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Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
2021 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,011,250
Total Entries
6,650
Level
41
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
2,400,000
Entries
523
Players Left
348
Players Left 1 / 6,650
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Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Earlier in the tournament, Damian Salas was involved in a hand against Lynne Ji at his table.
Salas opened and got two calls including Ji and Oliver Thomas. The flop was 
. Salas continued and Thomas in the hijack raised. Ji three-bet and earned two calls.
The turn was the 
putting three hearts on the board. It checked to Thomas who bet just under half pot. Salas raised and Thomas shoved all in. Salas called with 
for the nut flush against Thomas' 
.
The river was the 
, giving Oliver Thomas a full house and leaving Salas with crumbs.
A short while later, and just before the break, the action was picked up on the river with a board that read 
. Salas was all in for just 2,000 from the big blind. There was side action between a player in early position and Peter Gould on the button.
There was about 16,000 in the pot by the river. The action was checked to Gould and he bet 9,400. The player in early position thought for a moment before releasing his hand.
Damian Salas: 
Peter Gould: 
Gould rivered the bottom end of the straight with his pocket fives to eliminate 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Damian Salas.
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
The players are now on their first break of Day 1A after two hours of Level 1 action. Here is a look at some of the highlights of the first level; including the elimination of a bracelet winner, former champs taking their seat and a Royal Flush.
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Doyle Brunson called preflop on the button and went four ways to the 
flop.
All four players checked to the 
turn, and Brunson's bet of 1,200 earned three folds and an early pot.
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Joey Weissman check-called a bet on the 
flop by the player on the button and then opted to check-raise the turn to 12,500, which his opponent called. On the 
river, Weissman bet 10,000 and earned a call to reveal 
for a set of eights to drag in a very healthy pot.
Weissman is now the biggest stack at the table with Eric Kurtzman not far behind.
Level 1
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With about 15,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, a hijack player bet 7,000, a button player called, and Adekunle Olonoh jammed for 34,600 in the small blind. The hijack folded and the button quickly called.
Adekunle Olonoh: 
Button: 
Olonoh had cowboys but was behind the flopped top set of his opponent. The gave him extra hope with a flush draw, and the spiked the river to complete the flush and keep him alive.
"Oh wow, flush got there," one player at the table observed. "That's sick," another one said.
Olonoh took a photo of the board to document his good fortune and took his seat with renewed energy, while his opponent was left with crumbs.
Level 1
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Doyle Brunson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, has taken his seat in the Main Event.
Brunson faced a bet of 900 from Clayton Hamm on the 
flop with 3,000 in the middle. Brunson called to see the 
turn and called a bet of 1,200 when Hamm led again.
On the 
river, the action went check-check and Hamm tabled 
for top pair, while Brunson mucked.
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Four ways to the 
flop with 1,000 chips invested each, no betting action took place. The appeared on the turn and Sam Grafton bet 800. That was enough to win the pot without resistance, as one opponent after the other folded.
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With a pot brewed of about 21,000 the action was on the turn with a board of 
, and Kenji Yamase fired out a bet of 8,000. Luigi Curcio folded next to act before a player in the middle made the call and David Patent folded behind.
On the 
river, Yamase fired out a bet of 25,000 and after tanking for a little under a minute his opponent made the call. Yamase tabled for a full house and raked in the pot.
