2021 World Series of Poker

Event #88: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j6
Prize
$511,184
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,449,238
Entries
531
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
531
Players Left
30

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Hellmuth Finds A Double

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth raised preflop to 24,000 from early position and a middle position player called while the rest of the action folded around. "I think we both have strong hands," said Phil to his opponent.

The flop came out {8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and Hellmuth checked to his opponent who bet 30,000, which Phil responded to by raising to 60,000 which the opponent called.

Hellmuth moved all-in dark for 60,000 on the turn which then came out the {a-Spades} which the opponent tanked but eventually called. "I have a set of eights," Hellmuth told his opponent "You have nines don't you."

Phil Hellmuth: {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Opponent: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

The river came out the {6-Diamonds} and Hellmuth who started his new table with 30,000 has now doubled his stack up to ten times what it was.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
304,000 243,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Wolff Wins Big; Lybaert Eliminated

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Bart Lybaert
Bart Lybaert

A player opened under-the-gun to 16,000 which James Romero from one seat over responded by three-betting to 28,000. From one seat over, Bart Lybaert went all-in for 182,000 which folded the action over to George Wolff on the button, who decided to move all-in for 178,000. The initial raiser folded and Romero snap-called.

Bart Lybaert: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
George Wolff: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
James Romero: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{5-Hearts} which gave no improvement to any player, leaving Wolff to triple up and Romero to take a tiny side pot to eliminated Lybaert.

Player Chips Progress
George Wolff us
George Wolff
590,000 445,000
James Romero us
James Romero
520,000 -180,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
Busted

Tags: Bart LybaertGeorge WolffJames Romero

Romero Among The Top Stacks

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
James Romero
James Romero

The action picked up blind versus blind on a flop of {6-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. The small blind led out for 100,000 and Romero called to the turn of {j-Hearts}.

Action checked to the river of {a-Spades}. The small blind checked and Romero fired out a 40,000 bet. The small blind went into the tank before flicking in the call. Romero showed {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs} for a full house, fives over jacks.

Player Chips Progress
James Romero us
James Romero
700,000 632,000

Tags: James Romero

Negreanu Ousted By Yoon

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Action was recapped by the table. Negreanu moved his remaining 80,000 in from the small blind into Brian Yoon's big blind. Yoon called and the cards were tabled.

Daniel Negreanu: {j-}{8-}
Brian Yoon: {a-}{4-}

The board ran out as no help to Negreanu and the 6-time bracelet winner exited from the tournament field.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
WSOP 5X Winner
243,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuBrian Yoon

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Matusow Doubles With Jack High

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Felipe Ramos moved all-in from the small blind into Mike Matusow's big blind and Matusow called for the few chips he had remaining.

Mike Matusow: {j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Felipe Ramos: {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds} bringing no improvement to either player and allowing Matusow to double. "I cannot win with ace-king," said Matusow in reference to an earlier hand he lost "but I can win with Jack High."

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
230,000 148,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
45,000 -34,000

Tags: Mike MatusowFelipe Ramos