Shannon Shorr raised to 1,100 in the cutoff and Joseph Sanders called out of the big blind. On a flop, Sanders checked and Shorr bet 1,500. After mulling over his decision for a while, Sanders check-raised to 3,100 and Shorr called.
The fell on the turn and Sanders bet 10,000, which had the remaining few chips of Shorr covered. Within a few seconds, Shorr called and was drawing very slim to a chop only.
Shannon Shorr:
Joseph Sanders:
The river only improved Sanders to the nut flush and Shorr quickly departed from the tournament area.
Thomas Gjerde raised to 1,600 from early position and was called by Rich Miller from late position.
The flop saw Gjerde continue for 2,000 and Miller called bringing the turn.
Gjerde check-called the 6,000 bet from Miller and the completed the board on the river. Gjerde quickly jammed his remaining stack, roughly 8,000 and Miller snap-called.
Gjerde rolled over for two-pair but it was way behind Miller who flopped the nuts holding , ending his Main Event.
Susan Choi was in position in a single-raised pot against Ben Underwood and Aleksandr Shevlyakov.
Underwood bet 2,000 on the flop reading and both opponents called. Underwood sized up to 7,600 on the turn and both players again called.
Underwood slowed down and checked when the peeled off on the river and Shevlyakov also checked. Choi took a few minutes to make a decision and stacked up her yellow and orange chips before sliding out an overbet of 60,000 into the pot of just under 35,000.
Underwood and Shevlyakov both folded after some deliberation. The only information Choi gave her opponents is that she didn't have an ace.
A short-stacked player in middle position open-jammed for 25,100 and Josh Arieh attempted to raise in late position without realizing there had been a call. Arieh was forced to call the all in and the action folded to the big blind, who flat-called with around 7,000 behind.
The flop came and the big blind led all in.
"It's really shocking what I have," Arieh said before flipping over for quads and then apologizing for "slow-rolling" his opponent.
The big blind stayed in his chair as he had an out holding for a Royal Flush draw, while the other player in the hand was drawing dead with .
The board ran out to send both opponents to the rail and the four-time bracelet winner raked in the pot while a pair of TV cameras hovered over him.
Aleksandr Shevlyakov started the action with a raise to 1,800 and called a three-bet from Susan Choi for 3,800.
Things heated up on the flop . Shevlyakov first checked and Choi bet 10,000. Shevlyakov thought about his move for a minute and raised it to 55,000, putting Choi to a decision. The latter took some time and announced all in, which was immediately called by Shevlyakov, who had her covered.
"You have a set?" asked Choi, revealing the only to see Shevlyakov's hand of for a flopped straight.
The rest of the board fell the turn and river and Choi was eliminated from the tournament not long before the end of the day. Meanwhile, Shevlyakov now has a massive stack worth 400,000.
"So sick," said Choi right before leaving the tournament's area.
Day 1c of Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event attracted 600 runners and by the end of play, 433 players remained with Aleksandr Shevlyakov standing tall as the day’s chip leader after bagging 392,600 in chips. So far, between Day 1a through 1c, there have been 1,968 entries. Of those, 1,392 remain in contention.
Shevlyakov, who is the current overall tournament chip leader (with Days 1a and 1b factored in), was able to build his stack early after getting all-in with aces against Takahiro Kidokoro’s ace-queen and holding. Shevlyakov secured his chip lead near the end of the day after winning a massive pot with a straight against Susan Choi's pocket kings.
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
CITY / STATE / COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
Big Blinds
1
Aleksandr Shevlyakov
Russia
392,600
491
2
Dylan Nguyen
United States
252,400
316
3
Suk-Kyu Koh
United States
237,900
297
4
Matt Glantz
United States
236,000
295
5
Veselin Dimitrov
United States
235,000
294
6
Itay Bin Mergy
Israel
233,100
291
7
Travis Preng
United States
232,800
291
8
Daniel Barry
United States
230,600
288
9
Andrew Gilmore
United States
224,600
281
10
Howard Arotsky
United States
215,600
270
Interestingly, today’s field contained a number of previous WSOP Main Event final tablists who managed to bag into Day 2. Among them are 2013 fifth-place finisher JC Tran (175,400), 2004 third-place finisher Josh Arieh (154,100), 2009 third-place finisher Dennis Phillips (89,900), 2018 runner-up Tony Miles (53,800), 1988 runner-up Erik Seidel (38,700), 2016 Champion Qui Nguyen (143,800) and 2019 Champion Hossein Ensan (84,000). Jay Farber, who was the 2013 runner-up, was also in the field, but ended up busting during the last level of play following a hand that left him with crumbs.
Other notables who advanced into Day 2 included Matt Glantz (236,000), Lucas Greenwood (106,900), Pete Chen (99,700), Sam Abernathy (40,500), and Sam Greenwood (27,200). Meanwhile, Poker Hall of Fame nominee Ted Forrestgot off to a hot start but lost steam late in the day to end with 79,600.
Among those less fortunate and unable to survive the day included Bryce Yockey, Jonathan Dokler, and Shannon Shorr, who nursed a short stack for some time before eventually getting all in with a dominated ace and losing.
All the players who bagged today will return on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. to continue their Main Event journey along with the survivors of Days 1e, 1f, and any other new registrants.
Day 1d will welcome a fresh batch of players to battle it out on the green felt beginning on Sunday at 11 a.m. local time. As is the case in all starting flights, the field will play five two-hour levels with a 15-minute break after each level and a 75-minute dinner break after level three.
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