Last Level of the Night
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Players have started the last level of the night after a change to the tournament structure. They were originally scheduled to play through Level 17.
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$4,069,375
Entries
85
Level
32
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
85
Players Left
34
Sinn Gets After Hendrix
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Charles Sinn opened to 35,000 in early position and Adam Hendrix flat-called on the button.
"Pot," Sinn announced before betting 95,000 on the flop of 
. Hendrix called.
"Pot," Sinn said again with a bet of 285,000 as soon as the 
peeled off on the turn.
Hendrix had taken around 40 seconds to make a decision when Sinn grew irritated.
"What's going on with the time bank? You've got to enforce that," he told the dealer. "Call the floor."
Shaun Deeb informed Sinn that players can use their time extensions and turn them in to the dealer after the hand is over. Sinn then apologized and Hendrix folded after giving the dealer one of his time extensions.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
430,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Garza's Kings Are Good
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
AP Garza raised to 12,000 and Anthony Zinno re-raised to 50,000. Garza called to see the 
flop.
Both players checked to the 
turn. Garza checked again and Zinno bet 75,000. Garza called and the 
river was checked down.
Garza showed 
for kings and sevens while Zinno mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
||
|
500,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Wolff Sends Opponent to the Rail
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
George Wolff opened on the button and Charles Sinn called in the small blind. The big blind moved all-in for 65,000 and Wolff raised the pot. Sinn thought for a minute and folded.
Big Blind: 
George Wolff: 
The board ran out 
and Wolff eliminated the opponent and won the pot with a pair of aces, which apparently was not as good as what Sinn would have had.
"I would've f***ed your face over. I would've won," Sinn told Wolff. "I need another vodka Sprite. It's getting crazy over here."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
300,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Lamb Busts Zimnik, Contending for Chip Lead
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Nathan Zimnik moved all in around 120,000 after Ben Lamb raised. Noah Schwartz tank-folded and Lamb called.
Nathan Zimnik: 
Ben Lamb: 
"Oh my God, I folded kings," Schwartz said upon seeing each player's holdings.
"I'm getting it in good, is what I'm doing," Lamb replied.
The board ran out 
, giving Lamb two pair, queens and fours, and the knockout to climb up to 1,850,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Hellmuth Takes From Schemion at End of Night
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Heads-up on the turn with the board showing , Phil Hellmuth bet 50,000 and Ole Schemion called. The river came the 
and Schemion checked over to Hellmuth, who bet another 125,000.
Schemion considered the decision for a moment before folding. "Want me to show you a free one?" Hellmuth asked. He turned over 
for the nut flush and took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
||
|
275,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
Action Has Ended
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Day 1 is officially over following the completion of Level 15. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's events.
Assorted End of Night Chip Counts
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,980,000
1,510,000
|
1,510,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,750,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,355,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
||
|
1,270,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
1,250,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
||
|
1,130,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
1,070,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,045,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,000,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
735,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
715,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
625,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
||
|
520,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
505,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
420,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
||
|
405,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
400,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
375,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
365,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
365,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
|
||
Laszlo Bujtas Leads After Day 1 of Event #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller; Arieh, Hellmuth Battle for POY
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
With just four events remaining on the World Series of Poker schedule, the race for Player of the Year might just be decided tomorrow on Day 2 of Event #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller.
Josh Arieh completed a miraculous comeback, falling down to 14,000 chips at one point on Day 1 before finishing the night with 1,355,000. Arieh, already with two bracelets in the 2021 WSOP, leads the POY race by nearly 600 points.
The man who’s his closest chaser, though, also bagged chips on Day 1. Phil Hellmuth was, as usual, a late entrant into the field and finished the day near the bottom of the chip counts with 365,000. A win in this event will not only earn the champion $1,188,918 and the WSOP bracelet, but it will also be worth more than 1,000 POY points, more than enough for Arieh either to clinch the title or Hellmuth to close the gap.
At the end of 15 levels, just 33 players out of a starting field of 85 survived to play Day 2 tomorrow at 2 p.m. PST. Play was supposed to last through Level 17, but the decision was made to shorten the day by two levels, one that didn’t sit well with some of the players.
