| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | 1 | Ian Tang | 3,500,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Jeffrey Bailey | 2,200,000 |
| 1 | 3 | John O'Neal | 5,330,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Garry Gates | 4,500,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Ralph Massey | 3,010,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Joshua Ray | 4,460,000 |
| 1 | 7 | SheLok Wong | 2,360,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Ping Liu | 3,100,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Robert Hill | 4,500,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Maxwell Sabel | 3,200,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Nikhil Gera | 1,600,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Thad Martin | 1,400,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Daniel Illingworth | 3,000,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Diogo Veiga | 9,700,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Antoine Goutard | 6,200,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Jason Wheeler | 5,400,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Jamie Nixon | 795,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Julian Velasquez | 10,000,000 |
2021 World Series of Poker
Chris Quirinjnen shoved on the button for about 1,700,000 and Diogo Veiga made the call in the big blind.
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Quirinjnen was dominated and the board ran out ![]()
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for the ace-king to win and eliminate Quirinjnen in 19th place.
All the chips got in the middle between Quy Dao and Ian Tang putting Dao at risk for his tournament life.
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The board would run out ![]()
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which was no help to Dao and he was eliminated in 20th place.
Nível: 32
Blinds: 120,000/240,000
Ante: 240,000
Antoine Goutard raised in early position to 400,000 and the action folded around to Joseph Bowers in the small blind. He jammed for 1,425,000 and the big blind folded before Goutard gave it some thought. Eventually, Goutard made the call and both hands were exposed.
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The flop came ![]()
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, giving Bowers top pair and Goutard a flush draw. The
hit the turn changing nothing, but the
on the river completed the flush for Goutard and Bowers was eliminated in 21st place for $6,558.
Tournament director Charlie came over with a camera crew to visit Floorman Chad and congratulated him on being the 2021 World Series of Poker floorman of the year and give him a deck of cards that says "Big Deal" on them because Chad is a big deal!
Congratulations Chad!
All the chips got in the middle between Hayato Kitajima and Diogo Veiga to put Kitajima at risk for his tournament life.
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The board would run out ![]()
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giving Veiga two-pair to eliminate Kitajima in 22nd place.
John Lombardo shoved for about 635,000 and Jeffrey Bailey re-shoved for about 1,250,000 in the cutoff, forcing the button and blinds out of the hand.
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Lombardo was unlucky to run into a hand that had him dominated and the flop came ![]()
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, missing both players. The
on the turn gave Lombardo some chop outs, but the
on the river wasn't one of them.

Norman Chad, along with Lon McEachern, has commentated on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for ESPN, and now CBS Sports Network, since 2003.
After the conclusion of the 2021 WSOP Main Event in which Koray Aldemir won the title and $8 million top prize, Haralabos Voulgaris, and a few other high rollers on the always polarizing poker Twitter, suggested maybe it's time to make a change in the broadcast booth.
Agree with Norman Chad, the game cannot continue in this fashion and thrive. Definitely need some new blood in the… https://t.co/EG42auRn3a
— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob)
Donny Casho shoved in middle position for about 880,000 and Joshua Ray made the call in the cutoff.
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Ray had him dominated and the board ran out ![]()
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, for the ace-king high to play and eliminate Casho in 24th place.