A quick break to race off the 5,000K chips.
2021 World Series of Poker
The action picked up with both players' hole cards face up on a completed board reading ![]()
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Georgios Sotiropoulos: ![]()
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Clayton Weber: ![]()
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Sotiropoulos hits a broadway straight on the river to secure a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,400,000
1,900,000
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2,800,000
3,700,000
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3,700,000 |
The action was picked up when a player went all-in for his remaining stack of 950,000 and was called by Fabian Gumz to put his opponent at risk.
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Fabian Gumz: ![]()
The board ran out ![]()
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and with the pair of eights on the flop Gumz eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,300,000
5,250,000
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5,250,000 |
Francois Pirault went all in for 3,000,000 from the button. In the small blind, Dionysios Perdikoyiannis called all in for 2,100,000. Julian Bonorris was in the big blind and tanked for a few minutes before laying his hand down.
Dionysios Perdikoyiannis: ![]()
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Francois Pirault: ![]()
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Perdikoyiannis got no help on the ![]()
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and tapped the felt when the
came on the turn to give Pirault a pair of kings. The
on the river sealed his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,000,000
2,200,000
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2,200,000 |
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Farid Jattin raised pre-flop, Eunyoung Choi moved all in for 1,300,000, and Jattin called.
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"Fair fight," Jattin said. Choi hit two pair on the ![]()
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flop and held through the ![]()
turn and river to secure the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,000,000
1,600,000
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1,600,000 |
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2,600,000
1,125,000
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1,125,000 |
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Uke Dauti and John Frenz were both standing by their seats while a massive pot was being pushed in Wataru Miyashita's direction.
According to the table, Frenz and Dauti had sevens and jacks but were crushed by the ![]()
of Miyashita. The board read ![]()
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, giving Miyashita a set, the double knockout, and nearly 25,000,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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23,000,000
11,500,000
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11,500,000 |
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Busted |
The action was picked up preflop when Giorgiy Skhulukhiya was all-in for his remaining 2.4 million in chips and was called by James Rubinski to put Skhulukhiya at risk.
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: ![]()
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James Rubinski: ![]()
Rubinski needed help and the board would run out ![]()
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giving Rubinski the pair of nines on the flop he needed to eliminate Skhulukhiya.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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9,700,000
1,700,000
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1,700,000 |
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Busted |

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Chad Holloway come to you from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!
They highlight Doyle Brunson's much-bantered return to the WSOP since his last event in 2018, and also offer an audio clip from Phil Ivey discussing whether or not he'll be at the WSOP this year. Chad then talks about partying with Ivey at the launch party for his NFT while Jeff offers a 2021 WSOP Player of the Year update.
Toss in bracelet winner interviews with Shaun Deeb, Brian Rast, Darrin Wright, Farzad Bonyadi, Nicholas Julia, and Gershon Distenfeld, and it's a must-listen episode of the PokerNews Podcast. Speaking of Distenfeld, find out how and why he donated all his $204,000 in winnings to charity.
Level: 35
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000