2021 World Series of Poker

Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$8,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,011,250
Entries
6,650
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
2,400,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
523
Players Left
348

Alcorn Eliminated in Four-Way All-In

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
Heather Alcorn
Heather Alcorn

Heather Alcorn had lost the vast majority of her stack when she flopped a set of kings and ran into a set of aces. She then shoved for very few chips and was called multiple ways. Three players stuck around to the {8-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades} turn and that's when a four-way all-in showdown emerged.

Heather Alcorn: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Chad Cullimore: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Jeremy Heiskanen: {7-Spades}{6-Spades}
Mikki Mase: {a-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

Mase was the biggest stack but Heiskanen had a lock on the entire pot with the turned nut straight and flush redraw. A meaningless {k-Hearts} river knocked out two players while Mase was left short.

Mase then got it in for 6,800 and Heiskanen called.

Mikki Mase: {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Jeremy Heiskanen: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Mase asked for a ten and got his wish granted on the {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} board to double his short stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeremy Heiskanen
135,000
61,600
61,600
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Frank Cerminara
130,000
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Mikki Mase
15,000
15,000
15,000
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Chad Cullimore
Busted
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Heather Alcorn
Busted

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Liu Spikes the River

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
JJ Liu
JJ Liu

One hand after Eliran Yamin avoided disaster against a pair of tens, he was facing a bet from JJ Liu on the {5-Spades}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop. Yamin raised Liu's bet of 6,700 to 15,000 and called instantly when Liu re-raised all-in.

JJ Liu: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Eliran Yamin: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

Yamin was way ahead with a flopped full house, and the turn {4-Clubs} changed nothing. The table then reacted in awe as the {10-Spades} river gave Liu the winning hand, doubling her stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Eliran Yamin
105,000
-37,000
-37,000
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JJ Liu
88,000
88,000
88,000

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Moshe Calls Koon

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
Asi Moshe
Asi Moshe

With nearly 5,000 in the pot and {2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{k-Hearts} on the board, Jason Koon was in the small blind and Asi Moshe was a few seats over in middle position.

The river was {4-Diamonds} and Koon fired 4,000. Moshe called and Koon tabled {q-Spades}{j-Hearts} for jacks full of kings. Moshe mucked the losing hand, but both players are building stacks at the same table in the early stages of Day 1A.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Koon
84,200
700
700
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Asi Moshe
83,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Asi MosheJason Koon

Papadopoulos Scores a Knockout

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Kyriakos Papadopoulos bet 6,000 on the {3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{10-Spades} river and Jose Araya made the call.

Papadopoulos tabled {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for kings and tens, and that beat the {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} jacks and tens of Araya.

A few hands later Papadopoulos shoved on the turn {q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Julie Silberstein called with the shorter stack.

Kyriakos Papadopoulos: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Julie Silberstein: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Papadopoulos was in front with a full house and Silberstein found no help on the river as she exited the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos
120,000
53,000
53,000
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Jose Araya
15,800
15,800
15,800
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Julie Silberstein
Busted

Tags: Jose ArayaJulie SilbersteinKyriakos Papadopoulos

Koon Holding Court

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
Jason Koon
Jason Koon

Jason Koon has been getting into the vibe on Day 1A, happily dishing out advice to his tablemates in the Amazon Orange section.

"This is the Main Event, so try to have fun. It gets much more serious later, but this is Day 1 so just try to enjoy it."

Koon had the opportunity to show them how it's done when a player in middle position raised to 800. Another player in the cutoff called and Koon three-bet to 3,500 from the button. The original raiser folded and the player in the cutoff came along.

The flop was {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Koon continued for 2,500. His opponent called and the turn was {2-Spades}.

Koon bet 8,000 on the turn and his opponent quickly folded. The newly minted WSOP champion dragged the pot with a smile and continued enjoying his Day 1 of the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Koon
83,500
14,300
14,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Jason Koon

Yamin Scores Big Double Against Mykhanov

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
Eliran Yamin
Eliran Yamin

With around 18,000 in the middle and the turn reading {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades}{10-Clubs}, Eliran Yamin bet and was then somewhat surprised to see Almatbek Mykhanov move all-in. He clarified with the dealer that it was indeed a shove and then snap-called.

