Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack Day 1a | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-22-2021 22:08 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Greenblatt	645,000 645,000	645,000
Courtney Webb	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Ralph Massey	263,000 58,000	58,000
Jeremy Wien	230,000 100,000	100,000

Maria Konnikova	225,000 30,800	30,800

Angelina Rich	160,000 108,000	108,000
Chad Holloway	120,000 120,000	120,000

Kathy Liebert	115,000 56,000	56,000

Jeff Platt	110,000 28,000	28,000

Michael Wang	90,000 -17,000	-17,000

Maria Ho	73,000 26,000	26,000
Joe Serock	58,000 19,000	19,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Mickael Lacaze	380,000
Dan Sepiol	350,000 310,000	310,000

James Nicholas	290,000 290,000	290,000
Jeremy Wien	230,000

Cole Ferraro	200,000 164,000	164,000

Angelina Rich	170,000 10,000	10,000
Joao Simao	140,000 69,000	69,000

Allen Kessler	53,000 -9,000	-9,000
Brent Hanks	Busted

Rafael Reis	Busted

Final Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Farahi	742,500 742,500	742,500

Alex Greenblatt	617,500 617,500	617,500
Alexander Tafesh	601,000 601,000	601,000
Eduardo Amaral	596,000 596,000	596,000
Alex Kulev	591,500 591,500	591,500

Ting Cheng	530,000 530,000	530,000
Yuhei Sanada	508,000 508,000	508,000
Goran Mandic	460,000 460,000	460,000
Landen Lucas	457,500 457,500	457,500
Robert Lenhart	456,000 456,000	456,000
Ren Lin	451,000 451,000	451,000

Harsukhpaul Sangha	429,000 429,000	429,000
Mark Eddleman	428,000 428,000	428,000
Zach Daly	426,500 426,500	426,500
William Kakon	414,000 414,000	414,000

Anthony Ortega	408,500 408,500	408,500
Matthew Raffoul	406,000 406,000	406,000
Ryan Hagerty	401,500 401,500	401,500
Luigi Curcio	401,500 401,500	401,500
Dan Sepiol	389,500 39,500	39,500

Mickael Lacaze	387,000 7,000	7,000
Nacim Amakrane	386,000 386,000	386,000
Gary Floyd	375,000 375,000	375,000
Mrityunjay Jha	369,500 369,500	369,500
Ajmal Homayun	365,000 365,000	365,000

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10-22-2021 23:17 UTC-8

Play Has Ended for Day 1a

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The action has concluded for Day 1a of Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em. Stay tuned for the final chip counts and recap of Day 1a.

10-22-2021 23:28 UTC-8

Farahi & Greenblatt Lead the Way After Day 1a of Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em

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Jaxon

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Day 1a of Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em has come to an end. All of the entries started with a total of 40,000 chips and this event attracted 1,937 entries on Day 1a with 506 players progressing to Day 2.

The day ended with a trio of Alexanders on top of the Day 1a leaderboard.

Alexander Farahi bagged the chip leading stack of 742,500 followed by Alexander Greenblatt (617,500) and Alexander Tafesh (601,000).

Meanwhile, Eduardo Silva (596,000), Yuhei Sanada (508,000), and Landen Lucas (457,000) also are among the players to end the day near the top of the chip counts.

Event #43 Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts

RANK	PLAYER	Country	CHIP COUNT	Big Blinds
1	Alexander Farahi	United States	742,500	248
2	Alex Greenblatt	United States	617,500	206
3	Alexander Tafesh	United States	601,000	200
4	Eduardo Amaral	Brazil	596,000	199
5	Alex Kulev	Ireland	591,500	197
6	Ting Cheng	United States	530,000	177
7	Yuhei Sanada	Japan	508,000	169
8	Goran Mandic	Hungary	460,000	153
9	Landen Lucas	United States	457,500	153
10	Robert Lenhart	United States	456,000	152

As expected, a number of notables took their seats today, with many deciding to take full advantage of late registration. Some, such as Adrian Mateos, Greg Raymer, and Maurice Hawkins failed to find a bag by the end of play.

But others notables that bagged, including Kazuki Ikeuchi (310,000), Jerry Wong (260,000), Jeremy Wien (225,000), Maria Ho (103,000), and Barry Greenstein (68,000) and will all be returning on Day 2.

Day 2 is set to resume play on Sunday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. local time, with blinds at 1,500/3,000 and a big blind ante of 3,000 too. There are 10 levels scheduled to be played, with a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level 19 of play at approximately 7 p.m.

The Pokernews team will be there from when the first card is dealt until the last card hits the felt.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Alexander Farahi Alexander Greenblatt Alexander Tafesh Barry Greenstein Eduardo Silva Greg Raymer Jeremy Wien Jerry Wong Kazuki Ikeuchi Landen Lucas Maria Ho Maurice Hawkins Yuhei Sanada