Eli Elezra is the inductee into the Poker Hall Of Fame from the class of 2021. He has now taken his seat at table 1 in the blue section, seated right next to recent bracelet winner, Cole Ferraro.
Two main event champions are now seated at table 19 in the blue section. 1983 Main Event winner Tom McEvoy, and 2014 Main Event winner Martin Jacobson.
In the first hand, an early position player raised to 600 and got one caller in the small blind plus Tom McEvoy in the big blind.
The flop came , and when checked to, McEvoy led for 800, and both opponents snap-folded, giving McEvoy a pot.
The second hand was picked up on a three-way contested flop reading , with action checking to McEvoy, who bet 1,000, which both players called.
The turn and river was checked through, and McEvoy said, "I have a pair," while he turned over . It was good for the pot as the other two players mucked.