Event #65: $1,000 Mini Main Event Day 2 | 2021 World Series of Poker

11-04-2021 20:10 UTC-7

Todd Hansen Eliminated in 16th Place ($18,531)

David Salituro

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Erkut Yilmaz raised to 1,200,000 from the hijack before Todd Hansen three-bet to 3,500,000 from the button, leaving himself around 500,000 behind.

In the small blind, Georgios Sotiropoulos thought for a moment before moving all in for 18,000,000. Yilmaz folded after about 30 seconds, and Hansen called.

Todd Hansen:
Georgios Sotiropoulos:

"How about some diamonds," Hansen asked. He got one on the flop, but the on the turn left him drawing to a gutshot straight. The river came the and Hansen was eliminated after his second deep run in a massive field in the past week.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	25,500,000	12,500,000
Erkut Yilmaz	17,000,000	-2,000,000
Todd Hansen	Busted

Tags: Georgios Sotiropoulos Todd Hansen Erkut Yilmaz

11-04-2021 18:59 UTC-7

Dinner Break

Leo_Contreras

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at roughly 8 p.m. local time.

11-04-2021 18:59 UTC-7

Jeonggyu Cho Eliminated in 17th Place ($18,531)

David Salituro

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

On the last hand before dinner break, Jeonggyu Cho shoved all in for 5,200,000 from the hijack and James Rubinski called from the big blind.

Jeonggyu Cho:
James Rubinski:

The flop came and Cho was already tapping the felt and getting up from his seat as Rubinski hit top pair. The board ran out and Cho was eliminated while the remaining 16 players headed off on a 60-minute dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Rubinski	35,000,000	4,500,000
Jeonggyu Cho	Busted

Tags: Jeonggyu Cho James Rubinski

11-04-2021 18:57 UTC-7

Redraw of the Last Two Tables (full)

Leo_Contreras

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Seat	Table 414	Chip Count	Table 421	Chip Count
1	Champie Douglas	12,500,000	Stuart Hilowitz	5,200,000
2	Matthew Jewett	20,000,000	James Patterson	17,000,000
3	James Rubinski	29,000,000	Erkut Yilmaz	19,000,000
4	Jordan Meltzer	11,500,000	James Morgan	9,600,000
5	Jie Jie Zheng	6,500,000	Todd Hansen	2,500,000
6	Farid Jattin	11,600,000	Georgios Sotiropoulos	13,000,000
7	David Tuthill	12,500,000	Peter Cross	18,000,000
8	Greg Pohler	6,400,000	Wataru Miyashita	17,400,000
9	Jeonggyu Cho	5,200,000

Player	Chips	Progress
James Rubinski	29,000,000	-1,500,000
Matthew Jewett	20,000,000	600,000
Erkut Yilmaz	19,000,000	6,650,000
Peter Cross	18,000,000	-7,000,000
Wataru Miyashita	17,400,000	-2,600,000
James Patterson	17,000,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	13,000,000	-800,000
Champie Douglas	12,500,000	-1,100,000
David Tuthill	12,500,000	6,000,000
Farid Jattin	11,600,000	2,400,000
Jordan Meltzer	11,500,000	4,700,000
James Morgan	9,600,000	-4,400,000
Jie Jie Zheng	6,500,000	500,000
Greg Pohler	6,400,000	2,900,000
Stuart Hilowitz	5,200,000	2,200,000
Jeonggyu Cho	5,200,000	-3,950,000
Todd Hansen	2,500,000	-2,300,000

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11-04-2021 18:55 UTC-7

Joseph Slawinski Eliminated In 18th Place ($18,531); Eunyoung Choi Eliminated In 19th Place ($15,163)

benlysne

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

The action picked up with all three players' hole cards face up on a board reading .

James Patterson:
Joseph Slawinski:
Eunyoung Choi:

James Patterson eliminated both Slawinski and Choi with a set of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Patterson	17,000,000	12,800,000
Eunyoung Choi	Busted
Joseph Slawinski	Busted

11-04-2021 18:55 UTC-7

Prasad Dobbins Eliminated in 20th Place ($15,163)

David Salituro

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jie Jie Zheng shoved from the hijack and Prasad Dobbins called off his last 1,000,000 from the cutoff.

Prasad Dobbins:
Jie Jie Zheng:

Dobbins was ahead until the flop gave Zheng top pair. The rest of the board ran out and Dobbins was busted in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jie Jie Zheng	6,000,000	6,000,000
Prasad Dobbins	Busted

Tags: Jie Jie Zheng Prasad Dobbins

11-04-2021 18:51 UTC-7

Jason Chen Eliminated in 21st Place ($15,163)

Leo_Contreras

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

All the chips got in the middle between Jason Chen and Jie Jie Zheng putting Chen at risk for his tournament life.

Jason Chen:
Jie Jie Zheng:

The board ran out giving Zheng an eight on the river to eliminate Chen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jie Jie Zheng	1,940,000	1,940,000
Jason Chen	Busted

Tags: Jason Chen Matthew Jewett

11-04-2021 18:46 UTC-7

Rubinski Doubles Through Chen in Biggest Pot of the Tournament

David Salituro

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jason Chen raised all in for about 17,000,000 from the hijack. On the button, James Rubinski called for 15,200,000 and everyone else folded.

"Ace-king," Chen said, showing

"Same hand. Let's chop," said Rubinski, turning over .

But luck wasn't on Chen's side. The flop gave Rubinski a flush draw, which he completed on the turn. The inconsequential came on the river and Rubinski dragged in the 30,000,000 chip pot.