Marton Czuczor was seen winning back-to-back pots in Amazon Gold, first in a hand where he faced a river bet of 25,000 from his heads-up opponent on a board reading with approximately 60,000 already in the middle.
Czuczor called with and took down the pot with top pair as his opponent showed .
The next hand, Czuczor in early position and called when a middle position opponent three-bet to 3,000.
Czuczor checked on the flop of and called a bet of 3,800 from his opponent. Both players checked on the turn and Czuczor led on the river with a bet to put his opponent all-in for 25,000. The opponent mucked.
Greg Raymer raised to 800 from early position and both the small blind and big blind called.
The dealer fanned a flop of and the blinds both checked to Raymer who continued for 1,200. The small blind called and the big blind got out of the way.
The dealer dropped the on the turn and once checked to Raymer fired in a bet of 2,500, which was called by the small blind.
The landed on the river and the small blind checked for the third and final time before Raymer piled his remaining stack of 9,000 in the middle. The small blind went deep into the tank for about two minutes before releasing his hand.
Anthony Desai raised the button and Thomas Abbas called in the small blind. Kevin Rand then three-bet to 3,200 in the big blind and Desai was the only caller. Rand continued for 3,000 on the flop and received a call to then repeat the same procedure on the turn for 7,100.
The fell on the river and Rand now bet 14,000. That sent Desai deep into the tank and he eventually folded to award the pot to Rand.
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After a series of raises preflop, Mark Newhouse was at risk for a little over 45,000 against two opponents.
Mark Newhouse:
Opponent One:
Opponent Two:
Newhouse had run his pocket kings into two players who both had pocket aces and the flop wasn't looking good for him as his king-high flush draw was no good. The turn was the changing nothing and the board completed with the on the river, giving Newhouse a set of kings to crack aces early in the tournament.
Matt Berkey called a bet worth 1,000 on the turn and checked again the river. Kitty Kuo then fired a bet of 2,500 and both engaged in some table chat. Kuo asked if he had king-ten while Berkey mentioned some possible hands he might be up against.
"You know what you called me earlier?" Kuo inquired and Berkey replied "Nitty Kitty". Berkey then called and mucked when Kuo turned over her .
The race to crown a new Main Event Champion is in full swing as everyone's focus today will be on Day 1d of the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Action will start at 11 a.m. and this is the first time since 2012 that the Main Event has held more than three starting flights.
So far 1,392 players have advanced from a total field of 1,968. A hectic day is expected on Day 1d, with many expecting it to easily be the largest flight so far.
So far, Aleksandr Shevlyakov is sitting atop the chip counts with 392,600 after yesterday's Day1c. He was able to build his stack early after getting all-in with aces against Takahiro Kidokoro’s ace-queen and holding. Shevlyakov secured his chip lead near the end of the day after winning a massive pot with a straight against Susan Choi's pocket kings.
Yesterday's field contained several previous WSOP Main Event final tablists who managed to bag into Day 2cef. Among them are 2013 fifth-place finisher JC Tran, 2004 third-place finisher Josh Arieh, 2016 Champion Qui Nguyen, 2009 third-place finisher Dennis Phillips, 2019 Champion Hossein Ensan, 2018 runner-up Tony Miles, and 1988 runner-up Erik Seidel.
Jay Farber, who was the 2013 runner-up, was also in the field, but ended up busting during the last level of play following a hand that left him with crumbs.
Chip Leader Aleksandr Shevlyakov
As for the happenings on the first two starting flights, Mustapha Kanit (363,500) bagged the lead after Day 1a while Steve Foutty (287,000) grabbed the top spot after Day 1b .
Several legends made an appearance on Day 1a, and among them continuing on to Day 2 are Poker Hall of Fame members Doyle Brunson, Billy Baxter, and Tom McEvoy, while Ronnie Bardah, Stephen Chidwick, Kevin Gerhart, Mike Matusow, and Justin Bonomo were some player's able to navigate their way to a bag after Day 1b.
Today, another set of players will look to add their names to the list to a Day 2abd birth. Action will be identical to its first starting flights as cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local and players start with 60,000 in chips.
The levels throughout the tournament are 120 minutes long, with five levels scheduled for each starting flight. After every level, players will have a 20-minute break and there will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 3. Action for Day 1d is expected to conclude at approximately 11:15 p.m.
2021 WSOP Main Event Starting Flight's Blind Structure
LEVEL
ESTIMATED START
DURATION
SMALL BLIND
BIG BLIND
BIG BLIND ANTE
1
11:00 a.m.
120 minutes
100
200
200
1:00 p.m.
20-minute break
2
1:20 p.m.
120 minutes
200
300
300
3:20 p.m.
20-minute break
3
3:40 p.m.
120 minutes
200
400
400
5:40 p.m.
75-minute break
4
6:55 p.m.
120 minutes
300
500
500
8:55 p.m.
20-minute break
5
9:15 p.m.
120 minutes
300
600
600
*Late registration for this event is open for seven levels (two levels into November 9 and 10).
Players who survive today will return to action Tuesday, November 9, and combine with fields 1a and 1b, to play another five levels for Day 2abd. The full structure for this event can be found here (PDF).
Flight
Entries
Advancing to Day 2abd
Day 1a
524
348
Day 1b
845
611
Day 1d
-
-
Totals
1,369
959
Today's action starts at 11 a.m. local time and PokerNews will be there the entire day with live updates from around the tournament rooms of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
with approximately 60,000 already in the middle. 
and took down the pot with top pair as his opponent showed 
and called a bet of 3,800 from his opponent. Both players checked on the 
turn and Czuczor led on the 
river with a bet to put his opponent all-in for 25,000. The opponent mucked.
and the blinds both checked to Raymer who continued for 1,200. The small blind called and the big blind got out of the way.
on the turn and once checked to Raymer fired in a bet of 2,500, which was called by the small blind.
flop and received a call to then repeat the same procedure on the 
turn for 7,100.
flop wasn't looking good for him as his king-high flush draw was no good. The turn was the 
on the river, giving Newhouse a set of kings to crack aces early in the tournament.
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