2021 World Series of Poker
With 55 WSOP Cashes Could Main Event Be Jeff Gross's Destiny?
Poker podcaster, blogger and streamer Jeff 'JG' Gross is fresh off the $10,000 PLO Hi/Lo - 8 Handed final table and feeling good on Day 1 of the Main Event! He's not even upset about getting double check raised in the first level!
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Robinson Let it Go
Lukas Robinson raised under the gun and got called by the cutoff and the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind checked to Robinson, who continued for 2,000. The cutoff raised it to 4,200 and Robinson called after the big blind got out of the way.
The turn was the and Robinson check-folded this time after a bet of 6,700 from his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lukas Robinson | 113,000 | -9,000 |
Updated Chip Counts in Brasilia
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Romero
|
170,000 | -31,000 |
Anatolii Zyrin
|
142,500 | 6,000 |
Antoine Sankari | 130,000 | -5,000 |
Michael Walker | 110,000 | -4,000 |
Allen Kessler | 106,800 | -3,200 |
Mark Kehrees | 105,000 | 25,000 |
Steven Merrifield | 101,200 | -7,300 |
Yingge Yan | 84,800 | -200 |
Dan Shak | 82,200 | 22,200 |
Mark Liedtke | 77,000 | 8,000 |
Matthew Wantman | 75,500 | -4,500 |
Ben Heath
|
70,500 | -104,500 |
Ebony Kenney | 68,000 | 1,400 |
Adam Hendrix | 66,000 | 7,800 |
Haven Werner | 62,000 | 12,500 |
Masakazu Miyamoto | 59,000 | -11,300 |
Kathy Liebert
|
54,000 | -6,000 |
Taylor Pollard | 53,000 | 2,000 |
Gediminas Uselis | 49,000 | 9,000 |
Kenneth Cleeton | 48,000 | 10,400 |
Vanessa Alvarez Mejias
|
41,500 | -8,000 |
Greg Himmelbrand | 39,500 | 2,500 |
Jesse Sylvia | 38,800 | -11,200 |
Scott Davies
|
29,600 | 16,400 |
Dana Cowels
|
29,300 | -17,700 |
Huang Doubles in a Flip
David MacLeod raised in the hijack and quickly called the shove by Vincent Huang from one seat over for the last 12,300 in the cutoff.
Vincent Huang:
David MacLeod:
The board kept Huang in contention and he then claimed the blinds and big blind ante with an open raise in the next hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David MacLeod
|
100,000 | |
Vincent Huang | 26,500 | -33,200 |
Nguyen Makes a Straight
On the river with a board of , there was a pot brewed of about 23,400 and Thanh Nguyen was facing a bet of 15,000. He made the call and the opponent tabled for a pair of kings before Nguyen tabled for a straight on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thanh Nguyen | 92,600 | 10,800 |
Some More Counts From Purple
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Craven
|
163,000 | 70,700 |
Rahul Deevara | 162,300 | 162,300 |
Karolis Sereika | 153,400 | -23,100 |
Michael Rossitto | 152,600 | 17,200 |
Matt Affleck | 131,400 | 3,600 |
Jack McClelland
|
70,500 | 37,300 |
Joe Kuether | 46,500 | 6,800 |
Brian McDaniel | 41,200 | 8,000 |
Vincent Huang | 31,200 | -28,500 |
Bill Klein | 21,300 | -42,100 |
Joseph Cheong
|
Busted |
Gaby Works on a Miracle
Marc Gaby had apparently been all-in three times since coming back from the break. He was on the way out of the door just now when heavily dominated with the despite flopping top pair. However, the turn and river runout gave Gaby a runner-runner full house and he then apologized to Ali Ahmad, who he had sucked out on.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Liya Gerasimova | 115,000 | 7,000 |
Ali Ahmad
|
90,000 | 90,000 |
Marc Gaby
|
22,000 | 22,000 |
Grech's Three-Bet Gets Through
The action folded around to the hijack who raised to 1,400. The button folded and Zachary Grech three-bet to 6,800. The big blind folded quickly and the hijack let his hand go.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zachary Grech
|
340,100 | -4,900 |