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An under-the-gun player raised to 1,000 and Susan Choi three-bet to 3,000 from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and the player under-the-gun called.
The flop was . Choi's opponent check-folded when she fired a bet for 6,000.
Choi is on a red-hot run and she sits among the chip leaders in the early levels of Day 1c.
The 2016 Main Event champion Qui Nguyen was spotted in a hand with the board reading .
Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior bet 5,500 from the button and Qui Nguyen called from the hijack.
The river came the and Nguyen threw out a bet of 20,000 into a pot of about 22,000. Tadeu Aziz Junior thought for quite a while before announcing he was all in, Nguyen snap-called.
Tadeu Aziz Junior tabled and Nguyen turned over the for the rivered set to take down the nice sized pot as well as leaving his opponent with a short stack.
Yueqi "Rich" Zhu took his seat in the Amazon room and will be looking for his eighth cash of the 2021 WSOP. Zhu won his sole WSOP title in the 2018 Mixed Omaha event and has also been the runner-up in WSOP bracelet events on four separate occasions.
The cutoff raised to 600 and the small blind called before Zhu three-bet to 2,200. The cutoff tanked briefly before folding and the small blind quickly sent his cards into the muck.
Zhu dragged the pot to get some early momentum on Day 1.
With around 1,600 in the pot and on the board, 2021 Ladies Championship third-place finisher Mikiyo Aoki check-called a 1,000 bet from the player on the button.
The turn was and both players checked. The river was the .
Aoki checked once more and the button fired 1,600. Aoki called and her opponent reluctantly turned over . Aoki had to take the pot with ace high.
Welcome to Day 1c of Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker. Cards go in the air at 11 a.m. PT and a large field is expected for the third starting flight of the WSOP's flagship event.
Two starting flights have concluded already and several legends of the game have punched their ticket to Day 2.
After 523 players sat down for the opening flight, Mustapha Kanit (363,500) grabbed the Day 1a chip lead with Rittie Chuaprasert (345,700) and Alex Livingston (319,200) not far behind. Poker Hall of Famers Billy Baxter (248,600), Doyle Brunson (151,000), and Tom McEvoy (96,900) also found a bag and will join the other 345 Day 1a survivors on Day 2ABC.
Joining them on the first Day 2 flight will be Day 1b chip leader Steve Foutty (287,000) who is followed by Matthew Traylor (279,500) and Maxime Canevet (277,000). Main Event specialist Ronnie Bardah (139,600) also guaranteed his spot to the next stage of the Main Event, along with Stephen Chidwick (124,900) and Kevin Gerhart (112,400). Day 1b had a total of 845 runners with 611 players claiming seats for Day 2.
Players on Day 1c will begin with 60,000 chips and play five two-hour levels with blinds starting at 100/200/200. There will be a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 3 around 5:40 p.m.
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