Event #77: $1,500 Fifty Stack No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

11-16-2021 18:07 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Leo_Contreras

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	170,000	45,000
Thomas Taylor	150,000	25,000
Kelly Minkin	130,000	20,000
Justin Arnwine	129,000	54,000
Kathy Liebert	125,000	-5,000
Haven Werner	110,000	10,000
Kevin Song	100,000	-5,000
Michael Marder	93,500	33,500
Marvin Karlins	85,000	21,600
Kenny Hallaert	70,000	60,000
Kitty Kuo	67,000	-33,000
Lexy Gavin	65,000	1,000
Melanie Weisner	65,000	65,000
Michael Wang	62,000	12,000
Allen Kessler	55,000
Ryan Reiss	50,000	6,000
Kyle Miholich	45,000	-20,000
Paulina Loeliger	38,000	-7,000
Francois Pirault	34,000	8,000
Chris Moorman	25,000	25,000

11-16-2021 17:46 UTC-7

PokerNews Podcast: WSOP Main Event Final Table Set; Guest Darren Elias

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jesse Fullen and Chad Holloway come to you from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!

They preview the 2021 WSOP $10,000 Main Event final table, talk with chip leader Koray Aldemir, and highlight some of the bigger names to cash the tournament. They also offer winner interviews with Jermaine Reid and Scott Ball, the latter having captured his second bracelet of the series and put himself in position to win Player of the Year.

They also chat with guest Darren Elias, who talks about his upcoming online "The End Boss Poker Series." BetMGM recently announced the debut of The End Boss Poker Series, created in conjunction with the four-time WPT champion. The event will take place on the partypoker US Network in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan from November 23rd through 28th. The 6-day, 7-event series is headlined by The End Boss Main Event, an 8-max NLH that carries a six-figure guarantees in each state. Overall, the series includes tournaments with guaranteed prize pools totaling more than $750,000 across all three states.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

11-16-2021 17:29 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Leo_Contreras

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Liebert	130,000	5,000
Maria Konnikova	125,000	-5,000
Thomas Taylor	125,000	45,000
Kelly Minkin	110,000	-5,000
Haven Werner	100,000	-15,000
Kitty Kuo	100,000	51,000
Justin Arnwine	75,000	-65,000
Lexy Gavin	64,000	-9,000
Allen Kessler	55,000	-10,000
Paulina Loeliger	45,000	4,000

11-16-2021 17:15 UTC-7

Konnikova Only Shows the Three of Hearts

Leo_Contreras

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Maria Konnikova was involved in a hand with the pot already around 35,000 in chips.

The board was already all out and showing and Konnikova bet 27,000.

Her opponent went into a long tank before he eventually mucked and ask to see the hand.

Konnikova said "pick one" and after picking the one on the right she showed him the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	130,000	10,000

Tags: Maria Konnikova

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

11-16-2021 17:03 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Leo_Contreras

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Arnwine	140,000	-5,000
Kathy Liebert	125,000	10,000
Maria Konnikova	120,000	20,000
Kelly Minkin	115,000	-15,000
Haven Werner	115,000	58,000
Thomas Taylor	80,000	-10,000
Lexy Gavin	73,000	-22,000
Allen Kessler	65,000
Michael Marder	60,000	60,000
Allyn Shulman	50,000
Kitty Kuo	49,000	4,000
Ryan Reiss	44,000	44,000
Paulina Loeliger	41,000	41,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

11-16-2021 16:23 UTC-7

20-Minute Break

Leo_Contreras

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day.

11-16-2021 16:15 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Leo_Contreras

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Arnwine	145,000	-30,000
Kelly Minkin	130,000	-5,000
Kathy Liebert	115,000	58,000
Kevin Song	105,000	10,000
Maria Konnikova	100,000	4,000
Lexy Gavin	95,000	40,000
Thomas Taylor	90,000	25,000
Allen Kessler	65,000	5,000
Kyle Miholich	65,000	15,000
Phil Laak	60,000	-5,000
Haven Werner	57,000	2,000
Allyn Shulman	50,000	12,000
Aladin Reskallah	45,000	-45,000
Francois Pirault	26,000	-7,000