2021 World Series of Poker

Event #83: $1,500 The Closer
Day: 1b
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$376,850
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,540,505
Entries
1,903
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,101
Players Left
38

Alex Kulev Bags Day 1b Chip Lead in Event #83: $1,500 The Closer

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Alex Kulev
Alex Kulev

Day 1b in Event #83: $1,500 The Closer has come to an end with the second of the two opening flights attracting 1,101 entrants with 166 players making the money with a minimum payout being $2,400. After a long fourteen hours of play, only 38 players remained in Day 1b.

Day 1a had a total of 802 players to bring the total field up to 1,903 for a $2,540,505 prize pool. Day 2 will witness 63 players return with 25 players surviving on Day 1a.

Alex Kulev had an impressive run on Day 1b to not only end on top of the second flight's leaderboard with 2,685,000 in chips but will also enter Day 2 as the overall chip leader.

Meanwhile, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya (2,425,000), Marc Lange (1,320,000), Leo Margets (1,300,000) and Steven Steinmetz (1,300,000) all bagged top five chip stacks on Day 1b.

The Closer Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

RANKPLAYERCountryCHIP COUNTBig Blinds
1Alex KulevIreland2,685,00090
2Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaGeorgia2,425,00081
3Marc LangeUnited States1,320,00044
4Steven SteinmetzUnited States1,300,00043
5Leo MargetsSpain1,300,00043
6Ryan RiessUnited States1,070,00036
7Yuval BronshteinIsrael1,010,00034
8Michael WangUnited States1,010,00034
9Jonathan BorensteinUnited States960,00032
10Mitchell HalversonUnited States930,00031

Five-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb, recent three-time WSOP bracelet winner Chance Kornuth, two-time bracelet winner Bertrand Grospellier, and bracelet winner David Jackson all battled on Day 1b only to come up empty-handed.

All remaining players who bagged will return for Day 2 on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 12 p.m. noon local time in the Amazon room with the dinner break to be determined Sunday starting at Level 23 with blinds at 15,000/30,000 and a big blind ante of 30,000. There will be 15-minute breaks every four levels and the tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

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Tags: Bertrand GrospellierChance KornuthDavid JacksonLeo MargetsShaun Deeb