2021 World Series of Poker

Event #75: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$270,877
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,589,985
Entries
1,191
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,191
Players Left
118

More Chip Counts and Bustouts

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Angelina Rich au
Angelina Rich
315,000 155,000
David Pham us
David Pham
WSOP 3X Winner
287,000 124,000
Nadya Magnus us
Nadya Magnus
245,000 17,000
Sherry Hammers us
Sherry Hammers
195,000 20,000
Bin Weng us
Bin Weng
195,000 -124,000
Patrick Tardif ca
Patrick Tardif
186,000 21,000
Paulina Loeliger at
Paulina Loeliger
179,000 -21,000
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
WSOP 2X Winner
148,000 3,000
Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
145,000 87,000
Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
88,000 27,000
Randy Bullen us
Randy Bullen
76,000 -45,500
Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
73,000 -47,000
Landon Tice us
Landon Tice
48,000 -47,000
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted
Justin Arnwine us
Justin Arnwine
Busted
Kris Steinbach ca
Kris Steinbach
Busted
Gabriel Andrade ec
Gabriel Andrade
Busted
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Fear the Beard: Family Man Chase Bianchi Seeks 2nd Bracelet in WSOP Main Event

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Chase Bianchi
Chase Bianchi

On the Day 7 dinner break of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, just 20 players remained from the 6,650-entry field. Each was guaranteed $241,800 in prize money, but each was aiming to claim the $8 million top prize and to etch their name in poker history.

Among the contenders was a trio of gold bracelet winners – Chance Kornuth, Mitchell Halverson, and Chase Bianchi. Of those, Bianchi found himself in the best position sitting fourth in chips with 28.7 million.

The 34-year-old married family man – he and his wife have two foster children aged five and seventeen months – previously won the 2016 WSOP Event #17: $1,000 NLH for $316,920, which comprises a big chunk of his $872,718 in lifetime earnings according to The Hendon Mob.

Main Event His Only Tournament

Bianchi currently lives just north of Boston but made the trip in Vegas to play just one tournament, this year’s $10,000 Main Event. No matter where he finishes, it will mark his first cash since December 2019.

Like many others, Bianchi is a product of the “Moneymaker Boom” when he learned to play with baseball teammates in the Seattle area.

“The junior varsity team,” Bianchi told PokerNews with a smile. “We’d get together and the moms would joke that I had a summer job because I’d always beat [the players] in their $5 and $10 buy-in poker games. This was the Chris Moneymaker era, like 2004.”

From there, Bianchi honed his game online. He still dabbles at the virtual felt, even doing some Twitch live streaming in the past, but nowadays he plays primarily live cash games when he can. His poker playing is limited these days after he got into software development.

For more on Bianchi, follow him on Twitter @Chase_Bianchi.

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Rich Gets Paid

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Angelina Rich
Angelina Rich

Angelina Rich bet 8,000 on the turn {4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{3-Spades}{j-Clubs} and was called.

The river was the {5-Hearts} and Rich sized up to 20,000 and was called again.

Rich tabled {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts} for a pair of jacks and her opponent tapped the table and tossed in his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Angelina Rich au
Angelina Rich
160,000 7,000

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Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Weng Goes Deep Into the Tank

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Bin Weng
Bin Weng

Bin Weng bet 30,000 into 68,000 on the turn {5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and his opponent called to see the river {5-Spades}.

Weng checked and his opponent shoved for 90,000. Weng went deep into the tank for two minutes.

He counted out his stack, and ultimately tossed in a call. His opponent tabled {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} and Weng was forced to muck his {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Bin Weng us
Bin Weng
319,000 -96,000

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Taylor Loses Some

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Esther Taylor faced a bet of 25,000 on the turn {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}{7-Spades} with 33,000 in the middle.

Taylor called to see the river {10-Spades} and checked. Her opponent asked for a count before checking back.

Taylor's opponent tabled {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for two pair and Taylor mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
61,000 -97,000

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