Eliran Yamin: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Almatbek Mykhanov: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

Yamin had locked up the double with nines full already and the {8-Diamonds} river was a formality. The double up was for 62,400 and Mykhanov still had more than the starting stack left after paying it off.

Player Chips Progress
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Eliran Yamin
140,000
140,000
140,000
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Almatbek Mykhanov
62,000
-16,000
-16,000

Tags: Almatbek MykhanovEliran Yamin

Mahmood Needles Woods

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
James Woods
James Woods

Ayaz Mahmood raised to 800 from under the gun. The action folded to James Woods on the button and he three-bet to 1,600.

As the action folded back to Mahmood, Woods looked at him before he acted and said, "I have a hand." Mahmood responded, "I can see that you have two cards, I have a hand too " before tossing out calling chips.

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}. Mahmood checked to Woods who made a continuation bet and Mahmood quickly folded.

Woods said, "you're a lucky man" as he tabled {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for a flopped set of sevens.

Player Chips Progress
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James Woods
62,000
-700
-700
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Ayaz Mahmood
47,000
-31,000
-31,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Defending Champion Salas Eliminated by Gould

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Damian Salas
Damian Salas

Earlier in the tournament, Damian Salas was involved in a hand against Lynne Ji at his table.

Salas opened and got two calls including Ji and Oliver Thomas. The flop was {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}. Salas continued and Thomas in the hijack raised. Ji three-bet and earned two calls.

The turn was the {j-Hearts} putting three hearts on the board. It checked to Thomas who bet just under half pot. Salas raised and Thomas shoved all in. Salas called with {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for the nut flush against Thomas' {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

The river was the {j-Spades}, giving Oliver Thomas a full house and leaving Salas with crumbs.

A short while later, and just before the break, the action was picked up on the river with a board that read {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}. Salas was all in for just 2,000 from the big blind. There was side action between a player in early position and Peter Gould on the button.

There was about 16,000 in the pot by the river. The action was checked to Gould and he bet 9,400. The player in early position thought for a moment before releasing his hand.

Damian Salas: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Peter Gould: {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}

Gould rivered the bottom end of the straight with his pocket fives to eliminate 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Damian Salas.

Player Chips Progress
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Oliver Thomas
108,000
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Peter Gould
82,000
82,000
82,000
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Damian Salas
Busted
Defending Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Damian SalasPeter Gould

Doyle Brunson Enters First WSOP Main Event Since 2013

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson

Doyle Brunson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, has taken his seat in the Main Event.

Brunson faced a bet of 900 from Clayton Hamm on the {4-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{q-Spades} flop with 3,000 in the middle. Brunson called to see the {5-Hearts} turn and called a bet of 1,200 when Hamm led again.

On the {j-Diamonds} river, the action went check-check and Hamm tabled {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for top pair, while Brunson mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Clayton Hamm
64,000
64,000
64,000
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Doyle Brunson
57,000
57,000
57,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Royal Flush Sighting

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
WSOP Chips
WSOP Chips

Haim Gabay was spotted standing up and pulling out his phone to record before he tabled his hand and it was quickly apparent why as he tabled the {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts} on a board of {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{q-Spades}{10-Clubs} for a flopped royal flush.

He did not get a ton of value from it as his opponent folded on the river but nevertheless, Gabay excitedly recorded the uber rare poker hand and collected his chips.

"What a normal table this is. Royal flushes, set over sets, slow rolls, pirates (in reference to Scotter Clark's attire)! It's amazing!" said tablemate Gabriel Andrade as Gabay took down the pot with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
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Haim Gabay
75,000
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Scotter Clark
58,000
11,500
11,500
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Gabriel Andrade
45,000
-15,000
-15,000

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