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

11-08-2021 17:32 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Sarkis	160,000 55,000	55,000
Koki Kudo	130,000 52,500	52,500

Arturo Segura	83,000 24,000	24,000
Vasu Amarapu	79,000 15,500	15,500
Frank Dedato	70,000 5,000	5,000

Harijs Broza	27,000 8,000	8,000
Hermann Han Bing Lee	5,300 59,700	59,700

Everybody Raises

Liam Gannon

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Bradley Helm raised to 900 preflop from the hijack and was called by Glenn Ward on the button and David Einhorn in the big blind.

The flop came down and action checked to Helm who bet 1,300 and was met with an immediate raise from Ward to 3,400. Einhorn got out of the way and action went back over to Helm who called.

The turn came a and Helm checked to Ward who bet 4,000 and was met with a raise to 11,000 which caused Helm to look at Ward quizzically. After some thinking Ward tossed his hand into the muck and said "is it possible you have some kind of a three?" Helm shrugged and said "It's possible," while raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Helm	94,000
Glenn Ward	28,000 12,000	12,000
David Einhorn	9,800 300	300

Tags: Glenn Ward David Einhorn Bradley Helm

11-08-2021 17:25 UTC-8

Kelsey Escapes From Elimination

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Raymond Rivera raised it up and David Kelsey then jammed his short stack of 8,600 in from the button. Brandon Bowers in the big blind tanked for a while and clicked it back, which forced a fold from Rivera.

David Kelsey:
Brandon Bowers:

"I folded queens," Rivera said in table chat while Kelsey asked for an ace on the flop. That wish was denied but the ace fell on the turn of the board for Kelsey to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond Rivera	68,000 68,000	68,000
David Kelsey	19,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Brandon Bowers David Kelsey Raymond Rivera

11-08-2021 17:24 UTC-8

A Round of Purple Counts

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Jeff McMillan

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Adams	151,000 16,000	16,000

Alexander Green	136,000 42,000	42,000
Jose Wong	128,000 7,000	7,000
Ross Feldman	120,000 25,000	25,000

Hayden Fortini	110,000 7,000	7,000
Frank Funaro	95,000 14,000	14,000

Michael Lech	83,000 24,000	24,000

Romain Lewis	80,000 14,500	14,500

Daniel Lee	75,000 200	200
Dillon Ott	65,000
Kao Saechao	52,000 52,000	52,000
Ayman Mahfoud	42,000 43,000	43,000
Lily Kiletto	30,000 2,000	2,000

11-08-2021 17:22 UTC-8

Waldbaum Hustles Some Chips

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David Salituro

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

With the board showing , Carla Waldbaum threw out a green 25,000 chip. Her opponent on the button called and Waldbaum showed for the rivered full house to win the pot.

"Short to strong, that's a hustler right there," a tablemate said.

"She's been acting like she doesn't know what she's doing," another tablemate added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carla Waldbaum	75,000

Tags: Carla Waldbaum

11-08-2021 17:15 UTC-8

Updated Feature Table Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Matt Stout lost a bigger portion of his stack and Nathan Gamble has continued to slide down further in the counts as he is currently the shortest stack on the two active feature tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Charleston	99,000
Dylan Linde	92,000 1,000	1,000

Scott Blumstein	74,000 12,000	12,000

Jacob Thibodeau	74,000 1,000	1,000

Andreas Ioakimides	65,000 5,000	5,000
Chad Layne	54,000
Joe Hachem	51,000 4,000	4,000

Andrew Barber	40,000 7,000	7,000

Matt Stout	24,000 19,000	19,000
Nathan Gamble	11,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Nathan Gamble Matt Stout

11-08-2021 17:14 UTC-8

Elias Wins One, Still Low on Chips

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

There was a raise to 1,000 and a call and Darren Elias came along from the small blind to the flop. Elias check-called a bet of 1,500 and the original raiser folded.

On the turn , action checked to the river . The action went check-check again and Elias tabled for aces-up to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	18,000 13,500	13,500

Tags: Darren Elias

11-08-2021 17:13 UTC-8

Ladies Hold for Silva

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Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Ryan Silva opened under the gun for 1,100 and found two callers bringing action three-ways to the flop.

The big blind check-called the 2,300 continuation bet from Silva while the cutoff folded and the turn was checked to the river.

The big blind led out for 3,400, Silva called and rolled over to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Silva	132,400

Tags: Ryan Silva

11-08-2021 17:10 UTC-8

New Notable Entries on Day 1e

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Jake Schindler, Paul Volpe and Dan Smith have all been spotted in the field after late registering and Volpe bet a multi-way pot for 1,300 on the flop. Only Andrew Halseth called and they checked the turn and river. Volpe rolled over the but Halseth had that beat with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Schindler	60,000

Dan Smith	49,000 12,500	12,500

Paul Volpe	40,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Dan Smith Jake Schindler Paul Volpe Andrew Halseth

11-08-2021 17:09 UTC-8

Bunal Catches Some More Chips

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David Salituro

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Florencio Bunal, who was dressed in a full Pikachu costume earlier but has since taken off the mask, called a pre-flop raise of 1,200 from the hijack and saw the flop against four opponents.

The flop came and a player in middle position bet 2,200. Bunal then raised to 6,000 and everyone but the original better folded. Bunal bet another 7,000 on the and his opponent tanked for about two minutes before letting go of his hand. Bunal showed .