Susan Choi had already squeezed to 23,900 and then faced the all-in of Takahiro Kidokoro for 99,100 and the reshove of Aleksandr Shevlyakov. She was in the tank for a short while and folded, mentioning in table chat that there was no more ace left in the deck when the cards were turned over.
Takahiro Kidokoro:
Aleksandr Shevlyakov:
The board ran out and Kidokoro was eliminated while Shevlyakov skyrocketed to the top of the leaderboard.
"I would have been sick to my stomach if I had called but really happy on the flop," Choi said and mentioned that she had folded ace-jack.
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The second scheduled 20-minute break is underway and below are some highlights of the past two hours in the Amazon Purple and Orange sections on Day 1c of the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event. Susan Choi is the current chip leader with more than three times the starting stack.
Jonathan Dimmig raised to 700 on the button and was called by Kevin Eyster in the big blind. The flop was checked and Eyster then bet the turn for 1,100, which Dimmig called. They checked the on the river and Eyster won the pot with the for a pair of queens.
Shawn Sparks in late position was in a pot against Donald Boyer on a board reading and called a flop bet from his opponent.
Boyer continued with a bet of 6,000 on the turn with around 25,000 already in the middle. Sparks called.
Boyer fired again with a bet of 6,000 on the river and Sparks signed before calling.
"You got aces?" asked Sparks.
Boyer did have aces and. turned over , while Sparks showed . Sparks likely lost the minimum as he had flopped a big hand with both the nut flush draw and top pair-top kicker.
"Thank goodness I didn't shove the flop," he said. "Anybody else goes broke there."