Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em | 2021 World Series of Poker

2021-10-01 14:21 UTC-7

Cuevas Doubles Through Weintraub Before Break

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Niveau 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Rico Cuevas moved all in from early position for his last 118,000 chips and Shawn Weintraub made the call.

Cuevas had to hope to win a race, as he showed and Weintraub had . The board ran out and Cuevas doubled to 275,000.

Weintraub was left with 425,000 as players headed out on a 20-minute break.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Shawn Weintraub	425,000 -310,000	-310,000
Rico Cuevas	275,000 165,000	165,000

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2021-10-01 14:17 UTC-7

Abbe Finds Aces to Damage Behrens

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Niveau 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

A huge preflop hand was in progress with two of the larger stacks battling. Jack Behrens was on the button and found himself all in against the small blind, Leo Abbe.

It was a cooler situation as Behrens held the against the of Abbe.

The board would stay safe for the aces as it ran out .

There was a lengthy delay with the chip counting as it the stacks were close. Eventually it was determined that Behrens still had chips remaining and just like that Behrens was a short stack while Abbe had heaps.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Leo Abbe	915,000 415,000	415,000

Jack Behrens	145,000 -405,000	-405,000

2021-10-01 14:13 UTC-7

Randy Martinez Eliminated in 26th Place ($1,175)

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Niveau 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Randy Martinez was all in preflop and in dire straights as his was dominated by the of Shawn Weintraub.

The board ran out and Martinez was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Shawn Weintraub	735,000 -155,000	-155,000
Randy Martinez	Eliminé

2021-10-01 14:13 UTC-7

Williams Gets in Position for Another Deep Run

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Niveau 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Travis Williams, who finished in ninth place in this event in 2019, just doubled up after winning a coin flip against Ron Baltazar.

Baltazar opened the action with a raise to 40,000 before Williams jammed for his last 228,000. Baltazar made the call with , while Williams showed .

Williams remained in the lead as the board ran out and he doubled to 496,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ronald Baltazar	670,000 -130,000	-130,000
Travis Williams	496,000 188,000	188,000

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2021-10-01 14:04 UTC-7

Starnoni Leaves Martinez with Crumbs

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Niveau 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Randy Martinez raised to 46,000 from the button before Marco Starnoni three-bet all in from the big blind for his last 126,000. Martinez snap-called.

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Starnoni had Martinez dominated and remained in the lead on the flop. The on the turn gave Martinez a flush draw, but he failed to hit when the river came .

Starnoni doubled to 260,000, while Martinez was left with only around 10,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Marco Starnoni	260,000 100,000	100,000
Randy Martinez	10,000 -170,000	-170,000

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2021-10-01 13:52 UTC-7

Schmidt Gets Kim to Fold the River

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Niveau 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Bobby Schmidt bet 27,000 from early position on a flop of and Daniel "DK" Kim came along from middle position.

Schmidt slowed down on the and checked to Kim, who bet 54,000. Schmidt called and they saw the fall on the river.

This time Schmidt led out with 80,000. After a few moments of thought, Kim let his hand go and surrendered the pot to Schmidt.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel "DK" Kim	560,000
Bobby Schmidt	505,000 170,000	170,000

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2021-10-01 13:48 UTC-7

Three Table Redraw and Chip Counts (complet)

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Niveau 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
406	1	Andrew Bart	440,000
406	2	Randy Martinez	180,000
406	3	Rico Cuevas	110,000
406	4	Marco Starnoni	160,000
406	5	Justin Steinman	550,000
406	6	Jason Thompson	323,000
406	7	Shawn Weintraub	890,000
406	8	Akash Desai	334,000
406	9	Wenrong Wang	335,000
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414	1	Chris Minton	350,000
414	2	Bobby Schmidt	335,000
414	3	-
414	4	Daniel Kim	775,000
414	5	Roberto Reyna	351,000
414	6	James Scott	194,000
414	7	Ronald Baltazar	800,000
414	8	Danny Chang	678,000
414	9	Travis Williams	308,000
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421	1	Tyler Burke	452,000
421	2	David Marguiles	265,000
421	3	Kimberly Medina	215,000
421	4	Jason Smith	355,000
421	5	James Barnett	725,000
421	6	James Scott	325,000
421	7	Jack Behrens	550,000
421	8	Leo Abbe	500,000
421	9	Steven McLoughlin	415,000

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Shawn Weintraub	890,000 416,000	416,000
Ronald Baltazar	800,000 -15,000	-15,000
Daniel Kim	775,000 145,000	145,000
Jimmy Barnett	725,000 382,000	382,000
Danny Chang	678,000
Jack Behrens	550,000 -20,000	-20,000
Justin Steinman	550,000 356,000	356,000
Leo Abbe	500,000 25,000	25,000

Tyler Burke	452,000 266,000	266,000
Andrew Bart	440,000 18,000	18,000
Steven McLoughlin	415,000 165,000	165,000
Jason Smith	355,000 -190,000	-190,000
Roberto Reyna	351,000 -19,000	-19,000
Chris Minton	350,000 50,000	50,000
Bobby Schmidt	335,000 -140,000	-140,000
Wenrong Wang	335,000 -185,000	-185,000
Akash Desai	334,000 19,000	19,000
James Scott	325,000 121,000	121,000
Jason Thompson	323,000 29,000	29,000
Travis Williams	308,000 -113,000	-113,000
David Marguiles	265,000 265,000	265,000
Kimberly Medina	215,000 -55,000	-55,000
Randy Martinez	180,000 180,000	180,000
Marco Starnoni	160,000 -168,000	-168,000
Rico Cuevas	110,000 6,000	6,000

Lire Plus

Niveau: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

2021-10-01 13:24 UTC-7

Down to 27

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Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The field has been reduced to 27 players from a starting field of 50 after just over an hour of play on Day 2.

Players are currently redrawing for the final three tables. The average stack is around 388,000.

2021-10-01 13:22 UTC-7

No Back-to-Back Final Tables for Lamers

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Niveau 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

PokerNews's Adam Lamers was seen getting up from his table and heading over to the payout desk after losing his remaining chips to Travis Williams.

According to Williams, he shoved from the small blind with and Lamers called off his last 108,000 with . The flop came with two hearts, giving Williams a flush draw which he completed on the river.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Travis Williams	421,000 203,000	203,000
Adam Lamers	Eliminé

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