Before moving cross country, Vegas resident and poker lover David West knew he had to pony up and play the WSOP Main Event, at least once in his life. Tiffany Michelle caught him towards the end of Day 1 to find out if the experience is everything a poker player would dream it to be.
Darren Elias open-jammed for his last 6,000 from middle position and was called by the button.
Darren Elias:
Opponent:
Elias was behind holding live cards and a ten appeared in the window on the flop.
The turn made things very suspenseful for Elias as it left him needing a queen or ten and luckily for him, the fell on the river keeping his Main Event hopes alive.
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Brandon Adams and Mark Bansemer got their chips in the middle pre-flop, with Bansemer holding the shorter stack with 34,800.
Mark Bansemer:
Brandon Adams:
Adams was in good position to secure another knockout at the end of the night as the flop came . But the turn brought the , improving Bansemer to a set. The river came the and Bansemer doubled up.
Adams, who took the chip lead with more than 250,000 earlier in the day, dropped down to below 100,000.
Day 1e of Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker is in the books with the fifth of six opening flights to the WSOP’s flagship event attracting 797 players to Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino to take their shot with 592 moving on to Day 2cef.
Former champions Scott Blumstein and Joe Hachem qualified for Day 2 after spending the evening on the featured tables that were live-streamed on PokerGO.
Hachem, the 2005 Main Event champion, was joined by mixed game specialists Nathan Gamble and Dylan Linde at a lively featured table with some of the most knowledgeable players in the game. Gamble has three cashes at the 2021 WSOP and has won two career WSOP titles. Linde is looking for his second bracelet after breaking through in this year’s Mixed Omaha event. All three players will continue on to Day 2 and Hachem is near the top part of the leaderboard with 186,100 chips.
Day 1e Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
Country
CHIP COUNT
Big Blinds
1
David Gerassi
United States
316,100
395
2
Kenn Pluard
United States
307,600
385
3
Conrad De Armas
United States
302,800
379
4
James Mendoza
United States
255,900
320
5
Greg Pohler
United States
248,500
311
6
Victor Ramdin
United States
228,300
285
7
Yiming Cao
United States
228,000
285
8
Ryan Delgros
United States
223,400
279
9
Craig Chait
United States
222,400
278
10
Jordan Jayne
United States
219,200
274
Blumstein, the 2017 champion, finished with 95,000 after sharing a table with Jacob Thibodeau and Las Vegas-based pro Matt Stout. Thibodeau already has five cashes at the 2021 WSOP and Stout is looking for his first WSOP gold bracelet. All three players moved on to Day 2.
David Gerassi bagged the Day 1e chip lead with 316,100 with Kenn Pluard (307,600) not too far behind. Gerassi came on strong after the dinner break while Pluard is coming off his career-best WSOP finish in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-handed Event, where he took 48th place.
In the group of those who will not move onto Day 2 include Daniel Negreanu, Ryan Leng, and Dan Smith. Negreanu suffered an early exit in Level 2 when his kings ran into Ayman Mahfoud’s aces. Leng also fell in Level 2 when he got it in with two-pair but lost to Hunichen's flush. Smith hit the rail after his ace-king didn’t improve against the queens of Matthew Jewett.
Players advancing from Day 1e will return for Day 2cef on Wednesday, November 10. Day 2cef will play another five-two hour levels beginning at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
Main Event action continues on Tuesday, November 9 with Day 2abd kicking off at 11 a.m. and Day 1f getting underway at noon local time. Both will play five two-hour levels and players advancing from Day 2abd will combine with the survivors from Wednesday's Day 2cef for Day 3 on Thursday, November 11.
Be sure to keep it here throughout the entire 2021 World Series of Poker for updates on the action as it happens from the PokerNews live reporting team.