| Seat | Table 414 | Table 421 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Leng | Mikita Badziakouski |
| 2 | Shaun Deeb | Antonios Rouggeris |
| 3 | Barry Hutter | Elio Fox |
| 4 | Joao Vieira | Jason Koon |
| 5 | Ali Imsirovic | Ranganath Kanchi |
| 6 | Ole Schemion | Carlos Villamarin |
| 7 | Stephen Chidwick | Ren Lin |
| 8 | Christoph Vogelsang | Daniel Negreanu |
2021 World Series of Poker
Thomas Winters shoved on the button and was called by Ali Imsirovic to put Winters at risk.
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The board ran out ![]()
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— leaving Imsirovic with two pair and eliminating Winters in 17th place.
Stephen Chidwick moved all-in in late position and Cary Katz called to put his tournament life at risk.
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The board ran out ![]()
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, holding up Chidwick's fives to eliminate Katz on the bubble.
The remaining players are all now guaranteed $84,486.
Just two away from the money, Joe McKeehen raised under the gun to 120,000. Shaun Deeb then burned through all of his time banks before folding. In the big blind, Ren Lin moved all-in saying "no gamble no future, right?" He was instantly called by McKeehen for a huge pot.
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McKeehen had Lin dominated and was safe through the turn on the ![]()
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board, but the
on the river gave Lin the flush, eliminating McKeehen.

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)
In a blind versus blind confrontation and a flop of ![]()
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Daniel Negreanu fired out a bet of 120,000. Next, Shaun Deeb raised all-in and Negreanu snap-called.
The hands were tabled and it was the ![]()
held by Deeb for one pair of aces that trailed the ![]()
held by Negreanu for one set of aces.
The dealer burned and turned the
and that left Deeb drawing dead.
The meaningless river card
made it official, and Negreanu survived his all-in and chipped up to over 2.7 million.
Nível: 17
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Ole Schemion raised to 135,000 on the button and was called by Jason Koon in the big blind.
Koon check-called a 180,000 bet from Schemion on the ![]()
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flop and then Koon led out for 240,000 on the
turn. Schemion called.
Koon bet 400,000 when the
completed the board and Schemion folded — awarding the pot to Koon.
Action folded around to the blinds, where Ole Schemion shoved from the small and Christoph Vogelsang called off for his last 635,000 from the big.
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runout left Vogelsang best with a pair of queens and he doubled up.
Matthias Eibinger moved all-in for 480,000 from the small blind into Ali Imsirovic, who called in the big blind.
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Imsirovic was behind until the ![]()
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flop which brought Imsirovic top pair.
The
and
brought no help to Eibinger, and he was eliminated just short of the bubble.