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

11-08-2021 13:35 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Noori	57,000 3,000	3,000

David "ODB" Baker	54,000 5,000	5,000

Einhorn Smashes the River

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

With about 5,000 in the middle on the board, David Einhorn and Glenn Ward checked to the river.

Einhorn led for 3,200 and Ward called.

Einhorn turned over for a rivered set of nines and Ward mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Einhorn	66,800 66,800	66,800
Glenn Ward	40,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: David Einhorn Glenn Ward

11-08-2021 13:26 UTC-8

Updated Counts Across the Room

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonin Teisseire	78,000 78,000	78,000

Robert Bickley	75,000 75,000	75,000
Max Silver	68,000 1,700	1,700

Noah Bronstein	65,000 65,000	65,000

Toby Lewis	63,000 3,000	3,000

Rafael Moraes	62,000 2,000	2,000

Yiannis Liperis	59,000 1,000	1,000
Griffin Benger	54,000 6,000	6,000
Danut Chisu	45,000 7,500	7,500
Daniel Lowery	44,500 13,000	13,000
Denise Pratt	37,000 24,000	24,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

11-08-2021 13:15 UTC-8

Updated Amazon Purple Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Fried	130,000 10,000	10,000
Oscar Alache	75,000 26,000	26,000

Benjamin Harrison	66,000 11,000	11,000
Hermann Han Bing Lee	65,000
Frank Dedato	65,000

Erick Sarkis	63,000 2,000	2,000
Vasu Amarapu	63,000 5,000	5,000
Arturo Segura	59,000 6,000	6,000
Koki Kudo	42,000 10,000	10,000

Thomas Brown	35,000 24,000	24,000
Harijs Broza	35,000 19,000	19,000

11-08-2021 13:05 UTC-8

Main Event Players On First Break

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Anthony Thompson

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Players are now on their first 20-minute break with over 630 entries through the first level.

Here are some highlights from the first two hours of play:

- Pratt Loses Big Pot To Simon

- Feldman Receives Gift

- Cao Sends One Out

- Quad Alert

- Seth Cracks Pocket Kings

11-08-2021 13:03 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Groner	75,000 75,000	75,000
Frederic Heller	27,000 38,000	38,000

Nine-Time WSOP Ring Winner Looking for Main Event Glory

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Matt Hansen

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Daniel Lowery is an accomplished mid-stakes grinder with nine rings and 89 cashes on the WSOP circuit, but he's still looking for his first bracelet. Lowery made the final table and finished ninth in the 2021 $600 Deepstack event, and he's looking for a deep run in the Main Event.

Lowery raised to 800 from middle position and the small blind three-bet to 3,800. Lowery called and the flop was .

The small blind checked and Lowery bet 3,000. The small blind called and the turn was .

Both players checked the turn and the river was . Both players checked the final street.

The small blind turned over and Lowery mucked the losing hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Lowery	57,500 57,500	57,500

Tags: Daniel Lowery

11-08-2021 13:01 UTC-8

Chip Counts Before the Break

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	79,000 5,000	5,000

Max Silver	66,300 3,700	3,700

Walter Treccarichi	63,000 3,000	3,000
Ryan Leng	55,000 3,800	3,800

Day Kotoviezy	53,700 6,300	6,300
Maurice Hawkins	40,800 200	200

11-08-2021 13:00 UTC-8

Jacobson Extracts Value from Distenfeld

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Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Janelle Jacobson opened the action from early position to 600. Gershon Distenfeld put in a three-bet to 1,800 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Jacobson who made the call.

The flop came . Jacobson check-called Distenfeld's continuation bet of 2,100.

The turn card came the . Jacobson now took the betting lead and tossed out 6,300. Distenfeld tanked for a minute before making the call.

The river came the . Jacobson slowed down with a check and Distenfeld fired 11,000. Jacobson snap-called.

Gershon Distenfeld
Janelle Jacobson:

Distenfeld flopped a gutshot straight draw and chased it to the river. Jacobson flopped a set of sevens and was able to induce a bluff from Distenfeld on the river when she checked it to him.