,800
Manato Matsuda	48,900 48,900	48,900
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	47,600 47,600	47,600
Jared Griener	46,500 46,500	46,500
Alex Mazzola	45,600 45,600	45,600
Mikiyo Aoki	16,300 -43,700	-43,700

11-03-2021 14:11 UTC-7

Tran Cracks Queens

Jon Sofen

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

A player in early position opened to 1,500 and an opponent to his left three-bet to 5,000. Trung Tran, who after the hand joked with PokerNews about his play, four-bet to 15,000. Both players called.

The flop came out and Tran bet 14,000. One player folded and the initial pre-flop raiser moved all-in for Tran's 38,800 stack. Tran called with and was behind .

The on the turn changed nothing, but the river gave Tran more than a full double up on a suck-out. He laughed about rivering the pot afterwards and wanted PokerNews to make sure to put in the update that his opponent yelled "s**t" when the ace hit on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Trung Tran	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Trung Tran

11-03-2021 14:15 UTC-7

A Few More Familiar Faces In the Sea of Humanity

Mike Patrick

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

With the total entrants approaching 3,300 and late registration lines now weaving through the Pavilion and Brasilia rooms and the Rio hallway, a few more notables have been spotted in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Affleck	60,000 -5,000	-5,000
Kathy Liebert	60,000 60,000	60,000

Patrick Tardif	60,000 60,000	60,000

Scott Bohlman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Kevin Song	60,000 60,000	60,000

11-03-2021 14:23 UTC-7

Deeb Can't Crack Cowboys

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

The player under the gun opened for 2,200 and found two callers before newly crowned five-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb three-bet to 10,100 from the big blind.

Action was back on the initial raiser who jammed for 38,000 and only Deeb called.

Opponent:
Shaun Deeb:

Deeb was behind and nothing changed after the runout as he doubled his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	45,200

Tags: Shaun Deeb

11-03-2021 14:24 UTC-7

Onikul 'Holding Steady'

Jon Sofen

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

"Holding steady at 50k," Ark Onikul proudly told PokerNews.

Onikul, who has over $380k in live tournament earnings, wanted to make sure his millions of fans back home knew that he's still grinding away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ark Onikul	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Ark Onikul

11-03-2021 14:34 UTC-7

"Sixes Beat Me Too"

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Bryan Trischetta raised to 1,600 from early position and found three callers which included fourteen-time circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins from the button.

The flop was checked to Trischetta who continued for 3,000 and only Hawkins called to see the fall on the turn.

Action went check-check and the completed the board on the river. Trischetta fired out a 4,000 bet and Hawkins quickly called to showdown.

Hawkins rolled over and Trischetta announced "Straight," as he rolled over . "Yeah them sixes beat me too," replied Hawkins as Trischetta collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Trischetta	130,000 130,000	130,000
Maurice Hawkins	9,000 -51,000	-51,000

Tags: Bryan Trischetta Maurice Hawkins

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

11-03-2021 14:42 UTC-7

A Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Jattin	85,600 85,600	85,600
Will Givens	71,200 71,200	71,200

Eric Salazar	63,400 63,400	63,400
Anatolii Zyrin	63,200 3,200	3,200

Javier Zarco	61,200 61,200	61,200
Ryan Riess	56,700 56,700	56,700

Boris Kolev	55,600 55,600	55,600

Henry Zou	54,600 54,600	54,600
Daan Mulders	46,500 46,500	46,500
Ezequiel Waigel	32,400

11-03-2021 14:43 UTC-7

Authors Found In The Field

Mike Patrick

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Authors Maria Konnikova and James McManus are among the field as the number of entrants has swelled to 3,400 players

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Liu	99,000 99,000	99,000
Ben Ludlow	77,000 77,000	77,000
James McManus	74,900 74,900	74,900
Maria Konnikova	69,900 69,900	69,900

11-03-2021 14:55 UTC-7

Mai's Aces Crush Kings and Queens

Jon Sofen

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

According to players at the table as the dealer was shipping the pot, Tuan Mai won a massive pot with in an all-in pre-flop situation against and .

The wild board came out , giving everyone a set. Mai took down the main pot, which was about 125,000. Players at the table stood up and snapped photos of the board before the dealer could muck all the cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tuan Mai	125,000 125,000	125,000
Tom Gity	120,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Tuan Mai Tom Gity