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— Chance Kornuth (@ChancesCards)
Laszlo Bujtas of Hungary finished Day 1 as the chip leader, bagging 1,980,000. Bujtas has nine career WSOP cashes and two final tables. His largest cash was a big one; Bujtas finished runner-up in the 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event for $789,227.
Right behind Bujtas is Ben Lamb, who busted a player near the end of the night to finish with 1,750,000. Arieh, Jared Bleznick (1,270,000), and Daniel Negreanu round out the unofficial top-five. Negreanu's first entry into this tournament lasted him less than a level, but his second bullet went much better as he finished with 1,250,000. Scott Seiver (1,070,000) and Dan Cates (1,045,000) also bagged more than one million chips.
Further down the leaderboard, Chance Kornuth (625,000), Shaun Deeb (520,000), Dan Smith (505,000), and Anthony Zinno (420,000) will have some catching up to do on Day 2 if they want to contend for the bracelet.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | County | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laszlo Bujtas | Hungary | 1,980,000 |
| 2 | Ben Lamb | United States | 1,755,000 |
| 3 | Alexander Petersen | Denmark | 1,355,000 |
| 4 | Josh Arieh | United States | 1,355,000 |
| 5 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 1,270,000 |
| 6 | Alex Aleksandrovski | United States | 1,130,000 |
| 7 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 1,125,000 |
| 8 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,125,000 |
| 9 | Scott Seiver | United States | 1,070,000 |
| 10 | Dan Cates | United States | 1,045,000 |
Over the course of 10 hours of play, Brian Rast, Felipe Ramos, Jake Schindler, and Robert Mizrachi all saw their $50,000 buy-in disappear as they hit the rail.
Day 2 is scheduled to play down to a winner. There are still 33 players left chasing the top prize and the bracelet, and PokerNews will be along the entire way as they work their way to the final table and the crowning of a new WSOP champion.
Day Seat Draw
| ROOM | TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 405 | 2 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 375,000 |
| Amazon | 405 | 3 | Daniel Cates | United States | 1,045,000 |
| Amazon | 405 | 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 1,125,000 |
| Amazon | 405 | 5 | Noah Schwartz | United States | 365,000 |
| Amazon | 405 | 6 | Gavin Cochrane | United Kingdom | 1,000,000 |
| Amazon | 405 | 7 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 1,270,000 |
| Amazon | 405 | 8 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 685,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 1 | Dan Smith | United States | 505,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 2 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 400,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 3 | Laszlo Bujtas | Hungary | 1,980,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 4 | Scott Seiver | United States | 1,070,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 5 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 625,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 8 | Michael Song | United States | 180,000 |
| Amazon | 412 | 1 | Henrik Hecklen | Denmark | 425,000 |
| Amazon | 412 | 2 | Sterling Savill | United States | 370,000 |
| Amazon | 412 | 3 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 320,000 |
| Amazon | 412 | 4 | George Wolff | United States | 715,000 |
| Amazon | 412 | 5 | Cliff Josephy | United States | 405,000 |
| Amazon | 412 | 6 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 550,000 |
| Amazon | 412 | 7 | Alex Aleksandrovski | United States | 1,130,000 |
| Amazon | 413 | 2 | Charles Sinn | United States | 840,000 |
| Amazon | 413 | 4 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 420,000 |
| Amazon | 413 | 5 | Ben Lamb | United States | 1,755,000 |
| Amazon | 413 | 6 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 365,000 |
| Amazon | 413 | 7 | Ap Garza | United States | 510,000 |
| Amazon | 413 | 8 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 590,000 |
| Amazon | 414 | 1 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,125,000 |
| Amazon | 414 | 2 | Kyle Bowker | United States | 320,000 |
| Amazon | 414 | 3 | Alexander Petersen | Denmark | 1,355,000 |
| Amazon | 414 | 4 | Frank Crivello | United States | 650,000 |
| Amazon | 414 | 5 | Jonas Kronwitter | Germany | 640,000 |
| Amazon | 414 | 7 | John Beauprez | United States | 275,000 |
| Amazon | 414 | 8 | Josh Arieh | United States | 1,355,000 |
Event #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 1 Completed