Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship Day 1b | 2021 World Series of Poker

11-05-2021 11:36 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Estrada	60,000	60,000
Scott Thompson	60,000
Sean Greenough	60,000
Jakub Malesa	60,000
Joseph Linville	60,000	60,000
Yun Zheng	60,000
Toby Middlebrooks	60,000	60,000
Matthew Traylor	60,000	60,000

Hallaert Scoops a Pot Early

Matthew Pitt

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Kenny Hallaert raised to 800 and the action folded around to the big blind, who called..

The flop was , and Hallaert continued with a bet of 600, and the big blind mucked his hand.

Hallaert is a player to watch as play progresses. The Belgian has $4.3 million in live earnings, an impressive figure helped by his sixth-place finish in the 2016 WSOP Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	62,000	2,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert

11-05-2021 11:31 UTC-7

Action folded around to the button who raised to 600, and Jared Bleznick in the small blind re-raised to 2,300. Action folded around to the button who considered his options briefly before folding and giving Bleznick the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	62,300	2,300

11-05-2021 11:27 UTC-7

More Players in Purple

Connor Richards

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Thompson	60,000	60,000
Sean Greenough	60,000	60,000
Jakub Malesa	60,000	60,000
Yun Zheng	60,000	60,000
Cary Katz	60,000	60,000
Jeremy Wien	60,000	60,000
Daniel Fuhs	60,000	60,000
Thomas Grier	60,000	60,000
Pavel Plesuv	60,000	60,000
Terry Wheeler	60,000	60,000
Chris Hammett	60,000	60,000

11-05-2021 11:27 UTC-7

More Notables From Amazon Purple

Mike Patrick

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	60,000	60,000
Thomas Boivin	60,000	60,000
Ben Farrell	60,000	60,000
Santiago Plante	60,000	60,000
Alon Eldar	60,000	-12,000
Tobias Schwecht	60,000	60,000
Carlos Chadha	60,000	60,000
Chance Kornuth	60,000	60,000
Craig Varnell	60,000	60,000
Maria Konnikova	60,000	60,000
Ryan Hohner	60,000	60,000
Barry Shulman	60,000	60,000
Timo Kamphues	60,000	60,000
Marsha Wolak	60,000	60,000
Ronnie Bardah	60,000

11-05-2021 11:20 UTC-7

Faces In Orange

Liam Gannon

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	60,000
Raffaele Sorrentino	60,000
Cole Ferraro	60,000
Niall Farrell	60,000
Sergio Aido	60,000
Jeremy Ausmus	60,000
Justin Arnwine	60,000
Mike Del Vecchio	60,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	60,000
Brandon Sheils	60,000

11-05-2021 11:19 UTC-7

"Seat Open!"

Mike Patrick

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

"Seat open!" was just loudly announced in the middle of Amazon purple just a few minutes into the first level of the day.

The room buzzed over the thought of that early cooler that wiped out a player's $10,000 buy-in just minutes into their day.

Once the table was approached by PokerNews and tournament staff, "Just kidding...tension breaker." was said.

Quite the start to the day for the orchestrater of the gag, Chris Hammett.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hammett	60,000	60,000

11-05-2021 11:19 UTC-7

Chidwick Wins an Early Pot

Connor Richards

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Stephen Chidwick opened to 600 in the small blind, and Eitan Borreda defended from the big blind.

Chidwick continued with a bet of 1,200 on a flop reading and Borreda quickly folded, sending one of the first pots of the day in the direction of the one-time bracelet winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	61,000	61,000
Eitan Borreda	59,000	59,000

Tags: Eitan Borreda Stephen Chidwick

11-05-2021 11:19 UTC-7

More Notables

NicholasBaltz

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	60,000	60,000
Shaun Deeb	60,000	60,000
Daniel Strelitz	60,000	60,000
Daniela Rodriguez	60,000	60,000
Todd Hansen	60,000	60,000
Brent Hanks	60,000	60,000
Landen Lucas	60,000	60,000
Justin Arnwine	60,000	60,000
Kimberly McClymont	60,000	60,000