Asi Moshe opened to 600 in the cutoff and Jaime Reyes called on the button.
The 
flop saw a bet of 1,100 from Moshe and a call.
On the 
river, Moshe fired out a 4,000 bet and Reyes called. Both players checked the 
river.
Reyes showed 
to take the pot as Moshe mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | |
|
48,000 | -12,000 |
Damian Salas delivered the shuffle up and deal in Spanish and concluded it with the four famous words that all poker enthusiasts like to hear.
He then took a short break before entering the field and can now be found on table 497, which also features Lynne Ji.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
Eric Stamey raised to 500 from under the gun. The player next to act three-bet to 1,500. The action folded to the player in the cutoff who called the three-bet. The player in the big blind called as well.
Stamey then four-bet to 3,500. The player in early position folded but he got a call from both the players in the cutoff and big blind.
The flop came 
. Stamey made a continuation bet of 5,000, both of his opponents folded. He took down a relatively large pot early in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,500 | 71,500 |
On a flop of 
, Kenjo Yamase check-called a bet of 1,000 from Johnnie Moreno.
The 
on the turn got checked through and the 
hit the river. Yamase fired out a bet of 1,300 and Moreno wasted little time putting in the chips to call.
Yamase tabled 
for queen-high and Moreno took down the pot when he showed 
for a pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,500 | |
|
52,000 | 52,000 |
Jason Koon has taken his seat in Amazon Orange and he's looking to add a deep run in the Main Event to an already red-hot 2021. The accomplished professional finally won his first WSOP gold bracelet in this year's $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship and crossed $30 million in lifetime earnings after a big Summer on the high roller circuit.
Koon raised to 800 from the button and a player in the small blind three-bet to 1,800. Koon called and the flop was 
.
Both players checked the flop and the turn was 
. The player in the small blind fired 2,100 and Koon flat-called.
The river was 
and both players checked. Koon turned over 
to take the pot while his opponent mucked 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,400 | 5,400 |
The flop was 
and James Sharpe check-called a bet from Scotter Clark.
The turn got checked by both players to see the 
on the river. Sharpe checked once again and Clark bet out 3,000. Sharpe took only a few seconds before making the call.
Clark tabled 
for a straight on the river and Sharpe mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,300 | |
|
46,500 | -13,500 |
1983 WSOP Main Event champion Tom McEvoy was spotted in action as the flop read 
. Alexander Ferrara bet 10,000 into two opponents into a pot of about 25,000. The first opponent folded, Tom McEvoy the shoved all in for about 37,000.
Ferrara checked his cards a few times before folding and McEvoy took down the pot via the aggression.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
46,000 | 46,000 |
Three players who won their way to the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) through ClubGG are seated on Day 1a.
Alan Ellenby, Cory Liptow and Dustin Hufnagel all took advantage of ClubGG's innovative Main Event satellites and will be looking to continue they're run as deep into the tournament as possible.
Other U.S. players who qualified through ClubGG are expected in the Main Event, including Francisco Estrada who spoke with PokerNews about the experience.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
With about 5,000 in the pot and a board of , the small blind player bet 2,100 and Steven Begleiter raised to 6,100 on the button. The small blind pondered his decision and called.
Begleiter showed 
for a turned set and his opponent mucked as the 2009 Main Event final table player took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,000 | 71,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | |
|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
