Tiffany Michelle is table-side at the Main Event, and in it for the long haul as we play down to the final nine players.
2021 World Series of Poker
Andreas Kniep limped in from the small blind and Alejandro Lococo raised to 1,700,000 in the big blind. Kniep responded by shoving all in for 16,100,000. Lococo asked for a count and then made the call.
Andreas Kniep:
Alejandro Lococo:
It was a coin flip for a huge pot and the flop of gave Lococo the lead with a pair of aces. The on the turn improved Lococo to two pair and the on the river sent Kniep home in 18th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alejandro Lococo |
40,800,000
16,100,000
|
16,100,000 |
Andreas Kniep | Busted |
Jung Woo open-shoved for 9,000,000 and Koray Aldemir three-bet to 14,600,000. The rest of the table got out of the way and Woo was at risk.
Jung Woo:
Koray Aldemir:
The board ran out and the flopped jack was enough to spell the end of Woo's Main Event journey as he hit the rail in nineteenth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Koray Aldemir |
67,900,000
12,200,000
|
12,200,000 |
|
||
Jung Woo | Busted |
Vasu Amarapu raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and Lewis Spencer three-bet jammed for 4,650,0000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Amarapu who made the call.
Lewis Spencer:
Vasu Amarapu:
The flop came for Amarapu to hit top pair.
The turn was the for Amarapu to improve to trips and the river completed the board with the for Amarapu to hold and eliminate Spencer in twentieth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vasu Amarapu |
16,300,000
5,900,000
|
5,900,000 |
|
||
Lewis Spencer | Busted |
George Holmes completed his small blind and Alejandro Lococo opted to check in the big blind.
The flop came , Holmes bet 500,000 and Lococo called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Holmes bet 2,300,000 for Lococo to raise it up to 8,000,000 after a minute of thinking it through. Now it was Holmes' turn to consider his options. He called to see Lococo table the to show his own for two pair and the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
George Holmes |
32,800,000
8,000,000
|
8,000,000 |
Chase Bianchi |
28,000,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
|
||
Alejandro Lococo |
16,900,000
-9,500,000
|
-9,500,000 |
Chance Kornuth |
16,600,000
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
|
||
Vasu Amarapu |
10,400,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
||
Lewis Spencer |
4,700,000
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
Nicolas Vayssieres |
4,200,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
Jareth East opened to 1,000,000 on the button and Jack Oliver in the small blind and Sean Ragozzini in the big blind both called.
Ragozzini led out with a bet on the flop and East raised to 1,800,000. Oliver folded and Ragozzini called.
Ragozzini led out again on the turn with a bet of 2,600,000. East called.
The river brought the and Ragozzini shuffled his large yellow chips before betting 7,000,000 to be nearly all-in with just 25,000 behind. East thought for a few minutes and then held up and sent his cards into the muck.
Ragozzini asked if his opponent wanted to see and showed for four-high.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sean Ragozzini |
17,800,000
3,250,000
|
3,250,000 |
Jareth East |
8,500,000
-5,800,000
|
-5,800,000 |
After missing the first few hands of the level after the dinner break, including his blinds, Andreas Kniep was back and in a hurry to collect some chips. He first shoved all in from under the gun and the action folded around.
On the next hand, Jareth East raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and Kniep defended his big blind. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.
Kniep led out for 2,000,000 and East called to see the on the river. Kniep checked this time and East shoved all in, putting Kniep to the test for his remaining 5,550,000 chips.
It took over six minutes in the tank, along with some talking to himself, for Kniep to come to the conclusion of making the call. East turned over but Kniep held for the better two pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andreas Kniep |
17,750,000
10,000,000
|
10,000,000 |
Jareth East |
14,300,000
-9,775,000
|
-9,775,000 |
The remaining 20 players are heading on a 75-minute dinner break. The cards are scheduled to be back in the air at 8:26 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming at 250,000/500,000 and a 500,000 big blind ante. Here is a look at the highlights from the past level.
Joshua Remitio raised to 800,000 from early position and Koray Aldemir called. Ramon Colillas came along from the button and David Cabrera three-bet to 6,600,000 from the small blind.
Joshua Remitio four-bet to 18,000,000 and Aldemir and Colillas bowed out. Cabrera called for his last 3,550,000.
David Cabrera:
Joshua Remitio:
The board ran out and Remitio's queens held on to eliminate Cabrera from the Main Event in 21st place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joshua Remitio |
44,200,000
17,600,000
|
17,600,000 |
|
||
David Cabrera
|
Busted |