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

11-08-2021 20:55 UTC-7

Muallem Gets Some Back From Duong

NicholasBaltz

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Noam Muallem, wearing a furry panda hat, bet 2,000 on the river with 6,000 already in the middle.

Kristy Duong tanked for a moment before making the call.

"No quads this time," said Muallem.

Muallem turned over for jacks and eights and Duong mucked.

"You call me with ace-high," asked Muallem? "You're paying me what you owe me for the quads."

Muallem is sitting comfortably on more than 80,000, and his head is no doubt comfortable too with his panda hat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristy Duong	88,000 88,000	88,000
Noam Muallem	84,000 -12,500	-12,500

Tags: Kristy Duong Noam Muallem

11-08-2021 20:44 UTC-7

Tony Miles "Trying to be in a Flow State for the Big Event"

4projectmayhem

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

2018 Main Event runner up Tony Miles says he used meditation to make it to the WSOP Main Event final table and win $5,000,0000. He returns for another shot on Day 1 of the 2021 Main Event and share his flow state technique.

Tags: 2018 wsop 2021 wsop flow state main event meditation tiffanymichelle Tony miles WSOP

11-08-2021 18:50 UTC-7

Dinner Break on Day 1e

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Main Event players are on their 75-minute dinner break and will resume action at roughly 7:00 p.m. local time.

So far 754 entries have been tallied and here are some highlights from Level 3:

-Kapoor Picks Up Aces to Finish Distenfeld

-Akkari and Baker Fold Big Holdings Correctly

-Noori Folds Full House

-Ott Sets Up Marzarella

-Heine Drops Ray After Big Blind Special

-Bronshtein Bluffs

-Mizrachi Flops It, Gets Paid

11-08-2021 18:35 UTC-7

Mizrachi Flops It, Gets Paid

NicholasBaltz

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Robert Mizrachi bet 15,000 on a completed board of with about 25,000 in the pot.

His opponent tossed in a call but then tapped the table in defeat when Mizrachi tabled for a flopped flush.

Mizrachi now moves past the 100,000 chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	109,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: David Mindich Robert Mizrachi

11-08-2021 17:33 UTC-7

Noori Folds Full House

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

With on the board and around 5,000 in the pot, David "ODB" Baker bet 5,000 from the big blind. Michael Noori raised to 15,000 and Baker immediately made it 30,000.

Noori went deep into the tank for several minutes before he announced the fold and showed for aces full of sevens.

Baker showed for aces full of jacks and the table acknowledged the impressive fold while Noori exhaled.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "ODB" Baker	95,600 8,600	8,600

Michael Noori	60,500 -17,500	-17,500

Tags: David "ODB" Baker Michael Noori

11-08-2021 17:25 UTC-7

Hawkins Soars Back Up

NicholasBaltz

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Maurice Hawkins and his opponent both put in 3,000 on the flop with approximately 15,000 in the middle.

On the turn , Hawkins' opponent check-called a bet of 3,400.

The river was the , and Hawkins' opponent check-folded to an all-in bet of about 8,000 from Hawkins.

With that pot, Hawkins climbs back above 30,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	34,500 15,300	15,300

Tags: Maurice Hawkins

11-08-2021 17:10 UTC-7

Kapoor Picks Up Aces to Finish Distenfeld

David Salituro

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Gershon Distenfeld was down to around 26,000 and got them all in the middle against Sanjeev Kapoor.

Gershon Distenfeld:
Sanjeev Kapoor:

Distenfeld picked up a straight draw on the flop, but improved no further as the board ran out . The 2020 Main Event finalist and bracelet winner, who delivered the "Shuffle Up and Deal" announcement to begin the day, hit the rail early on Level 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sanjeev Kapoor	95,000 73,300	73,300
Gershon Distenfeld	Busted

Tags: Gershon Distenfeld Sanjeev Kapoor

11-08-2021 16:23 UTC-7

Smith Cracks Blumstein's Aces, It Could Have Been Worse

tucsonmonster

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Rex Smith limped from under the gun. The action folded to Scott Blumstein in the cutoff who raised it up to 1,300. It folded back around to Smith and he four-bet to 3,800.

Blumstein opted to just call going to a flop that read . Smith lead with a bet of 5,500 and Blumstein quickly called.

The action checked through the turn.

The came on the river pairing the board. Smith checked and thought that he saw Blumstein check so he tabled his hand which was the .

Smith turned his hand back over when he realized that Blumstein had not acted.

Blumstein was tickled by what had happened and said, "I check" as he tabled pocket aces.

Smith took down the pot with trip kings having saved Blumstien from committing more chips to the pot by acting out of turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rex Smith	80,000 20,000	20,000
Scott Blumstein	62,000 -13,000	-13,000

11-08-2021 16:01 UTC-7

Pratt Is Back

Liam Gannon

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Denise Pratt lost a large pot in the early goings of the day when her pocket aces were cracked, leaving her with 12,000 chips. She has been steadily chipping up throughout the day and just recently was involved in another big hand with pocket aces.

Action picked up with cards already on their back with Denise Pratt all-in and at risk for 34,700 and having already been called.

Denise Pratt:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Pratt took the pot down with her aces-up, boosting her stack to over 70,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denise Pratt	70,300 33,300	33,300

11-08-2021 15:46 UTC-7

Early Exit for Leng Against Hunichen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

The cards were already on their backs with the turn reading when Ryan Leng was all-in and at risk holding the for the top two pair. Chris Hunichen had the for the nut flush tabled and the river paired the board but failed to improve Leng.