Michael Rossitto opened to 1,200 from under the gun and the player directly to his left three-bet to 3,400.
Action folded to the button who called, as did Rossitto and action went three-ways to the flop. All three players checked and the fell on the turn.
Rossitto led out for 6,000 and only the player directly to his left called to see the complete the board on the river.
Rossitto led out once again for 13,000 only to be faced with a 38,000 raise from his opponent. After some careful thought in the tank, Rossitto called and both players tabled their hands.
Rossitto quickly showed his full house in fear his opponent held quads but luckily for him, they rolled over for the nut flush and he scooped the pot.
The action folded around to the button who raised to 1,500, the small blind three-bet to 5,500 and Ben Yu four-bet to 13,000 from the big blind.
The button tanked for a while before deciding to five-bet to 40,000, forcing the small blind out and Yu called off his entire stack of 39,200.
Ben Yu:
Button:
It was a race and the flop came , changing nothing. The hit the turn to give Yu the lead with a pair of queens and the on the river completed the board and secured Yu a double up.
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On the flop, the player first to act bet 1,300 and Tristan Wade raised to 3,500. The player in position made the call and the original bettor folded.
The turn was the and Wade continued for a bet of 8,000 and his opponent called.
The hit the river and Wade quickly fired out a bet of 25,000 and his opponent wasted no time calling. Wade tabled , which was a straight on the turn and improved to a flush on the river. His opponent tabled for two pair before the dealer shipped the pot to Wade.
Benjamin Mccoy told PokerNews that he eliminated Eric "Barstool Nate" Nathan in a hand where Nathan opened to 1,300 and Mccoy three-bet to 4,300. Nathan responded with a four-bet to 12,600 and Mccoy called.
Nathan bet 10,600 on the flop reading and Mccoy called. The turn brought the and Nathan moved all-in for 47,000. Mccoy thought it over before calling.
Mccoy had for a pair of kings and Nathan had a flush draw and pair of fours with . "Barstool Nate" couldn't get there and was eliminated when the peeled off on the river.
"F***. Good call," Nathan said after the hand, according to someone at the table.
There were four players that saw a flop and action was checked around to the turn.
Jack McClelland led out for 2,000 from the big blind and action folded to Vlada Stojanović who raised to 6,000 from the cutoff.
McClelland called and the completed the board on the river. McClelland check-called the 26,000 bet from Stojanović and both players tabled their hands.
McClelland showed for trip nines but it was no good as Stojanović turned a full house with to win the pot.
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After three moderate field sizes for the flagship tournament of the 2021 World Series of Poker, the fourth flight of the $10,000 Main Event provided a significant boost to the overall field size. An unofficial 2,550 entries emerged as three different rooms were used to host poker players from all over the world at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Once five levels of two hours each were completed, some 1,939 players bagged and tagged for the night. Among the notables to run up a solid stack were Adedapo Ajayi (340,900), Zachary Grech (318,400), David "Bakes" Baker (247,300), Dan Shak (229,200), and David Stefanski (213,900).
When the cards went in the air, the Day 1a field had already surpassed the number of combined entries across all three previous flights. This hasn't been unheard of in previous years either, as the final starting day typically attracts the far biggest fields. However, in 2021, there are another two starting days to come. Players also can enter the competition during the first two levels on the respective Day 2s on Tuesday, November 9, and Wednesday, November 10, respectively.
Further notables who will return with a big stack then are James Chen (209,400), Shyam Srinivasan (206,000), Cliff Josephy (198,600), Yevgeniy Timoshenko (194,800), Nick Petrangelo (180,000), Matt Berkey (179,800), Greg Mueller (176,700), Ben Heath (176,000), Roland Israelashvili (173,700), and Jun Obara (169,400).
Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
1
Adedapo Ajayi
United States
340,900
2
Zachary Grech
United States
318,400
3
Wooram Cho
South Korea
252,100
4
David "Bakes" Baker
United States
247,300
5
Dan Shak
United States
229,200
6
Jill Sodafsky
United States
224,500
7
Alex Goulder
United Kingdom
218,500
8
Taylor Howard
United States
214,200
9
Ivan Galinec
Croatia
211,300
10
Mike Gao
United States
210,000
Maria Ho delivered the shuffle up and deal for Day 1d and spent three of the five levels on the main feature table, also commonly known as the Thunderdome. Ho was among many female players to enter the pinnacle poker live event of the year and advanced with 85,700. Melanie Weisner (125,200), Kathy Liebert (97,300), Danielle Andersen (64,800), Kitty Kuo (57,600), Ashley Sleeth (19,700), and Jamie Kerstetter (14,300) also all made it through.
More than 600 hopes of becoming the next World Champion were crushed, however, as many notables were sent to the rail without anything to show for their efforts. Adam Levy, Michael Ruane, Jason Somerville, Eric "BarstoolNate" Nathan, Joseph Cheong, Esther Taylor, Brandon Shack-Harris, Ryan Laplante, Julien Martini, Phil Laak, and David Williams all departed.
Two former WSOP Main Event champions were also among the notable casualties on the fourth starting day. Joe McKeehen and Greg Raymer failed to make it through to Day 2 in pursuit of earning a repeat victory. Raymer's run ended in level three when his dominated ace failed to get there against Victor Peppe.
Whether or not a new record attendance will be set in the days to come remains to be seen. For the first time in history, the richest poker tournament of the year features six starting flights. Two starting days remain when international poker players are expected to appear after the ease of travel restrictions to the United States. The 2021 WSOP Main Event registration will conclude at approximately 3.40 pm local time on November 10 during Day 2CEF.
WSOP Main Event Entries Since 2000
Year
DAY 1A
DAY 1B
DAY 1C
DAY 1D
TOTAL
PRIZE POOL
2000
512
$5,120,000
2001
613
$5,946,220
2002
631
$5,931,000
2003
839
$7,802,700
2004
2,576
$24,224,400
2005
5,619
$52,818,610
2006
8,773
$82,512,162
2007
6,358
$59,784,954
2008
1,297
1,158
1,928
2,461
6,844
$64,333,600
2009
1,116
873
1,696
2,809
6,494
$61,043,600
2010
1,125
1,489
2,314
2,391
7,319
$68,798,600
2011
897
985
2,181
2,802
6,865
$64,531,000
2012
1,066
2,114
3,418
-
6,598
$62,021,200
2013
943
1,942
3,467
-
6,352
$59,708,800
2014
771
2,144
3,768
-
6,683
$62,820,200
2015
741
1,716
3,963
-
6,420
$60,348,000
2016
764
1,733
4,240
-
6,737
$63,327,800
2017
795
2,164
4,262
-
7,221
$67,877,400
2018
925
2,378
4,571
-
7,874
$74,015,600
2019
1,335
1,915
4,877
-
8,569
$80,548,600
2021
523
845
600
2,550
4,518+
tba
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