A player in the hijack raised to 1,000 and action folded to Barry Greenstein, who three-bet to 3,200 on the button. Action went back around to the hijack who four-bet to 8,600, which was followed by Greenstein five-betting to 26,000. The hijack thought about it for some time before calling for his entire stack and the cards were tabled.
Hijack:
Barry Greenstein:
The flop of brought the hijack additional outs in the form of a gutshot, but the turn and river bricked to give Greenstein the elimination.
Phil Hellmuth has finally made his arrival to the 2021 WSOP Main Event on Day 1f and he did so in grand fashion just like always. It was quite the spectacle as the 16-time bracelet winner arrived in costume, joined by 12 ladies supporting the Latinum Bitcoin.
Hellmuth was seated at Table 452 just prior to the dinner break but has already left the tournament area with a starting stack of 60,000 remaining in his seat.
As if Table 479 wasn't looking tough enough with the likes of Michael Mizrachi, Felipe Ramos, and Harald Sammer all sitting there already. Now Scotty "Baby" Nguyen has also joined the table just after the dinner break.
Mizrachi currently owns the largest stack at that table, despite sitting out for the entire third level today.
According to the table, a player opened to 1,200 and Moundir Zoughari three-bet to 4,200 in late position. Dominik Nitsche four-bet to 13,000 in the blinds and Zoughari decided to make the call after the initial player got out of the way.
The flop brought rainbow and both players checked to see a on the turn. Nitsche check-called a bet from Zoughari for 15,000.
The river fell a and after a last check from Nitsche, Zoughari fired 30,000 in the middle, putting Nitsche at risk for his remaining stack. The latter ended up calling off with only to see in Zoughari's hand for a full house.
Nitsche, a four-time WSOP champion, busted from the tournament while Zoughari, a famous French TV host and multiple-time Survivor contestant, has now a stack over 130,000 chips.
In one four-bet pot, Demosthenes Kiriopoulos was in early position and heads-up with the cutoff. The flop came and Kiriopoulos led out for 11,300 into a pot of around 12,000. His opponent called and the paired the board on the turn. Kiriopoulos jammed all in for 26,600 and his opponent mucked his cards.
A couple of hands later, there was a raise to 1,500 from under the gun and Kiriopoulos just called from the small blind. The big blind three-bet to 5,700 and the initial raiser called. Kiriopoulos stuck in a four-bet to 21,700 and got both of his opponents to fold.
Action was recapped by the table as Benyamine's seat was empty.
Joe Cook opened to 1,300 and from two seats over, David Benyamine reraised to 4,500. Action folded back around to Cook who four-bet to 12,000, which Benyamine called.
The flop came out , Cook went all in, and Benyamine called.
David Benyamine:
Joe Cook:
The turn and river brought no help to Benyamine and he saw his Main Event come to an end.
Kunal Punjwani and his opponent each put in 3,500 on the turn . The river was the , Punjwani bet 12,500 and was called.
Punjwani tabled for a flopped straight, and his opponent sent his top pair into the muck.
A few tables away, Amadeusz Roślik faced a bet of 6,500 on the river and he raised it to 26,500. His opponent snap-called and Roślik revealed for a full house to win the pot.
All four of the GGPoker Qualifiers in the Orange and Tan section of Amazon remain in contention in the final level of the night.
Kevin Pollak raised to 1,200 under the gun which got folds from every position except for the big blind.
The board ran out the with action checking on every street and Pollak declaring at the end "ace high." The big blind mucked his hand and Pollak took down a late-night pot.
The 2021 World Series of Poker has drawn its curtains on the sixth and final flight of Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship. After five levels and over 12 hours, Day 1f attracted a field of 1,045 players, and only 782 will be moving on to Day 2cef.
Adam Walton topped the Day 1f leaderboard after bagging up a whopping 334,000 chips. The majority of Walton's chips came from two hands against Frederic Normand, one where Walton got a fold from Normand and the other when Walton's kings overpowered Normand's ace-king in the last level of the night.
Some other big stacks to end the day included Tung Nguyen who finished with 328,200. Nguyen was the only other player with a stack of over 300,000 chips with Hannes Speiser (282,100) bagging the third biggest Day 1f stack. Ryan Hartmann (243,000) also bagged a big stack but was overheard stating that his stack could have been much larger if it weren't for a bad beat in the last moments of the night.
Day 1f Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
CITY / STATE / COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
Big Blinds
1
Adam Walton
United States
334,000
418
2
Tung Nguyen
United States
328,200
410
3
Hannes Speiser
Austria
282,100
353
4
Arkadi Onikoul
United States
266,300
333
5
Ryan Hartmann
United States
243,200
304
6
Young Ko
United States
240,300
300
7
Jung Woo
United States
231,900
290
8
John Bagosy
United States
224,700
281
9
Christopher Fischer
United States
219,000
274
10
Terence Clee
Australia
218,700
273
Hellmuth Makes Grand Entrance
The highlight of the day came just before the dinner break when Phil Hellmuth made his grand entrance into the Amazon Room. With cameras surrounding the 16-time bracelet winner, Hellmuth was dressed as Gandolf The White and he captured the eyes of everyone in the room. Hellmuth only played two levels of poker on Day 1f and managed to turn his starting stack of 60,000 chips into 94,500 for tomorrow.
Some other notables to enter the last starting flight include Fedor Holz (161,600), Scotty Nguyen (52,200), Michael Mizrachi (212,300), and Chris Moneymaker (75,800). Nguyen and Mizrachi played at the same table throughout the day, also known as the 'Table of Death'. It included Felipe Ramos and Harald Sammer who somehow also managed to weave their way through the day with above starting stacks.
Holz entered the day at the start of the second level and never once fell below his starting stack. An aggressive start followed by some made hands in the last level resulted in Holz bagging an above-average stack for Day 2. He was joined by many other international players who made the trek to Las Vegas now that the international travel ban has been lifted. The last two starting flights were added to the schedule to accommodate those that were not able to fly across the Atlantic Ocean due to the pandemic.
2021 WSOP Main Event So Far in Numbers
Flight
Entries
Survivors
Advanced to Day 2
Day 1a
523
348
66.54%
Day 1b
845
611
72.31%
Day 1c
600
433
72.17%
Day 1d
2,550
1,933
75.80%
Day 1e
797
592
74.28%
Day 1f
1,045
782
74.83%
Total
6,360
4,699
73.88%
Unfortunately, there were some players who were unable to find a bag by the end of the day and they will not be returning for Day 2 and a shot at glory. Rainer Kempe, Dominik Nitsche, David Benyamine, and the 2021 WSOP Seniors Champion Robert McMillan were all forced to the rail throughout the day.
McMillan was the victim of a former WSOP Senior's Champion James Hess who won that title back in 2011. The two bracelet winners collided in a hand that saw Hess come out on top to eliminate McMillan. Kempe was just flat-out unlucky after turning the nut straight only to see the board pair on the river and Vinny Ta's full house ended Kempe's short-lived tournament. As for Benyamine, he fell by the wayside in the fourth level of the day when his ace-king flopped a pair of kings but he was up against pocket aces.
For all those players advancing from Day 1f, they will return bright and early Wednesday morning for Day 2cef that begins at 11 a.m. local time throughout the Pavillion and Amazon rooms. Another five two-hour levels will be on the schedule before all the remaining players gather for Day 3 on Thursday, November 11.
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